Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 11:08:28 +0000
The right to travel was not violated when President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the temporary closure of Boracay Island for six months last year.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 21:30:42 +0000
The Supreme Court en banc upheld on Tuesday the validity of the government’s decision to close and rehabilitate the world-famous resort island of Boracay for six months last year.
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The government is not banning all parties on Boracay Island when it reopens on Oct. 26, contrary to an infographic being circulated that specify activities prohibited on the resort island.
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The clean and quiet beaches of Boracay that visitors saw on Monday brought back memories of the pristine island that it was before tourism came, Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said on Tuesday.
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The government does not have a law to use as basis in enforcing limits on the number of people entering Boracay, environment and local officials admitted on Wednesday.
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Several business operators on Boracay Island object to another order by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) requiring even small establishments to put up of sewerage treatment plants (STPs).
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Planeloads of tourists can’t just descend on Boracay’s beaches when the rehabilitated island reopens on Oct. 26. Only 6,405 tourists will be allowed to enter the island and frolic in its waters and beaches every day, Malacañang said on Wednesday, adopting the recommendation of an interagency committee. The Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force had assessed that […]
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Business operators in Boracay are worried about the small number of establishments in operation when the island receives tourists again starting Oct. 26.
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Malacañang has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss a petition questioning its decision to close Boracay Island for six months.
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The closure of Boracay, high prices and tighter mining regulations weighed down the country’s economic expansion in the second quarter to 6 percent year-on-year, or below expectations, the government’s top economist said on Thursday.
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