Tourists flood Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan before it was closed earlier this year due to coronavirus disease 2019. MalacaƱang is urging Western Visayas tourist to spend time in the world-class island which reopened on June 16. SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST

Palace urges WV tourists to visit Boracay

MANILA – MalacaƱang has urged Western Visayas tourists to visit the world-famous Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque in a virtual press...
This San Remigio, Antique resident shows the P6,000 emergency cash aid he received under the national government’s social amelioration program. The Department of Social Welfare and Development Regional Office 6 started releasing the cash aid to beneficiaries in Sebaste, Barbaza and Remigio on July 14. ANTIQUE PSWDO VIA PNA

More Antique SAP beneficiaries receive cash aid

SAN JOSE, Antique – Some 1,438 families in three towns in this province have received their cash assistance under the social amelioration program (SAP)...
"We will not accept the locally stranded individuals for now para matutukan naton ang una nga batch, especially ang mga patients who are under quarantine period,ā€ says Guimaras Vice Gov. John Edward Gando. ILOILO TODAY

Guimaras wants return of LSIs suspended temporarily

ILOILO City – The provincial government of Guimaras wants to temporarily suspend the return of their locally stranded individuals (LSIs). Vice Gov. John Edward Gando...
Residents of Belison, Antique who did not receive emergency financial aid from the national government avail themselves of the cash assistance provided by the local government unit on July 8. Mayor Christopher Piccio said P5,000 is the ceiling amount of the financial assistance. BELISON LGU

Belison hands out emergency cash assistance to residents

SAN JOSE, Antique – The local government of Belison in this province has provided emergency cash assistance to residents who remain affected by the...
Repatriated locally stranded individuals arrive at the Antique Airport on July 15 via a Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight. PAL operations in the province are rolling again after the Department of the Interior and Local Government issued an advisory lifting the travel ban on locally stranded individuals effective Wednesday. PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE

90 Western Visayas LSIs return home

SAN JOSE, Antique – Ninety locally stranded individuals (LSIs) are now home via a Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight that landed at the Antique Airport...

ā€˜NPA official’ nabbed in NegOcc has arrest warrant for murder

BACOLOD City – One of the four officials of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) arrested in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental...
Police personnel conduct feeding program to residents of Barangay San Jose, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on July 15. Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office officer-in-charge Colonel Romy Palgue commended his men for their recognition as the top-performing unit in Western Visayas for June. BINALBAGAN PNP

Negros Occ. police top performer in W. Visayas

BACOLOD City – The chief of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) commended his men for their recognition as the top-performing unit in...
A dog roams in the beaches of Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan in this undated photo. The municipal government is offering rewards to those who will capture stray dogs and cats in Boracay.

Malay offers rewards to ā€˜catchers’ of stray dogs, cats in Boracay

KALIBO, Aklan – The municipal government of Malay, Aklan is offering financial rewards to those who will capture stray dogs and cats in the...
Military and police troops seize firearms explosives, cash, and other items from four officials of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army who were arrested in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on July 10. Major Gen Eric Vinoya, commander of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division, called the arrest a huge blow to the communist-terrorist group. 15TH INFANTRY BATTALION, PHILIPPINE ARMY VIA PNA

Army: Arrest of top-ranking rebels ā€˜huge blow’ to NPA

BACOLOD City – A top official of the Philippine Army (PA) considered the arrest of four suspected rebels in this province as a ā€œhuge...
Fire gutted four commercial establishments in Barangay Poblacion Proper, Mambusao, Capiz on July 14. Properties estimated to be worth P200,000 went up in smoke. DYVR RMN ROXAS 657 KHZ

Fire hits Mambusao stores, leaves P200,000 damage

ROXAS City – Properties estimated to be worth P200,000 went up in smoke after fire gutted four commercial establishments in Barangay Poblacion Proper, Mambusao,...