Tag: 6-month rehabilitation

Majority of Filipinos support gov’t recommendation to close Boracay for rehab

(Eagle News)–A majority of Filipinos support the government’s recommendation to close Boracay Island  for its rehabilitation, a Social Weather Stations survey said. The March 23 to 27 survey said 64 percent agreed with the suggestion, while 20 percent disagreed. As for the government’s recommendation the island be closed for a year, the SWS said 38 percent strongly agree, 26 percent somewhat agree, 10 percent somewhat disagree and 10 percent strongly disagree. Seventeen percent were undecided. […]

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Boracay now closed to pave way for 6-month rehabilitation of island

The government shuttered its most famous holiday island Boracay to tourists on Thursday, April 26, for a six-month clean-up. Police were posted at entry points to the once-pristine island. President Rodrigo Duterte had ordered the shutdown this month after calling the resort a “cesspool,” dirtied by tourism-related businesses dumping raw sewage directly into the ocean. Regional police head Cesar Binag told AFP the closure began past midnight, with tourists barred from boarding the ferry that […]

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