ILOILO CITY – Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI) has released financial aid to families of victims in the December 5 Ceres bus accident that killed 18 and injured 11 individuals in Hamtic, Antique. “The company released initial monetary assistance to the victims of the accident that transpired in...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 has released cash aid to survivors of the Antique bus tragedy on Tuesday, December 5. A STAFF of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 talks to a survivor of the Antique bus tragedy. (DSWD-6 PIO) DSWD-6...
ILOILO CITY – A bus inspector and conductor were hailed as heroes for losing their lives to save passengers of a Ceres bus that plunged off a cliff in Hamtic, Antique on December 5. BUS inspector Jayvon Fandagani (left) and bus conductor Wilmar Marcelino lost their lives saving passengers in the...
BACOLOD CITY – The management of Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI) is now processing the necessary documents in compliance with the requirements of the 90-day preventive suspension issued by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Wednesday, December 6, in connection...
ILOILO CITY – Seventeen persons were confirmed dead when a passenger bus plunged off a cliff in Hamtic, Antique on Tuesday afternoon, December 5. The victims were identified as bus driver Ricky Serios, bus conductor Wilmar Marcelino, bus inspector Jose Glenn Fandagani, Joemarie Alcala, Francis...
BACOLOD CITY – The management of Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI) has decided to voluntarily suspend all operations of 12 remaining units pending the investigation on a Ceres Liner Bus involved in an accident in Hamtic, Antique that killed more than 10 people on Tuesday, December 5. These remaining...
S eventeen people died and 11 were injured when a passenger bus careered off a road on a "killer curve" and plunged down a mountain in Hamtic, Antique on Tuesday, officials said Wednesday. Provincial disaster agency head Roderick Train told AFP that seven people were in critical condition in the...
ILOILO CITY – At least 25 people were reportedly killed after a bus fell off a cliff in Hamtic town, Antique province on Tuesday, December 5. RECOVERED bodies of fatalities in a bus crash in Hamtic, Antique on Tuesday, December 5. (Community Digital Correspondents-Antique) Authorities have...
ILOILO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-6 (Western Visayas) to expedite the repair of the Paliwan Bridge in Antique province. PALIWAN Bridge (Photo via Tara Yap) Marcos told DPWH-6 officials that the bridge repair is a...
ILOILO CITY – The Sandiganbayan junked the graft case filed against Antique Gov. Rhodora “Dodod” Cadiao and lifted her 90-day preventive suspension. CADIAO (Tara Yap) In a copy of the decision obtained by Manila Bulletin, the Sandiganbayan Seventh Division ruled that there is lack of...
ILOILO CITY – The province of Antique is eyeing to become a premier diving destination. To kickstart this goal, the Antique Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office (APTCAO) is pushing for the creation of a diving organization. “We have very virginal dive locations. We don't have formal...
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the graft conviction of incumbent and former officials of Patnongon town in Antique and a private individual in the irregular transfer of ownership of the municipality's P9.9 million rice mill in 2007 and 2008. Denied were the motions for reconsideration filed by...
