Farmer Nestor Cesar shows sweet corn leaves partly eaten by fall armyworms at his farm in Barangay Mobo, Kalibo Aklan. JUN AGUIRRE/PN

Aklan corn farmer wary of fall armyworm attack

KALIBO, Aklan – A sweet corn farmer in this town aired his concern about the presence of fall armyworms that could damage the agricultural products in...
Gov. Esteban Evan Contreras of Capiz urges the public to refrain from posting, sharing and sending any reports about the novel coronavirus unless they are sourced out from the Department of Health or other credible health authorities and organizations. CAPIZ KABALAKA INFORMATION CENTER

2 suspected nCoV cases in Capiz negative – PHO

ROXAS City – Two individuals under investigation for a possible 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD) in Capiz have been tested negative, the Provincial...
Residents of Barangay Puso, La Castellana, Negros Occidental, together with local officials remember the fallen of the massacre in the village orchestrated by the New People’s Army on seven years ago on Feb. 6. PNA

La Castellana honors NPA massacre victims

BACOLOD City – Residents of Barangay Puso in La Castellana, Negros Occidental honored their kin who were the fallen victims and survivors of an ambush committed...
Drug suspects Alfred Jaguio and Feb Almia during an entrapment operation in Barangay Cagay, Roxas City, Capiz on Feb. 7. GLENN BEUP/PN

P600-K ‘shabu’ seized in Roxas buy-bust

ROXAS City – Five sachets of suspected shabu valued around P600,000 were seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Cagay here, according to Master Sergeant Ramil  Arcangeles,...
Antique eyes to remain African swine fever- free for pork products by proposing an Executive order that would ban the entry of live pigs and all pork products from Mindanao. PNA

Antique eyes pork ban from Mindanao

SAN JOSE, Antique – The Provincial Veterinary Office (ProVet) of this province is proposing to ban the entry of live pigs, pork, and other pork-based products...
Caticlan Jetty Port serves the general area of the municipality of Malay, Aklan. The port is used to cross its passengers from Sibuyan Sea to Boracay Island and vice-versa. BOY RYAN ZABAL/AKEAN FORUM

Bautista: City dream is on for Malay, Boracay

MALAY, Aklan – This municipality is striving for a cityhood that aims to achieve unprecedented growth and to improve the level of local government, according to...
Dispatched inspectors of the Provincial Veterinary Office by the Provincial African swine fever Task Force confiscate pork-based products from passengers at Bredco Port in Bacolod City on late January. PNA

NegOcc bans live pigs, pork products from Mindanao

BACOLOD City – The province of Negros Occidental has expanded its entry ban of live pigs, pork, and pork-based products from the whole Mindanao to protect...
Acting Malay Mayor Frolibar Bautista issues Executive Order No. 004 series of 2020 that suspends entry of travelers in the province with history from China and its administrative region within the last two on Feb. 6. PNA

Malay, Boracay intensify border checkpoints to contain nCoV

BORACAY – In a bid to prevent the entry of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), a multi-agency task force in this town intensified border checkpoints before entering...
Antique Police Provincial Office (APPO) Deputy Director for Operations Lt. Col. Norby Escobar. PNA

LTO to deputize more police personnel in Antique

SAN JOSE, Antique – The Land Transportation Office (LTO) in this province will deputize more police personnel for the better implementation of traffic laws. Antique Police Provincial...
Officials of a team composed by Department of Interior and Local Government and the provincial Engineering Office inspect the progress on the Inabasan-Bugarot in San Jose, Antique. PNA

P59.3-M Antique road projects up for completion

SAN JOSE, Antique, – Two road projects in this province under the Conditional Matching Grant to Provinces (CMGP) amounting to P59.3 million are up for completion. The road projects are...