Aklan,officially the Province of Aklan,is a province in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. Its capital and largest town is Kalibo. The province is situated in the northwest portion of Panay Island,bordering Antique to the southwest,and Capiz to the southeast. Aklan faces the Sibuyan Sea and Romblon province to the north.
Western Visayas is an administrative region in the Philippines,numerically designated as Region VI. The region comprises the islands of Panay and Guimaras. It consists of five provinces:Aklan,Antique,Capiz,and Iloilo on Panay,and the island province of Guimaras. The region also includes one highly urbanized city,Iloilo City,which is the largest city and serves as the regional center.
Boracay is a resort island in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines,located 0.8 kilometers (0.50 mi) off the northwest coast of Panay Island. It has a total land area of 10.32 square kilometers (3.98 sq mi),under the jurisdiction of three barangays in Malay,Aklan,and had a population of 37,802 in 2020.
Kalibo,officially the Municipality of Kalibo,is a municipality and capital of the Province of Aklan,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 89,127 people.
Ibajay,officially known as the Municipality of Ibajay,is a municipality in the province of Aklan,Philippines. During the creation of Aklan Province in 1956,Ibajay was its biggest municipality in terms of population. According to the 2020 census,Ibajay has a population of 52,365 people,making it the third most populated town in Aklan.
The Aklanon people are the ethnolinguistic group who lived in the province of Aklan. They are part of the wider Bisaya ethnolinguistic group,who constitute the largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group.
Ramon Bautista Bong Revilla Jr. and commonly known as Bong Revilla,is a Filipino actor,director,producer,television presenter and politician serving as a Senator since 2019,and previously from 2004 to 2016.
Jose Enrique Sandejas Garcia III is a Filipino politician from Bataan. He is the incumbent governor of Bataan since June 30,2022. He served as Representative of Bataan's 2nd District from 2016 to 2022. He also served as Mayor of Balanga from 2007 to 2016.
Florencio Tumbocon Miraflores is a Filipino politician. "Joeben" was born in Ibajay,Aklan to parents Dr. Jose Conlu Miraflores and Eusebia Tumbocon. He is married to Ma. Lourdes Villanueva Martin. He graduated valedictorian at St. Clement's College,Iloilo and finished Industrial and Management Engineering at De La Salle University. He was Mayor of Ibajay from 1988 to 1995,and Governor of Aklan from 1995 to 2004 and from 2013 to 2022
The governor of Aklan is the local chief executive of the province of Aklan,Philippines.
The governor of Pampanga is the local chief executive of the Philippine province of Pampanga.
The 2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections were the 35th lower house elections in the Philippines. They were held on May 13,2019,to elect members to the House of Representatives.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Western Visayas is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached Western Visayas on March 20,2020,when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Bacolod. All provinces have at least one confirmed COVID-19 case.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Mimaropa is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached Mimaropa on March 20,2020,when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Puerto Princesa.
Carlito Marquez is a Filipino politician. He currently serves as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing the 1st District of Aklan.
Teodorico "Nonong" Tumbocon Haresco,Jr. is a Filipino politician,and businessman. Haresco was born in Iloilo City,Province of Iloilo on August 12. He is the incumbent Representative of the newly created 2nd District of Aklan in the 18th Congress of the Philippines. Before the creation of the 2nd District,he served as a Representative of the Lone District of Aklan from 2013 to 2016. Formerly,he was a party-list representative of the Ang Kasangga Party-list from 2010 to 2013 in the 15th Congress of the Philippines.
Gabrielle "Billie" V. Calizo-Quimpo is a Filipina politician. She is daughter of late Balete Mayor Teodoro F. Calizo. She is married to Reynaldo "Boy" Quimpo.
Gubernatorial elections were held in the Philippines on May 9,2022. All provinces will elect their provincial governors for three-year terms,who will be inaugurated on June 30,2022 after their proclamation. Governors that are currently serving their third consecutive terms are prohibited from running as governors.
Jose Maria Miraflores HontiverosTagalog pronunciation:[hɔˈsɛɔntɪˈvɛrɔs] was a Filipino lawyer,jurist and politician who was a Senator of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands;a 1934 Constitutional Convention delegate who drafted the 1935 Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Third Republic of the Philippines.
The 2025 Philippine local elections in Western Visayas are scheduled to be held on May 12,2025.
