ILOILO CITY – A major power blackout crippled Panay Island starting Tuesday, January 2. Majority of Panay Island still had no power as of posting time. Affected areas were Aklan, Antique, Capiz, and Iloilo as well as this city, the regional capital of Western Visayas. Also hit by the outage was...
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) reported ongoing power restoration efforts in parts of Visayas that are affected by the Panay power plant shutdown. According to an update as of 6:00AM on Wednesday, Jan. 3, the NGCP said that 144.2 megawatts (MW) of power was being served by...
ILOILO CITY – More than 21,000 tourists marked the New Year in world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province. The Malay-Boracay Tourism Office said 21,297 tourists were in the country’s most famous beach destination to welcome the year 2024. TOURISTS watch the New Year’s fireworks...
Razon-led Manila Water Co., Inc. said it is committed to promote responsible energy use and sustainability through its Boracay island unit, extending its impact beyond clean water delivery. In a statement, Adrian Bryan Magallanes, Boracay Island Water Co., Inc., general manager, said that the...
TACLOBAN CITY – The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill declaring the more than 60,000 hectares of waters surrounding Panaon Island located in the southern tip of Southern Leyte as a protected seascape under the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas...
Korean rock band FT Island member Choi Min-hwan, 31, and his wife, Kim Yul-hee, 26, a former member of K-pop girl group Laboum, announced their divorce after being married for five years. Choi Min-hwan and Kim Yul-hee revealed their relationship in 2017 after she posted their photos on...
(Photo: Philippine Coast Guard) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) inaugurated a new surveillance station in Pag-asa Island, West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Friday, Dec. 1, to monitor China's activities and counter their increasing aggression in the tension-filled waters. The Coast Guard Station...
ILOILO CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-6 warned the people that red tide is still present in eight coastal areas of Panay Island. “All types of shellfish and ‘alamang’ (shrimp fry) are not safe from human consumption,” the BFAR said in Shellfish Bulletin No....
Senator Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito has rejected claims insinuating that he is causing the delay in the passage of the measure that seeks the creation of a Negros Island Region (NIR). Sen. Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito (Senate PRIB Photo) Ejercito, whose mother hails from Bacolod...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) recently welcomed 64 new members of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU) Active Auxiliary (CAA) in Negros Island. They are comprised of four former combatants and 60 dependents of the Rebolusyonaryong Partidong Manggagawa ng...
ILOILO CITY – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)-6 said the proposed bridge linking the islands of Panay and Guimaras will be constructed and completed by the end of the Marcos administration. A PERSEPECTIVE of the proposed Panay-Guimaras-Negros bridge. (DPWH) “It is...
ILOILO CITY – Two international cruise ships visited world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province in the first week of November. THE MV Norwegian Jewel is one of two cruise ships that visited Boracay Island in the first week of November. (Serafin Javelona/Boracay-Malay Tourism...
