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Development projects at the Kalibo International Airport will spur tourism and trade activities in Western Visayas, says Secretary Arturo Tugade of the Department of Transportation. On June 4, he inaugurated over P48-million worth of these projects – overall repair and restoration of the Passenger Terminal Building, Aerodome Rescue and Firefighting shed and administrative building; re-blocking of 4,027 square meters apron pavement; and expansion and improvement of the international terminal building.

Multimillion Kalibo airport dev’t projects inaugurated

KALIBO, Aklan – Over P48-million worth of development projects at the Kalibo International Airport (KIA) were inaugurated by the Department of Transportation (DoTR) and...

Roxas City logs 5 COVID deaths, highest in a day

ROXAS City – This city logged five deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on June 5. So far, this was the highest single -ay...
PHOTO FROM UPOD KITA RONNIE DADIVAS FB PAGE Mayor Ronnie Dadivas of Roxas City and local health officials inspect a building at Hortus Botanicus which will be transformed into a temporary treatment and monitoring facility for mild and moderate coronavirus patients.

Roxas mulls facility for mild, moderate COVID patients

ROXAS City – With coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections increasing and hospitals being overwhelmed with patients, the city government is establishing a temporary treatment...
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Guimaras barangay sealed until June 18

BUENAVISTA, Guimaras – Barangay Sto. Rosario is on lockdown. It started on June 4 and will end on June 18. Mayor Eugenio Reyes said the barangay...

Missing Nabas fishermen return home

NABAS, Aklan – Six missing fishermen here returned home safely. They set out to sea on June 2 before Tropical Storm “Dante” (international name: Choi-wan)...

PRO-6 nets 65 drug pushers, 229 wanted in a week

ILOILO City – Sixty-five drug personalities and 229 most wanted persons were arrested by the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) in one week. PRO-6 data...
Gov. Samuel Gumarin of Guimaras has ordered additional precautionary measures to stop the spread of coronavirus disease. “We have to act fast para indi na ini madugangan pa,” he says.

Guimaras records 23 COVID cases and 2 deaths in 2 days

JORDAN, Guimaras – Guimaras recorded 23 new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and two more deaths – 13 cases and two deaths on...
“The electronic Single Entry Approach manifests the Department of Labor and Employment’s determination to continuously promote industrial peace and a healthy relationship in the work place during this pandemic,” says Region 6 labor director Cyril Ticao.

Displaced Capiz construction workers finally get paid P1.1M

ROXAS City – A total of 342 displaced construction workers in Pontevedra, Capiz finally received compensation reaching P1,142, 640.72. The amount covered underpayment of wages,...
PROTECTION. Ninety-year-old Lorenzo Desales of Barangay Idio, Sebaste, Antique avails himself of the vaccine against coronavirus disease. He is the second oldest resident of Antique to get inoculated, according to the Integrated Provincial Health Office. PHOTO COURTESY OF BARANGAY CAPTAIN PAMELA SOCORRO AZUCENA

Nanogenarian from Sebaste gets COVID-19 jab

SAN JOSE, Antique – A 90-year-old resident of Barangay Idio, Sebaste, Antique received on June 1 his first dose of the vaccine against coronavirus...

4 ‘missing’ fishermen return home safely

PILAR, Capiz – The four fishermen reported missing at the height of Typhoon “Dante” on June 2 survived the bad weather and were able...