Participants with Cong. Francisco “Kiko” Benitez at the USAID Fish Right Planning Workshop.

Cong. Kiko supports alliance for Metro 3rd coastal resources mgt

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BACOLOD City – Negros Occidental 3rd District’s Cong. Francisco “Kiko” Benitez reiterated  full support for the fisheries sector and its stakeholders during the planning...
Healthcare workers wait for people to be screened during a recent coronavirus vaccination simulation organized by the provincial government of Capiz at the Poolside Pavilion of the Villareal Stadium in Roxas City. MERLINDA BAGNATE/PN

Roxas City rolls out COVID vaccination

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ROXAS City – This city started its vaccination program against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on March 19 at College of Saint John Roxas. A total...
The municipality of Hamtic is the oldest town of Antique and the province’s first capital. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 48,592 people spread in 47 barangays.

Hamtic records 3 new COVID cases, 1 death

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HAMTIC, Antique – This municipality currently has three active cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and one death due to the viral disease. According to...
CHIYUTO

Double-your-money CEO ‘Don Chiyuto’ kidnapped?

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ROXAS City – Patrocenio Calvez Chiyuto Jr., popularly known as Don Chiyuto and the chief executive officer of a double-your-money investment scheme here and...
The municipality of Sibunag is situated southeast of Guimaras Island facing Negros Island, and is separated from Negros by the Guimaras Strait.

Sibunag barangay has 8 active COVID-19 cases

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SIBUNAG, Guimaras – Barangay Alegria here has eight active cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The index case – detected on March 18 – was...
A regulatory body is being proposed to oversee Boracay Island, which is still under rehabilitation. But local stakeholders have serious doubts. Specifically, they oppose the proposal that the body should be a government-owned and controlled corporation.

Boracay task force seeks one-year ‘life extension’

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BORACAY – The Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF) is seeking a one-year extension of its term because the bill creating the Boracay Island Development...
Murder suspect Niel Paller of San Remigio, Antique (center) offered no resistance when arrested by undercover policemen in Bacoor, Cavite on March 18, 2021. PRO-6 PHOTO

After 22 years in hiding Antique’s most wanted man nabbed in Cavite

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SAN JOSE, Antique – The No. 1 most wanted person in Antique has been arrested in Bacoor, Cavite. The 41-year-old Niel “Toto” Paller of Barangay...
“A thorough contact tracing and disinfection will be implemented and all direct contacts shall be swabbed and undergo home quarantine,” says Mayor Ruben Corpuz of Jordan, Guimaras.

Jordan shuts down town hall for decontamination

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JORDAN, Guimaras – The local government here shut down on Friday the town hall for decontamination after the island province recorded 20 new cases...

Septuagenarian accused of raping woman WPD

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JAMINDAN, Capiz – A 70-year-old man accused of raping a person with disability (PWD) was arrested on March 18 in Sitio Proper, Barangay Lucero...
CONTRERAS

Travelers to Capiz warned vs faking COVID test results

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ROXAS City – Gov. Esteban Evan Contreras warned Capiz-bound travelers against faking the negative test results of their tests for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The...
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