Philippines to temporary shut popular tourist island

The Philippines has announced its best-known holiday island Boracay will be closed to tourists for six months over concerns that the once idyllic white-sand resort has become a “cesspool” tainted by dumped sewage. A spokesperson for President Rodrigo Duterte said the closure would begin on 26 April. President Duterte had previously described the island as […]

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