(MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives is eyeing the allocation of at least P3 billion for the planned development projects on Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). This was bared by House Speaker Martin Romualdez Thursday night, Oct. 5....
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (4th from left) House Speaker Martin Romualdez led a small group of congressmen to Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Thursday morning, Oct. 5. They left that same afternoon with a clear idea of what their...
CEBU CITY – Fordago Team from Bohol Island State University (BISU) was crowned grand champion in the CHRONICS 2023, a prestigious product design and ergonomics competition in Indonesia. FORDAGO Team from Bohol Island State University (BISU) is crowned champion in CHRONICS 2023 in Indonesia....
BUTUAN CITY – Preparations are underway for the 2023 Siargao International Surfing Tournament, dubbed as the most exciting and thrilling sea sporting event of the year, at Cloud 9 in the country’s surfing capital, General Luna, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte, from October 25 to 31. General...
PALOMPON, Leyte – Unknown to many, this municipality known for Kalanggaman Island, the premier eco-tourism destination in Eastern Visayas, has more to offer its visitors. VIEW from the lighthouse at Tabuk Marine Park Fish and Bird Sanctuary in Palompon, Leyte overlooking the boardwalk and...
DAPA, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. launched “Walang Gutom 2027,” the country’s pioneer food stamp program (FSP), at Teatro Nan Dapa, here, on Friday, September 29. PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. arrives in Dapa, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte...
ILOILO CITY – A five-minute daily cleanup has been launched at world-famous Boracay Island as part of the recent Tourism Week celebration of Malay town, Aklan province. VOLUNTEERS conduct a five-minute cleanup drive on the shores of world-famous Boracay Island. (DOT Western Visayas) The...
The Chinese Embassy in Manila said Saturday that two Filipino fishermen, one of them injured, were rescued by Chinese military personnel in the waters off Spratly Islands. A news report by Xinhua, China’s state news agency, relayed by the embassy said Beijing’s military personnel provided...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has denied the payment for accommodations, meals, and other services amounting to P456,716.50 incurred by former Department of Tourism (DOT) officials during their stay at the Discovery Shores Boracay in 2018. It denied the claim of Discovery World Corporation (DWC),...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – The province of Ilocos Norte reported no damage from the magnitude-6.3 earthquake that rocked extreme Northern Luzon on Tuesday night, September 12. However, the Office of Civil Defense said on Wednesday, September 13, that five people were reported injured due to...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.6 earthquake jolted Davao Occidental on Monday morning, September 11. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded the tremor at 6:38 a.m. and its epicenter was 368 kilometers (kms) southeast of Balut Island, Sarangani, Davao...
DND Secretary Gibo Teodoro (Facebook) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. has sought the House of Representatives' support for the funding of two key infrastructure development projects on Pag-asa Island. This, after...
