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Local groups unite vs Boracay closure: Boracay Fundation, Inc. denies involvement in planned protests
The Boracay Foundation, Inc. (BFI) denied that it is involved in the planned protests of some civic organizations against the imminent closure of this famed island resort. The local group of Boracay business owners and ...
- April 13, 2018
Barge owner pressed to pay for oil spill
AC Energy Corp., owner of the power barge that discharged bunker oil into this city’s waters following an explosion Friday last week, is being pressed to compensate those adversely affected. “There is no skirting the issue. ...
- July 8, 2020
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
No total ban on ‘paraw’ in Boracay, says DENR
Island hopping and sailboat (paraw) activities in this world-famous island will not be totally banned, according to the Environment department. They will only be suspended for up to two weeks after the holiday island reopens ...
- October 21, 2018
'No direction'
"The government arbitrarily declared Boracay closed supposedly for rehabilitation but to this day it has no clear detailed action plan yet to address a lot of issues," said Zarate. Among the issues confronting the island ...
- June 11, 2018
Grief and anger: For Boracay’s poor sectors, closure worse than ‘Yolanda’
It was like being struck by super typhoon “Yolanda”. This was how a Boracay-based alliance of various basic and sectoral organizations described the island’s closure from April 26 to Oct. 25. While the government praised ...
- October 29, 2018
Capiz governor vows to save Panay River
Capiz governor Antonio del Rosario promised to revitalize the Panay River, which he claimed to have become “polluted” and “not fit for human activities.” Del Rosario plans to form a Panay River Council, under which a “Task ...
- August 29, 2016
DENR mulls clean-up drive in Boracay
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is planning to conduct a clean-up activity to preserve the government’s efforts in rehabilitating the world-famous Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan. The Boracay ...
- March 16, 2019