ISLAND LIFE

After a long day preparing things for Christmas and doing some last minute shopping, we ended up in d*mall and decided to look around for so

We have spent some wonderful times roaming around and popping into our favorite island restaurants. It’s such a pleasurable way to spend...

By Amanda Virrey Carrying on from my second entry in this narration on strict isolation, I mentioned four of my friends who were...

In my first entry, I narrated my dear one’s ordeal in being subjected to an isolation facility against his will. You may read the previous p

Recently, a person who is very dear to me has just returned to the island after being isolated in Kalibo for testing positive for COVID-19.

Now nearing my 80th year on this planet, I was a baby born in an air raid shelter during World War II. I consider myself a product of the re

Mid last year saw many social media accounts showing depressing pictures of d*mall devoid of any life with boarded up shops and restaurants.

In the middle of a global pandemic the people of Boracay Island now face further unprecedented agony. If it was not enough that the people h

I'm writing this piece right now after just submitting my paperwork to Aklan for my third trip to the Island since it's reopening to tourist

If there is one understated yet easily accessible pleasure to be enjoyed on beautiful Boracay, it would have to be paraw sailing.

Since Boracay opened to tourists from the Western Visayas first on June one, then to tourists from much of the rest of the country on Octobe

Imagine yourself in a hotel and finding a wallet with PhP700 in it. Because you’re in a hurry, you turn it over to the front desk and ask th

This has been an amazing week for our little island. My social media pages have been littered with posts of resorts and other businesses a

Since Oct 1st when Boracay opened its borders to domestic tourism, the number of people visiting the island has been extremely disappointing

What a dreadful year 2020 has been so far. Our little Island started the year off still reeling from the devastation of typhoon Ursula; und

While it is often considered one of the most beautiful islands in the world, the locals of “Boracay” consider this island to be cursed becau

With an estimated population of over 30,000 people now calling Boracay Island their permanent home, the number of domestic animals - includi

I’ve been on Boracay now for quite a few years and thought that I knew where everything was. But just recently a friend of mine (Joe Riley)

When Dutch national Michel van der Kleij moved, together with his wife Neressa, to the sleepy little town of Andagao, Kalibo, the couple wer

Do we face increased job insecurity, there are fears Covid-19 has undone decades of advancement? But could the pandemic be a catalyst for pr