President Duterte also mulls declaring island as land reform area Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello has warned establishments in Boracay against terminating their employees during the six-month closure of the resort island starting April 26. In an advisory…
Lt. Gen. Paul Atal, commander of the Armed Forces of the Philippines – Central Command (AFP – CentCom), assured that the entire Visayas is a safe place to stay especially with the closure of Boracay Island drawing…
President Rodrigo Duterte is against the building of a casino in the island of Boracay. “Far from it actually. I never said building anything or even a nipa hut there,” Duterte said in a press conference in…
Businesses on resort island start sacking workers as closure nears ILOILO CITY — Businesses in Boracay have started laying off workers less than three weeks before the scheduled 6-month closure of the resort island to tourism and…
ILOILO CITY — The government is still seeking the cancellation of land titles issued illegally by personnel of the Department of Environment and Natural Resource (DENR) on Boracay Island seven years ago. The case against eight DENR…
ILOILO CITY — There has been no marked decline in tourist arrivals on Boracay Island despite the looming closure of the world-famous destination. But arrivals were expected to drop next month as cancellations of bookings had increased.…
The government’s Environment, Tourism and Interior departments are set to submit to President Rodrigo Duterte their recommendation for the six-month total closure of Boracay starting April 26. Interior Assistant Secretary Epimaco Densing III told Radyo Inquirer 990…
THE proposal of President Rodrigo Duterte to impose a total closure of Boracay would directly affect the livelihood of nearly 20,000 people on the island, tourism groups lamented on Thursday. This was what Boracay tourism stakeholders that…
ILOILO CITY — An inter-agency task force will present on Thursday, March 15, a comprehensive master plan for Boracay Island as part of efforts to crack down on violations of environmental laws in the country’s prime tourist…
BORACAY ISLAND, AKLAN — Running after violators of environmental laws and regulations in Boracay is costing an initial P9.5 million in public funds from the Department of Environment Natural Resources (DENR) alone. DENR Undersecretary Jonas Leones, the…
BORACAY ISLAND, AKLAN – Workers using jackhammers have started the demolition of illegal structures at a controversial resort here on Saturday. The workers tore structures built on rock formations at the Boracay West Cove Resort in Barangay…
PANGLAO, Bohol — After Boracay, another island in the Visayas could be the next target of President Rodrigo Duterte after he was told that it was teeming with resorts with no septic tanks and proper waste disposal…
