Browsing Panay News by Place "Malay, Aklan"

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    • 14 erring Boracay tourists fined 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, November 5, 2018, on page 2-15)
      More than a week after Boracay’s reopening on Oct. 26, 14 tourists were fined for violating new island rules and regulations. According to Tourism secretary Bernadette Romulo Puyat, these violators were caught by the Boracay ...

    • 3 turtle weaklings released in Boracay 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI; PN (Panay News, June 6, 2019, on page 9)
      Three turtle weaklings under rehabilitation were recently released off the shores in Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan. The local government returned two Olive Ridleys (Lepidochelys olivacea) and one Hawksbill (Eretmochelys ...

    • BFAR to establish fish-landing sites 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, May 11, 2015, on page 6)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) strengthens its efforts to reduce poverty among the fishermen by establishing at least 252 community fish-landing centers (CFLCs) nationwide. Alma Saavedra, BFAR 7 ...

    • Boracay boat capsizes; Chinese tourist dies 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, January 22, 2020, on page 1-15)
      A motorboat ferrying tourists capsized in the waters of Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan yesterday morning. A Chinese national died while three others were hospitalized. The 45-year-old Hong Fang Juai was from Su Zhuo, China. ...

    • Boracay establishments ‘breaking easement rules’ face demolition 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, March 30, 2019, on page 9-10)
      Around 28 establishments were given demolition notices as the government steps up its crackdown operation for coastal easement rule violators at Bulabog Beach in Barangay Balabag, Malay, Aklan The business owners of the ...

    • Boracay ready for oil spill 

      Aguirre, Jun Ariolo (Panay News, July 6, 2010, on page 3)
      Fear oil spill no more. The Philippine Coast Guard, rescue groups and volunteers here are prepared should an oil spill hit the island.

    • Boracay stakeholders back 'BIDA' creation 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA); PN (Panay News, July 30, 2020, on page 3)
      Stakeholders support the creation of the Boracay Island Development Authority (BIDA) mentioned by President Rodrigo Duterte in his fifth State of the Nation Address. Acting Mayor Frolibar Bautista of Malay town, which hosts ...

    • Chinese top Boracay foreign visitor in 1st quarter of 2019 

      PN; Akean Forum (Panay News, March 12, 2019, on page 9)
      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 ...

    • Cimatu notes improvement in Boracay water quality 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, June 13, 2020, on page 5)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said that the water quality in the well-famed Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan has improved. DENR secretary Roy Cimatu said in a virtual press conference on Thursday ...

    • Coast Guard wants sunken cargo vessel removed from Boracay waters 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, November 26, 2018, on page 11)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) – Caticlan office has urged the owner of LCT Bato Twin to immediately salvage the ill-fated cargo vessel. It sank on Nov. 4 near Boracay Island and remains a potential threat to traversing ...

    • DENR mulls clean-up drive in Boracay 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, March 16, 2019, on page 13)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is planning to conduct a clean-up activity to preserve the government’s efforts in rehabilitating the world-famous Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan. The Boracay ...

    • Dry run for Boracay entry set at Malay port 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, April 23, 2018, on page 13)
      Personnel from different state agencies will man a one-stop shop that will be set up today at the Caticlan jetty port – the main jump-off point to the world-famous Boracay Island. The one-stop shop aims to address issues ...

    • DTI to aid Boracay MSMEs during island's closure 

      (Panay News, May 17, 2018, on page B1)
      The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) assured that programs are already in place to mitigate the economic displacement to micro, small, and medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs) that may come as a result of Boracay island's ...

    • Endangered turtle finds new home 

      PN (Panay News, April 4, 2005, on page 12-22)
      Manang Leonor Daquila-Gelito was misty-eyed when "Uriel" was taken out of his one and a half square meter pond in Brgy. Manoc-Manoc, Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan. Uriel, a nine year old endangered hawksbill turtle, was to ...

    • Malay LGU pushes 'tropical design' in Boracay Island 

      PN; Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) (Panay News, May 20, 2019, on page 8)
      The local government of Malay, Aklan has created a committee to review plans and designs for structures on this famed island resort in a bid to ensure compliance with a standard “tropical design” and environmental regulations. ...

    • 'Malay must ensure proper Boracay Island Waste Mgt' 

      Aguirre, Jun (Panay News, June 29, 2018, on page 8)
      The local government unit (LGU) of Malay, Aklan may face more charges for failing to address the garbage problem in this island resort, warned the National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) of the Department of ...

    • More gov't troops in Boracay than Spratlys? 

      Silubrico, Ruby; Golez, Prince (Panay News, April 28, 2018, on page 1-15)
      Sen. Francis Pangilinan questioned the deployment of over 600 government troops to popular island resort Boracay in Malay, Aklan. “Boracay is a tourist destination with a long coastline of soft, white sand beach. It is not ...

    • No fare adjustment for Boracay transport boat coop 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, March 9, 2022, on page 5)
      The boat fare for the Caticlan-Boracay route of Caticlan Boracay Transport Multi-purpose Cooperative (CBTMPC) will remain unchanged in these challenging times. Public transport numbers in Malay and Boracay Island plunged ...

    • Palace stops demolition of Boracay West Cove 

      Aguirre, Jun (Panay News, May 14, 2018, on page 12)
      The Office of the President has ordered to stop the demolitions of the main bulding of the controversial Boracay West Cove resort. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has cancelled the resort's Forest Land ...

    • Realignment of laws on Boracay sewage sought 

      Zabal, Boy Ryan (Panay News, July 24, 2018, on page 13-14)
      The local government of Malay, Aklan and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) are working to make guidelines that will reconcile “issues” between a municipal ordinance and a recently-issued DENR order. ...