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....
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said this year’s Ati-Atihan Festival in Kalibo town, Aklan province was generally peaceful despite a riot involving the youth that went viral online. POLICE declare the Ati-Atihan Festival in Kalibo town, Aklan province generally peaceful. (Aklan...
ILOILO CITY – Police have implemented a gun ban in Kalibo, the provincial capital of Aklan, for the 2024 Ati-Atihan Festival this week. The Aklan Police Provincial Office suspended the Permits to Carry Firearms Outside of Residence from January 15 to 21 for the event. SECURITY forces for the 2024...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) will file criminal charges before the Sandiganbayan against Department of Agriculture (DA) Assistant Secretary for Consumer Affairs Kristine Y. Evangelista and 17 others in the shortage and spiralled prices of onion in 2022. In a separate decision, the OMB...
ILOILO CITY – Seven couples from the Ati indigenous peoples (IPs) group in Iloilo tied the knot in a Catholic church in Barotac Viejo, this province. SEVEN Ati couples kiss after their wedding at Barangay Nueva Invencion Chapel in Barotac Viejo town, Iloilo province. (Saints Peter and Paul...
ILOILO CITY – Inclement weather did not stop the mass wedding of six couples from the Ati indigenous peoples (IPs) group in Tigbauan town, Iloilo province on Monday, July 17. (https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/ATI_WEDDING_ef61e7f28c/ATI_WEDDING_ef61e7f28c.jfif) SIX Ati...
ILOILO CITY – The Nagpana Minorities Association from the Ati indigenous peoples (IPs) tribe in Barotac Viejo town, Iloilo province has received a P200,000 livelihood aid from the Department of Tourism (DOT). THE Department of Tourism turns over a P200,000 livelihood assistance to boost the...
