The number of passengers passing through the Kalibo International Airport has been low due to the coronavirus pandemic. Newer and more relaxed travel guidelines are expected to improve the figures. PHOTO BY KALIBO AVIATION PNP

Kalibo airport ready for travel reboot

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KALIBO, Aklan – Kalibo International Airport is ready to welcome back travelers, according to airport manager Engineer Eusebio Monserate Jr. New guidelines will be adopted...
“We have to consider that the arrival of the Starlite Ferries vessel from Batangas to Lipata Port in Culasi is past 9 p.m. every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,” says Gov. Rhodora Cadiao

Antique lifts liquor ban, condenses curfew hours

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SAN JOSE, Antique – The Antique provincial government lifted its liquor ban and adjusted its curfew hours for arriving ferry passengers. Gov. Rhodora Cadiao said...
These organic ampalaya are produced by Uswag Durog Farmers’ Association members in Sibalom, Antique. The association has an organic backyard vegetable production project supported by the Department of Agriculture. It was able to harvest about 798 kilos of bitter gourd from a .25-hectare farmland on Dec. 26, 2020.

San Remigio farmers turn into organic crop cultivators

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SAN JOSE, Antique – Amid the far-reaching impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, the Department of Agriculture (DA) assisted members of three farmers’ associations in...
Personnel of the Guimaras Provincial Mobile Force Platoon plant trees in Sitio Tico, Barangay Concordia, Sibunag, Guimaras. “This is an expression of our concern for the environment,” says Police Colonel Pablito Asmod Jr., Guimaras police director. PHOTO FROM THE GUIMARAS POLICE PROVINCIAL OFFICE

Guimaras cops take on added mission: save environment

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SIBUNAG, Guimaras – Save trees. Protect the environment. These are the additional missions of the Guimaras Police Provincial Office (GPPO). In Sitio Tico, Barangay Concordia...

Shift to saliva test for Boracay tourists eyed

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BORACAY – Even with the new protocols released by the national inter-agency task force on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to be able to go...

P2-million coffee processing center to rise in Sibalom

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SIBALOM, Antique – Gov. Rhodora Cadiao led the groundbreaking for a P2-million coffee processing center in Barangay Colo-oy here. When completed, this facility will help...

Roxas City gets ready for COVID-19 vaccination

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ROXAS City – Preparations are ongoing for the vaccination of residents here against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Mayor Ronnie Dadivas led city hall officials in...
The local government of Malay, Aklan aims to convince more tourists to visit Boracay Island, which gradually reopened in October 2020 after some seven months of closure due to pandemic-related quarantine measures.

Boracay eases curfew

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BORACAY – The local government of Malay, Aklan has shortened the curfew hours here to just four from the previous six. The island-wide curfew now...
A child gets a measles-rubella vaccine shot from a barangay healthcare worker in Barangay Morobuan, Jordan, Guimaras. Measles is a childhood infection caused by a virus. It can be serious and even fatal for small children. On the other hand, rubella is a contagious viral infection best known by its distinctive red rash. PHOTO FROM RHU JORDAN FACEBOOK PAGE

7 Jordan brgys achieve over100% Measles, rubella, polio vaccination

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JORDAN, Guimaras – Of this municipality’s 14 barangays, seven managed to achieve over a hundred percent coverage in measles-rubella oral polio vaccine supplemental immunization...

Family of dead soldier unearths grenade

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ROXAS City – A dead Philippine Army soldier here supposedly appeared in his sister’s dream and told her about a grenade he buried somewhere...
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