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Tourist arrivals up in May despite Boracay
Tourist arrivals in the country increased in May compared to the previous month despite the closure of Boracay island, the Department of Tourism said Friday. President Rodrigo Duterte ordered that the world-renowned beach ...
- July 7, 2018
NBI files complaints vs. Boracay resorts, Aklan officials
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has filed criminal complaints against six Boracay resort operators and developers and several town officials over environmental offenses including alleged encroachment on forest ...
- July 23, 2018
DTI recommends closure of Boracay 'in phases'
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has formally recommended to the Office of the President that the closure of Boracay “can be done in phases,” Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra said. In his ...
- April 3, 2018
Boracay placed under state of calamity
President Duterte yesterday placed all three barangays in Boracay Island under a under a state of calamity and said the closure of the island-resort, which started yesterday, will be up to October 25 this year. The declaration ...
- April 27, 2018
Boracay ‘will rise from the ashes’
Former Environment secretary Gina Lopez is positive that tourists will come back to Boracay Island once its rehabilitation is complete. “Boracay will be like a phoenix, it will rise from the ashes,” Lopez told media members ...
- April 22, 2018
No swimming in Boracay, DENR reiterates
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will look into reports that European youth delegates of Genfest International were allowed to take a dip in the waters of Boracay on Wednesday. “We just learned ...
- July 7, 2018
Two Philippine destinations voted ‘world’s best islands’
Two of the country’s hottest tourist destinations made it to this year’s list of “15 Best Islands of the World” of New York-based magazine Travel+Leisure. Palawan ranked sixth with a score of 90.04. The island, which is a ...
- July 15, 2018
Boracay stakeholders still in the dark as closure nears
Stakeholders gathered in a Department of Tourism (DoT)–organized Save Boracay Workshop, nine days before the country’s premier tourist destination will be shut down by the national government on orders of President Rodrigo ...
- April 18, 2018
Boracay ready for reopen; gov't orders casino closure
The Philippines reopens its crown jewel resort Boracay Island to holidaymakers on Friday, after a six-month cleanup aimed at repairing the damage inflicted by years of unrestrained mass tourism. President Rodrigo Duterte ...
- October 25, 2018
17 officials sued over Boracay woes
Seventeen officials of Aklan province are accused of allegedly neglecting their duties that led to Boracay Island’s environmental crisis. Punong Barangays Hector Casidsid of Barangay Gabay of Manoc-Manoc and Lilibeth ...
- June 28, 2018