Regional News and Media
Ang “Dogtooth Tuna” (kolor puti) amo ang nangin labing daku nga hulik sa pa-indis-indis nga pamunit sa kadagatan sang Sipalay, Negros Occidental sa ginhiwat nga “3rd Sipalay City Game Fishing …
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Aboitiz InfraCapital, Inc. (AIC) officially took over operations of Bohol-Panglao International Airport (BPIA) on June 16, 2025. The formal turnover from the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Civil Aviation …
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SEABOURN ENCORE, the Bahamas flagged cruise ship is expected to be at the Boracay shore on Monday, February 13. The Mega Yacht Class vessel would be the first luxury cruise …
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FOCUS ON ‘SLOW FOOD TRAVEL’: Western Visayas tourism struggles for appropriate response to a lingering pandemic as Dep’t of Tourism (DOT) Regional director Helen Catalbas retires. Cristine Mansinares, newly designated …
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“We are actually preparing for a ‘soft opening’ of Boracay,” said Gov. Florencio Miraflores of Aklan. Miraflores briefed the press on June 10 in Iloilo City at a forum hosted …
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Western Visayas regional tourism director Helen Catalbas thus summarized the atmosphere in Region 6 under lockdown between March 17 and May 28, 2020. Catalbas told an online tourism forum on …
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Mayor Suzette T. Alquisada will issue a ‘State Of Municipality Address (SOMA)’ at 5PM Friday, October 18 to highlight the 21st “Adlaw sang Tigbauan” marking the town’s founding anniversary. The …
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TOURISM WEEK: GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS The United Nations (UN) World Tourism Organization spearheads World Tourism Week on September 20 each year. In the Western Visayas region there is good …
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Despite pioneering the game of golf in Asia, the Philippines now lags behind its neighbor countries on golf tourism. Herminio “Menieng” Maravilla II, president of Asia’s oldest the Iloilo Golf …
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The town of San Enrique in Iloilo, Philippines celebrates Kalamay Festival on July 12 – a tribute to its main crop sugarcane, from where sugar (kalamay in Hiligaynon) is made. …
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