Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco values the forthcoming world’s first green travel mart, forum, and festival in the Philippines as a clear path in transforming “tourism with sustainability as a bedrock” principle. Secretary Frasco affirmed the vital support of the Department of Tourism...
Featured image: A PROUD HISTORY OF WORKING TOGETHER From left Tourism Usec. Mae Elaine Bathan representing Sec. Christina Frasco, Duros Group of Companies president Fe Barino and chairman Lito Barino and Liloan Mayor Aljew Frasco By Pete L. Dacuycuy Months before the pandemic hit in early 2020,...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday, March 23 that it will increase the honoraria of teachers beginning with the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). In a press conference, Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia announced that they will give the same allowance that...
A neophyte congressman wants to strengthen local government unit (LGU) participation in agricultural development by institutionalizing a minimum 10 percent allocation from their National Tax Allotment (NTA) for the implementation of programs, activities and services for agriculture and fisheries....
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia announced on Wednesday, March 22, that the Commission En Banc has decided to move the date of filing of the Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). In a message sent to reporters,...
CEBU CITY – An eye-opener. This was how the regional director of the Department of Agriculture-Central Visayas (DA-7) described the policies that Gov. Gwen Garcia is implementing to stem the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) disease in Cebu. Angel Enriquez expressed support to Garcia's...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Tuesday, March 21, is set to provide a copy of its transmission logs to Ret. Col. Leonardo Odoño who requested it after expressing doubts about the transmission of votes in the May 2022 polls. In a letter signed by Comelec Chairman George Garcia...
The headline is a question because it remains to be seen if our country is truly serious in becoming a tourism powerhouse. Words, plans, even a President’s directive are all “niceties,” but are we truly ready to match the tourism prowess of Bangkok, Bali, or Hong Kong? Are we putting money...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Monday, March 20 that a later date for the filing of Certificates of Candidacy (COC) will seriously be considered by the poll body. Garcia made the statement after Sen. Francis Tolentino appealed to the poll body to postpone the...
After seeing scores of voters flocking to precincts, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia believes that they will attain a 92 percent voter turnout in Marawi City's plebiscite on Saturday, March 18. In an interview, Garcia mentioned that it was only during the morning...
Preparations for the Marawi City plebiscites have been completed, the first local electoral exercise since the siege in 2017, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Friday, March 17. In a statement, Comelec stated that it conducted on Friday (March 17) a command conference in the House of...
CEBU CITY (PNA) – Sen. Robin Padilla on Thursday, March 16, said the government could save as much as P28.5 billion if amending the 36-year-old 1987 Constitution would be through a Constitutional Assembly (Con-Ass). PADILLA (Gov. Garcia FB) Padilla, chairman of the Senate Committee on Charter...
