Hoping for a bountiful catch, these fishermen in Culasi, Antique help one another pull a fishnet to the shore. Locals call this panahid (beach seining). A typical beach seine has weights attached to the leadline at the bottom of the net and buoys or floats attached to the floatline at the top of the net. The downward force of the weights counteracted by the buoyancy of the floats keeps the net open vertically when it is pulled through the water to entrap fish. A beach seine is often set from shore to encircle a school of fish. PN PHOTO

Antique ordinance seeks to avert coastal pollution

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SAN JOSE, Antique – Loads of trash are frequently seen along coastal areas where 15 of Antique’s 18 municipalities are situated. Some coastal barangays do...
Photo courtesy of Roxas City

Hydroponics farming research center launched in Roxas

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ROXAS City – A center for modern farming has been launched here — the Indoor Hydroponics Farming Research Center at Doña Emeliana Alba Memorial...
This is the police force of Malay, Aklan. Wrongdoings or nefarious activities of police officers will neither be tolerated nor condoned, says Malay, Aklan acting chief of police Major Don Dicksie de Dios. PHOTOS by MALAY AKLAN PNP

Zero tolerance vs erring Malay cops

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BORACAY – Malay, Aklan acting chief of police Major Don Dicksie de Dios reminded his policemen to stay disciplined. Malay’s mainland police station and its...
This is what remains of a World War 2 armory of the Japanese Imperial Army in Barangay Bongbongan I, Sibalom, Antique. PHOTO COURTESY OF OFFICE OF VICE GOVERNOR EDGAR DENOSTA

Preservation of World War 2 armory sought

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SAN JOSE, Antique – The newly reorganized Antique Provincial Council on History and Cultural Heritage (APCHCH) has been urged to help preserve the World...
“We encourage the public to immediately report any suspicious swine mortality in their areas,” says Regional Executive Director Remelyn Recoter of the Department of Agriculture Western Visayas.

DA enlists barangays to protect region from ASF

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ILOILO City – Western Visayas is among the last four regions without recorded cases of the African swine fever (ASF) along with MIMAROPA, Central...
WHERE HAVE ALL THE TOURISTS GONE? The famous “white beach” of Boracay Island used to be teeming with tourists prior to the coronavirus pandemic. Now, it is almost like a “ghost beach”. PN PHOTO

Proposed super body for Boracay’s mgt opposed

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BORACAY – Multi-sectoral groups in this world-famous island and Malay, Aklan are against the proposed creation of the Boracay Island Development Authority (BIDA) that...
NURSE CADIAO. Gov. Rhodora Cadiao, a registered nurse, administers the first dose of Sinovac anti-coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine, to Czerwin Juales, chief nurse of the Angel Salazar Memorial General Hospital in San Jose, Antique on March 10, 2021. The province was allotted 800 vials of the vaccine. PNA PHOTO BY ANNABEL CONSUELO J. PETINGLAY

Antique’s vaccinated health workers feel safer

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SAN JOSE, Antique – The chief nurse of the Angel Salazar Memorial General Hospital (ASMGH) here said he and other healthcare workers now feel...
Dr. Edmarie Tormon is the first Capiznon and healthcare worker to receive a vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 during the vaccine rollout in Capiz province. Gov. Even Esteban Contreras is standing behind Tormon.

Capiz gets 2nd batch of Sinovac vaccines

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ROXAS City – More vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) will be delivered to Capiz province by the national government. According to Dr. Alex Nolasco,...
FIRST to be inoculated against coronavirus disease 2019 in Aklan are healthcare frontliners.

Frontline workers in 13 Aklan hospitals OK with ‘CoronaVac’

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KALIBO, Aklan – The first doses of CoronaVac – the vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) manufactured by China-based Sinovac Biotech – will be...
SATELLITE REGISTRATION. Antique Provincial Election Supervisor III, Atty. Ian Lee Ananoria, says they will intensify voters’ registration in the barangays. PNA PHOTO BY ANNABEL CONSUELO J. PETINGLAY

Comelec to Antiqueños: Register now

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SAN JOSE, Antique – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is intensifying its satellite registration of voters in preparation for the 2022 national and local...
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