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Boracay biz sector urged to support inter-agency efforts
Business stakeholders in the island were urged to support the Inter-agency Task Force's rehabilitation initiatives. Malay acting mayor Abram Sualog call on the business sector during the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and ...
- March 25, 2019
Malay LGU pushes 'tropical design' in Boracay Island
The local government of Malay, Aklan has created a committee to review plans and designs for structures on this famed island resort in a bid to ensure compliance with a standard “tropical design” and environmental regulations. ...
- May 20, 2019
Cebu Pacific launches 'Juan Effect Boracay'
Cebu Pacific continues to push for sustainable tourism as it rolls out the second module for Juan Effect in Boracay, in time for the impending reopening of one of the most beautiful islands in the Philippines. The airline ...
- October 25, 2018
‘They need someone to blame’: Boracay env’t mess: Aklan guv to prove innocence
Gov. Florencio Miraflores denied the accusations stated in a complaint filed against him and 16 other local officials in Aklan over Boracay’s environmental problems. The governor was accused of negligence in ensuring the ...
- July 1, 2018
'Malay must ensure proper Boracay Island Waste Mgt'
The local government unit (LGU) of Malay, Aklan may face more charges for failing to address the garbage problem in this island resort, warned the National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) of the Department of ...
- June 29, 2018
Boracay sewage treatment responsibility of water utilities, says EU Chamber's Taus
A Boracay resort owner said Wednesday that establishments on the island should not be obliged to put up their own sewage treatment plants because this is the job of water utilities. Boracay Island Water Company and Boracay ...
- September 22, 2018
Bracelets mulled as 'tourist ID' in Boracay
Should the government require tourists to have “access bracelets” before visiting Boracay Island? There is such proposal, according to the Department of the Interior and Local Government. If it pushes through, it will be ...
- October 5, 2018
DENR lifts ECC suspension on 'complying' Boracay businesses
A few weeks before the much-awaited reopening of Boracay, Environment secretary Roy Cimatu lifted the suspension of the environmental compliance certificates (ECCs) of some business establishments in the world-famous resort ...
- October 13, 2018
EMB to resume issuing permits to Boracay establishments
The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) in Region 6 has recommended the lifting of the moratorium on the issuance of Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC), discharge permit, permit to operate and other environmental ...
- July 19, 2018
14 erring Boracay tourists fined
More than a week after Boracay’s reopening on Oct. 26, 14 tourists were fined for violating new island rules and regulations. According to Tourism secretary Bernadette Romulo Puyat, these violators were caught by the Boracay ...
- November 5, 2018