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House splits Aklan into two districts

The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading House Bill 7522 seeking to split the province of Aklan into two legislative...

Tourist arrival increased in May despite ‘Bora’ closure

The government may have closed the world-famous Boracay island for rehabilitation for six months, but tourists still flocked to the country’s other tourist destinations. According...

Aklan governor, 16 other execs face neglect raps

The Interior department on Wednesday filed administrative and criminal charges before the Ombudsman against the governor of Aklan and 16 other officials for their...

Few Boracay workers get DoLE aid

Only a fourth of the displaced workers in Boracay Island have availed of the government's livelihood programs offered to them, a Labor official told...

Boracay natives may regain lands

The original inhabitants of Boracay Island may soon get back their lands under the agrarian land reform program and then sell it to businessmen...

Globe launches bid to rehabilitate Boracay Island

Globe Telecom Inc. has launched long-term conservation and sustainability plan for Boracay Island, starting with its initiatives to help address untreated sewage that is...

Boracay water firm compliant with DENR

Boracay Island Water Company Inc., the water service provider with the only centralized sewerage system in Boracay Island, remains compliant with the stringent pollution...

Boracay soon to be land reform area, says Duterte

Despite being criticized by a farmers’ group for his “obsessive fixation” in declaring Boracay Island as agricultural land, President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday declared...

Cimatu promises to recover Boracay’s missing wetlands

Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Tuesday vowed to recover the missing wetlands in Aklan’s Boracay Island. At least four of the nine existing wetlands of...

’Boracay needs over six months to rehab‘

The cleanup and rehabilitation of Aklan’s Boracay Island could go beyond its six-month closure period, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said Friday. In a radio interview,...

Boracay waste plants on stream

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources and major business groups in Aklan’s Boracay Island have partnered on the immediate construction of sewerage treatment...

35 former PTA execs sued over Boracay sewage

THIRTY-FIVE officials of the former Philippine Tourism Authority—including former Tourism secretaries Wanda Teo and Ramon Jimenez and a slew of current Cabinet officials—have been...

Philippines loses half of European tourists

European tourists have started to avoid the Philippines and seek other tourism Asian destinations after the government shut down Boracay Island last month. European Chamber...

Liberals pounce on Villar’s ‘mountain’

SENATOR Cynthia A. Villar came under attack Thursday after report said a mountain on Boracay Island was being leveled without a permit for a...
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