{"id":155548,"date":"2018-03-07T07:27:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T12:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=155548"},"modified":"2018-03-07T07:27:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T12:27:06","slug":"putting-boracay-under-state-of-calamity-will-hasten-rehab-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/03\/07\/putting-boracay-under-state-of-calamity-will-hasten-rehab-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting Boracay under state of calamity will hasten rehab: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last Tuesday, Duterte announced he would declare a state of calamity in Boracay, which he has described a \u201ccesspool\u201d due to sewage and garbage problem that is destroying the island\u2019s ecosystem and endangering the health of visitors.JOEY DALUMPINES\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Malacanang said Wednesday President Rodrigo R. Duterte\u2019s plan to put Boracay under a state of calamity aims to accelerate the rehabilitation of the world-famous tourist destination.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is to hasten the rehabilitation of Boracay,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a press briefing at the Palawan provincial capitol.<\/p>\n

Last Tuesday, Duterte announced he would declare a state of calamity in Boracay, which he has described a \u201ccesspool\u201d due to sewage and garbage problem that is destroying the island\u2019s ecosystem and endangering the health of visitors.<\/p>\n

The President explained that a state of calamity declaration would allow the government to extend assistance to people displaced financially following his order to dismantle illegal structures there.<\/p>\n

Duterte has ordered the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to fix Boracay\u2019s sewage problems within six months while appealing for public cooperation to hasten the cleanup drive.<\/p>\n

He also warned the courts not to interfere by issuing a temporary restraining order (TRO) so as not to \u201cexacerbate the situation\u201d.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Roque said Duterte\u2019s order to local government officials to strictly implement all environment laws in Boracay is also \u201cequally applicable\u201d to other popular tourist destinations in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo not wait for the President to mention your names because the mandate of President for Boracay is equally applicable to all islands destinations, including El Nido: Implement all the existing laws,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to remove all structures that have violated setback because local government might face charges if they will not act immediately,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n

Roque said Duterte gave the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) six months to enforce all laws, including \u201cholding local government unit officials liable for misfeasance and malfeasance\u201d.\u00a0(PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Malacanang said Wednesday President Rodrigo R. Duterte\u2019s plan to put Boracay under a state of calamity aims to accelerate …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":155219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[15359,47814,13944],"class_list":["post-155548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-harry-roque","tag-interior-and-local-government-dilg","tag-president-rodrigo-r-duterte","mauthors-jelly-musico","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}