Hopefully the readers of this newspaper can take enough time off from their drinking and chain smoking to read my warning about the evil and satanic drug marijuana, which (God forbid!) may soon become legal here.

From being named among the world’s best beaches in 2011 and 2012 to being declared a cesspool by no less than President Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippine island of Boracay has suffered a crashing fall in its reputation.