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Cordoned area in Boracay lifted as DENR says water’s coliform levels are ‘safe’

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Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:53:51 +0000

Cordoned area in Boracay lifted as DENR says water’s coliform levels are ‘safe’

MANILA, Philippines – The cordoned area in the Boracay island has been lifted and opened again as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said test samples of the water revealed safe coliform levels. This was after a Chinese tourist was caught on video dumping her child’s used diapers in the sand, causing a […]

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100 meters of Boracay beach cordoned off amid video of tourist burying diapers

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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 11:35:20 +0000

100 meters of Boracay beach cordoned off amid video of tourist burying diapers

ILOILO CITY –– A 100-meter area of the famed four-kilometer long beach of Boracay Island was cordoned off starting Wednesday morning amid a video showing a tourist burying used baby diapers along the beach. Natividad Bernardino, general manager of the Boracay Interagency Rehabilitation Management Group, said the area at Station 1 at the northern end […]

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Chinese firms in Boracay required to have English trade names, employ Filipino workers

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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 14:20:44 +0000

Chinese establishments on Boracay Island should have trade names primarily in English and should employ Filipino workers.

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Duterte on Boracay: I could not allow this decay to continue

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“Boracay island, widely regarded as one of our country’s treasures and admired worldwide for its natural beauty, has sadly become the representation of governance and government’s neglect,” President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday  in his third State of the Nation Address (Sona). “ I could not allow this decay to continue. Decisive action has long been overdue, […]

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Bong Go draws flak for role in cash card distribution in Boracay

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Bong Go draws flak for role in cash card distribution in Boracay

Special Assistant to the President Christopher “Bong” Go (in pink) assists Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III (partly hidden) in the distribution of cash cards to displaced workers of Boracay Island (Contributed photo)

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To fight erosion of Boracay coastline, groups tap reliable ‘bakawan’

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To fight erosion of Boracay coastline, groups tap reliable ‘bakawan’

Most of the activities in the island of Boracay have been in the news lately because of the government’s closure of the famed tourist spot for rehabilitation. But one part of Boracay that has not gotten much attention is the reforestation project inside Barangay Manoc-Manoc involving the old and reliable mangrove trees, also called “bakawan” in Filipino.

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Drilon grills DAR on proposal to place Boracay under land reform

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Drilon grills DAR on proposal to place Boracay under land reform

At Wednesday’s environment committee hearing on Borocay’s rehabilitation, Senator Franklin Drilon asked the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) who gave the President the advice to place the resort-island under land reform.

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