AKLANON PROUD

Sangka panan-awan (news analysis) ni Darwin T. Tapayan   Sambilog eang raya sa mga 'spaghetti wire' installation sa banwa it Kalibo.  Hara eon kuno ro tiyempo nga magapatigayon it ‘political will’ ro mga opisyales it banwang Kalibo may kaangtanan sa kabuhayon eon nga problema sa nagagumon ag ‘wa sa ayos nga pagkabit ag pagtakod it mga kable ag kuryente sa rayang banwa. Daya ro ginpahayag ni Vice Mayor Madeline Regalado sa nagtaliwan kara nga 16 th regular session it Sangguniang Bayan may kaangtanan sa resolusyon nga ginproponer ni SB Philip Y. Kimpo Jr. nga nagaayo sa alkalde nga istriktuhon ro pagpapaayos sa maeaw-ay nga pagtakod it mga kable ag kuryente sa banwa. Sa kamatuoran, mangku sampae raya sa bise alkalde ag sa alkalde bangud nga sa kabuhayon nanda nga nagpungko nga ospisyal sa banwa, naghueat pa sanda nga ro bata nga opisyal ro magapadumdom kanda. Iba gid man siguro kon nagakagueang eon, indi eon madumduman kon ano ro dapat asikasuhon. Ay sa bukon it h...

Sangka panan-awan (news analysis) ni Darwin T. Tapayan Ginakabuligan it rescue team ro sangka 55-anyos nga eaki matapos nga habungguan it nagahagunos nga van sa Brgy. Bulwang, Numancia. Imaw ra sambilog sa tatlo nga napatay sa sueod it sang-dominggo bangud sa paspas nga padaeagan it iba nga mga saeakyan. Ku nagtaliwan ng dominggo, ‘baw tatlo gid ro patay matapos nga masaeawig ukon mabanggaan it nagahagunos nga mga saeakyan iya sa probinsya it Akean! Patay gid ro 40-anyos nga maestra nga si Eden Benitez, daywang adlaw matapos nga masaeawig it kasunod nga armored van ro ginamaneho kara nga motorsiklo sa Brgy. Linabuan Sur, Banga. Natabu ra agahon ku nagtaliwan nga Oktubre 26, Miyerkules nga adlaw. Bangud sa madasig ro padaeagan it armored van, inapok gid ro makeueuoy nga manugturo sa sementado nga karsadahon ag nabasag gid ro ana nga helmet. Malala gid ro lastro nga naangkon na sa ueo euwas pa sa mga nina nana sa nagkaeain-eain nga parte ku anang eawas. Kanugon, ay bangud ea...

By Darwin Tapayan Improved house of an OSPC member compared to a humble abode of a non-member in Osman village. OSPC members religiously maintain their backyard nurseries, even involving children in the family. Photo courtesy of DENR  VI The Community-Based Forest Management in Aklan is actively participated by 23 community people’s organizations (PO’s). According to Chief, Technical Service Division V For. Merlene Aborka of Aklan Provincial Environment and Natural Resources (PENRO), eight of these 23 PO’s are government partners in National Greening Program (NGP) implementation. PENRO Ivene Reyes said that one of the best among these PO’s is the Osman-San Dimas Producers Cooperative (OSPC) in Brgy. Osman, Malinao, Aklan. Osman is one of the two barangays in the last mountain range in the municipality of Malinao which is 14km far from the Brgy. Poblacion and 26km away from the provincial Capitol in Kalibo. The barangay has a total area of 1,600has wherein 1,300has of thi...

by Darwin T. Tapayan The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources (PENRO) –Aklan continues on preparing and planting activities to meet the National Greening Program (NGP) target area of 1,414.00 hectares all over the province this year 2016. At the end of July 2016, PENRO-Aklan reported that they already planted 991.00 has. equivalent to 70% of the yearly target. Covering 2011 to 2015, PENRO-Aklan has planted 6, 346.70 has. of forestland areas with 4.1 million seedlings in 60 barangays within 15 municipalities. This is equivalent to .27% of the National Goal in planting of 1.5 billion seedlings and .42% in 1.5 mil. has.  for the five-year period of implementation of NGP. In this period of the project, PENRO-Aklan prevalent commodities of NGP plantation were timber, indigenous,fuel wood, cacao, coffee, fruit trees, bamboo, mangrove, rubber and urban greening. According to the report, eleven municipalities with upland areas have planted 6, 184.00 has. with 3, 250, 983 see...

by Darwin T. Tapayan Gov. Florencio Miraflores (right) commending the honest act of Tay Poldo, (left) a utility worker in provincial hospital. He was given the certificate of recognition by the governor together with the chief of hospital Dr. Paul Macahilas (center). Photo by Archie Hilario Gov. Florencio Miraflores awarded an honest utility worker of Dr. Rafael S. Tumbukon Memorial Hospital (DRSTMH) making him as permanent employee from being a job order. Leopoldo “Poldo” or “Polding” Martinez Jr., 52 years old never expected this award after he honestly returned back the found lost wallet at the Out Patient Department area of the hospital on Sept. 3, Saturday. Tay Poldo said that found this brown wallet on a chair while cleaning on the area around 6:00am and immediately surrendered it to the hospital’s head of security without even opening it. On the following day, it was claimed by the owner identified himself as Richard Urios Rico Sr., legal age, a ship captain and resident...