Water quality problem hounds El Nido anew

EL NIDO, PALAWAN, Philippines — The degraded quality of this tourist town’s coastal waters cropped up anew with environment officials in the Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) region repeating a warning against elevated coliform levels in Bacuit Bay—a popular leisure destination—making it unsafe for swimming.

Joe Amil Salino, regional director of the Environmental Management Bureau ...