Duterte approves P25B Boracay action plan

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the P25-billion Boracay Medium-Term Action Plan, which lays out the proposed programs for the island’s rehabilitation, presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Tuesday.

The decision was made during the Cabinet meeting Monday night.

Panelo said the plan will sustain the efforts of the government after Boracay’s closure last year.

He said according to National Economic and Development Authority Director General and Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia and Undersecretary  Adoracion Navarro, the action plan has four themes:

-Enforcement of laws where there will be intervention on the regulation of visitors and hotel accommodations;

-Prevention where there will be interventions on the sewerage infrastructure, solid and liquid waste management;

-Rehabilitation and recovery of ecosystems; and

-Sustainability of activities in the island such as improvement of roads and public health infrastructure, construction of permanent housing program for indigenous people and education facilities.

The action plan was formally adopted by NEDA on December 21, 2018.

The proposed estimated total investment requirement for the plan is P25.27 billion, of which P16.21 billion or 64% will be allotted to infrastructure.

According to NEDA, the private sector will finance P15.89 billion or 62.9% of the total cost. —KG, GMA News