Body to oversee proposed critical habitats in Boracay
BORACAY – A body will watch over the proposed 750.96-hectare critical habitat in this island resort, according to an official from the Department of...
Ex-Capiz guv faces rap for buying cars thru public auction
MANILA – The Office of the Ombudsman has charged then Capiz governor Vicente Bermejo before the Sandiganbayan for purchasing four vehicles through a public...
Comelec briefs locals of SK reforms
SAN JOSE, Antique – Officers from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the province have been holding a voters’ education campaign highlighting the changes...
Ambitious journey from Boracay to Australia
BORACAY – Never mind that this island resort will be closed to tourists for six months. Joe Alayra is leaving it anyway.The Filipino-Australian is...
Nabas motorcycle crash hurts teens
BORACAY – Two teenagers on board a motorcycle figured in a crash in Barangay Poblacion, Nabas, Aklan.The 16-year-old Junie Magno was driving the motorcycle...
2 guards shot in Caluya – police report
SAN JOSE, Antique – Two security guards had been shot in Caluya town, a police report showed.They were Regie Canja, 22, of Valderrama town...
‘Check Akelco’s contract as Boracay awaits closure’
ILOILO City – The National Electrification Administration (NEA) will look into the power supply contract of the Aklan Electric Cooperative (Akelco) as power demand...
COC filing per brgy in Pilar draws flak
ROXAS City – Capiz provincial election supervisor Wil Arceño told Pilar municipal election officer Loel Firmalino to stop imposing “his own guidelines” in relation...
Sigma charcoal vendor jailed
ROXAS City – A charcoal vendor was arrested in Barangay Parian, Sigma, Capiz for violating Republic Act 10591, or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition...
Aklan mayors may send island rehab volunteers
BORACAY – Local chief executives of 16 towns in Aklan are planning to send volunteers for the much-needed rehabilitation of this island resort.Malinao mayor...
