BORACAY ISLAND, Aklan — Rogie Ascaño came home from work on Saturday, finding four rooms of his house demolished by a team supervised by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The team also tore down three houses built in a mangrove area in Manoc-Manoc, one of three villages on Boracay Island. Ascaño built a nine-room house on rented land. He added that only residents living in forest land would be provided relocation sites but not their boarders. He said renting forest land to financiers, who build boarding houses and collect rents, had thrived in Boracay.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 13, 2018 21:11 UTC