International tourist arrivals in the country beached the three million mark while tourism receipts surged to P212.47 billion, the Department of Tourism (DOT) reported Wednesday, July 19. Latest data from the DOT recorded a total of 3,000,079 international visitor arrivals from January 1 to July...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to file a Motion for Reconsideration (MR) urging the Supreme Court (SC) to conduct the next Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) three years after the upcoming BSKE in October. In a statement on Tuesday, July 18, sent to reporters, Comelec...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia vowed on Monday, July 17 that there will be a level playing field as well as equal opportunities for all in relation to the poll body's procurement ventures for future elections. *(Photo courtesy of the Office of Comelec Chairman George...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Tuesday, July 11, that the poll body believes that internet voting for overseas Filipino absentee voters is legally tenable and defensible. *Commission on Election (Comelec) Commissioner George Garcia gives a speech during the...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga (PNA) – The province of Bataan was placed under a state of calamity due to an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF). The declaration was provided in a resolution passed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Bataan and was approved by Gov. Jose Enrique Garcia III on...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia is hoping that the poll body would be allowed to nullify the entire voter list including the overseas Filipino voters after the 2025 polls. *Commission on Election (Comelec) Commissioner George Garcia gives a speech during the...
CAVITE – Carmona is now a component city of Cavite after the majority of plebiscite participants ratified its conversion from a municipality on Saturday, July 8. The municipal plebiscite board of canvassers said 30,363 voted “yes” while “1,016” voted “no” to cityhood. According to data...
CARMONA, Cavite – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is holding a plebiscite to ratify the conversion of Carmona into a component city on Saturday, July 8. Comelec Chairman George Erwin M. Garcia personally inspected polling precincts at Carmona National High School and Carmona Elementary...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said that Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco continued to enjoy his trust despite the tourism campaign controversy. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. receives the plaque of appreciation for his late father from the Department of Tourism on June 27,...
Photo from Diann Calucin/MANILA BULLETIN The city government of Manila and the Department of Tourism (DOT) launched the Manila leg of the Hop-On Hop-Off (HOHO) bus tour project at the Kartilya ng Katipunan in Ermita district on Thursday, July 6. HOHO is the new project initiated by the DOT as part...
Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid on Thursday, July 6 expressed his belief that whatever tourism campaign slogan is used by the Philippine government, it still delivers the same message and appeal. Sen. Manuel "Lito"...
CEBU CITY – Local officials in Cebu signed a manifesto expressing their support for embattled Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco amid the controversies surrounding the country’s new tourism slogan. SECRETARY Frasco (DOT FB) “We, Congressmen, City Mayors, Municipal Mayors, and Councilors...
