ILOILO CITY – Artists from all over Visayas are in Aklan province for the 2025 Visayas Islands Visual Arts Exhibition and Conference (Viva Excon), the country’s longest-running art biennale. Artists from Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, and Negros Island Region are in Kalibo...
ILOILO CITY—Malay, a town in Aklan province most famous for world-famous Boracay Island, is eyeing cityhood. Residents gathered for a public consultation on Monday, Oct. 6, to discuss the proposal of Aklan second district Rep. Florencio “Joeben” Miraflores. “The municipality of Malay,...
ILOILO CITY — The town of Ibajay in Aklan province is under a state of calamity due to widespread damage from tropical cyclone "Opong." The Sangguniang Bayan (SB) passed Resolution No. 2025-061 in a special session on Friday, Sept. 26, formalizing the declaration. The Ibajay Municipal Disaster...
ILOILO CITY — The Aklan piña fabric has become the third product in the Philippines registered as a Geographical Indication (GI), an international tag that specifies the geographic origin of a product. The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), an attached agency under the...
ILOILO CITY — A police officer was found dead early Thursday morning, Sept. 11, in Altavas town, Aklan province. “They heard a shot and then he was found inside the police barracks,” said Police Capt. Aubrey Ayon, spokesperson of the Aklan Police Provincial Office. Ayon did not identify the...
ILOILO CITY — Former Aklan Rep. and Gov. Carlito “Lito” Marquez filed a cyber libel complaint against a radio broadcaster after he was accused of receiving kickbacks from flood control projects. “I strongly condemn the malicious and fabricated accusations hurled against me by broadcaster...
ILOILO CITY -- Vice Mayor Julio Estolloso was laid to rest in Ibajay town, Aklan province on Monday, Aug. 25, more than two weeks after he was murdered. Thousands attended the funeral of the 50-year-old Estolloso, whose cold-blooded murder by municipal councilor Mihrel Senatin inside the...
ILOILO CITY – Murdered Vice Mayor Julio M. Estolloso of Ibajay town, Aklan province was a beloved teacher and school principal. His death in the hands of Municipal Councilor Mihrel Senatin devastated students, faculty, and alumni of Melchor Memorial School Inc. “He was a dedicated educator who...
ILOILO CITY — Municipal councilor Mihrel Senatin told police that he shot and killed Vice Mayor Julio Estolloso of Ibajay town in Aklan province last Aug. 8 because he was mad over his indifferent treatment. “Sinasabi niya na hindi niya naman daw barilin kung wala siyang galit (He said he...
ILOILO CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Josefino Ligan is overseeing the investigation of the Aug. 8, Friday, killing of Vice Mayor Julio M. Estolloso of Ibajay town in Aklan province. Ligan inspected on Saturday, Aug. 9, the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) office where Estolloso was shot and killed by SB Member...
ILOILO CITY – The killing of Vice Mayor Julio M. Estolloso by Sangguniang Bayan (SB) member Mihrel Senatin in Ibajay town, Aklan province was complete shock as the two are political allies. Police Major Rajiv Salbino, chief of the Ibajay Municipal Police Station, said that politics is unlikely...
ILOILO CITY – Vice Mayor Julio M. Estolloso of Ibajay town in Aklan province was shot dead by Sangguniang Bayan (SB) Member Mihrel Senatin on Friday morning, Aug. 8. The incident occurred around 9:15 a.m. inside the SB office where the 43-year-old Senatin entered and requested copies of local...
