PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte plans to put Boracay under a state of calamity in order to address environmental problems in the world-famous tourist destination.

“I told [Department of the Interior and Local Government] Secretary Eduardo Año] to finish [the clean-up that I had recommended] in six months. End it. Six months, end the problem in Boracay. Now, I know it [will be hard] and that is why I would be declaring a state of calamity [there],” Duterte said during oath-taking of members of the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday night.

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