The blue pontoon, measuring about 100 meters from the shoreline, is built near the boat stations in White Beach, Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan. Recently, the National Task Force Boracay ordered acting Malay mayor Frolibar Bautista to stop collecting pontoon fees amid mounting complaints. AKEAN FORUM

‘Stop collecting pontoon fees’

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BORACAY – The National Task Force Boracay ordered acting Malay mayor Frolibar Bautista to stop collecting pontoon fees from passengers of island-hopping boats.        Rehabilitation group manager...
Mayor Elmer Untaran of San Jose, Antique says the capital town will have its first sanitary landfill. PNA/ANNABEL CONSUELO PETINGLAY

San Jose town soon to have sanitary landfill

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SAN JOSE, Antique – This capital town is planning to construct a sanitary landfill worth P20 million near the old dumpsite area in Barangay Pantao.  “The...

Capiz prov’l board to probe deaths of hospital patients

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ROXAS City – The Capiz Provincial Board will conduct an investigation into the deaths of four patients at the Intensive Care Unit of the Roxas Memorial...
A hatchling of an Olive Ridley sea turtle makes its way into the ocean after emerging from its nest in Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan on Jan. 9. A total of 66 hatchlings were released into the ocean on Jan 10. PHOTOS FROM HARON DEO VARGAS

Boracay frees 66 Olive Ridley turtle hatchlings

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MALAY, Aklan – A total of 66 Olive Ridley sea turtle hatchlings on Boracay Island here were released into the ocean on Friday.        Considered among vulnerable...

Capiz provincial board ‘fails to enact 2020 budget’

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ROXAS City – The Capiz Provincial Board has failed to approve the Annual Performance Budget of the province due to some infractions found on the Annual...
Police officers inspect the belongings of merrymakers. Kalibo chief of police Lieutenant Colonel Richard Mepania said around 1,700 police officers were deployed to secure the Ati-Atihan Festival on Jan. 10 to 19. AKEAN FORUM

1,700 Kalibo cops deployed for Ati-Atihan fest

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BORACAY – Around 1,700 police officers were deployed to secure the festival venues of the 2020 Ati-Atihan Festival, Kalibo chief of police Lieutenant Colonel Richard Mepania...
Lieutenant Colonel Norby Escobar, Deputy Director for Operations of the Antique Police Provincial Office, said the operation of the “Bahay Silangan” or rehabilitation center for “drug offenders” in the province will begin this month. PNA/ANNABEL CONSUELO PETINGLAY

Antique cops to intensify drive vs ‘loose firearms’

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SAN JOSE, Antique – The provincial police office here said it will boost its campaign against loose firearms this year. Lieutenant Colonel Norby Escobar, Deputy Director for...
The “higantes” of the eight towns of Aklan will conquer the streets of Kalibo on Jan. 16. This year’s theme will focus on the protection of the environment. AKEAN FORUM

8 Aklan towns to join ‘Ati Higantes’

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BORACAY – Eight towns in Aklan province will join the “Ati Higantes” of the 2020 Sto. Niño Ati-Atihan Festival, said provincial tourism officer Roselle Quimpo-Ruiz.     The...
Chinese still dominates foreign arrivals in Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan. According to the Malay Municipal Tourism Office, a total of 389,885 Chinese tourists visited the world famous from January to October 2019. AKEANFORUM/BOYRYANZABAL

Boracay draws 2 million tourists in 2019

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BORACAY – Tourist arrivals in this world-famous resort island hit 2,034,599 in 2019, according to the Malay municipal tourism office, increasing by 116 percent from 2018....
Recovered items from drug suspects Nemecio Lagayada, Kirtneill Recibe and Michael Abilibit during an entrapment operation in Barangay Jumaguicjic, Roxas City, Capiz on Jan. 8. GLENN BEUP/PN

P700-K ‘shabu’ seized in Roxas buy-bust

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ROXAS City – Suspected shabu weighing about 41 grams valued around P700,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Jumaguicjic here, according to Lieutenant Mark...
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