Declog drainage systems, DPWH tells Capiz LGUs

ROXAS City – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) urged local government units (LGUs) in Capiz to complement its declogging operation of...

Trikes to deliver study modules

KALIBO, Aklan – The local government unit of the municipality of Tangalan, Aklan has tapped tricycle drivers and motorcycle riders to deliver and collect...
Volume of Palay Production by Ecosystem: 2nd Quarter 2019 and 2020

Guimaras ‘palay’ yield up 312.73%

JORDAN, Guimaras – This island province produced 681 metric tons (MT) of palay  (unhusked rice) in the second quarter of 2020, increasing by 312.73...

Epileptic woman found dead

KALIBO, Aklan – A woman with epilepsy was found dead in her house in Barangay Ochando, New Washington, Aklan. Melita Macahilig was 43 years told....

2 motorcycles in head-on collision

PILAR, Capiz – Two motorcycles collided in Barangay San Esteban here over the weekend. The 36-year-old Marlon Francisco, a resident of the village, died. The driver...
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Antique hog raisers earn P12M in 2 months

SAN JOSE, Antique – Livestock raisers in Antique province were able to market 1,350 hogs valued at P12 million to four institutional buyers in...
The world-famous Boracay Island saw less than a hundred tourists on the first few days when it was reopened to visitors from outside Western Visayas. GMA NEWS

Boracay tourists may take COVID-19 test 72 hrs prior to trip

BORACAY – People planning to visit the world-famous Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan may undergo COVID-19 swab test at least 72 hours before the...

DISQUALIFIED FOR LIFE; Court convicts Javier for suspending Valderrama mayor

SAN JOSE, Antique – The Regional Trial Court (RTC) here found former governor Exequiel Javier guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violating the Omnibus Election...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Capiz provincial head Ruel Delos Reyes says that Capiz got the biggest share of the estimated 13,000 hectares for the bamboo planting program in Western Viasayas. FAIRENOUGH.CO

5.3K-hectare land in Capiz up for bamboo plantation

CAPIZ – The province of Capiz has a target of 5,321 hectares for the establishment of bamboo plantation in view of the Enhanced National...
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency 6 spokesperson Shey Tanaleon says that as of October 9, 2020, 3,175 barangays in Western Visayas have been declared drug-cleared by the Western Visayas Regional Oversight Committee on Dangerous Drugs

23 more NegOcc villages now ‘drug-cleared’

NEGROS Occidental – Twenty three more villages in Negros Occidental have been declared as drug-cleared by the Western Visayas Regional Oversight Committee on Dangerous...