ILOILO City – A total of 400 police officers will be manning the world-famous Boracay Island and the rest of Malay, Aklan for the strict implementation of health protocols against the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) there.
Malay municipal police station chief Lieutenant Jonathan Pablito said they have been stricter on the entry of tourists in the well-famed island.
“Dapat naka log in lahat nang tourists. Kahit kaming nga pulis kapag pumunta ng Boracay dapat naka log in rin,” Pablito said.
“We have enough men to secure the Boracay Island and other parts of Malay,” he added.
The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) recently established the Boracay Operation Command Center to “centralize” security measures and installed 25 closed-circuit television cameras to closely monitor the happenings in the island resort.Boracay reopened on June 16 after three months of inactivity but to Western Visayas tourists only who are above 21 years old but not over 59 years old.
Those 21 years old and younger and those 60 years old and older are considered most vulnerable to COVID-19, according to the Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force overseeing the island’s massive rehabilitation.
Malay Mayor Frolibar Bautista said the world-famous Island had lost about P12 billion following its halt of operations./PN
