Police arrested a 63-year-old Swiss man for allegedly cracking a bomb joke at the Siargao Domestic Airport on Tuesday, March 5. The suspect, Pet, who was about to leave the island after a vacation, uttered a bomb joke twice while at the airport in Barangay Sayak, Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte. He...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), the sole electric distributor of this city, has launched the first modern power control center in Panay Island. THE new control center of MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), the sole electric distributor in Iloilo City. (MORE...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Energy reminded residents of Panay Island to conserve energy following another power blackout on March 1. “The general public is also encouraged to conserve energy,” the DOE said in an appeal to residents of Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo, and Negros...
ILOILO CITY – Three international cruise ships have visited world-famous Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan, in the first two months of the year. CRUISE ship MS Westerdam (left) visited world-famous Boracay Island last November and returned this month. (Serafin Javelona/Boracay-Malay Tourism Office)...
ILOILO CITY – The 301st Infantry Brigade aims to dismantle the two remaining New People’s Army fronts in Panay Island. “While we have reduced the strength of the NPA, the two remaining NPA fronts still pose a challenge,” said Brig. Gen. Michael Samson on the sidelights of the 301st IB’s...
Song Seung-hyun, a former member of Korean rock band FT Island who became an actor, announced his retirement from the entertainment industry due to various challenges. The 31-year-old celebrity debuted as a guitarist in FT Island in 2009 and left the group in December 2019 after the...
ILOILO CITY – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)-6 (Western Visayas) has sought the creation of a Regional Steering Committee (RSC) to properly coordinate preparations for the proposed bridges connecting the islands of Panay, Guimaras, and Negros. A PERSPECTIVE of the...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.7 earthquake jolted Davao Occidental on Tuesday morning, February 13. EARTHQUAKE epicenter The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was recorded at 4:45 a.m. and its epicenter was 284 kilometers (kms) southeast of...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-5.3 earthquake jolted Siargao Island, Surigao del Sur on Monday morning, February 12. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the tremor was recorded at 10:03 a.m. and its epicenter was 92 kilometers (kms) northeast of Siargao....
TACLOBAN CITY – Seventy-one passengers of a distressed Roll-on, Roll-off vessel, MV Reina Hosanna, were rescued in the sea of Capul Island, Northern Samar, on Sunday, February 11. THE Philippine Coast Guard rescued 71 passengers of a distressed Roll-on, Roll-off vessel in Northern Samar on...
Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (below, third from right) visits the northern frontier's maritime defense outpost in Mavulis Island in Itbayat, Batanes on Feb. 6, 2024. (Photo by Armed Forces of the Philippines) The Department of National Defense (DND) has cautioned...
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has reported that Aklan Province is the fastest-growing economy among provinces and highly urbanized cities in the country. The Province of Aklan, known for being the home of Boracay Island, recorded a...
