Boracay Island landed on TIME magazine’s World’s Greatest Places for 2022, and only one of two Southeast Asian destinations that made the list. In a piece written by Charlie Campbell, he recalled the time former President Rodrigo Duterte called the island a “cesspool” after years of unabated sewage problems plagued the island, and closed it for six months in 2018.

Arnaldo, M. S. F. (2022, July 14). Boracay lands on TIME's 2022 World's Greatest Places list. Business Mirror, pp. A1-A2.