Some schools in San Jose, Antique will be used as coronavirus disease 2019 quarantine centers as approved by the Department of Education. This province will be under moderate community quarantine starting May 1. PIO ANTIQUE

DepEd OKs Antique schools as COVID-19 isolation centers

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SAN JOSE, Antique – The Department of Education has approved the use of schools in the five municipalities in this province as quarantine centers for coronavirus...
Stranded Negrenses in Manila due to travel restrictions imposed to suppress the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 return in this province on April 22. The group, who will be undergoing a 14-day mandatory quarantine in E.B. Magalona town, includes 28 females, 18 males, two toddlers and an infant. RICHARD MALIHAN

More stranded Negrenses in Manila flown back home

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BACOLOD City – Some 46 Negrenses stranded in Metro Manila due to travel restrictions brought by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) arrived in this province via...
Antique lone district representative Loren Legarda seeks an explanation from the Semirara Mining and Power Corporation about the alleged entry of Chinese vessels to Semirara Island in Caluya, Antique amid lockdown. According to her, there had already been seven vessels in the island since last month. ABS-CBN NEWS

Legarda slams entry of Chinese vessels in Semirara amid lockdown

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MANILA – The Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC) should give an explanation about the alleged entry of Chinese vessels to Semirara Island in Caluya, Antique...
Medical frontliners of the Dr. Rafael S. Tumbukon Memorial Hospital (DRSTMH) in Kalibo, Aklan congratulate the 81-year-old coronavirus disease 2019 survivor who got discharged on April 22. He was sent to his residence in Libacao, Aklan for a 14-day mandatory quarantine. JUN AGUIRRE/PN

Aklan guv mulls modified ECQ

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KALIBO, Aklan – In order to balance the health and interest of his folks, Gov. Florencio Miraflores is mulling the implementation of a modified enhanced community...
Stranded Capizeños in the world-famous Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan receive food packs from their provincial government on April 19. According to the Public Employment Service Office in Malay, there are 344 workers in Boracay who are still stranded due to the enhanced community quarantine imposed to fight the spread of coronavirus disease 2019. MALAY PS MASALIGAN

Malay LGU assures aid for stranded Boracay workers

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ILOILO City – The local government unit (LGU) of Malay, Aklan is assuring aid for the 344 workers stranded in the town’s world-famous Boracay Island due...
Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard check the newly-arrived persons in a shoreline village in Manapla, Negros Occidental on April 20 as part of their maritime border control measures. Two persons have been confirmed to have sneaked in this province amid the enhanced community quarantine against coronavirus disease 2019. PCG-NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

Negros Occidental beefs up coastal border control measures

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BACOLOD CITY – Stricter maritime border control measures are being enforced in this province as people from neighboring islands have been monitored to sneak in while...
Food packs from the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Region 6 are now ready to be distributed to the targeted beneficiaries in Antique affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Each food pack is expected to last for two days for a family of five. PIO ANTIQUE

DSWD-6: 5-K food packs ready for Antiqueños

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SAN JOSE, Antique – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Region 6 has readied 5,000 food packs for the poorest of the poor...

2 Aklanons recover from COVID-19 – PHO

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BY  JUN AGUIRRE AND BOY RYAN ZABAL KALIBO, Aklan – Two Aklanons have recovered from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to the Provincial Health Office (PHO)...
Former Department of Health secretary Janette Garin says the practice of home quarantine for asymptomatic patients in containing the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 is ‘ineffective’. According to her, we should learn from the mistakes made by Wuhan City in China where the virus originated. GMA NETWORK

‘Home quarantine ineffective for COVID-19 patients’

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MANILA – The practice of home quarantine for asymptomatic patients in containing the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is ineffective, according to former Department of...
Food packs given to residents of Barangay Semirara, Caluya, Antique include variety of vegetables. Caluya is currently on a lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus disease 2019. BLGU SEMIRARA

Caluya mayor assures folks enough food supply amid lockdown

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SAN JOSE, Antique – Mayor Rigil Kent Lim of Caluya, Antique assured his residents that they have enough food supply and other basic needs amid the...
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