Manila Bulletin
They come in threes: Trio caught entering Boracay with fake COVID-19 test results
Three tourists from Silang, Cavite were apprehended in Boracay for using fake RT-PCR results to enter the island.
The apprehended individuals, a couple aged 64 and 56, and a 55-year-old woman, were identified by authorities after receiving information about their falsified documents.
They were extracted from their hotel shortly after checking in and brought to a quarantine facility in Kalibo for confirmatory swabbing.
Authorities are preparing charges against the tourists for violating Republic Act 11332 and falsification of public documents.
The local government unit of Malay is also considering declaring tourists with fake certificates as persona non grata.
These recent arrests bring the total number of tourists caught with fake documents entering Boracay to 17 since June 2021.
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