5 fishermen from Aklan saved after 2 days at sea
By Nestor P. Burgos Jr.Five fishermen on board a motorboat that went missing in Antique since Sunday were rescued off Palawan on Wednesday, according to the Coast Guard.
Five fishermen on board a motorboat that went missing in Antique since Sunday were rescued off Palawan on Wednesday, according to the Coast Guard.
The sound of budyong (conch shells) blared repeatedly as the white casket on bamboo poles was carried on the shoulders of Ati tribe members along the main road of Boracay.
Police have filed a murder case against the security guard of a hotel chain in Boracay for the killing of a leader of the Ati tribe which is being linked to the tribe’s fight for a piece of land on the island-resort.
More than 200 illegal structures on Boracay Island, Aklan, will be dismantled within the year by a multiagency task force, according to the Department of Tourism (DOT).
The province of Aklan has been placed under a state of calamity due to flooding brought by Tropical Storm “Quinta.”
At least two barangays (villages) in Kalibo City, Aklan, were completely submerged under water by “Ondoy-like” floods, the city mayor said Thursday.
Trips of sea vessels from the ports of Iloilo and Caticlan in Aklan were suspended Wednesday morning due to tropical storm “Quinta” stranding around 1,700 passengers.
A party-list representative has decided to take the normal route to a seat in the House of Representatives, filing his certificate of candidacy (COC) for representative in the lone district of Aklan in a bid apparently supported by the ruling Liberal Party (LP).
A small town in Aklan has banned charcoal-making for five years in a bid to save its forests and prevent flooding.
Bowing to widespread opposition, the municipal council of Kalibo in Aklan province has scrapped a proposed ordinance requiring guests and tourists of the municipality to pay P30 in environmental fee.
All her life 74-year-old Marietta Nemes had to ride a boat to cross the Aklan River from her hometown in Madalag to the neighboring Banga town in Aklan.
The Cebu provincial government is investigating reports of VIP treatment for a former Aklan town mayor who allegedly held a birthday party in the provincial jail where he is detained while on trial for the murder of a broadcast journalist in 2004.
Torrential rains triggered by a low pressure area and the prevailing tail-end of a cold front left several towns in Oriental Mindoro, Aklan, Capiz, Western Samar and Leyte are under floodwaters, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Wednesday.
