The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Friday said it would look into a report that 21 European youth delegates to Genfest International in Boracay had been seen swimming in the waters of the world-famous island. “We just learned about this through a news report from GMA 7. We assure you that we will look into this and determine if there’s any breach of the protocol set by the Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force,” DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda said in a statement. Based on the news report, the Aklan provincial police allowed the European delegates to swim for half an hour in Boracay waters off Station 1 at the request of the festival organizers and after the visitors underwent tight screening.

Gomez, E. J. (2018, July 7). DENR to check on Europeans seen in Boracay. The Manila Times, pp. A1, A8.