Unlike the decisive action by the government to shut down, rehabilitate and reopen Boracay island to tourism, recreation and business, the Cabinet statements on Panglao and El Nido are confusing and not reassuring to the public.

When Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo declared in a statement that there is no need for President Rodrigo Duterte “to issue an executive order for the rehabilitation of Panglao Island in Bohol and El Nido in Palawan,” or that the Cabinet members have agreed on the non-action, he did not clarify the matter.