Digitized Roxas City Epidemiological Contact Tracing System. Photos from the Upod Kita Ronnie Dadivas Facebook page

Roxas City goes hi-tech in COVID-19 contact tracing

ROXAS City – The city government plans to use a mobile application for a more efficient and effective coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) contact tracing. The...

Roxas City records highest single-day COVID recoveries

ROXAS City – This city recorded its highest number of COVID-19 patients who recovered from the disease in a single day. Roxas City Mayor Ronnie...

20 ex-rebels to benefit from gov’t integration program

ANTIQUE – Twenty former rebels (FRs) who surrendered this year will benefit from the government’s Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (ECLIP). As part of ECLIP,...

DepEd receives equipment from San Carlos City gov’t

NEGROS Occidental – The local government of San Carlos City in this province turned over close to P5 million worth of equipment to the...
The five drug groups appear to be splinters of previously bigger drug groups that disintegrated due to incessant antidrug operations of the Police Regional Office 6, says Police Brigadier General Rene Pamususan, Western Visayas police director. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

5 drug groups in Bacolod City, NegOcc – PRO-6

BACOLOD City – Five drug trafficking  groups operate in Negros Occ. and Bacolod City and they are “priority targets”, according to Police Brigadier General...

Aklan human trafficking suspect falls

KALIBO, Aklan – A woman included in the most wanted persons’ list in Aklan was arrested in Navotas City, the Philippine National Police-Anti-Kidnapping Group...
World-class destination Boracay reopens its doors to more tourists, but visitors will have to go through strict health checks, officials say. DOT VIA CNN PH

Boracay ‘Top 6 island’ in Asia

BORACAY – This island resort ranked sixth in the list of Top 10 islands in Asia of Condé Nast Traveler’s (CNT) 2020 Readers Choice...
City Ordinance No. 017-2020 strengthens the “no face shield and facemask, no ride” policy being imposed by the public transport sector in Roxas City, says Mayor Ronnie Dadivas.

Wearing face shield now mandatory in Roxas City

ROXAS City – Wearing face shield in public transportation, government offices and all establishments is now mandatory here. Mayor Ronnie Dadivas cited the Sangguniang Panlungsod...
Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan reopened to more visitors starting October 1, 2020. Akean Forum

Aklan guv sees gradual Boracay tourist arrivals

AKLAN – The world-famous Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan reopened to more visitors beginning October 1 and Aklan Governor Florencio Miraflores is confident of...
Photo shows the proposed building of the University of the Philippines Visayas extension campus in Barangay Nauring, Pandan, Antique. Pandan LGU Facebook

UP Visayas to open extension campus in Antique

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – An extension campus of the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) will soon rise in Barangay Nauring, Pandan,...