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Chinese top Boracay foreign visitor in 1st quarter of 2019
Chinese topped the list of foreign tourists who visited the world-famous island for this year’s first quarter, according to the Department of Tourism (DOT) in Malay, Aklan. The DOT recorded a total of 107,164 Chinese tourist ...
- March 12, 2019
Mangroves survive attack of 'tide moth'
After almost two months, the mangrove area in Barangay Ingore, La Paz district which was "browned" by the "tide watching mangrove moth" (Aucha velans) has fully recovered and has re-grown its green leaves once again. Last ...
- February 7, 2016
Whale shark in Boracay a ‘good sign’
A whale shark spotted in the waters of this closed island resort means that rehabilitation efforts are indeed working, according to some netizens. On Saturday, the netizens – mostly from Aklan – commented on a post that ...
- June 24, 2018
Dynamites seized from illegal fishers
Dynamites and fishing materials confiscated from suspected illegal fishers were turned over to the municipal police station of Carles town. Illegal fishing activities in Iloilo include the use of dynamites and active fishing ...
- November 17, 2016
Boat operators, captains face illegal fishing rap
The owners and boat captains of two fishing boats that were apprehended for illegal fishing in Ajuy town face multiple criminal charges before the Iloilo Provincial Prosecutor’s Office. The complaint for violation of Section ...
- February 6, 2018
Back to 'fishing'
Studies in the 1970s showed that Greenland Eskimos had a lower rate of heart disease than did other individuals living in Greenland at the same time. Analysis of dietary differences between the groups showed that the Eskimos ...
- January 3, 2019
UPV students win telco tilt
Whou would have thought that discarded tahong shells could be used to produced hollow blocks? The group from University of the Philippines Visayas-Tacloban did. Graduating Bachelor of Science Management students Maria ...
- March 19, 2013
'Clean up waste or risk getting closed'
President Rodrigo Duterte ordered operating near the Manila Bay to observe environmental rules by installing water treatment facilities or risk being closure. In a speech during the Barangay Summit on Peace and Order at ...
- January 11, 2019
'Help displaced Boracay residents'
Vice Mayor Abram Sualog appeals to the inter-agency group tasked to restore Boracay to find a relocation site for displaced island residents. Sualog was referring to locals whose houses were built on Boracay’s wetlands and ...
- April 16, 2018
Turtles find abode in Antique Village
The peaceful coastal barangay of Sabang West in the third-class municipality of Bugasong, Antique, became an instant marine hotspot when a number of sea turtles began laying their eggs in the seashore. It was in the morning ...
- May 2, 2015