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 […]
