The Angel Salazar Memorial General Hospital in San Jose, Antique is ready for a two-day medical mission slated Jan. 30 to 31. PNA/ANNABEL CONSUELO PETINGLAY

Hospital on 5-day disinfection

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SAN JOSE, Antique – The Angel Salazar Memorial General Hospital (ASMGH) here is seeing the last day of its five-day disinfection today. It started on...
Senior high school students of the University of Perpetual Help in Roxas City present their invention – a robot disinfector. PHOTOS FROM ‘UPOD KITA RONNIE DADIVAS’ FACEBOOK PAGE

Roxas students invent robot disinfector

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ROXAS City – A team of senior high school students of the University of Perpetual Help, Pueblo de Panay Campus here invented a robot...

Teen drowns on Black Saturday

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SAN LORENZO, Guimaras – A 19-year-old lass was declared “dead on arrival” at the Dr. Catalino G. Nava Provincial Hospital in Jordan, Guimaras after...
The famous Boracay talipapa is bereft of tourists on March 29, 2021. With the enhanced community quarantine in Manila, Boracay requires a swab test for visitors, further limiting tourists who normally flock to the island during Holy Week. PHOTO BY HANZ BERTRANDT PEDRONIO SIRILAN, WVSU

Lockdown slows down Boracay tourist arrivals

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KALIBO, Aklan – Portions of Boracay Island are back on tougher lockdown measures due to surging cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), further slowing...

12 San Jose villages locked down due to rising COVID cases

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SAN JOSE, Antique – For six days beginning April 1, 12 barangays here will be on “granular lockdown” due to rising cases of coronavirus...
Antique eyes to remain African swine fever- free for pork products by proposing an Executive order that would ban the entry of live pigs and all pork products from Mindanao. PNA

Drive targets online sellers of pork products

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SAN JOSE, Antique – By also monitoring online sellers of pork-based products from outside of Western Visayas, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)...
An employee of the provincial government of Capiz gets a “vaccine shot” during a vaccination simulation at the Villareal Stadium in Roxas City.

Capiz gets additional 364 vials of COVID-19 vaccines

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ROXAS City – The province of Capiz received an additional 364 vials of Sinovac vaccines from the national government. This is the fifth batch of...

Man dies in motorcycle accident

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NUEVA VALENCIA, Guimaras – In Barangay Lanipe, a man was found dead along the road on Tuesday. Nearby was a motorcycle lying on its...
The local government of Kalibo, Aklan targets to inoculate at least 70 percent of Kalibo’s population to achieve herd immunity. However, as of this week, just over 6,000 residents in 16 barangays have pre-registered – that’s roughly only 10 percent of the town’s 84,000 population. PHOTO FROM LGU KALIBO

Kalibo COVID vaccine registration still low

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KALIBO, Aklan – The number of individuals who have signed up for vaccination against coronavirus virus disease 2019 (COVID-019) here is still low. As this...
Health protocols must be observed at all times, stresses Mayor Eugenio Reyes of Buenavista, Guimaras, such as the wearing of facemask and face shield, physical distancing and proper washing of hands.

Buenavista mayor wary of COVID spread this Lent

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BUENAVISTA, Guimaras – “The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic still exists.” Mayor Eugenio Reyes had to remind residents here of this fact because he feared...
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