Boracay Closure Affects Neighboring Provinces

After careful study and inter-agency meetings of the Department of Tourism decided to recommend the total closure of Boracay to facilitate rehabilitation of the island.

The closure will take 30 days after President Rodrigo Duterte declared a state of calamity.

It has been declared that the Boracay will be close on April 26, 2018. It will be close for 6 months.

They will only allow who leave in and some workers. But still they have some requirments to those who works in Island.

To the workers who lost their work they have a
emergency employment will be given to 5,000 informal sector workers regarding the closure of Boracay for the island's rehabilitation.

These include drivers, boatmen, ambulant vendors, masseurs, pedicurists and manicurists.
It also includes the natives of the island or the Ati.

The government will also be conducting job fairs in the coming April 26 s and May 18 for affected workers in Boracay to formal sector workers.

In the department's report, workers in the formal sector have 17,735 workers. Siaton acknowledged that not all of them could be employed.

Based on the issued advisory of DOLE "employees shall not lose employment. During the period of suspension, 'no work, no pay' applies. "

Employers can either lease or find other jobs but do not have to leave their job on the island.
Meanwhile, DOLE asserted that when the employee is terminated he must pay half of his wages each year for his services

Boracay closure has its domeno effects not only in Islan but also the neighbor Provinces. The Akelco who supply electricity in Aklan expalains it effect that the AKELCO will lose about P17 million per month.

This is a result of lowering demand for electricity in Boracay. The Island is the largest contributor to the cooperative.
Generally, the general manager, it only sees the option of "pass-on" consumers to fill their losses.

Despite this, they will negotiate with Akelco's independent power producers to lower their rates. When they agreed, they would only raise Php0.0162.

Meanwhile, due to the widening road widening in Boracay, Akelco will spend more than Php82 million on transferring their pole.

But not only that.

Did you know a lot of farmers in neighboring provinces supplies their product in insland? Yes!
It also affects the farmer's here in Aklan.

The Kalibo International Airport also affects because their in no tourist. Last week I've been in Airport and It's very different. No Chinese,Koreans and other foreighner. Its not usual when you are in Kalibo International Airport. Everytime you go their will always b a lot of foreighner who goes in Boracay.

Not only that. Did you know? That the income from Boracay Island subsidies the Provincial Hospital here and the Job Order Employees.

The medical services of hospitals owned by the provincial government at the end of Boracay Island. The large portion of provincial revenue at the terminal fee collection at Caticlan and Cagban port passed hospitals accepted by the provincial government to support its operations.
Now our Local Government is seeking national government assistance to support their operations.

The provincial government manages and runs the Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon Memorial Hospital, district hospitals in Altavas and Ibajay, municipal hospitals in Buruanga, Boracay, Malay, Libacao and Madalag.

It was reported that a total of Php245 million would be lost in the provincial treasury because of Boracay closure for six months.

Closing boracay suffers the people here in Aklan because of those people who has been abusive to the Island.

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