Boracay Island is responsibly welcoming visitors again, managing volumes with daily tourist limit.

Boracay in travel website list of ‘most sustainable stays’

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BORACAY – Offering stunning beaches and coves, Boracay Island has been recognized as one of the top destinations for “Most Sustainable Stays for 2022”,...
Bonna Hercia Ambay (left) was found dead inside the pawnshop where she worked as manager.

Family seeks justice for slain pawnshop manager

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KALIBO, Aklan – The family and friends of a pawnshop manager-reliever here are crying for justice. She was killed inside the establishment on Monday...
These are some of the participants of a training-workshop on community-based ecotourism development sponsored by the United Nations Development Program - Biodiversity Finance Initiative, in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, at Sibalom Natural Park in Antique. PHOTO COURTESY OF SNP

UN trains Sibalom Natural Park stakeholders on ecotourism

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SAN JOSE, Antique – The United Nations Development Program-Biodiversity Finance Initiative (UNDP-BIOFIN) trained select residents, environment officials, and personnel from other government agencies on...
Thick smoke billows from this neighbourhood that fire struck in Boracay Island on June 2. Eleven houses were totally gutted while five others sustained partial damage. PHOTO BFRAV

Boracay fire leaves 21 families homeless

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BORACAY – A fire broke out in a residential area here, leaving 21 families homeless before dusk on June 2. The Bureau of Fire Protection...
Roxas City’s Mayor Ronnie Dadivas visits a fire-hit neighborhood in Barangay Cogon. He personally handed financial assistance to displaced families. PHOTO FROM MAYOR RONNIE DADIVAS’S FACEBOOK PAGE

2 Roxas City fires displace 11 families

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ROXAS City – Two separate fire incidents in this city displaced a total of 11 families. The first happened in Sitio Plaridel, Barangay Cagay on...
Barangay tanods flex their muscles with the help of the police of Pandan, Antique. PHOTOS FROM PANDAN MUNICIPAL POLICE STATION FACEBOOK PAGE

Pandan ‘tanods’ train on basic law, disaster preparedness

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PANDAN, Antique – The police station here trained the tanods (watchmen) of barangays Mag-Aba and Tingib on Basic Law Enforcement and Disaster and Fire...
Prior to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, 30 international flights and 10 domestic flights landed and took off daily at the Kalibo International Airport. At least seven domestic flights are currently being catered by the airport. PHOTO BY KALIBO 6TH AVSEU

Kalibo airport resumes 24/7 operation; air traffic gathers pace

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KALIBO, Aklan – The number of commercial passenger flights at the Kalibo International Airport is increasing as quarantine restrictions are eased. The airport’s operation...
Divers prepare to clean the seafloor in Barangay Balogo, Pilar, Capiz in the province’s first-ever underwater clean-up drive. PIA-6 PHOTO

15 divers join Capiz’s underwater clean-up

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ROXAS City – Fifteen volunteer licensed divers from different government and non-government organizations participated in Capiz’s first-ever underwater clean-up drive on May 27 in...

23 Antique brgys see clustering of dengue cases

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ANTIQUE – Clustering of dengue cases was observed in 23 barangays. As of the May 21 data from the Antique Provincial Health Office, the clustering...

‘No recruitment for 4Ps beneficiaries in Capiz’

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CAPIZ – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Western Visayas warns the public against the alleged recruitment activity in Capiz for...
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