POLLILO, Quezon – Police seized 106 grams of suspected shabu worth P2.1 million and arrested a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Salipsip, this town, on Friday afternoon, August 16. LAWMEN nab a suspected drug pusher in Pollilo, Quezon on Friday, August 16. Police...
Banwa Private Island Robb Report, the lifestyle magazine for the ultra affluent, and the most definitive authority on anything luxurious, has just named—again—the extremely private Banwa Private Island as one of the world’s top hotels. For the second consecutive year, Banwa is included in the...
4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino "Nonoy" Libanan (Facebook) House Minority Leader 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan has filed a bill that seeks to establish the new Samar Island Region. Embodied in House Bill (HB) No.10727, the move is...
Four Points by Sheraton Boracay facade Boracay, the award-winning island, extends a warm welcome to Marriott Bonvoy’s newest addition as Four Points by Sheraton opens its doors on the world renowned destination. Officially launched on August 3, 2024, the hotel is located in Station 1 of Boracay...
The islands of Lawak, Likas, Kota, Pag-asa, and Parola are the main focus of the University of the Philippines-Marine Science Institute’s Geological Oceanography Laboratory research in the Kalayaan Island Group. (Image courtesy of Jeffrey Munar/UP-MSI website) While rising sea levels have placed...
BACOLOD CITY – Sen. Imee Marcos expressed concern after the fund allocation for the Negros Island Region (NIR) did not make it to the proposed 2025 national budget. SEN. Imee Marcos, with Negros Oriental Gov. Manuel Sagarbarria (right) and Negros Occidental Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer, speaks in a...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has directed the municipality of Turtle Islands in Tawi-Tawi to set up a responsibility center for its gender and development (GAD) Focal Point System (GFPS) for the accounting and monitoring of GAD-related expenses and financial transactions. In its 2023 audit on...
ILOILO CITY — The Department of Tourism-Western Visayas assured that tourists remain safe following the sighting of and capture of a saltwater crocodile at world-famous Boracay Island. A CROCODILE was spotted and rescued at world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province....
ILOILO CITY – A crocodile was spotted and rescued in world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province. A CROCODILE was spotted and rescued in world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province. (DENR/CENRO-Boracay) The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-6...
DAVAO CITY – Since January this year, several provinces across Mindanao have experienced severe flooding due to heavy rains. DR. Lionel Dabbadie, chief of the Food and Agriculture Organization in the Philippines. (Keith Bacongco) Many of these inundated areas were not just simply low-lying...
TACLOBAN CITY – Kalanggaman Island, Eastern Visayas’ top tourist destination, is implementing its annual five-day island holiday this week. The activity from July 22 to July 26 is dedicated to the preservation and conservation of Island's ecosystems. The local government unit of Palompon...
ILOILO CITY — The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is projecting that the economy of Western Visayas is poised to lose P379 billion once Negros Occidental and its capital city of Bacolod separates from the region. A TRUCK carrying sugarcane in Silay City, Negros Occidental province....
