Duterte 'very pleased' with Boracay rehab
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte, who once branded Boracay Island as a "cesspool," was "very pleased" with the massive cleanup of the world-famous beach destination that paved way for its reopening six months after its closure, Malacañang said on Friday, October 26.
During the ceremonial reopening of Boracay at the Cagban Port, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the President was all praise for the Cabinet secretaries who took part in the "evolution and development" of Boracay.
"He (Duterte) is very pleased with what has happened in Boracay," Panelo said. "Definitely, the President has commended the secretaries for the evolution and development of this pl ace."
Boracay, famous for its powdery white sand and clear turquoise water, was closed to local and foreign tourists for six months beginning April 26 upon the President's di r ect i ve.
The renowned tourist destination reopened on Friday, following the sixmonth efforts of the would have been exhibited, Boracay inter-agency if only the officials task force to rehabilitate of this place, as the island. well as the stakeholders,
Panelo said the rehabilitation operated following of the law and the rules Boracay served as a and regulations," he "lesson of political sai d. will and cooperation "It has to take President among the people in Duterte to put this country." things in order. And I
"Boracay is a lesson think, that we should all of political will lear from these lessons exhibited by the so that Boracay will become President, and yet, it the attraction, not is also a lesson of only in this country but neglect and misfeasance in the world," the Palace and malfeasance official added. in office, because this Duterte ordered would not have happened Boracay's closure because if political will of environmental issues plaguing the island, which include problems on waste management and sewage disposal .
The President also planned to place the entire Boracay under land reform program and distribute agricultural lands to indigenous peoples residing on the i sl and.
The Agrarian Reform department earlier said that some 408.5113 of 628.96 hectares of agricultural land on the island may be subject to the proposed land reform.
(SunStar Philippines)