House panel OKs creation of 'investment-driven' Boracay dev't authority

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The House Committees on Government Enterprises and on Local Government on approved on Tuesday, June 15, the proposed establishment of a “Boracay Island Development Authority” or BIDA, despite the rese

rvation of local government executives, some lawmakers, and Cabinet agencies.Government enterprises and privatization committee chairman and Parañaque City Representative Eric Olivares said the approval was in response to President Duterte’s call for the creation of a government body to handle the development and preservation of the world-famous tourist destination during his State of the Nation Address in July, 2020.

“Ang Boracay ay hindi lang sa mga taga-Aklan, kung hindi sa ating mga Filipino. Itong Boracay na ito napalaki ng itinulong sa ating bansa ,” Yap said. “What we need in terms of sustaining the rehabilitation and the ecological sustainability of the island is a regulatory body, instead of a GOCC, which we think, is more on the side of investment priorities,” Bernardino said.

It is “not intended for it to develop a new Boracay but preserve its existing situation”, Densing said.

 

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