Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 21:17:45 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Despite the flooding in some areas in Boracay over the weekend, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) assured that it was on track in completing infrastructure work in the resort island in line with the massive rehabilitation program that the agency launched last year.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 21:18:58 +0000
BORACAY ISLAND, Aklan, Philippines — The government is bent on sustaining the gains of the six-month environmental rehabilitation of Boracay as more tourists are returning to the resort island in Malay, Aklan province, according to Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 21:10:09 +0000
Chinese tourists have topped the list of violators of laws and ordinances being implemented on Boracay Island
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 23:22:33 +0000
BORACAY ISLAND—At least two Filipino restaurant owners here do not mind the proliferation of Chinese establishments, saying Koreans operate more businesses than the Chinese on the island.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 23:22:06 +0000
Chinese investors are welcome to put up businesses on Boracay Island, but the government will be keeping an eye on them to ensure they follow the law on whom to employ, according to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 18:56:51 +0000
Parts of a resort on Boracay Island allegedly encroaching on the beach easement were demolished on Tuesday after a 15-day ultimatum issued by Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu had lapsed.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 23:24:32 +0000
ILOILO CITY — More than four months after Boracay Island reopened to tourists, many workers displaced by the closure have not been able to return to work.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 21:26:39 +0000
ILOILO CITY — The municipal government of Malay in Aklan province on Monday issued final notices to establishments that continued to violate rules on beach easement on Boracay Island, warning its owners of demolition if they would fail to remove illegal structures.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 21:34:03 +0000
ILOILO CITY — Construction of a major stretch of the main road of Boracay Island has yet to start even as an increasing number of tourists are coming to the popular island-resort. The road from the area near the Elizalde property leading to Barangay Yapak at the northern end of the island is still difficult […]
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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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