I wonder how Boracay’s rehabilitation is progressing after all the heavy security and the strict shutdown of the island. I hope they let journalists in so that there would be proper documentation of the rehabilitation process. In any case, I believe that aside from just rehabilitating the island, the government should also ensure that business owners found guilty of violating the environmental regulations should be held liable. According to TV reports for instance, several prominent resorts including those who strongly opposed the closure, were found to have been illegally discharging foul smelling water directly to the sea. And then there’s the issue of Boracay’s untreated wastewater.

Gonzales, I. (2018, May 22). The Boracay rehabilitation. The Philippine Star, p. B4.