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3 turtle weaklings released in Boracay
Three turtle weaklings under rehabilitation were recently released off the shores in Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan. The local government returned two Olive Ridleys (Lepidochelys olivacea) and one Hawksbill (Eretmochelys ...
- June 6, 2019
Pollution board to probe Boracay water facility
Environment Undersecretary Benny Antiporda said the Pollution Adjudication Board (PAB) has opened an investigation on a water concessionaire in this famed-island resort. This came about after the viral video of sea turtle ...
- September 23, 2019
Boracay, a turtle’s paradise, says DENR
Slowly but surely, all the rehabilitation efforts being done by the government in the island of Boracay is paying off. Turtles are heading back to their nesting grounds here. Recently, a total of 142 Olive ridley (Lepidochelys ...
- February 16, 2019
Both sides Boracay (part 2)
The Boracay I’ve grown to idealize is culled from my memories of the island some 15 years ago – when I first set foot on White Sand beach with my family for a week-long vacation. I was an elementary student at that time, ...
- August 25, 2019
Boracay rehab pays off
Boracay's White Beach and Yapak Beach (or Puka Shell Beach) are among the 25 best beaches in Asia, according to the popular travel website TripAdvisor. The website recently released the results of its 2019 Travelers' Choice ...
- April 3, 2019
Chinese top Boracay foreign visitor in 1st quarter of 2019
Chinese topped the list of foreign tourists who visited the world-famous island for this year’s first quarter, according to the Department of Tourism (DOT) in Malay, Aklan. The DOT recorded a total of 107,164 Chinese tourist ...
- March 12, 2019
Boracay's White Beach still among Asia's best
Despite the ongoing rehabilitation, Boracay’s White Beach still secured a spot in TripAdvisor’s Top 25 list of best beaches in Asia. Boracay ranked number 9 in the list. It is the only Philippine beach that made it in ...
- March 3, 2019
More tourists, more trash?
We are aghast by a recent report about a tourist defecating on Boracay Island’s white-sand shores, and another burying diaper on the sand? What on earth were they thinking? We are reminded by this usual equation: The more ...
- August 24, 2019
DENR mulls clean-up drive in Boracay
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is planning to conduct a clean-up activity to preserve the government’s efforts in rehabilitating the world-famous Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan. The Boracay ...
- March 16, 2019