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Senator Nancy Binay said the inclusion of Philippine fabric and geopark in the United Nation’s cultural list this year provides a sound direction for the protection of the country’s heritage and cultural treasures. The designation of Bohol Island as a geosite, and the recently inscribed handwoven piña or pineapple textile of Aklan province into the Representative List […]
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco joined the local government heads of Bohol and some private stakeholders as guest of honor for the groundbreaking of the JW Marriott Panglao Island Resort and Residences in Bohol recently. Frasco’s visit comes at a time when Bohol has been declared the country’s first-ever UNESCO’S Global Geopark. […]
The Provincial Government of Bohol underscored that the official turnover of the first completed Department of Tourism (DOT) Tourist Rest Area (TRA) in the province is a welcome development for the province as Bohol enters “a new and exciting chapter” post-pandemic. “Bohol’s tourism industry is now entering a new and exciting chapter. As we continue […]
Senator Bong Go, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, has remained steadfast in bringing essential public health services closer to more Filipinos down to the communities through the establishment of Super Health Centers. Go emphasized the necessity for an inclusive strategy in strengthening the country’s healthcare infrastructure during the site inspection of […]
Senator Bong Go inspected several projects in Cortes, Bohol, which he supported as vice chair of the Senate Committee on Finance. Go’s visit started with a tour of the ongoing construction site of the Governor Celestino Gallares Multi-Specialty Medical Complex. The legislator is the principal sponsor of Republic Act No. 11883, which spearheaded the transformation of […]
The three Committees on Science and Technology, Bases Conversion and Visayas Development of the House of Representatives recently collaborated to host the Forum dubbed “Bridging Research and Policy.” Experts from the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) were on hand as resource persons for the Forum. […]
Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco bared the Department of Tourism (DOT)’s immediate plans to facilitate an interagency technical working group (TWG) that seeks to strengthen the capacity of micro-entrepreneurs such as food vendors to provide quality tourism services. The Department, Frasco said, has reached out to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) is in touch with Bohol province over the alleged overpricing of seafood by vendors at Virgin Island in Panglao. Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco said this is a matter that DOT “takes seriously especially as it concerns the welfare of tourists whose continued support for our destinations is critical to […]
The countdown to the long-awaited day for the full opening to vehicular traffic of the newly built iconic bridge in Loay, Bohol has come to an end. In his report to Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Acting Secretary Roger G. Mercado, Undersecretary and Build Build Build Program Chief Implementer Emil K. Sadain said […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is looking forward to finishing the paving of access ramps for a new bridge in Loay, Bohol by June 7, 2022. In his report to Secretary Roger Mercado, Undersecretary and Build Build Build Chief Implementer Emil Sadain said that the construction of the approach road for the […]