People run for a dip after Environment Secretary A. Cimatu led the countdown declaring Boracay’s waters fit for swimming. “We declare now that the island is no longer a cesspool,” Mr. Cimatu said on Oct. 15, the start of the 11-day dry run for the island’s reopening on Oct. 26. The dry run period is intended for checking on the environmental interventions undertaken by the Boracay Inter Agency Task Force and various stakeholders.
