Boracay: The Philippines shuttered its most famous holiday island, Boracay, to tourists for a six-month clean-up, which the government has imposed with a muscular show of its security forces.
Assault-rifle wielding police were posted at entry points to the once-pristine island that has become tainted by heavy commercialisation and overdevelopment.
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