Tag page - SIBALOM

ILOILO CITY – An international group is calling on the government to create buffer zones to make sure schools are free from the harmful impact of pesticides, following an alleged poisoning incident involving elementary and high school students in Antique province recently. “As an immediate...

ILOILO CITY – An initial Department of Health (DOH) toxicology report found out that a type of pesticide known as cypermethrin caused the massive fainting of around 300 students in Antique province last month. “There was sufficient evidence of environmental contamination by cypermethrin within...

ILOILO CITY – The province of Antique is awaiting test results to determine what toxin caused more than 300 people from Sibalom town to be hospitalized on July 2. Dr. Rommel Garganera, chief of the Provincial Health Office (PHO), said that swab samples have been taken from the victims who were...

ILOILO CITY – More than 200 students were taken to various hospitals after fainting due to foul odor in Sibalom town, Antique province on Wednesday. The victims were mostly pupils of Pis-anan Central Elementary School and students of Pis-anan National High School. The Antique Provincial Disaster...

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – Elite families in the municipality of Sibalom,  Antique, own eight images of century-old saints, attracting tourists this Holy Week. They serve as the legacy of faith of “principalias” or the elite members of a society affiliated with the Philippine...