To ease the plight of farmers confronted by the two-year transition or adjustment period of the Rice Tariffication Law and the current coronavirus pandemic, the Department of Agriculture has started releasing cash and food subsidy to 35,544 farmers and fisherfolk in Negros Occidental. DA-6 PHOTO

Cash, food subsidy released to over 35K NegOcc farmers, fishers

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BACOLOD City – Part of the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) interventions to local producers weighed down by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic is...
Representational Image. Photo courtesy of Mid-day.

Old man, child drown in Capiz

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ROXAS City – A 70-year-old man and a three-year-old girl died in separate drowning incidents in Capiz province. Around 6:45 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 27,...

Suspect in attempted homicide case falls

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KALIBO, Aklan – Charged with attempted homicide, a resident of Barangay Andagao here was arrested on Monday. John McKenley, 20, was served by policemen with...
Inside this Boracay Island-bound boat, passengers wear facemasks and face shields to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019. PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD-AKLAN PHOTO

Volume of Boracay boat passengers drops sharply

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BORACAY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Caticlan Office has observed a sharp drop in the volume of boat passengers going to this island...

9 COVID-19 active cases left in Roxas

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ROXAS City – This city has nine active cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) left (as of Dec. 27). They were all local transmissions...
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Cadiao prefers Antique to remain under MGCQ

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SAN JOSE, Antique – Gov. Rhodora Cadiao prefers that Antique remain under a modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) until the end of January 2021...
Who is this dead man fished out of Culasi, Antique’s waters? How did he die? The Culasi police station has launched an investigation. CULASI MUNICIPAL POLICE STATION PHOTO

Dead man found in Culasi’s waters

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CULASI, Antique – An unidentified dead man was found floating one nautical mile away from the coastline of Barangay Naba here on Sunday, Dec....
SPIC AND SPAN BORACAY. In April 2018, the government began Boracay Island’s six-month closure so rehabilitation work could start without much interference. It reopened Boracay in October that year, drawing the public’s praise for rehabilitation work done so far.

Boracay forest, wetland encroachers charged

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BORACAY – The anti-encroachment crackdown as part of this island resort’s rehabilitation has resulted to the recovery of illegally occupied forestland, easements, and wetlands,...
PHOTOS show the wayward ambulance and the two vehicles it hit in Patnongon, Antique on Christmas Day – a tricycle and a motorcycle. The three vehicles sustained considerable damage. Three persons were injured.

Ambulance crashes into tricycle, motorcycle

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PATNONGON, Antique – A speeding ambulance crashed into a tricycle and a motorcycle in Barangay Apgahan here on Christmas Day around 10:45 a.m. Three...

Christmas road accidents kill 2 in Capiz

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ROXAS City – Two separate Christmas Day vehicular accidents killed two persons in the towns of Jamindan and Cuartero in Capiz province. The 60-year-old Ruperto...
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