Boracay under state of calamity
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Pres. Rodrigo Duterte has issued a proclamation placing the island of Boracay under a state of calamity effective April 26, 2018, the first day of the 6-month closure. In a press conference on Thursday, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) secretary Eduardo Año announced that the three main barangays in the island – Manoc-Manoc, Balabag, and Yapak – will be placed under the state of calamity for more than a year. Año said the declaration took too long and was even made on the day of the closure as it underwent a rigid process. “The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council convened on Monday to come up with a resolution recommending the declaration. They have to satisfy and meet the conditions,” he said.
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Conserva, L. H. (2018, April 27). Boracay under state of calamity. The Daily Guardian, pp. 1, 18.
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Conferences; Financing; Restoration; Environmental restoration; Legal aspects; Planning; Programmes; Tourism; Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG); Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD); Department of Tourism (DOT); National Economic and Development Authority; Duterte, Rodrigo; Año, Eduardo; Leyco, Emmanuel; Alegre, Frederick; Densing, Epimaco
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