Roxas City women school heads cited for innovations

ROXAS City – As part of the Women’s Month celebration, women school heads here were recognized for their work and the innovations they introduced...
These are some of the housing units built for survivors in Kalibo, Aklan of super typhoon “Yolanda” back in 2013.

104 housing units ready for typhoon survivors

KALIBO, Aklan – After seven years, 104 family-survivors of super typhoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan) would finally be able to occupy their housing units...

80 Negros soldiers get medals

BACOLOD City – A total of 80 soldiers involved in a central Negros clash that left 10 communist rebels dead received military medal of...

San Jose has 19 active COVID cases

SAN JOSE, Antique – As of March 28, this town had 19 active cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). They were in “stable condition and...

‘Senior’ dies in road accident

IVISAN, Capiz – A private vehicle hit a 69-year-old man in Barangay Sta. Cruz on the night of March 27. Felix Villanueva Fabale died. The driver...

Student arrested in drug bust

ROXAS City – In Sitio Bliss, Barangay Cagay over the weekend, a 21-year-old student was caught in a drug buy-bust operation of the police. According...

Drug suspect falls

IVISAN, Capiz – A 38-year-old man was arrested in a drug buy-bust operation in Barangay Ilaya. Nonito Borres Denosta Jr. was a resident of Barangay...
Tourists are sparse, according to these policemen monitoring the situation of Boracay Island’s beachfront. PHOTO BY MALAY POLICE STATION

2 Boracay zones on localized lockdown

BORACAY – Purok 5 and Purok 6 in Barangay Balabag here are on lockdown for 14 days. Of Boracay’s 24 active cases of coronavirus disease...
Informal settlers in Barangay Maybato Sur, San Jose, Antique affected by the construction of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office are preparing to relocate. The provincial government is providing the relocation site, plus financial assistance and lumber for the construction of new houses. PNA PHOTO BY ANNABEL CONSUELO J. PETINGLAY

Village informal settlers in San Jose ready to relocate

SAN JOSE, Antique – To pave the way for the construction of a P50-million Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) building, informal settlers...

PDEA busts drug suspect

NUEVA VALENCIA, Guimaras – An entrapment operation of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) netted a drug suspect in Sitio Batang, Barangay Oracon Sur...