The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Friday said it would look into a report that 21 European youth delegates to Genfest International in Boracay had been seen swimming in the waters of the world-famous island.

“We just learned about this through a news report from GMA 7. We assure you that we will look into this and determine if there’s any breach of the protocol set by the Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force,” DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda said in a statement.

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