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...
CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City – Sen. Francis N. Tolentino, chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Philippine Maritime and Admiralty Zones, and Lt. Gen. Fernyl G. Buca, Armed Forces Northern Luzon Command chief, inaugurated a naval detachment in Mavulis Island in Batanes on Wednesday, October 18....
ILOILO CITY – The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) is preparing its system in Panay Island for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) on October 30. CYNTHIA Alabanza, assistant vice president for public relations of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP),...
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...
Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel (Facebook) A long-time member of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) is supporting House Speaker Martin Romualdez's high profile plan to to develop the 37.2-hectare Pag-asa Island in...
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...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (PPAB) Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co wants Chinese tourists to go to Kalayaan Islands once it has been transformed into the Philippines' own "Maldives". Co, chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, said that...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID) has recorded 47 killings perpetrated by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Negros Island from January 2022 to present. Three fatalities were former NPA rebels, four government officials, five soldiers, a policeman, and 34 civilians. Fifty-one...
TALICUD ISLAND, Davao del Norte – A group of elderly Moro women belonging to the Sama-Laminusa tribe is seeking assistance to market their traditional hand-woven sleeping mats. LAPID Adlawan checks Romblon leaves in Talicud Island, Davao del Norte, the raw materials for weaving traditional...
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....
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez expressed his gratitude to Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief-of-Staff General Romeo Brawner Jr. for accompanying him and a handful of other solons to Pag-asa Island in the...
BUTUAN CITY (PNA) – The recent recognition of Siargao as one of the Top 10 Islands in Asia for this year’s Condé Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards indicates that it has fully recovered from the pandemic and the brunt of typhoon “Odette” in 2021. “Siargao Island has indeed...
