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Pollution board to probe Boracay water facility
Environment Undersecretary Benny Antiporda said the Pollution Adjudication Board (PAB) has opened an investigation on a water concessionaire in this famed-island resort. This came about after the viral video of sea turtle ...
- September 23, 2019
Year-End Report 2018: A look back at the year's movers and shakers
The country’s top tourist destination was closed to tourism activities for six months beginning April 26 for a massive cleanup and rehabilitation due to years of neglect and abuse. President Rodrigo Duterte called Boracay ...
- December 31, 2018
Hmmm, there's magic in Boracay
It's the day after Labor Day, call it a hangover, usually, there’s still a lot of stories in the newspapers about the “working class hero”, the poor, downtrodden and exploited salaried laborer or to use the favorite term ...
- May 2, 2018
Boracay stakeholders commit implement sustainable practices
Some 30 business stakeholders in Boracay have pledged their commitment to immediately implement sustainable practices, in efforts to preserve the newly rehabilitated island. In an emailed statement, Ayala-led Globe Telecom ...
- December 29, 2018
Biodiversity assessment seen to aid Boracay sustainability
An underwater cleanup joined by at least 50 divers was held to mark the start of the biodiversity assessment of coastal and marine areas on the island on Oct. 23. Twelve sacks of assorted trash, mostly plastic and bottles, ...
- October 27, 2018
DENR to deploy 35 env't enforcers in Boracay
Some 35 environmental enforcers will be mobilized here next week - days before the scheduled island reopening on Oct. 26. Environment secretary Roy Cimatu said the environmental enforcers - most of them Boracay residents ...
- October 13, 2018
Boracay rehab halfway: DENR to review establishments before island reopens
The rehabilitation of this island resort continues halfway into its six-month closure. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources promised that the government is “on track” with its plan to reopen the tourist ...
- July 27, 2018
Boracay biz groups welcome list of compliant establishments
Business groups in Boracay welcomed the initial list of compliant establishments that could open by Oct. 26. In its Boracay Bulletin dated Aug. 31, 2018, the Department of Tourism listed 25 hotels and resorts that have ...
- September 5, 2018
'Let the corals recover’: Ban on Boracay water sports activities mulled
Diving and other water sports activities in this famed beach destination must be regulated, according to the Environment department. A study that the DENR conducted showed that Boracay’s coral reefs have been degrading due ...
- October 6, 2018
Coliform caused Boracay corals' mass die-off?
A cooperative suspected that the high coliform level in the waters in this island resort was causing mass coral die-off. A member of the Sankalikasan Producers Cooperative, Jose Rodriguez, said they have monitored two usual ...
- March 6, 2015