BORACAY Island continues to cement its reputation as among the most popular tourism destinations in the country, as total inbound arrivals reached 538,603 in the first quarter of the year, up 2.86 percent from the same period in 2023. Data from the Municipality Tourism Office of Malay showed that arrivals…
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…
Stella Arnaldo SUSTAINABILITY is the buzzword of today’s post-modern world, as governments and companies try to adopt measures to push development without sacrificing natural resources which will still be used by generations to come. In fact, it was “sustainability” that supposedly guided the Philippine government in deciding to close Boracay…
The Boracay Foundation Inc. (BFI) has passed a resolution that forbids the construction of wind turbines in the proposed 14-megawatt (MW) Nabas-2 wind power project (Nabas-2) of PetroWind Energy Inc. (PWEI). PWEI is the joint venture between Yuchengco Group of Companies’ PetroEnergy Resources Corp. (20 percent) and its subsidiary, PetroGreen…
Ma. Stella F. Arnaldo / Special to the BusinessMirror ALAWMAKER urged tourism officials to craft a program to enable tourism establishments prepare for the challenges of regular power outages in the country, and help ease the discomfort of their guests. In a news statement over the weekend, Senator Maria Lourdes…