ADVERTISEMENTMunicipal administrator Raffy Cabate, however, denied the claim of beach discoloration and insisted that the photos and videos were merely “reposted from last year.”“It was a repost from what happened last year. Some residents, who declined to be named for fear of reprisal, insisted that the alleged water contamination video and photos were taken on Wednesday. The video and photos surfaced just as Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat was set to arrive in the globally renowned tourist destination on Friday to inspect the readiness of El Nido to accept domestic tourists from outside of Palawan. Sewage treatment plantMaximo said El Nido also had a new P520.8-million sewage treatment plant (STP) that is now 90-percent complete and expected to be operational by this month. As of Oct. 22, El Nido town has only recorded two COVID-19 cases, both asymptomatic patients who had travel history in Luzon.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 22, 2020 20:26 UTC