Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat has ordered a review of the Philippine Retirement Authority policies, and the suspension of the issuance of Special Retirement Residence Visa (SRRV) program of the agency. DOT Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a special...
Tourism chief Bernadette-Romulo Puyat (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat announced today that hotels and accommodation facilities even in areas under general community quarantine are now allowed to operate at full capacity. According to Puyat, the DOT has been...
But wise words from tourism chief Berna Romulo-Puyat as domestic travel resumes: Have a safe trip! WELL Flight and hospitality staff strictly enforce Covid-19 safety precautions Boracay has reopened to domestic travel since the start of this month. Staying home is still the best way to protect...
Tell us what your starter’s name is! As AVP at Buensalido PR and Communications, Monique Buensalido has been busy hosting Zoom meetings, conducting webinars, and attending to clients’ needs. Somewhere along the way, in the past six months, she also managed to discover a skill she never...
Now that the island is open to domestic tourists, more than just grains of sand, you can have hearts and stars and snowflakes between your toes Photos by Jackie Tinsay PALM PROMENADE Palm trees keep the white sand company as Boracay awaits beachgoers If you are all sick of the sand “storm” over...
Find out how her blended fruit jams will make you re-imagine your next meal. Most of you probably know Lori Baltazar as one of the pioneer bloggers in the Philippines. Her famous blog Dessert Comes First had a long, illustrious run in cyberspace for 12 years (from 2005 to 2017). Her bestselling...
Lea Salonga, Berna Romulo-Puyat, Heart Evangelista, Ben Chan, and more in empowering conversations about our life in crisis In late March, after the shock over Coronavirus had subsided, meaning I had at least come to terms with the idea that it was really happening, I took a mental note that I...
Here’s how you can help pandemic displaced jeepney drivers in style In the middle of a pandemic, the plight of the common man seeking aid might not be heard against all the calls for help bombarding mainstream consciousness. One such clamor for help hails from regular jeepney drivers. Among them...
Explaining what the Boracay Island Development Authority is all about President Rodrigo Roa Duterte , in his State of the Nation Address last Monday, touched on the environment by highlighting the success of the rehabilitation of Boracay. The President urged Congress to enact a law creating BIDA or...
Confronted with extremely stressful situations, most people react with either one of the fight, flight, or freeze responses. Since we cannot physically flee from the threat of Covid-19, and it would be unwise to simply ignore the danger, our best bet would be to “fight” the illness by...
