Editor’s Note: PDN’s Ron Rocky Coloma traveled back to his mother’s roots and spent time at Boracay Island, Aklan and its surrounding towns last summer. Here are some highlights from his adventure.

Boracay is among the finest of the 7,641 Philippine islands and, for a long time, was one of the least known, its four square miles a closely guarded secret. Sequestered in the center of the ...

ILOILO CITY — More than 2,000 uniformed personnel have been deployed in Aklan as the province prepares to host the Asean Senior Economic Officials’ Meeting (SEOM) Retreat 2026 in Boracay Island this ...

MANILA, Philippines - Several private companies have pledged up to P20 billion for infrastructure and power projects for the province of Aklan. According to the National Economic and Development ...

MALAY, Aklan — For tourists who have outgrown the powdery-white sand beaches and the vibrant nightlife of Boracay Island, a tour in an interactive and community-based museum offers them a taste and a ...

Boracay’s famous White Beach. File photo by John Eiron R. Francisco BORACAY—The local government of Aklan is eyeing the construction of a P2-billion cruise ship port in this resort island as part of ...

The estimate is based on tourist arrivals in Boracay Island during the same period in 2019 AKLAN, Philippines – Aklan province, where the famous Boracay Island is located, lost up to P11.33 billion in ...

ILOILO CITY—Travelers going to Aklan no longer need to present a quick response (QR) code to enter the province. Aklan Governor Jose Enrique Miraflores, however, excluded the world-famous Boracay ...

The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines has officially assumed ownership of a critical power transmission line in Aklan, ...

The Aklan provincial government’s system that issues QR codes to tourists crashed on Tuesday, November 16, following the huge volume of tourists who want to visit world-famous Boracay Island. Selwyn ...

TEENAGERS who want to travel to Boracay Island with their families will have to be vaccinated first. “Yes, they have to be vaccinated [before traveling to Boracay],” clarified Aklan Gov. Florencio ...