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BY JUN AGUIRRE
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Friday, September 8, 2017
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BORACAY – Representatives from the British Embassy and the National Counter Terrorism Security Office of the United Kingdom met with local leaders to discuss counterterrorism measures.
The island leaders they met with were from the Boracay Foundation, Inc. (BFI), the local government of Malay, Aklan, and the Task Force Boracay.
Speaking to the BFI, “the British delegation told us about best counterterrorism practices in the United Kingdom, especially in business communities and tourist sites,” said foundation president Nenette Graf.
The British delegation held separate meetings with Malay town officials and Task Force Boracay on Wednesday.
Task Force Boracay is a multiagency group comprising representatives from the police, the military, the Philippine Coast Guard, the Malay local government, among others.
It was tasked with ensuring the security of tourists and the island as a whole.
There is no terrorist threat in Boracay, island officials maintained.
The ongoing war against extremists in Marawi City in Mindanao has not made a dent in the inflow of tourists to Boracay.
Arrivals in August (144,064) soared 23 percent from the number recorded in the same month last year (117,242), data from the Municipal Tourism Office showed./PN
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