Archive for June, 2009
Caticlan closed after Zest plane missed runway
TWENTY domestic flights bound for Caticlan—gateway to the famous Boracay Island resort—Romblon and Kalibo remained canceled yesterday as a result of continuing rain, airport officials said yesterday.
Another 50-seater Zest Air plane overshot the runway in Caticlan, which was closed by floodwaters, yesterday, but it wasn’t clear why and nobody was injured, a local official said. [...]
ABC president stabbed by former bodyguard
KALIBO, Aklan – The president of the Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) of Lezo, Aklan is in serious condition after he was stabbed by his former bodyguard in Brgy. Carugdog there on Saturday night.
PO1 Ruel Relator said ABC Pres. Osias Prado was onboard his motorcycle travelling towards Makato, Aklan when he was attacked by 38-year-old [...]
Kalibo hosts ‘Larolympics’
KALIBO, Aklan – This Ati-atihan town serves as a pilot area for the “Larolympics” in partnership with the Anak TV Foundation to be held on June 20-21 this year.
Kalibo Mayor Raymar Rebaldo said that the Anak TV Foundation has chosen this town as the pilot area because it is a forerunner of child-friendly programs and [...]
IN PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
By Henrylito D. Tacio
As an entrepreneur, best-selling author and peak performance trainer, Singaporean Adam Khoo has traveled to various parts of Asia. On a plane to Kuala Lumpur recently, someone came to him and with a shocked look inquired, “How come a millionaire like you is traveling economy?”
Without much ado, he replied, “That’s why I [...]
Guv welcomes P50-M ARISP III project
KALIBO, Aklan – Governor Carlito Marquez welcomed the P50-million Agrarian Reform Infrastructure Support Project III (ARISP III) of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).
Marquez said ARISP III is funded by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.
It is just one of the many projects intended for the province after a recent bicameral conference in Manila approved [...]
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