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FEBRUARY 16-22, 2015
VOLUME 4, ISSUE No. 7
BEST PARTY ISLAND
Boracay named No. 2 best island beach for partying
US travel magazine Condé
Nast Traveler has named Boracay
Island’s famous White Beach as
the No. 2 best island beaches in
the world for partying.
The 2015 list features the 10 world’s best
beaches to eat, drink and play, as chosen by
Condé Nast Traveler readers.
Aside from the fine and powdery white
sand of the White Beach, the travel site noted
that tourists “flock to the island in droves for
relaxation and merrymaking in equal parts.”
“Most restaurants will set up tables right on
the beach, so you can dine with sand in your
toes and watch the sun set, fruity cocktail in
hand,” it added.
Topping the list is the Baie de Saint-Jean
Beach in St. Barts in the Caribbean.
Also included in the list are Haad Rin Nok
Beach in Ko Pha Ngan, Thailand; Cala Jondal
Beach in Ibiza, Spain; Chaweng Beach in
Koh Samui and Patong Beach in Phuket, both
in Thailand; Waikiki in Oahu, Hawaii; Kuta
Beach in Bali, Indonesia; Seven Mile Beach
in Negril, Jamaica and Super Paradise Beach
in Mykonos, Greece.
This year, the White Beach was also
named as the 7th best beach in the world in
TripAdvisor’s Travelers’ Choice 2015.
The TripAdvisor also named Boracay as the
2015 Best Beach in Asia.* (Informer)
Photo by Suzie Ismael
APEC hosting to showcase Aklan’s hospitality
T
he holding of the 2015 Asia Pacific
E conom ic Cooper at ion (A PEC)
meetings in Boracay Island in May is an
opportunity for Aklanons to showcase their
brand of hospitality.
This is according to Director General
Marciano A. Paynor of the APEC 2015 National
Organizing Council (NOC) at a meeting with
the APEC officials with the Provincewide
ADHOC Committee.
Director General Paynor said Boracay
Island was chosen by the NOC because most
of the delegates requested for the Second Senior
Officials Meeting (SOM2) to be held there,
having been adjudged by tour magazines and
operators as one of the top 5 or top 10 beaches
in the world.
“You know how to manage a huge number
of tourists, we are confident that you will be
able to host it,” Director-General Paynor told
Aklan officials led by Governor Florencio
T. Miraflores and Vice Governor Gabrielle
Calizo-Quimpo, and the members of the
province wide Ad Hoc Committee for the 2015
APEC, composed of heads and representatives
of national government agencies, the media and
religious sector.
Paynor also aired his expectation through
the media to initiate and sustain the campaign
of giving the delegates “fun when they need fun,
good time when they need good time and quiet
time when they need quiet time.”
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Boracay retailers join
micro-tourism seminar
By Karen Bermejo
More than 50 retailers in Boracay Island
and Aklan joined the “Lakbay-Turo Para sa
Micro-Tourism” seminar of the Philippine
Retailers Association (PRA) and the
Department of Tourism (DOT) held at the
Sea Wind Resort here on February 12.
The activity is the second series of the
Lakbay-Turo program which aim to improve
the operations and customer service
approach of micro and small enterprises in
key tourist areas in the country, according
to PRA secretary-general Evelyn BalmeoSalire.
The Lakbay-Turo seminar series was
launched last year in Legazpi City in Albay.
The one-day seminar-workshop in
Boarcay was led by international human
resource expert Francisco “Franz” dela
Cruz Jr.
Dela Cruz trained the participants on
proper store operations, customer service
excellence, and merchandise display among
others.
Meanwhile, Salire said the seminar
also aims to boost the competitiveness
of the retail sector in key tourism sites in
the country with the expected boom in
tourism due to the ASEAN (Association
of Southeast Asian Nations) economic
integration and in line with the Philippine
hosting of the Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation meetings.
She further said the seminar micro
and small retailers in the province and in
Boracay to improve and become more fit
for global market.
Salire said the seminar program will
also be held in other key tourism cities in
the country including Subic, Iloilo, Cebu,
and Davao among others.
Meanwhile, DTI-Aklan Provincial
Director Diosdado P.Cadena Jr. lauded the
event saying that this will further enhance
the quality of service of Aklan retailers.
“This will be a big help on our retailer
sector for them to give better services to
their customers, especially the tourists,” he
said.* (Informer)
Malay LGU seeks DENR’s
help for Boracay’s MRF
The
Depar tment
of
Envi ron ment a nd Nat u ral
Resources (DENR) 6 in Aklan
province recently coordinated
with the local government unit
(LGU) of Malay for possible
issuance of a Presidential
Proclamation and/or Special
Patent for the area being utilized
as Materials Recovery Facility
(MRF) situated in the island of
Boracay.
A Presidential Proclamation
shall be issued if the area is within
a timberland. But if the area falls
within alienable and disposable
land, a Special Patent shall be
given to LGU-Malay.
Aklan PENR Officer Ivene
D. Reyes sent a team of land
MRF will address the need to
inculcate other provisions of
RA 9003 such as segregation-atsource, recycling, and composting.
Thus, a Presidential Proclamation
and/or Special Patent for their
MRF area will serve a good
purpose,” DENR 6 Regional
Director Jim O Sampulna said.
Boracay’s residents and
specialists to the island to conduct address the burgeoning garbage/ poses a great challenge to the business establishments had
LGU-Malay. We appreciate their been complying with the
the necessary inspection of the waste materials collected daily.
area applied for by the LGUFurthermore, the move to move to apply for a Presidential segregation policy implemented
Malay.
have an area for the MRF is in Proclamation and/or Special by the LGU which helped attain
The LGU-Malay has filed compliance with the requirements Patent for this will provide not a successful Ecological Solid
an application for issuance of set forth under Republic Act 9003, only legality of the land use for Waste Management (ESWM)
Presidential Proclamation and/ otherwise known as the Ecological MRF but also sustainability of program. Now, the island’s MRF
or Special Patent over a parcel of Solid Waste Management Act their program on Ecological Solid with organic gardening within
land containing an area of 2,272 of 2000. The MRF is a facility Waste Management (ESWM),” the area has become a tourist
attraction. The success of the
sq. m. located in Barangay Yapak, designed to receive, sort, process said Reyes.
“In support of the LGU’s ESWM program contributed to
Boracay Island. The area has been and store compostable and
utilized by the LGU as an MRF recyclable materials efficiently environmental projects, the DENR the sustainability and viability of
area in the island for several years and in an environmentally-sound is wholeheartedly extending Boracay as a tourist destination.
technical assistance. Boracay’s (PNA)
manner.
already.
“The daily
In view of the continuously
expanding tourism activities c o l l e c t e d
in the island however, the LGU waste materials
is now anticipating the need to i n a worldhave a permanent area that shall famous island
be solely used for its MRF to like Boracay
APEC hosting...
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He also appealed to public service providers
like the drivers, vendors, hotel staff and many
others to make the delegates stay in Boracay
pleasant.
Twenty-one member economies of the
APEC will be meeting in Boracay, with 19
of these states and the two – Hongkong and
Chinese Taipei, economies, according to
Paynor.
The delegates for the Senior Officials
Meeting will be in Boracay from May 10-21
while those for the Ministers Responsible for
Trade (MRT) will meet from May 23-24.
Paynor said some 2,300 delegates from
other countries will be arriving in Boracay
Island together with their families, while
delegates from the Philippines from various
agencies are seen to reach 2,000.
At the meeting, Paynor appealed to
Aklanons to maintain cleanliness along the
roadsides from the Kalibo International Airport
(KIA) to Caticlan in Malay town by keeping the
areas and trees free from streamers, tarpaulins
and other unsightly materials.
Even then, Paynor assured Aklanon
officials that delegates love to look at rustic
scenes, like rice lands turning gold.
For the Boracay events, Paynor said
Aklanons are only expected to provide the
delegates fun and memorable moments, and
just be themselves as vibrant, hospitable
Filipinos.
“We’re all in this together,” Paynor said.
(Venus Villanueva/PIA-Aklan)
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Our gift to the world Sharing Your Blessings
S
ince December I have
taken to the habit of
walking at White Beach
every Sunday afternoon. I
start at four from Angol and return
home past sundown.
Sunday afternoon the beach is
full. Many guests are just walking
-- coming and going. A father
carries a child on his shoulder.
Young bikini-clad women with
perfectly sculpted bodies bare their
Footsteps
assets. Others, not so young but
still daring, flaunt age with sun- Narciso Dionson
bronzed skin. An elderly couple
walks slowly on the sand, holding on to each other. Children dart in and
out of the milling crowd. A young man with a disabilitystruggles to walk
with a stick that sinks deeper into the sand with each step.
Under the shade of the coconut trees, dozens are getting an experience
to remember – a massage along an island beach. A group of Asian tourists
crowd and listen to their tour guide.
A family walks by holding a stick of corn on the cob. A small crowd
has gathered around a small ice cream kiosk. Others, tired of walking,
sip a drink on a roadside cafe. People meet new-found friends, sharing
their experiences. A lady looks at a pearl being sold by a vendor.
Near the water, there are pallets for those who want to read, snooze
or get a tan. A toddler runs to the water, laughing mother running after
him. A small girl with a pail empties the ocean into a hole she had made.
A group is wading in the water to their sailboat. There is a mild breeze,
a perfect afternoon for sailing to the sunset. Another group wades back
to land, carrying diving gear.
Beach-side weddings! Not one but two. A guard wants me to hurry
up, while photographers busy clicking their cameras.
White beach ends at Diniwid where I join a dozen walkers to have
reached the rocky promontory rising over the sea.At a sand bar, a pair
of models is having a photo–shoot. The sea is a brilliant turquoise
shimmering in the afternoon sun.
As I retrace my steps the sun is already lowering in the horizon.
People line up at the beach catching each time the palette in the western
sky changes color. A cloud covers the sun but sends rays out into the
heavens. But finally just moments before the sun finally dips below the
horizon, the cloud lifts up giving one and all a magnificent sunset. A
gasp went up and then cheers! And now resorts are setting up tables for
outdoor dining. It is party time in Boracay!
I stop to relieve my thirst at a small convenience store. I can’t help
but think of the myriads of people from all over the country and in many
parts of the world I have seen this afternoon. There was not a frown,
not a shadow of regret in their faces but just an elementary pleasure at
getting in touch again with the ocean where all life came from. It is a
privilege to have a small part in seeing to it that their stay on this sunkissed island is worth remembering for years and years to come. Boracay
is our gift to the world.
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Raven Book Drive Part 12
F
or the month of school supplies donated for this
Febr uar y, we were book drive. Those were followed
able to organize a third by sharpeners and erasers from
book drive and we were Evelyn Carillo-Aranas, owner of
privileged to hand down the Carillo-Aranas Traveller’s Inn,
donations to Dumatad Primary and candies and biscuits from Ma.
School in Tangalan. I coordinated Doreen Bacera, a veterinarian of
with PSDS Joni Antaran and Pro-Pet Veterinary Clinic.
he relayed to Principal Hector
My brother, Antonio Amideo
Sumatad that our turnover was Zadivar, donated children’s books
scheduled on February 20.
and bag tags while my sister-inWe were on the third round law, Marianne Amparo Guzman,
of this book drive; and I felt it contributed coloring books and
would be difficult for me to find crayons. Other crayons were
sponsors after the two previous given by Rowee Jey Meren, Jerold
successful ones, so I readied Jacque Sucro, and Joseph Alvin
myself. I thought that some of Murillo.
our usual benefactors might have
It took less than a week’s
allotted their finances to other preparation, and our crew was
important engagements.
geared up for our 12th book
But we were fortunate that drive. I, Matt, Jayza Sarabia, Jhon
we were able to gather school Harold Ruiz, Jemidel Nemis, and
supplies and books with a bonus photographer Earl Masangkay
snacks to make this event happen. went to Dumatad Primary School,
A hundred pieces of pencils and blessed with fine weather for the
ball pens from Mike and Lucille turnover. We went back and forth
Carrillo which they sent all the the barangay road thrice and had
way from Alaksa were the first to also ask at least three people
CLOUD WATCHING
Maria Solita Zaldivar-Guzman
for directions before we reached
the school. Alas, it was like a
secluded haven when we finally
got there. It had a nice landscape
and the children were all wearing
school uniforms.
We
were
warmly
accommodated by Sir Hector,
the teachers, and the children
of the school and without much
adieu, we proceeded with
the turnover. Although we
encountered slight setbacks due
to miscommunication with regard
to the number of enrolees, the
problem was fixed by Matt and
Jayza. I really owe it to them that
they are calm people and know
how to immediately provide a
solution.
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Dealing with
Animal puberty
H
ello Boracay folks!
A f r ie nd , t he
proud but somewhat
desperate mother of a
14-year old daughter, exclaimed
on Facebook; “Oh, why do we
have puberty?”
Needless to say she got lots
of remarks, some funny, some
serious, but none of them seemed
to address the real question.
Please bear with me while I have
a go at explaining why our young
ones always seem to know better
and why, eventually, this may turn
out to be a good thing.
Here at Aklan Animal Rescue
& Rehabilitation Center, we care
for over 70 dogs and 40 cats, and
counting. Many of these animals
are youngsters that we raised
from when they were kittens and
puppies.
Yes, we observe exactly
the same process during their
adolescence, just like with
humans! This should make you
think if there’s a connection
somewhere. Indeed, there is!
We’re all mammals!
As a geologist, I’m a firm
believer in the evolutionary
theory, so to me it doesn’t come
as a surprise at all that our fellow
mammals all show this same
intricate process of development.
And believe me when I say that
all mammalian parents suffer as
we do.
Ok, so now that we have
established that puberty is
a mammalian characteristic,
what on earth is it for? What is
the evolutionary point of kids
challenging their parents and
their communities? Their search
for truth and, dare I say it, limits.
Because that is what it’s all about,
puberty is finding and setting
your limits. No one can do that for
you, not even your caring parents.
They can set examples, but you,
as an individual, must discover
your own limits and thereby your
possibilities. It is no different for
puppies.
From the moment they can
walk they wander off into the
unknown. They fall down, they
bump their head, they fight with
their litter mates and they learn
very important life lessons.
How far can I go? What is too
dangerous to attempt? We’ve had
many small kittens that climbed
to dangerous heights when left
alone. We learned we had to house
them in lower cages for their own
safety. While it is true that some
of these aspiring adolescents
injure themselves badly in the
process, as a species they tread
BORACAY
FURRY TAILS
Michel van der Kleij
new grounds and pave the way for
those that come after them.
In other words, they contribute
to their community by trying
things that perhaps the adults
had long forgotten about or things
that simply didn’t exist when they
were young. Apparently, this bold
and boisterous behavior offers
advantages that we find hard to
recognize. Next time your eight
month puppy tears up your sofa,
please consider that in actual fact
it’s for the good of his kind.
Oh well, if only I could find
a way to explain all of this to my
friend who just wrote about her
daughter returning home in the
dead of night after a party!
Would you like me to write
about a particular subject or give
feedback, please contact me at
aklananimalrescue@gmail.com
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DSWD assures full shelter assistance to
Yolanda victims in Aklan
The Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD) 6 assured victims of
super typhoon Yolanda in Aklan to receive
in full the emergency shelter assistance
(ESA) intended for them.
Rosario San Agustin, DSWD Social
Welfare Officer IV Protective Services
Unit, said typhoon Yolanda victims will
be receiving P30,000 with totally destroyed
houses and P10,000 for those with partiallydamaged dwellings.
San Agustin also denied reports that
recipients of totally damaged houses
will receive only P20,000 assistance to
accommodate other typhoon victims
excluded from the list of beneficiaries.
In Kalibo, DSWD has started to
distribute the P10,000 shelter assistance
for partially damaged houses to 9,294
beneficiaries in 16 barangays.
The assistance will be used to purchase
housing materials for the repair and
reconstruction of their damaged houses.
San Agustin said the Typhoon Yolanda
818 summer jobs slots
up for Aklanon students
The Department of Labor and Employment
(DOLE) 6 is looking forward to extend this
year’s special program for employment of
students (SPES) to 10,227 students in Western
Visayas.
Aklan and Antique provinces have 818
target-recipients each while Capiz has 1,023
and 205 for Guimaras. Negros Occidental has
the highest target with 4,193 while Iloilo has
3,170.
However, the number of possible recipients
pledged by the private and public partners, has
already exceeded the target and has already
reached 11,421.
Commitment from local government units
and state universities and colleges (SUCs)
comprised 61 percent of the total pledges while
from the private sector, it was at 39 percent.
Negros Occidental pledged to provide jobs
to some 5,295 beneficiaries; Iloilo has 2,643;
1,240 from Aklan; 1,114 from Antique; 818
from Capiz and 310 from Guimaras.
If the pledges will push through, this year’s
SPES will see a 10-percent increase in private
participation when compared with the 29
percent in 2014.
DOLE targets to spend some P32.223
million for the program.
Meanwhile, DOLE in 2014 also surpassed
its target of 9,329 students as the actual
accomplishment report showed 10,153 students
accommodated in the program.
The department, which shoulders 40
percent of the salary, shelled out P23.051
million for the program last year.
SPES as mandated under Republic Act 9547
provides opportunities to poor but deserving
students to get employed during summer and/
or Christmas vacations to help them pursue
their education.
It is open to qualified high school, college
or vocational students and drop-outs who
intend to continue with their education.
Also the combined annual net income of
parents must not exceed P36,000 and shall
obtain passing grade during the last school
year attended.
Development Office (MSWDO) to be
enlisted.
DSWD regional office also urged
survivors who lost their homes can still be
considered second priority if they are not town officials to submit their supporting
included in the master list of beneficiaries. documents as specified by Memorandum
She said that those who were not Circular No. 24 or the Guidelines for ESA
included in the master list must visit their Implementation in ‘Yolanda’-Affected
respective Municipal Social Welfare and Areas to avail the shelter assistance.*
7 Aklanons get
IWAG awards
Seven Aklanon graduating students
– three from college and four from high
school - are recipients of this year’s IWAG
Award from the Philippine Information
Agency (PIA).
The IWAG Award is an incentive
given by the PIA to graduating campus
paper writers yearly in recognition
of their abilities and performance in
writing articles focusing on development
communication and having these
published in their respective school
publications.
This year’s Aklanon IWAG awardees
are Mary Claire Gellang of Aklan
Catholic College (ACC), Jolly Laureano
of Aklan State University College of
Industrial Technology (ASU-CIT) and
could wear their school uniforms during the
graduation ceremony.
DepEd said that contribution for the annual
yearbook, if any, is also voluntary.
Public and private schools should refrained
also from collecting fees for parties, graduation
rings, and other memorabilia for graduation
ceremonies, such practice is detrimental to
poor parents and students.
Gomez urged school officials and teachers
DOLE offers online learning
courses for workers, employers
Workers and employers can now learn
various subjects on labor and employment
right online.
Department of Labor and Employment
Regional Director Ponciano M. Ligutom
recently announced the availability of the
online learning courses as part of the Labor
Governance Learning Center (LGLC) of the
Department.
These online courses can be accessed at
elearning.dole.gov.ph.
Ligutom disclosed that these online
courses covered the promotion of workers’
employability and industry competitiveness,
sustaining cooperation between labor and
employers, and the enhancement of social
protection of vulnerable workers.
There are also topics developed for DOLE
officials and employees.
Under the promotion of workers’
employability and industry competitiveness,
topics include Productivity 101, which provides
information on productivity and productivity
improvement such as concepts, measurement,
tools/techniques and requirements; and Basics
on Lean Manufacturing, a two-day course that
provides basic concepts of Lean Manufacturing
and explains its significance and application
in improving the productivity of an enterprise.
It also includes topics on the 5s of Good
Housekeeping, a short course that discusses
the 5s concepts to develop and sustain a clean,
safe, orderly and disciplined workplace; and
Introduction to Financial Literacy, a course that
intends to instill into overseas Filipino workers
(OFWs) the value of saving for investment and
Jordan Enrique Hing of Garcia College of
Technology (GCT) for college; and Kate
Anne R. Igharas and Anne Marie T. Rey
of Regional Science High School (RSHS)
and Rosemarie Soquena and Flora Mae
Viktoria Cipriano of Linabuan National
High School (LNHS) for high school.
As IWAG awardees, these students
will each receive a gold medal and citation
on their graduation day.
A total of 52 school paper editors/
writers from all over Western Visayas
qualified for this year’s IWAG Awards
with Antique having three; Aklan with
seven; Capiz with 12; Negros Occidental
with 16 and Iloilo with 14. (Venus
Villanueva/PIA6-Aklan)
Kalibo water district opposes
Aklan river dredging
The Metro Kalibo Water District (MKWD)
has expressed opposition in the dredging of
Aklan River citing its possible negative effects
on the quality of water they supply.
MKWD general manager Edgar Isada
said they will submit their position paper to
DepEd-Aklan urges simple graduation rites
The Department of Education in Aklan has
urged schools her to practice simplicity during
their respective graduation day.
Aklan Schools Division Superintendent Dr.
Jesse Gomez urged private and public school
officials to keep the graduation ceremonies in
March simple and solemn.
Graduation ceremonies either on March
26 or 27 could be hold in barangays halls,
plazas, covered courts or schools and students
05
to promptly release student clearances and
cards and refrained from charging fees and
contributions before releasing the clearances.
This year’s graduation theme is “Saktong
Buhay: Sa De-kalidad na Edukasyon Pinanday”.
Gomez said the theme focuses on the
importance of K-12 towards the realization of
real reforms in the education system.* (Boy
Ryan Zabal)
entrepreneurship as well as guide in proper
handling of their finances and investment.
On sustaining cooperation between labor
and employers, areas tackled include the
Concepts, Principles and Requirements of
Legitimate Contracting or Subcontracting
Arrangement, which teaches the basic
concepts of contracting and subcontracting,
the regulations governing the arrangement,
relationship among the concerned parties, and
the different tests to determine the legitimacy
of a contractor or subcontractor; and General
Labor Standards (GLS), which include topics
on rules and regulations relating to wages,
hours of work, allowances and other monetary
and welfare benefits.
It also covered Labor-Management
Cooperation (LMC) Program which enables the
learner to gain information and appreciate the
significance of LMC in attaining and sustaining
harmonious relations at the workplace.
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the Kalibo Sangguniang Bayan regarding the
project.
The latest Aklan dredging project of Santarli
(STL) Panay Resources Company has the
backing of Aklan Sangguniang Panlalawigan
and the provincial government.
Isada said the dredging project may cause
salt water intrusion because their deep wells
are located near the Aklan River.
It may affect the quality of drinking water
for its consumers in the towns of Kalibo, Balete,
New Washington, Altavas, Banga and portions
of Batan, he added.
Isada further stated that MKWD’s
underground aquifer near the Aklan River may
also be affected by the dredging.
He also recalled that in 2006 there were
incidents of saltwater intrusion near Mabini
Street in Kalibo.
Isada also questioned why MKWD was
not involved during the environment impact
assessment of the project.
“They should have involved MKWD during
the project study because all our pumping
station are neaer the river,” he said.
Isada also said that the bulk water project
of MKWD with Datem Water, Inc will also be
affected by the Aklan River dredging.
He said the dredging may cause
contamination on the surface water of the river.
The 15-year bulk water agreement aims
to provide clean and quality water to MKWD
consumers.*
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Aklan entries dominate Iloilo’s
2015 Paraw Regatta Festival
T
wo entries from Malay town brought
home the biggest cash prize in the
43rd Paraw Regatta Festival, the Iloilo
City’s main sailing competition held
on February 22.
Entry Kokoy 2 owned by Ariel A. Gad
from Balabag village of Malay dominated
Category B of the competition and bagged
the P55,000 cash prize. His Father and Son
entry for the Category A placed fourth for a
prize of P10,000.
The annual sailing competition, dubbed
as the longest sailing event traversing the
distance of 23.8-kilometer stretch of the
Iloilo-Guimaras strait for several years has bagged the second and fifth places with Wave
been attracting participants outside of Iloilo.
Rider owned by Dindo Pialante winning
Also getting huge prizes during the P50,000 and Flying Escorrela of Tony Prado
competition were entry Discovery by Jeocelen getting P10,000.
B. Prado with P45,000 for coming in second to
Meanwhile, Ilonggo entries bagged the top
Kokoy 2; entry Hugpayon by Efren Aguirre three places in Category A to include entry
with P33,000 as third placer and entry King Jr., Arlyn owned by Orlando Demetillo of Leganes
fifth placer for a P15,000 prize. These entries winning P45,000 for the first place, entry
are all from Malay town of Aklan joining Piranha 3 by Benito D. Gordoncillo also
Category B.
of Leganes, second
with P25,000 and
Meanwhile, Malay entries in Category C
Photo by Suzie Ismael
constant donations are very costly
especially that our crew wishes to cater
to
several public schools within Aklan. I
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hope and pray that when other people see
Every time we go to schools for the what we do, they will not only learn to
turnover of donations, we all cannot help appreciate it but will also be encouraged
but feel even just a little bit attached to the to share their blessings; sharing makes
children and intend to go back, bringing a huge difference one could never have
bigger blessings to them. However, imagined.*
Sharing Your Blessings
Mitch Angel owned by Michael Anthony G.
Tangub of Tigbauan, Iloilo, third place with
a P13,000 cash prize.
In Category C, entry Cheryl of Federico
Tantiado, Jr from Tigbauan was first placer
and brought home P75,000. Third and fourth
places also went to entries from Tigbauan
to include Shane and Sharmaine of Nelson
Guzman with P25,000 prize and Toto
Clarence owned by Cesar Berganio that
won P15,000, respectively.
Category A in the competition has
a waterline length of 16 feet and below;
Category B with 16.1 to 22 feet and Category
C has 22 feet and above.
This year’s festival anchors on the
theme “Sailing High for APEC 2015.”
(Philippine News Agency)
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INFORMER VOLUME 4 ISSUE 7 FEBRUARY 16-22, 2015
F
or the third time, volunteers of
Mending Faces conducted free
reconstructive surgery to children
who were born with deformities
such as cleft lip and cleft palate in Aklan
province on February 8 to 15.
This year, 83 children have undergone
the reconstructive surgery conducted by
volunteers of Mending Faces.
The volunteers composed of medical
teams from the US conducted 89 surgical
procedures during their 8-day medical
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Mending Faces conducts
free surgeries for Aklanons
mission at the Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon
Memorial Hospital.
Mending Faces is a Colorado-based
non-stock non-profit organization of
They are conducting annual missions
volunteers, healthcare professionals and since 2010 in the Philippines.
outreach personnel from United States,
Last year, 63 children in Aklan benefited
Norway, Belgium, Hong Kong, United in the activity conducted on Feb. 9 to 14 at
Kingdom and the Philippines.
the Aklan provincial hospital.
The outreach team also visited an
elementary school in Aklan to teach the
importance of oral hygiene and distributed
oral kits for the children.
The 2015 Mending Faces mission
is supported by the Aklan Provincial
Government and the Rotary Club of Kalibo.
A cleft lip or palate is a congenital defect
that occurs when the lip and mouth do not
form properly which causes the palate (roof
of the mouth) or the lips to improperly join
together leaving a hole or cleft.
It may cause feeding and or speech/
language problems if they are not treated.
It can also cause dental and middle ear
problems.* (Informer)
Aklanon wins Miss Iloilo N
Paraw Regatta crown
ineteen year old Aklanon Jona Sweett was
crowned as this year’s Miss Iloilo Paraw
Regatta queen besting other 18 beauties
from Western Visayas.
The half-Australian beauty also won minor
awards including Best in Long Gown, Best in
Swimsuit, Miss Panay News and Darling of the
Crowd during the pageant’s grand coronation
night held on February 18 at West Visayas State
University (WVSU) Cultural Center in Iloilo City.
Meanwhile, Metchie Lyn Bacong from Dingle,
Iloilo and April Ann Cenit from Jaro, Iloilo City
won 1st and 2nd runner-up, respectively.
Other winners were: Miss Iloilo Paraw RegattaAliwan Angela Yagaya from Sibalom, Antique; Miss
Iloilo Paraw Regatta-Heritage Chriscember Joy
Nunez from Leganes, Iloilo and Miss Iloilo Paraw
Regatta-Iloilo Province Jay Roxanne Divinagracia
from Iloilo.
The event is organized by the Iloilo Paraw
Regatta Foundation, Inc. and the City Government
of Iloilo.
Sweett is studying hotel and restaurant
management at Garcia College of Technology in
Kalibo, Aklan.
She is a finalist in the 2010 Mutya it Kalibo
Ati-Atihan pageant. She also won as 1st runner-up
during the Mutya ng Pilipinas-Aklan 2014 pageant
and 3rd runner-up in Miss Silka Western Visayas
2014.*
Miss Iloilo Paraw Regatta 2015 Jona Sweett (third from left) with the other winners of the pageants during its coronation night on February 18
2 Aklanons T
qualify in
Malaysia
Pencak
Silat tilt
wo Aklanon high school
students will be going to
Malaysia on April after
qualifying to compete at the Inter
University World Championship.
Cherry May Regalado and
Maricel Batiles won gold medals
in Pencak Silat in the recently
concluded 2015 State Colleges and
Universities Athletic Association
(SCUAA) National Olympics in
Tuguegarao City.
Both Regalado and Batiles
are students of the Aklan State
University. Both of them represented
the Western Visayas region in
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the national competition held last
February 8-13.
Regalado won class B and Batiles
was declared champion in Class C or
actual fight Pencak Silat event.
In the said competition, the
Western Visayas region which
ranked fourth won 42 gold medals,
37 silver and 37 bronze in different
sports events.
National Capital Region won first;
followed by Region 3 while Region
IV came in third.
Regalado said in an interview that
she considers her winning as God’s
will. (PNA)
There are also subjects which aim to enhance the
social protection of vulnerable workers. These include
Introduction to Batas Kasambahay, which aims to
educate domestic workers or kasambahaysand their
employers/private employment agency; Occupational
Safety and Health (OSH) Appreciation Course which
focuses on the concept of OSH; and Employees’
Compensation Program, which provides employers
and employees knowledge about the compensation
package to private and public sector employees or their
dependents in the event of work-related sickness, injury
or death.
Ligutom hopes that these e-learning courses will
level up the knowledge of the workers and employers
as well as the OFWs and kasambahays on labor and
employment issues, productivity and occupational safety
and health, among others.*
Puka Shell Beach
JULY 21-27, 2014
MAP
Puntabunga Beach
BORACAY ISLAND
Ilig-Iligan Beach
Diniwid Beach
Lapuz- Lapuz Beach
Diniwid Road
Boracay Kitchen
Mainroad Station 1, Boracay Island
Malay, Aklan
Tel No. (036) 288-2410
iBoracay
I Boracay
D’mall de Boracay, Boracay Island
Malay Aklan
09053460464
Manila Showroom:
G/F Forbeswood Parklane,
Forbestown Center,
Bonifacio Global City, Taguig
Boracay Showroom:
2nd Floor Plaza Sta. Fe,
Station 1, Brgy. Balabag,
Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan
Contact No. +63-917-8104374
Email: boracaynewcoast@global-estate.ph
Website: www.boracaynewcoast.ph
White House Resort
Station 1, Boracay Island Malay Aklan
Tel No. 036-288-3675
us R
oad
White House Resort
ASYA PREMIER SUITES BORACAY
Sitio Cagban, Brgy. Manoc-Manoc,
Boracay Island Malay, Aklan Philippines 5608
Tel: (6336) 288.1790 Fax: (6336) 288.1789
8H
Lap
Boracay Plaza
us-
TILAPIA N' CHIPS
Lap
G/F Kamayan Bldg. Station 2, Balabag, Boracay Island,
Malay
Phone:(036) 288 2283
Hampstead
Boutique Hotel
BANS RESORT
Station 1, Barangay Balabag, Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan
Tel. Nos.: (036) 288-3156 / (036) 288-3837
Fax No.: (036) 288-4510
Mobile No.: (0909) 691-1038
BANS BEACH RESORT
CROWN REGENCY & CONVENTION CENTER
Boat Station 2, Main Road
Barangay Balabag, Boracay Island
Malay, Aklan 5608, Philippines
Phone number: (+6336) 506 3111
Fax number: (+6336) 506 3131
E-mail: reservations@crownregency.com
Bulabog Road
Road 1A
iBoracay
CANYON DE BORACAY
Station 2 Alice in Wonderland, St. Boracay Island, Malay,
Borocay Island, Philippines
OLE Spanish Tapas Bar & Restaurant
D’Mall Phase 4 -#1, Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan, Philippines
Phone number: (036) 288-5940
Email: Ole_tapas@yahoo.com
Website:www.oleinboracay.com
The Orient Sun Travel and Tours
Across E'Mall, Zone 7 Manggayad Highway, Manoc-Manoc,
Boracay Island Malay Aklan,
(036) 288-2789/09278220727
Email:bebe@TheOrientSun.com/torientsun@yahoo.com
Merly’s Place
Cottages Boracay
Lugutan Road
Tulubhan Beach
Angol Road
Tulubhan Road
LEGEND
Hospital
Main Road
Jetty Port
Beth Shalom Academy
Tambisaan Road
EMERGENCY HOT LINES
Municipal Tourism Office Department of Tourism - D’Mall
Boracay Tourist Assistant Center/PNP
Boracay Action Group
Red Cross
Phil. Coast Guard
(036) 288-7108
(036) 288-3689
(036) 288-3066
(036) 288-2338
(036) 288-2068
(036) 288-6150
For iMap inclusion, just contact:
Boracay Hospital
Bureau of Fire Protection
Municipal Health Office
Mayor’s Office
Malay Auxiliary Police
PNP Cagban
(036) 288- 3041
(036) 288-4198
(036) 288-5624
(036) 288-8772
(036) 288-5269
(036) 288-4392
(036) 288-2418
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Manoc-Manoc Beach