2 Sibalom ‘seniors’ contract COVID-19

SIBALOM, Antique – Two senior citizens here tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). One was a 73-year-old male, Sibalom’s case No. 11. Symptomatic, he...

82.25% of WV villages cleared of illegal drugs

ILOILO City – A total of 3,332 villages in Western Visayas have been declared as drug-cleared, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) reported. This...
“Wara man sanda nag-consult sa mga governors kag mayors. Nagpaguwa lang sanda dayon ka bag-o nga resolution,” says Gov. Rhodora Cadiao of Antique.

Antique’s Cadiao rejects reg’l IATF restrictions

SAN JOSE, Antique – The provincial government of Antique is not recognizing the fresh restrictions ordered by the regional interagency task force (IATF) against...
Environment secretary Roy Cimatu is the head of the Boracay Interagency Task Force overseeing the massive rehabilitation of Boracay Island.“Look at Boracay now. You can see for yourself how it is today. Will we allow it to become what it was before the rehabilitation,” he says.

How’s Boracay waste mgt, water quality?

BORACAY – Secretary Roy Cimatu of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) instructed the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) in Region 6 to...

1,533 ‘Yolanda’ housing units turned over to Roxas City

ROXAS City – Seven years after super typhoon “Yolanda” struck, the National Housing Authority (NHA) finally turned over a housing resettlement project to the...
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Group presses Malay SB on ‘mental health ordinance’

MALAY, Aklan – A volunteer group urged the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) of Malay, Aklan to pass an ordinance promoting mental health. Lifeline Malay-Boracay is pushing...
LANDLESS NO MORE. These farmers will finally be able to own land – a sugarcane plantation they have been tilling for decades in the towns of Pilar and President Roxas towns in Capiz. TASK FORCE MAPALAD PHOTO

Capiz peasants finally win fight for own land

ROXAS City – Some 100 farmers in Capiz will finally be able to own land. Yesterday, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) cleared the legal...
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Antique office personnel check products being sold at a store. DTI-ANTIQUE PHOTO

118 stores in Antique stop selling pork-based products

SAN JOSE, Antique – A total of 118 stores in four Antique towns temporarily stopped selling pork-based products from outside Western Visayas. These stores were...
Patrocenio Chiyuto has not been seen in Roxas City or Capiz province since last month after the Securities and Exchange Commission revoked the registration of Chiyuto Creative Wealth Document Facilitation Services.

Return money of investors, Capiz SP tells Don Chiyuto

ROXAS City – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Capiz extended to April 15 the ultimatum it gave to Patrocenio Chiyuto a.k.a. Don Chiyuto, chief...
The municipality of Jordan, Guimaras had 56 coronavirus cases (cumulative data) of which 10 remained active, as of Nov. 12, 2020. Forty-three cases already recovered while three died.

2 Jordan brgys now free from illegal drugs

JORDAN, Guimaras – Barangays Rizal and Poblacion here have been declared as free from illegal drugs by the regional oversight committee on the campaign...