ILOILO CITY —- Aklan officials are opposing the latest version of a bill that seeks to create a body that will govern Boracay Island instead of being under the sole jurisdiction of local government units.
Officials led by Aklan Gov. Florencio Miraflores and Representatives Teoderico Haresco Jr. and Carlito Marquez said the consolidated bills now pending at the House committee on government enterprises and privatization would create a corporate body that would “divest” powers from local governments mandated by the Local Government Code.
Marquez, in a letter dated Feb. 2 to Paraaque City Rep. Eric Olivarez, committee chair, raised concerns over provisions of the bill that he said n…
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