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EMB to resume issuing permits to Boracay establishments
The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) in Region 6 has recommended the lifting of the moratorium on the issuance of Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC), discharge permit, permit to operate and other environmental ...
- July 19, 2018
Iloilo RIver dev't project wins Galing Pook award
The Iloilo-Batiano River Development Project won the coveted Galing Pook Award. The city government’s entry to the 2018 Galing Pook Awards was the river rehabilitation project started in 2011. Mayor Jose Espinosa III ...
- October 5, 2018
14 erring Boracay tourists fined
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 ...
- November 5, 2018
Malay LGU spurns 'big events'
According to the Malay local government, its decision to prohibit big “LaBoracay” events this year is in line with “the rehabilitation of Boracay Island since big events for Labor Day generates a significant increase in ...
- April 2, 2018
Is Boracay a war zone?
“Has Boracay Island suddenly become a war zone that would warrant these extreme measures? Is the government hiding something?” asked NUJP whose acting chairperson, Atty. Jocelyn Clemente urged the government not impose ...
- April 16, 2018
Only e-trikes allowed when Boracay reopens
When Boracay reopens on Oct. 26 after six months of rehabilitation, the mode of transport in the world-famous resort island would no longer be the noisy, smoke-belching tricycles. It’s going to be the eco-friendly electronic ...
- August 2, 2018
Cash for Work
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 6 needs 8,000 workers for its cash-for-work emergency employment program in Boracay Island. Each worker will receive a daily wage of P323.50 or a total of ...
- May 19, 2018
'Self- Sufficient' WV not importing 'galunggong' - BFAR-6
Western Visayas is not importing galunggong, or round scad, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region 6 said amid fears of formalin-laced supply of the fish species from abroad entering the Philippines. The ...
- September 2, 2018
How dirty is the Iloilo River?
The Iloilo River is among the trademarks of this capital city. It is an estuary – an arm of the sea – which now became an attraction with kilometer-long esplanades built on its banks. Locals and non-locals enjoy a walk or ...
- August 18, 2018
Grief and anger: For Boracay’s poor sectors, closure worse than ‘Yolanda’
It was like being struck by super typhoon “Yolanda”. This was how a Boracay-based alliance of various basic and sectoral organizations described the island’s closure from April 26 to Oct. 25. While the government praised ...
- October 29, 2018