"The government arbitrarily declared Boracay closed supposedly for rehabilitation but to this day it has no clear detailed action plan yet to address a lot of issues," said Zarate. Among the issues confronting the island and its people are on livelihood, the environment, land tenurial claims, and corporate greed. Thus "lack of direction" for the rehabilitation is raising tension and doubt among communities in Boracay, he lamented.

'No direction'. (2018, June 11). Panay News, pp. 1, 14.