{"id":108745,"date":"2017-07-28T05:41:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T09:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=108745"},"modified":"2017-07-28T05:41:37","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T09:41:37","slug":"kalibo-more-than-just-a-gateway-to-boracay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/07\/28\/kalibo-more-than-just-a-gateway-to-boracay\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Kalibo more than just a gateway to Boracay&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_108750\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108750\" style=\"width: 204px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/miraflores.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-108750\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/miraflores-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"The capital town of Kalibo will be reshaped into a desirable tourist destination itself and will not just be a mere gateway to the world famous Boracay, said Aklan Governor Florencio Miraflores. (PNA photo)\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/miraflores-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/miraflores.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-108750\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The capital town of Kalibo will be reshaped into a desirable tourist destination itself and will not just be a mere gateway to the world famous Boracay, said Aklan Governor Florencio Miraflores. (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">KALIBO, Aklan, July 28 &#8212; The capital town of Kalibo will be reshaped into a desirable tourist destination itself and will not just be a mere gateway to the world famous Boracay, said Aklan Governor Florencio Miraflores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">Miraflores, during his more than one-hour State of the Province Address (SOPA) on Thursday afternoon, stressed the current developments for Kalibo were expected to boost its tourism potential.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">\u201cWe have not forgotten Kalibo and its tourism potential,\u201d said Miraflores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">A reclamation and development project for Kalibo is underway, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">Miraflores said the provincial government has received an unsolicited proposal for a joint venture agreement with Mabuhay Maritime Express Transport, Inc. for the Kalibo reclamation and development project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">Mabuhay, which is majority owned by Philippine Airlines, in partnership with Jan de Nul Group of Belgium will be investing on said reclamation project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">The reclamation project will be developed into a ferry terminal with mixed-use commercial and residential area along the coastal area in Kalibo, particularly in Barangay Pook.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">It is expected to provide waterways and river channels which will direct the inflow and outflow of water in the river system that drains the floodwater of Kalibo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">Miraflores said: \u201cThe master plan is a picture of a modern community. A business hub and residential complex along the Kalibo coastline. This will reshape Kalibo from being a mere gateway but a desirable tourist destination itself.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">Kalibo is considered as the main gateway to Boracay because of it\u2019s the direct international flights to its international airport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif';color: black\">In 2016, Kalibo International airport catered to 1,343,683 passengers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KALIBO, Aklan, July 28 &#8212; The capital town of Kalibo will be reshaped into a desirable tourist destination itself and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":108750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95,79],"tags":[5939],"class_list":["post-108745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","category-travel","tag-kalibo","mauthors-karen-v-bermejo","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}