Policemen take part during a simulation of a protest during a military and police drill in preparation for the temporary closure of the holiday island Boracay in Philippines April 24, 2018. REUTERS/Erik De Castro
BORACAY, Philippines (Reuters) - With postcard-perfect views of the Philippines' most treasured island behind them, labourers hammer away at the walls of the Boracay West Cove resort, demolishing them one chunk at a time.
The resort is being reduced to piles of rock and steel rods, the first in a wave of demolitions of illegal structures on the tourist island of Boracay on the orders of the Philippines' no-nonsense president, Rodrigo Duterte.
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