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No big bash for Boracay reopening
There will be no big celebration for the reopening of Boracay on October 26. "It will not be high profile. Rehabilitation is a work in progress," explained Helen Catalbas, Department of Tourism (DOT) regional director for ...
- July 27, 2018
Consolidated plan for Boracay closure bared
More than a week before the April 26 closure, the Department of Tourism (DOT) initiated a Tuesday working conference for local stakeholders and presented the consolidated plan on how to rehabilitate world-famous Boracay ...
- April 18, 2018
East Asia nations vow to curb marine pollution
Countries in East Asia will bolster policies to reduce marine pollution and strengthen coastal restorations. Members of the intergovernmental Partnerships in Environmental Management for Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) are ...
- November 29, 2018
Consider rule on suitable land use for Boracay Island - Recto
Senator Ralph Recto on Monday urged the government to reconsider the plan to turn Boracay Island into a land reform area following its six-month rehabilitation. The Senate President Pro Tempore made the appeal after President ...
- April 11, 2018
Avoiding Boracay trash build-up tackled
Iloilo City now that Boracay in Aklan has reopened, long-term remedies are being sought to minimize trash build-up at the resort island. "It is important that the Boracay people know the existing problems on solid waste. ...
- November 16, 2018
'We are not farmers'
Natives of world-famous Boracay Island are puzzled by President Dutere’s statement on implementing a land reform program after the government rehabilitates the resort island. “Hindi kami nagtatanim dito (We don’t plant ...
- April 11, 2018
Enforcement boosted to protect Visayan Sea
The Iloilo provincial government is pushing for stronger law enforcement in protecting the Visayan Sea from illegal fishers. “We will not waver to effectively and efficiently enforce fishery laws and ordinances to preserve ...
- March 6, 2018
Boracay's groundwater still contaminated- DENR, DOH
Despite the government’s ongoing rehabilitation program, the groundwater of several barangays in world-famous Boracay Island remains contaminated, based on initial findings of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), an ...
- August 14, 2018
Illegal connections to Boracay drains listed
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has released the names of businesses in this resort island that are allegedly dumping wastewater into storm drains. DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu read the names of ...
- April 27, 2018
Boracay's Atis get agri-fishery livelihood
With the reopening of world-famous Boracay Island, its native settlers are seen to have an alternative livelihood in small-scale farming and fishing. This is after the Department of Agriculture (DA) launched simultaneous ...
- October 29, 2018