The private sector representative to the Regional Development Council (RDC) in Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) has sounded the alarm over the construction of a shore protection causeway, or a concrete seawall, along the shoreline of Carabao Island, a prime but unsullied tourist destination in Romblon province. The Department of Tourism (DOT), one of the RDC members, also wrote the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) last week to “clarify” the P93-million project for the “construction/improvement of access roads leading to [a] declared tourism destination-construction of shore protection causeway” in San Jose town. Carabao Island, which is under the municipality of San Jose, has equally stunning white sand beaches as its neighbor, the more popular Boracay Island of Aklan province.

Cinco, M. (2020, December 21). ₱ 93-M beach wall project in Romblon questioned: Project undertaken by the Department of Public Works and Highways has not been endorsed by the Mimaropa Regional Development Council or the Department of Tourism. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A10.