Women who form Boracay for Leni – representing shopkeepers, fisherfolk, and other sectors in the island – gathered to listen to Vice President Leni Robredo’s support for their opposition to the Boracay Island Development Authority bill. (VP Leni Media Bureau)
MANILA, Philippines — Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday pleaded with Congress to address the concerns of indigenous people, residents, and other groups opposing the creation of the Boracay Island Development Authority (Bida).
Robredo met with members of the Ati tribe in Malay, Aklan, as part of her two-day campaign sortie on Panay Island, a known bailiwick of the opposition Liberal Party in the Visayas.
Robredo, a former Camarines Sur representative, agreed with the residents that it would be better for the government to use the proposed P1-billion budget for Bida to fund development and infrastructure projects in Boracay.
—MARLON RAMOS
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