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Senator Bong Go welcomed the inauguration of the new emergency room at Ibajay District Hospital recently which Governor Jose Enrique “Joen” Miraflores attended. The said project aims to enhance medical services in the province and received support from Go as chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography and vice chairperson of the Senate […]
Senator Nancy Binay said the inclusion of Philippine fabric and geopark in the United Nation’s cultural list this year provides a sound direction for the protection of the country’s heritage and cultural treasures. The designation of Bohol Island as a geosite, and the recently inscribed handwoven piña or pineapple textile of Aklan province into the Representative List […]
To further enhance agricultural connectivity and improve transportation in Western Visayas, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is concrete paving two farm-to-market roads (FMR) for agri-communities in Malinao, Aklan. DPWH Region 6 OIC-Director Sanny Boy Oropel identified the projects – the160-lineal-meter road section in Barangay Bulabod and the 924-lineal-meter road portion in Barangay […]
Senator Bong Go lauded the Department of Health and the local government of Nabas, Aklan for the successful groundbreaking of the town’s Super Health Center in Barangay Poblacion recently. Super Health Centers are designed to focus on primary care, consultation, and early detection of diseases, further strengthening the healthcare sector in the country especially in […]
The Philippine Red Cross returned to Aklan to provide food items and jerry cans, or water containers, to families affected by Severe Tropical Storm (STS) Paeng. Aklan was among the provinces severely affected by Paeng, which made landfall on October 29 and inundated several parts of the country, causing landslide and displacement. 500 families from […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is fast-tracking the construction of an access road traversing potential tourist attractions in the town of Makato, Aklan. According to DPWH Regional Office 6 Director Nerie Bueno, the P33.3 million project in convergence with the Department of Tourism (DOT) spans 1.74 kilometers long and 6.10 meters wide. “The […]
Two ongoing road concreting projects are being fast-tracked by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) that would further boost agricultural production and open up trade opportunities in the province of Aklan. In the municipality of Nabas, a 1.3-kilometer farm-to-market road (FMR) with a reinforced concrete lined ditch and slope protection is being constructed […]
A lawmaker lauded the increase of foreign tourist arrivals in Boracay Island as a good sign of economic recovery not only for the Aklan province but also for the country. Aklan Representative Teodorico Haresco Jr. cited a report from the municipal tourism office of Malay in Aklan showing that there has been a constant influx of […]
Former affiliate members of communist terrorist groups (CTGs) will start their new lives with a housing project provided by the national government. Sixteen single-detached core shelters were given to the beneficiaries of Rebolusyonaryong Partido Manggagawa-Pilipinas/Revolutionary Proletarian Army/Alex Boncayao Brigade-Tabara Paduano Group (RPM-P/RPA/ABB-TPG), now recognized as Kapatiran, in a ceremonial turnover in Ibajay, Aklan recently. On […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) distributed P503 million worth of Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RFFA) among rice farmers in the Western Visayas Region. A total of 100,667 rice farmers from the provinces of Iloilo and Aklan benefited from the said program. The Provincial Government of Iloilo received an RFFA budget of P344M, while the Aklan […]