Clean and green island reopens

– The Philippines reopened its top holiday island yesterday and promised sustainable tourism and a greener environment after a six-month clean-up ordered by a president who had described it a “cesspool”.

Hundreds of tourists barred from Boracay since April, trooped to a jetty serving as the main gateway to the island famed for its white sands and turquoise waters. Boracay had two million visitors last year, but also garbage pile-ups, land encroachment and clogged traffic.