Poblacion brgy hall on lockdown; tanod tests positive for COVID-19
KALIBO, Aklan – The Poblacion barangay hall in this town was placed on lockdown beginning Tuesday, October 13. A barangay tanod got infected with...
7 nabbed for illegal gambling
HAMTIC, Antique – Seven persons were arrested in a separate illegal gambling operations in this town.
Three suspects playing “tong-its” were collared at the house...
IN BORACAY: DOT allots P8M for COVID-19 test of Boracay tourism workers
BORACAY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) will allot P8 million for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing of some 4,000 tourism workers here.
“By...
Who killed, dumped Iloilo lovers in 2 Capiz towns?
ROXAS City – The killing of two Iloilo-based lovers whose bodies were separately recovered in Dumalag, Capiz and Dumarao, Capiz over the weekend could...
Fund for Capiz virus test lab OK’d
ROXAS City – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Capiz approved a P18.1-million fund for the proposed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing laboratory of the...
5 private schools in Aklan shut down ops
AKLAN – Five private schools in the towns of Kalibo, Malay and New Washington here shut down operations mainly due to low enrollment rate...
Libertad town eyed as Antique ‘balut’ center
ANTIQUE – The town of Libertad here is seeking to become the province’s “balut making” center after the Department of Agriculture (DA) 6 turned...
Boracay biz owners appeal for antigen testing for tourists
BORACAY – Business owners and operators in Boracay Island appealed to the government to allow antigen testing as pre-entry requirement for tourists going to the island...
Phase-out of wooden boats postponed
JORDAN , Guimaras – Wooden-hulled motorboats plying the Guimaras-Iloilo route and vice versa can still operate until December of this year.
The Maritime Industry Authority...
Sibalom fish vendor shot
SIBALOM, Antique – A female fish vendor was shot a few meters away from her house on Fenete Street, Barangay District 3 here.
The 30-year-old...