ILOILO CITY — The Police Regional Office-6 is eyeing to declare world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province as a gun-free zone. POLICE are eyeing world-famous Boracay Island as a gun-free zone. (Malay-Boracay Tourism Office) “If Boracay is...
BUTUAN CITY – Police have arrested the second most wanted person in General Santos City who had been hiding in the past three years in General Luna town, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte province. Surigao del Norte Police Provincial Office (PPO) Director Police Col. Nilo T. Texon identified the...
CEBU CITY – Three persons were injured in a hit-and-run incident involving a priest who was reportedly drunk when the accident happened on Thursday night, Nov. 7, in Santa Fe town, Bantayan Island, northern Cebu. POLICE intercept a car driven by priest after a hit-and-run incident in Santa...
BACOLOD CITY – Brig. Gen. Ted Dumosmog was named as the new chief of the 303rd Infantry Brigade that has jurisdiction over the Negros Island Region on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Dumosmog assumed the position and was promoted to brigadier general from colonel and donned his new rank during a turnover...
To help areas struck by the Severe Tropical Storm “Kristine”, Lopez-led FP Island Energy Corporation has provided uninterrupted power supply through its microgrid system in Camarines Sur. In a statement, the firm said around 600 residents in a remote island barangay in the town of Caramoan have...
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a Johnny-come-lately when it comes to Siargao, as we went there for the first time just last week, and it was for the wedding of a friend of Issa. But I’ll also be the latest to now proclaim that I fully get the buzz, and why it’s been a beach travel and...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) and the local government unit (LGU) of Malay town in Aklan province assured that world-famous Boracay Island remains safe following the impact of severe tropical storm “Kristine.” A BEACH basketball tournament at world-famous Boracay in the...
Korean police have started an internal investigation on Korean rock band FT Island member Choi Min-hwan for alleged violation of prostitution law. The investigation was launched after Choi Min-hwan was exposed by his former wife, Yul-hee, a former K-pop idol under the group Laboum. Choi...
ILOILO CITY – A male tourist from Laguna drowned at world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province in the aftermath of severe tropical storm “Kristine” on Friday afternoon, Oct. 25. Malay Municipal Police Station investigator Lt. Romeo Sabrine said the victim and a companion, also...
ILOILO CITY – Strong winds and intermittent heavy rain from severe tropical storm “Kristine” brought damage to world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province. ELECTRIC tricycles are no match for the strong winds of severe tropical storm ‘Kristine’ in Boracay Island. (Aprilito...
ILOILO CITY – The National Irrigation Administration announced that the detailed engineering for the mega dam project in Capiz province is almost complete. AN aerial photo of the Panay River Basin in Capiz province. (DENR-6) NIA-6 Regional Director Engr. Jonel B. Borres said the detailed...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Health is eyeing the construction of a mental health hospital in Negros Occidental. This was revealed by Dr. Mary Ann Maestral, DOH Undersecretary for Visayas, in a phone interview on Wednesday, Oct. 16, a day after a transition team of the DOH-Negros Island...
