‘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...
Boracay accommodates over 500T tourists from Jan. to March
BORACAY – Three months before it is closed, this famed beach destination accommodated over 500,000 tourists, records from the Department of Tourism (DOT) island...
Private group offers 4T jobs for displaced island workers
BORACAY – At least 4,000 jobs were offered for workers who will be displaced during the six-month closure of this island resort beginning April...
Panaad sa Negros sales reach over P2M on 1st day
BACOLOD City – The combined sales of various booths at the 25th Panaad sa Negros Festival surpassed their P2-million mark on the celebration’s first...
Capiz man found dead at ‘nipa’ hut
ROXAS City – He was found dead hanging inside a nipa hut in the middle of a cornfield in Baranagy Aluyanan, Maayon, Capiz, a...
Village chief’s son nabbed in drug bust
ROXAS City – Two separate drug operations were conducted in this capital city, resulting to the arrests of three drug suspects.
Personnel from the Capiz...
DepEd-Aklan has new chief
KALIBO, Aklan – The Department of Education (DepEd) in Aklan has a new schools division superintendent – Dr. Salvador Ochavo Jr.
Ochavo assumed the post...