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ISLAND LIFE


My Struggle With Cancer
During the last four years, few people wanted to hear about cancer or how it he was affecting me emotionally, physically or the trauma in my


Selective Isolation of the Elderly
Now nearing my 80th year on this planet, I was a baby born in an air raid shelter during World War II. I consider myself a product of the re


Boracay Leaving and Returning: The Practical Truth
As we all know there are multitudes of rumors and partial information roaming around when it comes to what you can and can’t do once you lea


Rehabilitation ongoing during Covid-19
By Jen Freeman On April 26, 2018, Boracay Island was closed to the public for the beginning of a six-month rehabilitation period, on the...


Aqua Boracay – A Step Beyond
Beautiful Boracay Island is well known, both locally and internationally, for its fresh and cosmopolitan vibe, and despite retaining a relax


Olé Tapas Bar
The Spanish word “Olé” has been defined as an exclamation of approval, encouragement, triumph or joy, customarily used at bullfights, flamen


Green Youth Warriors of Boracay
Unknown to many, since 2000, a group of young people from Diniwid have been both mitigating and adapting change through book reading, coasta


How YOU can help promote Responsible Tourism on Boracay
Before visiting Boracay Island, read first articles or watch clips on what happened there before, and then you will realize why it was close


Crazy Joe: Champion Athlete
An unusual thing happened one cloudy afternoon.
As I was biking on the main road, someone in his 40s was smiling at me. He looked familiar


Begging for Life: Street kids on White Beach, Boracay
Tourists are seen eating or drinking on the beach, vendors are strolling, and if you sneak a peek on the far edges of the beach you might ev


Rica, always an eye out for Boracay
Rica Velasco lived on Boracay from 2007 to 2015 before moving back to Manila, but her love for the island community never stopped growing. S


Many Happy Returns
Boracay Sun News editor-in-chief Freida Dario-Santiago asks her former colleague at ABS-CBN Publishing Inc. to write a no holds barred essay


A Relatively New Gem
Following the much-publicized reopening of the island in October of last year, the “New Boracay” has certainly delivered some much-anticipat


Millennial Samaritan
During the height of the Novel corona virus outbreak, there was a scarcity of face masks on Boracay Island. People were said to be hoarding


A Single Man on Boracay
Boracay Sun News asked one of our avid readers, an attractive eligible bachelor who is very much on the Boracay social scene to humor us on


A Moment of Connection Through Disconnection
ON THE MORNING OF CHRISTMAS DAY, Typhoon “Ursula” had come through Boracay like a raging Mother. Black and dark skies hung over the island,


Boracay Spartans… AROO!
When I hear the word Spartan, I remember the movie “300” starring Gerard Butler.
The Spartans in that movie are a group of elite Greek warri


Boracay Artists
Boracay Island is a picturesque place to live and settle. The sunsets are like no other and the community is a mix of easy-going, free-spir


Nang Vangie … Eco Warrior … Sana All
At a time when local stores are still using plastic bags, I stumbled upon Manang (Nang for short) Vangie at a checkout counter of a sari-sar


Christmas in Crisis
The peaceful and for many, the profitable Christmas Day 2019 that they looked forward to turned out to be a nightmare: The island of Boracay

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