The island of Panay is an island in Asia located in the Philippines, famous for having been the beach capital of the world: the island of Boracay. Boracay Island is located in the northwestern corner of Panay in Region VI of the Philippines. The island is about seven kilometers long, shaped like an elongated dog bone with the narrowest point less than a kilometer wide. It has been written that its history prior to its discovery by the outside world remained well guarded and well guarded. The native islanders and Atis lived together privately and in harmony on the island. The Atis or "Aetas" the indigenous people of Boracay, as the original settlers and the islanders who were the first settlers were farmers and fishermen. Peach, Copra and Tobacco (first class products believed to have been introduced and propagated by Boracay Greener Sofia Ner Gonzales or "Lola Sofing", the wife of Juez Lamberto Hontiveros Tirol (to whose memory the Lamberto H. Tirol National is honored High School, formerly Boracay National High School) and traded in the nearby mainland of Akla...