Archive for June 4th, 2008

Boracay to be declared National Park

Manila (4 June) — Boracay will soon be declared a national park.

This, as President Gloria Macapagal—Arroyo is set to implement an unrepealed Martial Law Proclamation making Boracay a national park and placing its resources under the Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA)’s control and administration.

The move will be made as the Chief Executive wants to protect and preserve Boracay’s tourism value which spreads throughout Aklan, while guaranteeing sustainability of the island’s resources and livelihood.

Puerto Princesa’s Underground River gets booster from British envoy

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, June 03 (PNA) — The city government’s campaign to include Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park (PPSRNP), famously known as “Underground River” got a shot in the arm from the British envoy to the Philippines, no less.

Ambassador Peter Beckingham and his wife, Jill, visited the “Underground River” on Tuesday. The attraction is one of the nominees in the ongoing worldwide search for the “New Seven Wonders of Nature”.

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo orders special boat trip for night-lifers in Boracay Island Philippines

ILOILO CITY, June 3 (PNA) – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered the Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA) to purchase a boat that will ferry tourists from Boracay to Caticlan in the mainland, until 3 o’clock in the morning.

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New Bacolod Silay Airport Security Lapses

I was in Bacolod City last weekend to attend some personal businesses there. No scheduled photoshoot, No festival, no press event. Just purely a personal business trip. Everything went smooth as planned until I was about to leave the City of Smiles.

Bacolod-Silay airport

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