ILOILO CITY – Nine of the 10 survivors of a deadly sea mishap have returned to the island town of Caluya in Antique. “They have been ferried back to Caluya,” said Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-Western Visayas Regional Director Raul Fernandez on Friday, August 30. SURVIVORS of two boats that...
ILOILO CITY – Three persons died and seven remain missing after two boats bound for Caluya Island in Antique province capsized in the sea between Romblon and Boracay on Monday, August 26. THE body of a man who died after two boats bound for Antique sank on August 26 is recovered in Romblon....
A view of the flares launched by China from Zamora (Subi) Reef against a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Cessna 208B Grand Caravan aircraft during a maritime domain awareness flight within the territorial sea of Pag-asa (Thitu) Island on Aug. 22, 2024. (Photo: PCG) What Department...
ILOILO CITY – A travel publication has named world-famous Boracay Island as the fourth most visited island destination in Asia. TimesTravel of India included the country’s most famous beach destination located in Malay town, Aklan province as one the “8 Most Visited Island Destinations in...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT)-Western Visayas recently conducted a security training for tourist police at world-famous Boracay Island. A TOURIST police training was held to boost security measures at world-famous Boracay Island. (DOT-6) The Tourist-Oriented Police for...
POLLILO, Quezon – Police seized 106 grams of suspected shabu worth P2.1 million and arrested a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Salipsip, this town, on Friday afternoon, August 16. LAWMEN nab a suspected drug pusher in Pollilo, Quezon on Friday, August 16. Police...
Banwa Private Island Robb Report, the lifestyle magazine for the ultra affluent, and the most definitive authority on anything luxurious, has just named—again—the extremely private Banwa Private Island as one of the world’s top hotels. For the second consecutive year, Banwa is included in the...
4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino "Nonoy" Libanan (Facebook) House Minority Leader 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan has filed a bill that seeks to establish the new Samar Island Region. Embodied in House Bill (HB) No.10727, the move is...
Four Points by Sheraton Boracay facade Boracay, the award-winning island, extends a warm welcome to Marriott Bonvoy’s newest addition as Four Points by Sheraton opens its doors on the world renowned destination. Officially launched on August 3, 2024, the hotel is located in Station 1 of Boracay...
The islands of Lawak, Likas, Kota, Pag-asa, and Parola are the main focus of the University of the Philippines-Marine Science Institute’s Geological Oceanography Laboratory research in the Kalayaan Island Group. (Image courtesy of Jeffrey Munar/UP-MSI website) While rising sea levels have placed...
BACOLOD CITY – Sen. Imee Marcos expressed concern after the fund allocation for the Negros Island Region (NIR) did not make it to the proposed 2025 national budget. SEN. Imee Marcos, with Negros Oriental Gov. Manuel Sagarbarria (right) and Negros Occidental Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer, speaks in a...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has directed the municipality of Turtle Islands in Tawi-Tawi to set up a responsibility center for its gender and development (GAD) Focal Point System (GFPS) for the accounting and monitoring of GAD-related expenses and financial transactions. In its 2023 audit on...
