A frontliner avails himself of a flu vaccine from the Provincial Health Office in Aklan in this undated photo. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. PROVINCIAL HEALTH OFFICE-AKLAN

200 Aklan frontliners get flu vaccine

ILOILO City – Two hundred frontliners in Aklan availed themselves of flu vaccine from their Provincial Health Office (PHO). The recipients were personnel of the...
Local authorities conduct border checkpoint in Barangay Pinatuad, Nabas, Aklan on Aug. 22. Aklan is implementing border management until Aug. 31 to further suppress the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 in the area. IBAJAY BFP

Aklan implements border management

ILOILO City – Gov. Florencio Miraflores issued Executive Order (EO) No. 35 providing preventive and mitigating measures in all points of entry in Aklan...
Scene of the crime operatives of the Bacolod City Police Office process the area in Eroreco Subdivision, Barangay Mandalagan where human rights activist Zara Alvarez was gunned down on Aug. 17. BCPO VIA PNA

Army supports probe Negros activist’s slay

BACOLOD City – The top official of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (ID) has expressed full support to the ongoing investigation on the...
Individuals wear facemasks and observe social distancing while queuing at the Libas Fishing Port in Roxas City, Capiz in this undated photo. The office of the fishing port is on lockdown until further notice after one of its workers tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019. UPOD KITA RONNIE DADIVAS FB

Roxas City fish port office on lockdown

ROXAS City – The office of the Libas Fishing Port here is on lockdown after one of its workers tested positive for coronavirus disease...
This police officer provides security to passengers of a commercial flight that arrived at the Kalibo International Airport in Kalibo, Aklan on Aug. 21. The airport resumed its commercial flights starting Aug. 19 after the national government reverted Metro Manila to general community quarantine. KALIBO SIX AVSEU

Kalibo airport resumes commercial flights

ILOILO City –  The Kalibo International Airport in Kalibo, Aklan resumed its commercial flights after the national government reverted Metro Manila to general community...
Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson (center) leads the groundbreaking rites for the Negros Occidental Language and Information Technology Center (NOLITC) Global Campus in Hacienda Manaul, Barangay Matab-ang, Talisay City on Aug. 19. PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

NegOcc global IT school to rise in Talisay City

BACOLOD City – The Negros Occidental Language and Information Technology Center (NOLITC) Global Campus will rise in neighboring Talisay City by 2022. The groundbreaking in...

15 ex-NPA militiamen in Negros get cash assistance

BACOLOD City – Some 15 former Yunit Militia members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in this province received a...
“Posible nga nalatnan ang baby sang 25-year-old niya nga tatay nga nag-positive sadto,” says Mayor Eugene Reyes of Buenavista, Guimaras. PIA ILOILOINFOCEN

4-month-old baby Guimaras’ youngest COVID-19 patient

ILOILO City – A four-month-old baby boy in Buenavista town became Guimaras’ youngest person so far to contract SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus...
The Saint Raphael the Archangel Parish Church in Balete, Aklan. BALETE.BLOGSPOT.COM

Balete parish church robbed

ILOILO City – The Saint Raphael the Archangel Parish Church in Balete, Aklan was robbed.Parish priest Jarvin Taglay, 43, said the donation box containing...
Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard sub-station in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental patrol the coastal areas of the northern city in this undated photo. Operations have been intensified against the illegal entry of locally-stranded individuals from the neighboring Cebu province. SAN CARLOS CITY INFORMATION OFFICE VIA PNA

PCG-Negros beefs up patrol vs. illegal entry of LSIs from Cebu

BACOLOD City – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) continues intensifying its monitoring in the coastal areas of San Carlos City to prevent the illegal...