ILOILO CITY – A total of 139,008 tourists visited world-famous Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan last month. THE Sun sets at world-famous Boracay Island. (Tara Yap) The Malay Tourism Office said October arrivals are 14,517 more than the 124,491 visitors last September. The number is also...
Boracay Water, a subsidiary of Manila Water Co., will provide free sewer connections to residents on the island. In a statement, Manila Water said the company has allocated P108 million for the installation of sewage lines for around 1,860 households located within a distance of 60-100 meters from...
ILOILO CITY – Stakeholders from the resort-island of Boracay have joined the roadshow in South Korea promoting the country’s meetings, incentives, conventions, conferences, exhibitions, and events or MICE destinations. The Department of Tourism (DOT)-6 (Western Visayas) led by Regional Director...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) has wrapped up a survey among tourists at world-famous Boracay Island. TOURISTS participate in a survey conducted by the Department of Tourism (DOT) in world-famous Boracay Island. (DOT-6) “We wanted to measure our tourism products and...
ILOILO CITY – World-famous Boracay Island has earned another distinction. The tourism office of the municipality of Malay in Aklan confirmed that the country’s most famous beach destination was named as one of Asia's best islands in the Condé Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards 2023....
ILOILO CITY – A five-minute daily cleanup has been launched at world-famous Boracay Island as part of the recent Tourism Week celebration of Malay town, Aklan province. VOLUNTEERS conduct a five-minute cleanup drive on the shores of world-famous Boracay Island. (DOT Western Visayas) The...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has denied the payment for accommodations, meals, and other services amounting to P456,716.50 incurred by former Department of Tourism (DOT) officials during their stay at the Discovery Shores Boracay in 2018. It denied the claim of Discovery World Corporation (DWC),...
ILOILO CITY – Two security guards were arrested on Thursday, September 7, in Malay, Aklan for violating the gun ban in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. Police did not identify the suspects who were arrested in the port across world-famous Boracay Island. Police Lt. Col. Danis...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 held a simulation exercise to test the capability of police officers assigned to world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province. A K-9 unit checks a suspicious box during a simulation exercise on Boracay Island, the country’s most...
SPICY NOODLES Azure's well-loved laksa A quick, mid-week trip to the islands is always a good idea in my book. I’ve been feeling rather antsy and was looking for an easy escape the last few, stressful weeks. So when the opportunity to go back to Boracay presented itself, it didn’t take me long...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has kicked off the housing project for 180 families displaced by the expansion of the Kalibo International Airport in Aklan province. SECRETARY Jaime Bautista, with officials of Aklan province, lead the groundbreaking ceremony of the housing...
Aklan 2nd district Rep. Teodorico Haresco Jr. A congressman from the home province of Boracay has trumpeted the "many accomplishments" of the Department of Tourism (DOT) and its chief, Secretary Christina Frasco amid the "Love the Philippines" debacle. “The Department of Tourism has been making...
