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By LEON DULCE KALIBUTAN MANILA -- The vividly crass mouth of President Rodrigo Duterte supplies the perfect word to describe his administration’s environmental policy: ‘Cesspool.’ This is how Duterte described the pollution crisis in Boracay island to project a...
“The government must conduct a thorough assessment of the Boracay Island and identify appropriate mitigating measures to address the degrading state of the island.”
“It is already clear to the public that Duterte’s directive to rehabilitate the island is only a “lutong macau” because there are already giant conglomerates that will replace local infrastructures and businesses in the island.”
"We do not object the rehabilitation of Boracay, it must have been done before. But we will not let a foreign company to enter and plunder our resources and violate our patrimony in the name of profit."
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO and MICHAEL CRUZ Bulatlat.com BORACAY ISLAND, Aklan -- Along the busy stretch of restaurants, bars and shops of Boracay Island's world famous white beach, Norberto Marcelo and his family sat together, huddled as if they were planning a game...
BORACAY, Aklan -- A small boy sits down on Boracay's white beach, at the area more commonly referred to as Station 1, and starts digging a small hole with his spoon. "You know, you're mom would be angry if she finds out you're using your kitchen spoon to dig sand,"...
BY JHONG DELA CRUZ Bulatlat PHOTO ESSAY Vol. VII, No. 34, September 30-October 6, 2007 1. At first sight, one would not believe this is part of the world-known island of Boracay, in the southern Philippine province of Aklan. Inside this island-resort are thriving...
Nagkakabuhay ang Boracay sa pagkagat ng dilim. Buong gabi ang kasiyahan at makikita sa kalye ang mga taong nagsasayawan, nag-iinuman at nagkakantahan. Tila walang problema ang lahat, at ang anumang bagahe nila sa buhay ay nilunod na ng alak at malakas na musika. NI...
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