“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.”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 15, 2010 Show more, spend less. Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond Palatino today urged the Department of Tourism (DOT) to find ways ON how to improve Philippine tourism without the need to spend vast amountS of money. “We already know that we are always running under a very small budget. Being a…
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 communities whose people are largely dependent on tourism, fishing and in…