We Are Boracay - updates

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Police again block mission volunteers from entering Boracay

Jul 29, 2018 - 8:00 AM

'We cannot understand this move of [the] Boracay security committee to discriminate individuals who want to help the residents and workers in Boracay,' says Rise Up Aklan provincial coordinator Kim-Sin Tugna

PATROL. Along the white sand shores of Boracay Island, police and military patrol an almost empty beach. Photo by Adrian Portugal/Rappler

DSWD apologizes for spoiled relief goods in Boracay

Jun 24, 2018 - 5:15 PM

The Department of Social Welfare and Development says the contamination happened during the handling and hauling of relief goods, adding that it 'must not happen again'

Boracay cleanup 'not for the rich,' says Duterte

Jun 03, 2018 - 2:21 AM

Meanwhile, an alliance of workers and residents urges the government to consider the negative impact of the temporary closure on people who have lived and worked in the island

ECONOMIC IMPACT. Upon the orders of President Rodrigo Duterte, Boracay will be closed to tourists for 6 months starting April 26, 2018. Photo by Angie de Silva/Rappler