As Filipinos gathered for some of the Visayas’ most iconic festivals, Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGEN) – through its thermal business units in Cebu and Panay – participated in three major cultural celebrations this season: Sinulog in Cebu, Dinagyang in Iloilo, and Ati-Atihan in Aklan. This...
Festivals are more than cultural milestones; they are economic signals in the Philippines. Sinulog in Cebu, Dinagyang in Iloilo, and Ati-Atihan in Kalibo represent three of the most dynamic districts in the country, where faith and forward living sustain local economies. For Vista Land,...
Tanco-led Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) has informed the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) that it plans to voluntarily delist from the bourse on April 3, 2026, a month after the completion of a ₱6.89-billion tender offer to mop up all minority shares. In its petition for voluntary delisting filed...
ILOILO CITY – Two-thousand, nine-hundred eighty police officers were deployed to secure the 2026 Ati-Atihan Festival in Kalibo, Aklan from Jan. 17 to 18. The Philippine National Police (PNP) said they are part of the more than 12,500 lawmen tapped for three major festivals of the Visayas – the...
The Maharlika Investment Corp. (MIC) is planning to acquire up to 11.2 percent of Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI), the port operator controlled by Eusebio Tanco, for about ₱8 billion, a move intended to lead to the delisting of the company from the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). In a disclosure to...
Megaworld Hotels & Resorts (MHR) celebrated this year’s Thanksgiving by supporting the Ati Komunidad of Boracay as they took on the challenge of mastering nito weaving, a traditional Filipino craft. Anchored on the theme “Weaving Heritage, Planting Hope,” the project underscores MHR’s...
Ports operator Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) and Dubai-based logistics company DP World joined forces in investing ₱120 million to roll out the Philippines’ first complete fleet of electric internal transfer vehicles (eITVs). ATI and DP World recently unveiled a fleet of 15 eITVs and their...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Gov. Humerlito A. Dolor has requested the Sangguniang Panlalawigan to authorize him to file a civil action to stop the operator of the Batangas port from collecting a new passenger terminal fee amounting to P100 per passenger. In a two-page letter dated July 14,...
ILOILO CITY – For a priest, the “sádsad” of the Ati-Atihan Festival – dubbed as the Mother of All Festivals – is the pilgrimage of the people of Aklan province. A LOCAL wears a colorful costume mimicking the native Ati people at the 2025 Ati-Atihan Festival in Kalibo town,...
ILOILO CITY – World-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province on Sunday, Jan. 12, celebrated its own version of the Ati-Atihan Festival widely considered as the Mother of All Festivals. REVELERS in Boracay Island’s version of the Ati-Atihan Festival. (Malay-Boracay Tourism...
ILOILO CITY – Despite findings that world-famous Boracay Island is not suitable for farming and revoking Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs), the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) vowed to allocate government land for the Ati Indigenous Peoples (IPs) who had been evicted. GUARDS secure...
ILOILO CITY – The Ati Indigenous Peoples (IPs) tribe is pleading after they were recently displaced from a disputed land at world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province. ATI children play on the white-sand beach of Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan. (Tara Yap) "This land is ours....
