TURNOVER. Acting Environment Secretary Jim Sampulna (left), chair of the Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF), turns over to Aklan Governor Florencio Miraflores the Boracay Coffee Table Book containing the transformation of the island during the culminating activity held Thursday (June 16, 2022) at the Balabag Wetland Park in Barangay Balabag, Boracay Island in Malay. The task force also turned over the management of the island to the Aklan and Malay local government units as its mandate will end on June 30.(Photo courtesy of DENR Western Visayas) ILOILO CITY - The leaders of the province of Aklan and the municipality of Malay on Thursday formally accepted the challenge to continue the rehabilitation of Boracay Island as the task force created to carry out the restoration will end its mandate on June 30. Acting Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Jim Sampulna, chair of the Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF), led the turnover to Aklan Governor Floren
ISLAND REHAB. Livino Duran, DENR regional executive director for Western Visayas, says on Wednesday (June 1, 2022), there is a need to revisit the Boracay Action Plan to look into what has been completed and what needs to still be done. The action plan, which is divided into four thematic areas, costs around P26 billion. (PNA file photo) ILOILO CITY - An official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Western Visayas said the rehabilitation of Boracay island is considered as the biggest environmental project of the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte in the region. In a press conference on Wednesday, Livino Duran, DENR regional executive director for Western Visayas, said with the mandate of the agency-led Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF) nearing its end on June 30, there is a need to go back to the 2018-2022 Boracay Action Plan (BAP) to look into whether more should be done as far as the rehabilitation is concerned. The action plan, which is di
The Boracay Inter-Agency Rehabilitation and Management Group (BIARMG) reported the presence of jellyfish in the whole stretch of the White Beach in Boracay on Saturday, May 14. Thumb-sized jellyfish were seen at around 2pm in all three stations of the White Beach particularly in the waters and on t
Authorities reported the occurrence of jellyfish bloom along a beach in Boracay on Saturday, although it disappeared the following day, the Boracay Inter-Agency Rehabilitation and Management Group reported yesterday.
The Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF) led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is preparing to turn over the world-renowned Boracay Island to the local government unit (LGU) of Malay, Aklan. Created by President Duterte through Executive Order (EO) 53 on May 8, 2018, the BIATF took over the…