In the battle against the coronavirus disease 2019, various frontliners in this province receive personal protective equipment (PPE) made by the personnel of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). TESDA-Capiz vows to make more PPE when materials are once again available. PIA

Capiz frontliners receive PPE

ROXAS City – Various frontliners in this province were the recipients of the personal protective equipment (PPE) distributed by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority...
Aklan’s provincial government offers free rides to health personnel serving as frontliners in the battle against the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak. Due to the enhanced community quarantine, public transport in this province has been indefinitely suspended. PROVINCIAL HEALTH OFFICE-AKLAN

‘No local transmission of COVID-19 in Aklan’

KALIBO, Aklan – There is no local transmission of the coronavirus disease 2019 in this province, according to the Provincial Health Office in Aklan (PHO-Aklan). PHO-Aklan Dr....
This fire officer disinfects the streets of Roxas City, Capiz on March 30 as one of the precautionary measures against the coronavirus disease 2019. Fire officers here have also been helping the police in conducting checkpoints to motorists and passengers. RCFS BFP

Capiz records three coronavirus cases

ROXAS City – From one, the number of the positive coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in this province increased to 4, according to the Provincial Health...
Home-based sewers in Bacolod City will be provided by the City Cooperative and Livelihood Development Office (CCLDO) with materials in order to make face masks approved by the Department of Health. According to the CCLDO, the city government plans to produce around 50,000 pieces facemasks, but it might increase to 100,000 if more sewers would participate. BACOLOD City PIO

Bacolod hires home-based sewers to make face masks

To augment the supply of facemasks here, the city government, with the cooperation of the City Cooperative and Livelihood Development Office (CCLDO), has tapped the services...
Antique IPHO chief Dr. Ric Noel Naciongayo. PTV NEWS

Antique remains free from COVID-19, says IPHO

SAN JOSE, Antique – This province remains free from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) after its person under investigation (PUI) from Belison town, who died on...
Personnel of the local government unit of Sara, Iloilo and volunteers prepare food packs to be distributed to the town’s residents on April 1. Beneficiaries will receive vegetables aside from the usual food packs. SARA GUGMA KO

Sara folks get vegetables as relief items amid quarantine

ILOILO City – While placed under enhanced community quarantine due to the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak, a total of 15,278 households in the town of Sara...
Recipients of modified conditional cash transfer Valderrama, Antique observe social distancing as a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 while they wait to claim their cash grants. A total of 307 indigenous people in that town received their grants on March 25 to 27. PNA

307 Antique IP beneficiaries receive cash grants from DSWD

SAN JOSE, Antique – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released an amount of P1.080 million as cash grants to the 307 indigenous...
FOOD FOR FRONT-LINERS. Employees’ cooperatives in Antique donate PHP50,00 worth of food to the province’s front-liners. Ma. Lourdes Fortaleza, president of the United Provincial Government Employees of Antique (UPGEA), said on Tuesday (March 31, 2020) they consider their actions as part of their social responsibility. Photo courtesy of UPGEA/APGEMCO

Food aid provided to Antique frontliners

SAN JOSE, Antique – Frontliners in this province were provided with food assistance by a group of employers as appreciation and support in their fight against...
This healthcare worker from the Philippine Red Cross-Antique Chapter (right) conducts hygiene promotion to the Antiqueños that were stranded in Pandan, Antique due to the coronavirus disease 2019. The stranded persons cannot yet go home to their respective municipalities until the end of the enhanced community quarantine in the province. PHILIPPINE RED CROSS-ANTIQUE CHAPTER

Antique extends ECQ until April 14

SAN JOSE, Antique – The provincial government here extended the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) until April 14 as a higher bid to curb...

Igbaras implements new health, medical services amid COVID-19

ILOILO City – Amid the threat of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) which placed the town of Igbaras in Iloilo province under enhanced community...