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'Help displaced Boracay residents'
Vice Mayor Abram Sualog appeals to the inter-agency group tasked to restore Boracay to find a relocation site for displaced island residents. Sualog was referring to locals whose houses were built on Boracay’s wetlands and ...
- April 16, 2018
Tourist arrivals up by 8.4 percent in August even with Boracay closure
The Department of Tourism has also released a new list of Boracay establishments where tourists may stay once the island reopens. Romulo-Puyat said the island’s reopening on Oct. 26 is just the first phase of the island’s ...
- October 15, 2018
Du30 wants 'a small tourism area' in Boracay
Insisting that Boracay is a forestal and agricultural land, President Rodrigo Duterte said he only wanted a portion of the island used for commercial purposes, such as tourism. “You know, ‘yung Boracay is a forestal ...
- May 4, 2018
Zumba, cleanup activity hopes to raise awareness vs plastic use in Boracay
More than 200 participants joined the Zumba and cleanup activity on Boracay’s Bulabog Beach on Wednesday, Oct. 31, to raise awareness against single-use plastic. The Halloween-themed activity led by the Philippine Red ...
- November 3, 2018
Dumangas mangroves buffer for storm surges
When fully grown, mangroves lining the coastal area of Dumangas town will serve as buffer for extreme weather disturbances such as storm surges and tidal waves. The mangroves were planted on Friday, June 5, World Environment ...
- June 7, 2015
DSWD: Aid distribution for displaced Boracay workers never stopped
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) did not stop releasing transportation and meal assistance to displaced workers in this island resort.
DSWD regional director Rebecca Geamala said this as she denied ...
- May 8, 2018
It's total closure for Boracay
President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the recommendation to close Boracay Island for six months. It would be a total closure to tourism, said Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque. The President reached such decision during ...
- April 5, 2018
Pollution causes algal bloom
An Aklanon government scientist insisted that pollution is the main cause of the algal bloom in this island resort. Raymund Jacinto Sucgang, a researcher for the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute of the Department of ...
- May 26, 2015
Boracay stakeholders back 'BIDA' creation
Stakeholders support the creation of the Boracay Island Development Authority (BIDA) mentioned by President Rodrigo Duterte in his fifth State of the Nation Address. Acting Mayor Frolibar Bautista of Malay town, which hosts ...
- July 30, 2020
No swimming in Boracay for 6 months
Swimming in the beaches of this island resort will be prohibited during the six-month closure period, according to Department of the Interior and Local Government officer-in-charge Eduardo Año. Even residents will be barred ...
- April 8, 2018