Child abuse suspect jailed

ROXAS City – Charged with child abuse, a man was arrested in Barangay 8. The 54-year-old Rafael Alejaga of Barangay Tanza was caught on the...
Leaders of barangay contract tracing teams in Bacolod City attend a briefing conducted by (from right) Dr. Luz Ma-apni, head of Contact Tracing Operations Center; Dr. Ma. Carmela Gensoli, city health officer; and City administrator Em Ang at the Bacolod Respiratory Outpatient Center inside the BAYS Center on Aug. 18. BACOLOD CITY PIO

Bacolod City trains contact tracers of COVID hit brgys

BACOLOD City – Leaders of Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams (BHERTs) here have started their contract tracing training with the City Health Office (CHO).City...
Face shields produced by the Sibalom Bamboo Crafters-Makers Association SBCMA based in Barangay Villafont, Sibalom, Antique. SBCMA president Isaias Fabillo said they make around 60 bamboo face shields per day. PNA

Sibalom folks make bamboo face shields

SAN JOSE, Antique – Bamboo craftsmen in Barangay Villafont, Sibalom in this province have engaged themselves in making face shields, which are in high...

Buenavista regulates public transport, business hours

ILOILO City – Mayor Eugene Reyes issued Executive Order (EO) No. 44 regulating business hours, public transport and movement of people in the municipality...
The remains of 67-year-old Milagros Sumaculob arrives at the Iloilo International Airport in Cabatuan, Iloilo on Aug. 18. She was among the four overseas Filipino workers killed in a powerful explosion that ripped Lebanese capital Beirut on Aug. 4. GEN MARIE SUMACULOB FB POST

Remains of Guimarasnon killed in Beirut now home

ILOILO City – The remains of 67-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Milagros Sumaculob who died in an explosion in Lebanon is now home in...

Solid waste mgt plans of 17 Capiz LGUs approved

ROXAS CITY – The National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) approved the 10-year solid waste management (SWM) plans of all local government units (LGUs)...
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Cadiao welcomes deferment of school opening

SAN JOSE, Antique – Gov. Rhodora Cadiao of this province welcomed the Department of Education‘s (DepEd) decision to defer the opening of classes. Cadiao said...
Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office personnel disinfect houses in Barangay Espinosa, Jordan, Guimaras on Monday. The village is on a lockdown beginning yesterday, Aug. 17, until Aug. 20. LGU MAYOR RUBEN CORPUZ

Jordan barangay on COVID-19 lockdown

ILOILO City – Barangay Espinosa in Jordan, Guimaras went on lockdown yesterday. Three residents tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), said Mayor Ruben Corpuz. In...
The Philippine flag at the Negros Occidental Capitol Lagoon and Park in Bacolod City flies at half-staff starting Aug. 17 to pay tribute to the country’s healthcare workers and other frontliners who died battling the spread of coronavirus disease 2019. PIO NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

Flags in NegOcc at half-mast to honor fallen frontliners

BACOLOD City – The Philippine flags around Negros Occidental, including this capital city, are being flown at half-staff for two weeks starting Monday to...
"Everybody knows that Iloilo City is the main commerce sang Panay. Antiqueños need to go there to work, purchase goods or transact in government offices,” says Gov. Rhodora Cadiao of Antique.

Antique enforces two-week border control

ILOILO City – The province of Antique is implementing border control, not border restriction.Gov. Rhodora Cadiao said the enforcement of border control in the...