2018 Boracay closure and redevelopment for media coverage. On April 4, 2018, the Philippine government announced that Boracay would be closed for up to six months starting on April 26. Checkpoints manned by police officers and soldiers would be set up at piers in Boracay to turn away visitors from the island. Passes would be given to local residents. On the day of the closure, President Rodrigo Duterte declared a state of calamity over the three barangays of Boracay. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has distributed relief goods to residents of Boracay while the island is closed to tourists. In June 2018,
Boracay Mansion years earlier on September 2005, still did not gain any bidders and was also declared a failure. The property is then pegged to value at least ₱142.9 million even it is too deteriorated for residential use at that time. This prompted the city government to take full possession of the property for use by the Office of the Mayor. On the property, the Quezon City Reception House was built as the official residence of the Mayor of Quezon City and later became the official residence of Vice President Leni Robredo. Boracay Mansion The Boracay Mansion was an unfinished residential building