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ILOILO CITY — Food packs distributed to displaced residents of Boracay Island were contaminated during handling and hauling of the goods, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) confirmed. Rebecca Geamala, DSWD Western Visayas director, said…
STA. ROSA CITY — President Rodrigo Duterte said neither he nor anyone on his cabinet has interest in Boracay, the Philippines’ world-renowned beach island that the government recently ordered closed for rehabilitation. Speaking before more than 4,000…
BORACAY ISLAND, Aklan — Describing the rampant violations of rules and laws on Boracay Island as a “Wild, Wild West,” an official of an interagency task force revealed that only 25 of 1,080 inspected establishments (2.3 percent)…
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has created an inter-agency task force to “reverse the degradation of Boracay island.” Duterte signed Executive Order No. 53 on May 8, designating Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu as the chairperson of the task force.…
The Social Security Service is offering calamity loan to residents and displaced workers in Boracay. Alexander Christian Erl Genelza, information officer of SSS-Cebu Branch, said that displaced workers from Boracay who are now working here in Cebu…
President promises to return island to residents, workers after cleanup President Rodrigo Duterte assured Boracay residents and workers on Tuesday that his administration will only cleanup the island, after which, this will be returned to them. In…
ERVIN Canlas, 26, left the famous tourist destination Boracay Island in Aklan last Wednesday (April 25) with a heavy heart. The six-month closure of the island for rehabilitation gave him no choice but to return to his…
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Friday promised to take advantage of the six-month closure of Boracay to build wider roads and improve the drainage system along the Boracay Circumferential Road network. DPWH Secretary…
Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino graced the commemoration of the 497th celebration of Kadaugan sa Mactan today (April 27) at Mactan Shrine, Lapu-Lapu City. In his keynote speech, he reiterated his support for the construction…
President Rodrigo Duterte has declared a state of calamity in Boracay following its total closure for six months. He signed Proclamation No. 475 placing the villages of Manoc-Manoc, Balabag and Yapak under state of calamity. Duterte has…
Presidential Assistant of the Visayas Michael Dino is set to meet with several mayors in Cebu whose towns and cities are known for their tourist destinations to ensure that the problems in Boracay will not be experienced…
Boracay Island, Aklan — This usually expensive island-resort has suddenly become more affordable to lesser mortals. But only for a few days. The posh D’Mall commercial complex at the heart of the long beach here had been…
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