Is there really a need to totally close Boracay Island for rehabilitation?
Yes, I agree. Boracay has done a good job of satisfying tourists both foreign and local. Closing it for a certain period for rehabilitation is an act of preservation and even beautification.
It may be inconvenient for most inhabitants of the island but I believe the six-month period of closure would eventually pay off. — JUDELLE SACULO, 20, Nursing student
No, I do not agree with the total closure of Boracay. Many people would lose jobs and small businesses displaced. Boracay contributes greatly to the local and national economy.” — JOSEPH BERNARD MARZAN, 24, government employee
The closure is actually good not only to the island but also to the people of Boracay. This may be a lesson learned the hard way for businesspeople and the locals but I hope we can ponder upon this and make us all take care of nature’s gifts. Even islands need rehabilitation just like us, human beings.” — MAY FLORENCE TUBAL, faculty, Iloilo Merchant Marine School
Let me answer as a person who has nothing to do about that place: It’s YES for a speedy rehabilitation process. But if I put myself in the shoes of the people benefitting from that area, then NO. It’s a matter of strict implementation of the rules and focusing the rehabilitation to those areas with problems without depriving people of their rights such as the local residents of that place.” – MELINDA PALOMERO, 56, regular visitor of Boracay
Yes, I agree. Nowadays very polluted and congested na ang Boracay so to restore its natural beauty and preserve the environment it needs to be rehabilitated. — REMIA P. BAUTISTA, teacher, Department of Education, Dueñas, Iloilo
Yes. Very unclean na ang Boracay when we went there for a vacation last December. Anywhere may makita ka nga vendors and in those areas makita mo damo man nga mga basura. Very polluted na gid siya. — ROSANA FRANCIA, 42, overseas Filipino worker from Hong Kong
Should taxis increase their fare rate?
Okay lang magtaas sila ng pamasahe as long as ‘yung service nila is good and satisfying. May mga reasons behind it like dahil may pagtaas din ng presyo ng gasolina or what.
My family owns a car, syempre minsan may pagtaas talaga ng gasolina na ‘di natin ini-expect so para sa akin okay lang na magtaas sila ng pamasahe basta satisfying and good ‘yung service nila sa tao. ‘Yung kahit mahal ang pamasahe masasabi mo pa rin na worth it siya. – ROMALEN PANIZA, student
Indi gid ko sang-ayon dira. Kamahal na gani sang balaydan sa taxi sang wala pa nagtaas, mahalan ‘da pa gid? Siguro kalabanan sa mga pasahero subong ma-jeep na lang gid. Kag malugi gid ang ila kumpanya kun pasakaan nila.
Ka-unfair gid ‘ya, gasaka ang presyo sang produkto kag plete tapos ang sweldo sang mga employees wala gasaka. — QUINNIE SEQUITO, student
Pabor man ko. Para man sa driver. Makabulig man sa amon. Indi man siling nga ang pasahero sige-sige. Ti gamay lang. Makabulig man sa amun eh. – JIONY GALVES, taxi driver
Indi gid ko magsugot. Labi na gid sa emerhensiya, bilang isa ka pasahero sakit na gid ini kaayo sa bulsa. Ang mga senior citizens kun alang-alang nga lugar wala na gid sila choice kundi mag-sakay sa taxi kumpara sa jeep nga mabudlay para sa ila. – Marvin Mongao, student
Sugot ko. Nagtaas daan subong ang mga balaklon kag pati gasolina nagsaka man presyo. Ti, gabakal man na ang mga driver sang mga balaklon nga kamahal daan. Wala na sila na kita karun kung sige saka sang balaklon, ila nga gastos sobra pa sa ginakita nila abi. Ti maskin gamay lang nga dugang sa ila kita ina eh. – Joseph Franco, tricycle driver
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Compiled by April Grace R. Padilla and Christine Lorraine Gallo, Interns, West Visayas State University – College of Communication
