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Aklan agri-fishery council aims for nat'l Gawad Saka
The Aklan Provincial Agriculture and Fishery Council (PAFC) is vying for honors in the national Gawad Saka search for outstanding agricultural achievers. The council was recognized as regional awardee for Outstanding ...
- June 6, 2017
500T tourists visit Boracay from Jan. to March
Three months before it is closed, this famed beach destination accommodated over 500,000 tourists, records from the Department of Tourism (DOT) island field office showed. The inventory covered the period from January to ...
- April 18, 2018
Malay council members divided over env't fee hike
Members of the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) have differing takes on the proposed increase of the environmental fee for tourists in the world-famous Boracay Island. SB member Maylynn Aguirre-Graf is proposing to increase the fee ...
- July 15, 2018
BFAR: Aklan red-tide free
BFAR’s bulletin on Aug. 15 showed that shellfishes collected from the waters of Batan, Altavas and New Washington were red-tide free. International and domestic tourists are fond of eating shrimps, oysters, squids and ...
- July 22, 2017
Whale shark found dead on Malay shore
Residents in Barangay Naasug found the 17-foot long fish, apparently in a state of decomposition, on Saturday, Oct. 1. They sought help from the Bantay Dagat and the maritime police. It was the first time a dead whale ...
- October 3, 2016
Red Tide still up in Aklan coasts
Coastal waters in Batan, Altavas and New Washington towns and Batan Bay in Aklan are still positive for red tide toxin, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Red tide exists, too, in Gigantes ...
- January 27, 2016
New water treatment system eyed for Boracay
A German private research association introduced a sustainable way of treating wastewater in Boracay Island. The Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association (BORDA) proposed to the Malay municipal government the ...
- May 27, 2018
P490M for Boracay road rehab
The road widening project in this island resort will receive P490 million from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Aklan District Engineer Noel Fuentebella said the rehabilitation of the Boracay main road, ...
- April 29, 2018
Tourists are safe in new Boracay- police
Tourists is safe when this famed island destination reopens come Oct. 26, according to Metro Boracay Police Task Force (MBPTF) head Senior Superintendent Jesus Cambay Jr. Cambay said tourists – domestic and foreign – must ...
- September 5, 2018
Pollution board to probe Boracay water facility
Environment Undersecretary Benny Antiporda said the Pollution Adjudication Board (PAB) has opened an investigation on a water concessionaire in this famed-island resort. This came about after the viral video of sea turtle ...
- September 23, 2019