Duterte approves six-month shutdown of Boracay
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Boracay, the country's best known holiday island, will be totally closed down to tourists for the next six months over concerns that the once idyllic white-sand resort has become a "cesspool" tainted by dumped sewage.
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Kabiling, G. D., De Vera, A., Terrazola, V. P., Casayuran, M. B., & Abadilla, E. V. (2018, April 06). Duterte approves six-month shutdown of Boracay. Manila Bulletin, pp. 1, 8.
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