ILOILO CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) has wrapped up a survey among tourists at world-famous Boracay Island. TOURISTS participate in a survey conducted by the Department of Tourism (DOT) in world-famous Boracay Island. (DOT-6) “We wanted to measure our tourism products and...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (PPAB) Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co wants Chinese tourists to go to Kalayaan Islands once it has been transformed into the Philippines' own "Maldives". Co, chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, said that...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID) has recorded 47 killings perpetrated by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Negros Island from January 2022 to present. Three fatalities were former NPA rebels, four government officials, five soldiers, a policeman, and 34 civilians. Fifty-one...
TALICUD ISLAND, Davao del Norte – A group of elderly Moro women belonging to the Sama-Laminusa tribe is seeking assistance to market their traditional hand-woven sleeping mats. LAPID Adlawan checks Romblon leaves in Talicud Island, Davao del Norte, the raw materials for weaving traditional...
ILOILO CITY – World-famous Boracay Island has earned another distinction. The tourism office of the municipality of Malay in Aklan confirmed that the country’s most famous beach destination was named as one of Asia's best islands in the Condé Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards 2023....
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez expressed his gratitude to Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief-of-Staff General Romeo Brawner Jr. for accompanying him and a handful of other solons to Pag-asa Island in the...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – The recent recognition of Siargao as one of the Top 10 Islands in Asia for this year’s Condé Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards indicates that it has fully recovered from the pandemic and the brunt of typhoon “Odette” in 2021. “Siargao Island has indeed...
ILOILO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday, October 6, distributed rice and cash aid to beneficiaries of programs under the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in three provinces in Panay Island. PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., assisted by DSWD Secretary Rex...
From left to right: House Speaker Martin Romualdez, Majority Leader Manuel Jose "Mannix" Dalipe, and House Minority Leader Marcelino "Nonoy" Libanan (Speaker’s office) Ranking House of Representatives members led by Speaker Martin Romualdez paid their final...
The party of House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez (middle) pose for a commemorative photo on Pag-asa Island during their visit on Oct. 5, 2023. (Photo courtesy of House of Representatives via Armed Forces of the Philippines) Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez says he wants to have "protocols" set up with "friends" from the Chinese Embassy regarding the presence of Chinese vessels within Philippine territory. Romualdez made...
Soneva Jani, Noonu Atoll, Maldives. (Unsplash) House Speaker Martin Romualdez believes that with the right funding and intervention, Pag-asa Island and the rest of the Kalayaan Island Group in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) could be developed into a...
