Opinion 1 October 2020 Why Boracay Island needs BIDA Let’s be clear—crystal blue water clear—about something: there is nothing complicated about the problem in Boracay. Other tourist destinations have the same
Opinion 29 February 2020 The ‘Untouchable’ Boracay Lava Stone Spa While it is true that Acting Mayor Fromy Bautista is kinda embedded in a campaign purportedly to rid the streets of Boracay of illegal vehicles
Opinion 11 February 2020 How to combat “Red Tape” in an island like Boracay Red Tape: Official routine or procedure marked by excessive complexity which results in delay or inaction–Merriam-Webster The slow and convoluted process of doing business
Opinion 7 February 2020 Front beach pontoons have to go Evil has cockroach endurance–Dean Koontz Indeed, cockroaches are incredible survivors, and like the scientist at the Municipality of Malay—he isn’t going anywhere
Opinion 5 February 2020 Time to put a limit to Malay LGU for good World class. That is the classification that travelers, most of whom customers and tourism industry experts, around the world had labeled on Boracay. Just lately,
Opinion 23 January 2020 IS GREEN ALGAE IN THE OFFING OR IS IT ANOTHER ‘SERIOUS’ THING? Is the apparent water discoloration on the famous white beach of Boracay Island starting to tell us of the still unexplained phenomenon of algae growth
Opinion 20 January 2020 Acting Mayor Fromy’s ‘power-tripping’ and violations of Ease of Doing Business Act On May 28, 2018, Republic Act (RA) No. 11032 or the “Ease of Doing Business (EDB) Act” was passed. The EDB Act amended the ARTA
Opinion 9 January 2020 The stinky issue of an elephant called ECOS (Last of 2 parts) The brouhaha of the poorly-managed garbage on Boracay Island only brought into fore the role of an influential businessman in the name of Leon Chan
Opinion 8 January 2020 The stinky issue of an elephant called ECOS (1st of 2 parts) Since Boracay is the banner island of the Philippines, it simply follows that the entire world is looking at us. So when we parade our
Opinion 25 December 2019 Boracay: Where business owners are ‘hostaged’ by the local government World class. That is the classification that travelers, most of whom customers and tourism industry experts, around the world had labeled on Boracay. Just lately,
Boracay Random Notes 24 December 2019 The pontoon, the P30, BIHA the collector, and the idiots behind Mayor Fromy’s Executive Order We are supposed to be celebrating peace and good tidings but the recent fix (some call it terrible money-making scheme) of the local government of
Opinion 16 December 2019 The fuss about Boracay Ati-Atihan and the Kalibo Ati-Atihan brouhaha History has favored Aklan province with generous contributions to the country’s political, social, and most of all, religious developments. However, it also tells us