Tag: Boracay closure

Dry run para sa muling pagbubukas ng Boracay, itinakda sa Oct. 15

(Eagle News) — Magsasagawa ng dry run sa Oktubre 15 ang pamahalaan para sa muling pagbubukas ng Boracay. Gagawin ito para makita ang iba pang pangangailangan ng isla, bago buksan sa mga turista sa October 26. Sinabi ni Environment Undersecretary Benny Antiporda, bagaman excited ang mga establisyemento sa Boracay, prayoridad ng pamahalaan ang environment side ng isla, kaya dapat nakakatugon ang mga ito sa requirement ng DENR. Sinabi ni Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, tinataya namang […]

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DTI assures Boracay micro-entrepreneurs of gov’t help

(Eagle News) — The Department of Trade and Industry  has given the  assurance  the government was extending assistance to the micro-entrepreneurs and residents who were affected by the six-month closure of Boracay. Speaking to Net 25’s Agila Balita on Monday, May 28, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said the assistance was in the form of skill trainings and seminars, and in the form of cash assistance. He  said local entrepreneurs could sell their products through the government’s […]

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P490M budget, ilalabas ng DBM para sa Boracay rehab

(Eagle News) — Nasa 490 million pesos ang nakatakdang i-release ng Department of Budget and Management (DBM) sa  Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) para sa rehabilitasyon ng circumferential road sa isla ng Boracay. Ayon kay Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno, ang nasabing pondo ay nakatakdang ibigay sa DPWH sa susunod na linggo. “I am pleased to announce that DBM will release 490 million pesos to DPWH for the rehab of the whole boracay’s circum […]

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P57M na karagdagang pondo para sa formal sector workers sa Boracay, kinakailangan

(Eagle News) — Nangangailangan ng karagdagang budget ang Department of Labor and Employment DOLE Region 6 para ma-pondohan ang Boracay Emergency Employment Program (BEEP). Ang nasabing programa ay naglalayong matulungan ang mga manggagawa sa formal sector na apektado ng closure ng Boracay Island. Ayon kay Atty. Johnson Cañete, Regional Director ng DOLE region 6, nasa P57 milyon na karagdagang pondo ang kanilang kinakailangan para sa implementasyon ng emergency employment program na tatagal ng hanggang tatlong […]

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Balik tanaw sa isla ng Boracay

Ano nga bang mayroon sa Boracay at dinarayo ito ng napakaraming turista mula sa iba’t-ibang panig ng mundo? (Eagle News) — Noon, kapag sinabing Boracay, pinung-pinong buhangin at malinaw na tubig ng dagat lamang ang dapat mong asahan. Subalit ngayon, ang Boracay ay naging sentro na rin ng iba’t-ibang tourist activities, kung kaya’t higit itong nakilala sa buong mundo, kasabay ng pag-usbong ng social media. Bukod sa paglalakad sa pinong buhangin at pagtatampisaw sa dagat, […]

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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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Palace asks resort owners to advance 13th month pay of Boracay employees

(Eagle News) — Malacañang asked resort owners in Boracay Island to advance the 13th month pay of the employees affected by the six-month Boracay closure. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr., said he suggested this to establishment owners on their last Cabinet meeting. Roque said some owners had already agreed to the suggestion of giving advance 13th month pay to their employees. Some 35,000 employees will be reportedly affected by the six-month closure and rehabilitation of […]

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Boracay closure, makakabuti sa ibang destinasyon sa western Visayas – DOT

(Eagle News) — Positibo ang epekto ng pagsasara ng Boracay sa ibang lalawigan sa Western Visayas na mayroon ding tourist attractions. Ayon sa Department of Tourism (DOT), may mga potensyal ang ibang lugar sa nasabing rehiyon. Bagaman malaki ang bahagi ng Boracay sa turismo, ang pagsasara nito ay hindi gaanong makaka-apekto sa kabuuan ng industriya. Nitong 2017, nakapag-tala ang Western Visayas ng 5.8 million tourist arrivals na mataas sa target na 5.5 million. Nasa 5.8 […]

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President Duterte’s suggestion to place Boracay under land reform possible, says DENR USec

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Department of Environment and Natural Resources Undersecretary Jonas Leones said that the suggestion of President Rodrigo Duterte to transform the Island of Boracay into a land reform area is very possible. “It’s going to be a land reform area for the Filipinos. Lilinisin ko lang naman tapos ibalik ko sa Pilipino ang lupa nila,” the President said on Monday, April 9, in his departure speech before flying to China […]

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Promotional campaign ng iba pang tourist destination sa Western Visayas, hiniling sa DOT

(Eagle News) — Hiniling ng mga opisyal mula sa Western Visayas sa Department of Tourism (DOT) na bigyan ng prayoridad ang iba pang tourist destination sa rehiyon sa kanilang promotional campaign. Kasunod ito ng nakaambang closure ng Boracay. Ayon kay Antique Governor Rhodora Cadiao, susunod sila sa rekomendasyon ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) at DOT na isara sa loob ng anim na buwan ang […]

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