Kalibo fest organizer quits weeks before Ati-Atihan
KALIBO, Aklan – Apolonio ‘Apol’
Zaraspe III, president of the Kalibo Sr. Sto. Niño Ati-Atihan Management
Council, Inc. (Kassamaco), has officially resigned on Dec. 4 –...
Food, travel fair features Aklan agri products, cuisines
KALIBO, Aklan – The culinary project
of the Department of Tourism (DOT) from Dec. 6 to 8 in Iloilo City is expected
to draw food exhibitors,...
‘Serve like superheroes,’ Capiz cops told
ROXAS City – Newly installed Capiz
Police Provincial Office (CPPO) acting director Colonel Julio Gustilo Jr. urged
policemen in the province to serve the people with...
Negrenses assured of better PhilHealth benefits
BACOLOD City – The Philippine Health
Insurance Corp. in Western Visayas (PhilHealth-6) has assured Negros Occidental
residents of improved and immediate eligibility to benefits under the...
Antique police launches ‘Ligtas Kapaskuhan 2019’
SAN JOSE, Antique – The provincial
police office here recently started setting up public assistance desks (PADs) in
places expected to have influx of tourists –...
NFA to start supplying rice to NegOcc 4Ps beneficiaries
BACOLOD City – The National Food Authority (NFA) will soon start
supplying rice to over 118,376 beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino
Program (4Ps) in Negros Occidental....
Antique sugar migrants get piggery livelihood
SAN JOSE, Antique – Twenty sugar migrants from the southern part of the
province received 40 heads of native piglets to boost their livelihood.
Gov. Rhodora...
W. Visayas coastal waters still red-tide free
KALIBO, Aklan – The Bureau of
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said coastal waters of Panay and Negros
Islands’ remain safe from toxic red tide.
In its...
1 killed, 2 injured in Hamtic road crash
SAN JOSE, Antique – A farmer was killed while two others were wounded in a
road crash in Barangay Piapi 3, Hamtic, Antique.
The 59-year-old...
Delinquent taxpayers urged to avail of amnesty
ROXAS City – Revenue officials have
urged delinquent taxpayers to avail of the government’s amnesty program.
In the recently held year-end
adjustments and tax updates seminar, officials...