The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Friday promised to take advantage of the six-month closure of Boracay to build wider roads and improve the drainage system along the Boracay Circumferential Road network. DPWH Secretary…
Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino graced the commemoration of the 497th celebration of Kadaugan sa Mactan today (April 27) at Mactan Shrine, Lapu-Lapu City. In his keynote speech, he reiterated his support for the construction…
President Rodrigo Duterte has declared a state of calamity in Boracay following its total closure for six months. He signed Proclamation No. 475 placing the villages of Manoc-Manoc, Balabag and Yapak under state of calamity. Duterte has…
Presidential Assistant of the Visayas Michael Dino is set to meet with several mayors in Cebu whose towns and cities are known for their tourist destinations to ensure that the problems in Boracay will not be experienced…
Boracay Island, Aklan — This usually expensive island-resort has suddenly become more affordable to lesser mortals. But only for a few days. The posh D’Mall commercial complex at the heart of the long beach here had been…
THE Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) should go after barangay officials in Boracay who are reportedly extorting money from local businesses in exchange for IDs to non-residents, Senator Panfilo Lacson urged on Sunday. Lacson discovered…
BORACAY ISLAND, AKLAN—A 42-year-old single mother of three has fallen into severe depression after she learned that she would lose her job and home as the government prepared to lock down Boracay for rehabilitation. The woman, a…
MEET Mr. and Mrs. Spies. Filipina theater actress Rachelle Ann Go and her American businessman fiance Martin Spies have tied the knot at the Shangri-La’s Boracay Resort and Spa on April 18. Family and friends witnessed the…
BORACAY ISLAND, AKLAN — A 42-year-old single mother of three has fallen into severe depression after she learned that she would lose her job and her home in the wake of the government’s plan to rehabilitate the…
The controversial Boracay closure triggered severe reactions from stakeholders, largely from the affected business community, its residents and workers principally dependent on the thriving tourism industry of the island. The concerns are understandable as there seem to…
The Department of Tourism targets to reopen Boracay island in three to four months instead of six months. Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo said Monday that the rehabilitation of Boracay would finish in four months if people would…
Visayas remains safe but hotels, resorts may not have enough rooms for influx of tourists; DOT to local officials: Learn from Boracay One island’s loss is another island’s gain. The six-month closure of the renowned island-resort of…
