Entrepreneurial Farmer

Ambrosio R. Villorente

Aklan Celebrates Tourism Week

In partnership with Aklan Provincial Tourism Office, Aklan Tourism Officers Association will celebrate Tourism Week on September 24-29, 2012. This weeklong tourism celebration is geared to showcase and promote the tourism attractions of Aklan and to create better understanding of the benefits of tourism.

According to Gov. Carlito S. Marquez and Roselle Q. Ruiz – Aklan Provincial Tourism Officer, the weeklong activities are the following:

September 24 – Caravan starting simultaneously at Buruanga, Altavas, Libacao, Malinao, and New Washington. They will converge in Kalibo at 11 in the morning for the motorcade.

Motorcade over, Tourism Forum and exhibits follow, the targets of which are students, tourism related establishments and organizations and the social media. There will be Quiz Bee in the afternoon among students taking up tourism related courses.

On Sept. 25 – 27, familiarization tour for 50 tourism officers, social media and photo journalists in all 17 municipalities will take place.

On Sept. 28 – 29, two days,, selling mission to be conducted by 17 municipal tourism officers. This will be done in Boracay Island. 

Among the beauty spots to be visited in Aklan are Piña Village, Kalibo; New Washington tour; Kalantiaw Shrine, Batan; Veterans Shrine, Altavas; Basura Garden, Balete; Chateau de Gloria, Banga; Libacao Wild River; Bridge, Church, Municipal Hall, Madalag; Abaca Weaving, Malinao; Bayangan Village and Dragon Fruit Plantation, Lezo; Century Old Acacia Trees, Numancia; Seafoods Presentation, Makato; Jawili Falls, Tangalan; Bariw Weaving Demo, Nabas; and Boracay Island. 

Allen S. Quimpo For Kalibo Mayor

It is now official. Atty. Allen S. Quimpo has declared he is a candidate for Mayor of the Ati-atihan Town of Kalibo for the forthcoming May 2013 local election. 

According to Quimpo, he arrived at the said decision after a very careful and thorough tests and evaluation of all his options. He revealed he has consulted with his brothers and sisters on the matter, Quimpo revealed. He has also met with the faculty and staff members of the Northwestern Visayan Colleges. He assured them, “I will be your president at the NVC until June 30, 2013”. 

Quimpo disclosed “he visited almost all the barangays of Kalibo to consult his leaders and voters as regards the possibility of becoming the Mayor of Kalibo in 2013-2016.

On the basis of all his thorough, rigid consultations and evaluation, the answer is highly positive to becoming the town mayor of Kalibo in 2013. Quimpo also announced to the members of the social media in a presscon held in his residence on Sunday, September 15, 2012. 

Marquez 

Aching To KO Pacquiao

Claiming that he won all three fights unofficially, Juan Manuel Marquez has vowed to put a closure to the never-ending debate on Dec. 8 when he meets Manny Pacquiao for the fourth time at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

“I want to win the fight officially,” Marquez said who will rely mainly on his “intelligence and counter-punching” to finally score a win over his fearsome Filipino foe.

“I will try to knock him out because if I don’t, you know what will happen if it’s a decision,” Marquez said.

Marquez battled P acquiao to a split draw the first time they met in May 2004. He was heartbroken after dropping a split decision in the rematch in March 2008. In their grudge match in November 2011, Pacquiao escaped with a majority decision.

Marquez, who turned 39 last month, begged for a fourth fight. He was delighted that Pacquiao chose him over a second meeting with Tim Bradley, who defeated Pacquiao on a hotly-contested split verdict last June.

The two fighters will size each other up on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) when they kick off a three-city promotional tour at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, followed by a stop at Times Square in New York, and finally in Mexico City. 

The Pacquiao-Marquez IV won’t have any major title at stake but will be fought at the welterweight maximum of 147 lbs, according to Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum, who will be the master of ceremonies in the duration of the tour.

Arum said Pacquiao is guaranteed $23 million, an amount he won’t get had he decided to do a rematch with Bradley.

Bradley got $5 million when he beat Pacquiao last June and was guaranteed $10 million in the event of a rematch.

Bradley lashed out at Pacquiao for the snub, saying Pacquiao chickened out for fear of being humiliated although 99 percent of those who saw their fight thought Bradley was more than fortunate to get the judges’ nod. /MP