JOJO CLEMENTE

In a speech during The Manila Times Business Forum in Davao last week, President Rodrigo Duterte took aim at Boracay, one of the country’s most popular destinations for both local and international tourists. He called the island a “cesspool” due to environmental problems that have been hounding it for years, threatening to shut it down in six months if nothing was done to address the situation.

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