It is downright astonishing that not a single media outlet used that earthshaking announcement as its headline for what should have been a front-page news article. The mindset, it seems, is that it is too far-fetched that Boracay — the country’s internationally acclaimed paradise of an island, where five-star hotels, posh resorts, and mansions of the incredibly rich are - could be indisputably owned by the state. Even the leadership of the government-owned Pagcor, when it gave permits to two casinos to operate in the island, was of this ignorant mindset. That was like giving gambling permits to squatters.

Tiglao, R. (2018, April 11). Duterte: Boracay is government property. The Manila Times, pp. A1, A6.