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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's bike ride kicks off earth day celebration '17
Organization by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 6, it was the first ever Earth Day Bike Ride which Culminated with a mangrove -planting activity at the Katunggan Park in Barangay Guaan, ...
- April 28, 2017
Gov’t mulls Sept. Boracay ‘soft opening’
Boracay may have a “soft opening” on the first week of September, according to the interagency task force overseeing the island’s rehabilitation. The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), a member of the task ...
- June 21, 2018
DTI imposes price freeze in Boracay
A price freeze has been imposed in this island resort currently undergoing rehabilitation.
The Department of Trade and Industry placed Boracay under an “automatic price ceiling (APC) state.” An area placed under a state ...
- May 7, 2018
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
Senators join call vs plastic pollution
Three senators have joined the global call against the use of plastic. The world observed Earth Day on Sunday. “End Plastic Pollution” is this year’s theme. Plastics have seriously damaged land and bodies of water, and ...
- April 23, 2018
'Massive' Boracay rehab continues even with reopening, says Puyat
Tourism chief Bernadette Romulo-Puyat urged visitors to respect and observe local regulations to help protect and preserve Boracay Island. Puyat made the appeal during the much-awaited reopening of the island, stressing ...
- October 29, 2018
Toyota starts impossible with national coastal-clean, mangrove planting
Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) recently led 1,900 volunteers spread out across 35 locations nationwide for its first “Start Your Impossible” National Coastal Clean-up and Mangrove Planting weekend. The clean-up and mangrove ...
- October 12, 2019
Security tightened as closure draws near
Some 200 personnel from the Philippine Army (12th Infantry Battalion) and Philippine Navy are helping the police ensure peace and order in Boracay Island which will be closed to tourists starting April 26. However, Brigadier ...
- April 23, 2018