{"id":278048,"date":"2020-12-08T22:19:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T03:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=278048"},"modified":"2020-12-08T22:19:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T03:19:06","slug":"dot-blasts-tourists-for-faking-covid-19-test-results-in-boracay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/12\/08\/dot-blasts-tourists-for-faking-covid-19-test-results-in-boracay\/","title":{"rendered":"DOT blasts tourists for faking Covid-19 test results in Boracay"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_239990\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239990\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/beach-710544_1920.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-239990\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/beach-710544_1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/beach-710544_1920.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/beach-710544_1920-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/beach-710544_1920-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/beach-710544_1920-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Tuesday slammed the tourists from Luzon who faked their coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) test results to enter the island, which has recently welcomed travelers after months of closure. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Tuesday slammed the tourists from Luzon who faked their coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) test results to enter the island, which has recently welcomed travelers after months of closure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The DOT, as the co-vice chair of the Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force, condemns the tourists from Luzon who counterfeited Covid-19 test results upon entry in the island on Monday,&#8221; it said in a statement sent to reporters.<\/p>\n<p>The agency then commended the &#8220;swift action&#8221; of the Aklan provincial police in dealing with the suspects.<\/p>\n<p>Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said similar malicious actions would not be condoned as they undermine the collaborative efforts at protecting and reviving Boracay tourism.<\/p>\n<p>Puyat further urged stakeholders and visitors alike to keep the country\u2019s banner destination Covid-19 free by strictly adhering to the health and safety protocols.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, six tourists from Metro Manila were arrested on December 7 for entering the resort island using a counterfeited reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test result, which is required upon arrival as part of the destination&#8217;s strict protocols against Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>The six were brought to the provincial Covid-19 facility in Kalibo where they will undergo quarantine for 14 days.<em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Tuesday slammed the tourists from Luzon who faked their coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":239990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278048","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278049,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278048\/revisions\/278049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}