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‘They need someone to blame’: Boracay env’t mess: Aklan guv to prove innocence
Gov. Florencio Miraflores denied the accusations stated in a complaint filed against him and 16 other local officials in Aklan over Boracay’s environmental problems. The governor was accused of negligence in ensuring the ...
- July 1, 2018
Realignment of laws on Boracay sewage sought
The local government of Malay, Aklan and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) are working to make guidelines that will reconcile “issues” between a municipal ordinance and a recently-issued DENR order. ...
- July 24, 2018
Tourism dep't hopes to bring back tourist in WV
The Department of Tourism (DOT) in Region 6 hopes that Western Visayas could regain tourist arrivals amid the ongoing closure and rehabilitation of Boracay Island. There was a steep decline in the number of tourist arrivals ...
- January 24, 2018
'Boracay cesspool no more but much rehab work still needed'
Environment secretary Roy Cimatu asked “extended patience, support and understanding” from stakeholders amid the ongoing rehabilitation of this world-famous island resort. The half-year rehabilitation which aims to reverse ...
- October 17, 2018
‘We are Boracay’ wants island closure stopped
Island residents and displaced workers banded as a group to appeal for the House of Representatives to address the downside of shutting down this famed island resort. The group dubbed as “We are Boracay” reiterated that ...
- June 5, 2018
Oct. 15 is 'Aklan Day in Boracay'
The Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force declared Oct. 15 as the “Aklan Day in Boracay.” Oct. 15 is the start of the 11-day dry-run in view of the Oct. 26 island reopening. The task force said the declaration is to appreciate ...
- September 12, 2018
500T tourists visit Boracay from Jan. to March
Three months before it is closed, this famed beach destination accommodated over 500,000 tourists, records from the Department of Tourism (DOT) island field office showed. The inventory covered the period from January to ...
- April 18, 2018
Malay council members divided over env't fee hike
Members of the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) have differing takes on the proposed increase of the environmental fee for tourists in the world-famous Boracay Island. SB member Maylynn Aguirre-Graf is proposing to increase the fee ...
- July 15, 2018
New water treatment system eyed for Boracay
A German private research association introduced a sustainable way of treating wastewater in Boracay Island. The Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association (BORDA) proposed to the Malay municipal government the ...
- May 27, 2018
P490M for Boracay road rehab
The road widening project in this island resort will receive P490 million from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Aklan District Engineer Noel Fuentebella said the rehabilitation of the Boracay main road, ...
- April 29, 2018