Tourists from areas under general community quarantine will be allowed to enter Boracay Island starting Oct. 1, but they will be required to follow health protocols, according to tourism officials. PNA

Boracay tourists urged: Be responsible travelers

MANILA – The Tourism department on Sunday, World Tourism Day, urged travelers to tourist paradise Boracay to comply with minimum health requirements to keep...
Barangays 4 and Badiang in San Jose Antique are now free from drug infestation, says town Mayor Elmer Untaran citing the recent deliberation of the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing Operation.

2 San Jose villages now ‘drug-cleared’

SAN JOSE, Antique – Local authorities of this capital town are optimistic that their municipality would be declared as drug-cleared before the end of 2020. Mayor...

Jamindan farmer stabbed to death inside house

ILOILO – He was inside his house sleeping when he got stabbed. The 52-year-old farmer Edilberto Nobleza of Barangay Caridad, Jamindan, Capiz succumbed to mutilple...
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3ID medical personnel cited as ‘best frontliner’

ILOILO City – Medical personnel of Camp Peralta Station in Capiz province was recognized by the Philippine Army as one of the Best Civilian...

Antique record first coronavirus death

ILOILO City – The province of Antique recorded its first death from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – a 61-year-old woman from Hamtic town. Patient No....

BIR-Capiz extends online biz registration until Sept. 30

ROXAS City, Capiz – The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) here extended the registration of those selling goods and services online until Sept. 30. BIR-Capiz...
This photo taken on June 17, 2020 shows a general shot of empty famous white beach of Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan. With community quarantine against coronavirus still continues throughout the country, foreign tourists are still banned on beaches. AFP/ERNESTO CRUZ

Scrapping of age restriction for Boracay tourists mulled

MANILA – The Department of Tourism (DOT) is proposing the removal of age restriction for those who will travel to Boracay Island, which will...
WITHDRAWAL OF SUPPORT. Former mass supporters of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army in Barangay Sta. Rosa, Murcia, Negros Occidental burn the CPP-NPA flag in a ceremony held at the village covered court on Sept. 21, 2020. PHILIPPINE ARMY’S 79TH INFANTRY BATTALION

Reds ‘unwelcome’ in Murcia village

BACOLOD City – Officials and residents of Barangay Sta. Rosa in Murcia, Negros Occidental declared the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA)...

PCG rescues crew of sinking Guimaras-bound motorboat

ILOILO City – All the nine crew of a Guimaras-bound motorboat that nearly sank in the Iloilo Strait between this city and the island...

18 ‘high-risk contacts’ in 18 ‘high-risk contacts’ in Aklan infected with COVID

KALIBO, Aklan – Eighteen Aklanons tagged as high-risk contacts of confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients were found infected with the viral illness, data...