Antique eases liquor ban

SAN JOSE, Antique – The Antique Inter-Agency Task Force on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the League of Municipalities of the Philippines-Antique Chapter approved...

Pontevedra local nabbed in drug bust

BACOLOD City – He allegedly sold shabu. The 39-year-old William Lanzar was arrested around 5:30 p.m. on May 20 in Barangay 1, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental,...

Rody extends Boracay task force until 2021

BORACAY – President Rodrigo Duterte extended the term of the Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF), which will oversee the continuing the rehabilitation of the...

Antique cops arrest 122 curfew violators

SAN JOSE, Antique – Police officers in this province have apprehended 122 persons for violating curfew hours since the rule was implemented on March...

Southern NegOcc ARBs to receive aid packages

BACOLOD City – An initial 4,000 to 7,000 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in southern Negros Occidental affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic...

2 persons caught selling liquor in San Jose

SAN JOSE, Antique – Two persons selling overpriced liquor in secret were arrested in two separate operations here. Gov. Rhodora Cadiao’s Provincial Ordinance 2020-204 temporary...

Antique seeks to extend use of schools as quarantine facilities

SAN JOSE, Antique – The provincial government has requested the Department of Education (DepEd) to allow local government units (LGUs) to continue using the...

NegOcc solon bats for ‘digitally-equipped’ learning spaces

MANILA – A Negrense lawmaker filed a bill seeking the establishment of community learning centers in all cities and municipalities amid the coronavirus disease...

15 more Negrense UPV students complete quarantine

BACOLOD CITY – Fifteen Negrense students of the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) were finally able to return home after completing their mandatory...

DOTr, LTO asked to reconsider ban on motorcycle ‘backride’

SAN JOSE, Antique – Gov. Rhodora Cadiao will personally appeal to the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land and Transportation Office to allow...