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LOOK: Whale shark spotted in Boracay waters

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 05:44 PM

BORACAY - A whale shark was spotted in the waters of Boracay island, Saturday.    Read more »

Boracay land reform for 'social justice and equity': DILG official

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 22 12:05 PM

Boracay locals don't benefit much from tourism earnings, which run up to $800 million in gross receipts annually, said Interior Assistant Secretary Epimaco Densing. Read more »

Ilang senador, dudang mabubuksan na ang Boracay sa Setyembre

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 20 11:06 PM

Dapat bumuo ng solong ahensiyang tututok sa Boracay para maprotektahan ito, ayon sa mga senador. Read more »

'Exciting' Boracay awaits tourists upon reopening this year

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 20 08:15 PM

Boracay island has started to regain its natural beauty following the dismantling of establishments within the easement zone and the disappearance of algae bloom due to improved water conditions, an official said Wednesday.    Read more »

P66-M aid distributed to Boracay folk amid shutdown

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 20 04:38 PM

The government has distributed at least P66.2 million in aid for those who lost jobs or had to leave Boracay island amid its 6-month closure to tourists, officials said Wednesday.  Read more »

Boracay may be on 'soft opening' by Sept if conditions are met

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 20 03:09 PM

Parts of Boracay may be reopened as early as September if certain conditions are met, an official overseeing the cleanup of the island said Wednesday.   Read more »

Drilon bats for creation of Boracay development authority

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 20 02:41 PM

Senator Franklin Drilon on Wednesday urged fellow lawmakers to tackle the proposed creation of a centralized agency that will watch over Boracay island, which he said has been plagued by a "failure of management."    Read more »

Gov't to resolve water regulator issue in Boracay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 20 12:58 PM

Once the regulatory issue is resolved, authorities can determine how to divide the island between water utilities, the Ayala Group's Boracay Island Water Inc and taipan Lucio Tan's Boracay Tubi Systems Inc, said Interior Undersecretary Epimaco Densing. Read more »

Eksperto, may babala sa planong land reform sa Boracay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 20 03:11 AM

Magiging problema umano ang pagkukunan ng tubig para sa irigasyon. Read more »

Only compliant establishments allowed to reopen in Boracay in October

Nony Basco, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 19 07:59 PM

Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said out 296 establishments on the island, only 90 have complied with government regulations.   Read more »

Relief goods sa mga residente ng Boracay kinakalawang, may insekto

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 19 12:00 PM

Ikinatuwa na sana ng mga residente ng Barangay Balabag dito ang natanggap nilang relief goods mula sa Department of Social Welfare and Development at lokal na pamahalaan ng Malay, Aklan ngunit ang tulong na sana ay makakapagbusog ng tiyan, naitapon lang sa basurahan. Read more »

Lots up for sale after 10 years: Duterte to Boracay land reform beneficiaries

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 19 07:02 AM

MANILA - Potential beneficiaries of the planned land reform in Boracay Island can only sell their share 10 years after, President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday. Read more »

What people say about Duterte's plan to turn Boracay into 'land reform area'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 15 12:10 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte's plan to distribute land to Boracay residents gets mixed reactions. Read more »

OPINION: That Boracay moment

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Jun 14 10:02 PM

Let me advance outright that the arbitrary closure of the island resort is not without some benefit. Environmental and sanitation concerns have been stoked. That is enough to be a very big deal.  Read more »

OPINION: Boracay highlights Duterte’s plans for indigenous homelands

Inday Espina-Varona -- scaRRedCat
Posted at Jun 14 05:21 PM

If the long history of indigenous land sacrificed in Duterte’s home island of Mindanao is any gauge, the fate of Boracay will likely be greater environmental destruction or the rich lording it over as the original residents get poorer. Read more »

Duterte: Original residents may sell awarded Boracay land to big businesses

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 01:12 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday repeated his vow to bring Boracay back to its original inhabitants, who he said may then sell them to big businesses. Read more »

Ombudsman orders dismissal of Aklan assessors over Boracay land dispute

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 12 05:22 PM

The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the dismissal of Aklan Provincial Assessor Kokoy Soguilon and Malay, Aklan Municipal Assessor Erlinda Casimero for grave misconduct after refusing to cancel the tax declaration of a lot in Barangay Balabag, Boracay Island in favor of Friday’s Holdings Inc.   Read more »

DAR says initial 25 hectares of Boracay up for distribution

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 06 12:22 AM

While the government has already declared that Boracay should be under land reform, it still raises the question of whether the world-class tourist hot spot is suitable for farming. Read more »

Boracay tourism to be limited to beachfronts: DAR

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 05 10:18 AM

Tourism establishments in Boracay may soon be limited to beachfront spaces as the government seeks to restore and redistribute the island's agricultural lands to farmers, Agrarian Reform Sec. John Castriciones said Tuesday. Read more »

Boat capsizes near Boracay port; 31 passengers rescued

Jenel Baclay, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 10:40 PM

A motor boat capsized near Cagban Port in Boracay Island Saturday night. Read more »