Aklan River News Today

Some 1,500 hectares of rice fields are currently being affected by the worsening El Niño conditions in the Western Visayas province

Ma. Stella F. Arnaldo / Special to the BusinessMirror THE Sangguniang Bayan (SB) of Malay on Friday voted to adopt the proposed Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program of PetroWind Energy Inc., which wants to expand its wind-farm project, that many businesses and locals view will affect Boracay Island’s main water…

During heavy rainfall, some sediments from the hinterlands are retained in the mangrove area, causing a slow discharge of floodwater

It was a nightmare before “Undas" as Severe Tropical Storm “Paeng” left at least 45 people dead, 33 injured, and 18 others missing, proving to be relentless in pounding Southern Luzon with heavy rains and punishing winds while extending its reach up to Mindanao, the National Disaster Risk Reduction

ILOILO CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways closed a major bridge linking Aklan to a neighboring Numancia town after it found a hole in its foundation caused by massive flooding spawned by Typhoon Paeng’s rain. The Kalibo Bridge in Aklan province was closed Friday, October 28, afte

ILOILO CITY -- While Eastern Visayas is bracing for the entry of tropical depression ‘Paeng,’ on and off heavy rains have flooded some portions of Capiz and Aklan provinces on Thursday, Oct. 27. Flood waters submerged a major road in Tapaz town, Capiz province on Thursday, October 27, 2022.  (Ta

FLOOD CONTROL. The flood control structure constructed in Barangay Rivera in Libacao is to serve as a barrier to protect the barangay and local communities from the hazard of flooding due to the overflowing of the Aklan River. The Department of Public Works and Highway, through its Aklan District Engineering Office (DEO), has completed the implementation of two projects while another one is ongoing.(Photo courtesy of DPWH Aklan District Engineering Office) ILOILO CITY - Aklan province has been t...

Published January 8, 2021, 7:00 AM The Department of Energy (DOE) is eyeing 114 prospective bidders in the  22 geothermal and hydropower ventures that it is offering to investors via the third open and competitive selection process (OCSP-3), an auction system in the award of service contracts for renewable energy (RE) projects. The department formally launched its third round of OCSP on January 5; and had dangled pre-determined areas (PDAs) of at least five geothermal and 17 hydropower project...