The Daily Telegraph

Polluted island closed to visitors

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Rodrigo Duterte, president of the Philippine­s, has temporaril­y closed the island of Borocay for six months due to sewage and pollution problems.

One of the country’s most popular tourist destinatio­ns, the island will be closed to tourists from April 26 after Mr Duterte declared it a “cesspool”.

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