163 firms to be demolished in Boracay - DENR

BORACAY ISLAND, Malay, Aklan- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is bent on demolishing 163 resorts and establishments in this resort island for allegedly violating environmental laws.
DENR regional executive director Julian Amador said Thursday that they had already finished sending notices of violations to the affected resorts here in the Central Philippines.
However, Crisostomo Aquino, president of the West Cove Resort, alleged that the local government of Boracay enforced the DENR directive without a court order.
For three months already, the local government had enforced a manual demolition against the concrete structures of the said resort.
Being demolished are the additional structures outside the 998-square meter area which the DENR has permitted the said resort to use under the Forest Land Use Agreement for Tourism Purposes (FLAGT).