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,
Real Madrid Resort Island Real Madrid Resort Island Real Madrid Resort Island was a proposed sports and amusement park planned by Real Madrid on Marjan Island, a artificial island near Ras al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates. The project had a projected budget of $US 1 billion. In June 2013, the project was stopped by the Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA) due to a lack of funding, as the sheikdom was in the process of restructuring its debts. The plan for the project was first announced in March 2012. The island was supposed to feature sport training facilities, a 10,000-seat stadium facing the