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Boracay is safe, police assures public amid probe into Slovak tourist's death

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1742091877635boracay.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Local and foreign tourists crowd Boracay&#x27;s beachfront. <em>Ivy Jean Vibar, ABS-CBN News, file</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Boracay is safe despite the discovery in an abandoned chapel of the body of a Slovak tourist reported missing last week, regional police said.</p><p>Michaela Mickova, 23, had been reported missing last Tuesday and found the next day in an area behind the beachfront.</p><p>Speaking to Teleradyo Serbisyo on Sunday, Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, director of Police Regional Office 6, said police consider Mickova&#x27;s disappearance and death an isolated case and that they are working to solve the case as soon as possible.</p><p>&quot;This is the first time. Saka hindi naman talaga nangyayari — wala naman talagang ganitong mga pangyayari (This is not something that really happens there),&quot; he said, citing police records on the popular resort island.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/3/13/slovak-woman-found-dead-in-boracay-1053">Slovak woman found dead at abandoned chapel in Boracay<br/></a></div><p>&quot;Walang ganoong insidente in the past. Ngayon lang po nangyari (There were no similar incidents in the past, this is the first time).&quot;</p><p>He said police already have one person of interest in custody, although that person was arrested in a separate drug buy-bust. Authorities are also looking for other people Mickova was last seen with.</p><p>In the meantime, he said, police are building up a case for eventual filing.</p><p>&quot;Actually, ang kapulisan natin they are really doing their best. Alam nila kung gaano ka-fragile yung situation sa Boracay. Anything na mangyari gaya niyan relating sa peace and order, ay talagang malaki ang effect,&quot; he said.</p><p>(Actually, the police are doing their best. They know that the situation on Boracay is fragile. Anything that happens, especially those related to peace and order, has a large effect on tourism)</p><p>He added there are enough police officers on the island but that putting up more CCTV cameras would help them keep Boracay safer.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/1/24/-masyadong-mahal-boracay-defends-terminal-environment-fees-1116">&#x27;Boracay masyadong mahal?&#x27; Mayor defends terminal, environment fees<br/></a></div><p>Stakeholders on the island have also pledged a reward of up to P500,000 for information leading to the arrest of people linked to the incident, he said.</p><p>Mickova was in the Philippines to attend a friend&#x27;s wedding when she was reported missing last Tuesday. </p><p>Police said she may have been robbed because a belt bag where she kept her camera and mobile phone has been reported missing. </p><p>Wanky addeed she may have been sexually abused, based on autopsy findings.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vGOfV9WlOfU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Boracay is safe despite the discovery in an abandoned chapel of the body of a Slovak tourist reported missing last week, regional police said.</p>

Boracay is safe despite the discovery in an abandoned chapel of the body of a Slovak tourist reported missing last week, regional police said.