By R.G. Antonet A. Go ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 16 (PNA) — The Department of Tourism (DOT) is organizing Tourism Clubs in the different schools here in the region aimed at boosting the…
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Koreans remain top Boracay foreign visitors
By Jun Ariolo N. Aguirre BORACAY Island, Aklan, July 16 (PNA)– South Koreans tourists still dominate the top ten foreign tourist arrivals in this resort island in the first half of 2014….
Salceda gives updates, suspends classes until Friday in Albay
By Connie B. Destura LEGAZPI CITY, July 16 (PNA) — Albay Governor Joey Salceda has declared the suspension of classes until Friday and resumption set on Monday to give time for repairs…
Amendment to CDO’s tourism law pushed
By Aida Raut CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, July 15 (PNA) — The city’s local tourism board is pushing for the amendment of some provisions of the city’s ordinance on tourism establishments here….
Binmaley mayor bares town savings in his SOMA
BINMALEY, Pangasinan, July 15 (PNA) — The mayor of this town, Simplicio “Sammy” Rosario, underscored the savings the municipal government has incurred for the past year under his administration, in his about…
Negros Occidental gov backs President Aquino on DAP, says funds benefited the people
BACOLOD CITY, July 15 (PNA) -– Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. has openly supported the position of President Benigno Aquino III on the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP). “We should thank the…
4 Bicol schools adopt water bodies
By Ma. April M. Mier LEGAZPI CITY, July 14 (PNA) — Four universities in the Bicol region have adopted a river each in support of the Adopt-an-Estero/Water Bodies Project of the Department…
DAR, DTI to make Sultan Kudarat an investment destination
By Noel Y. Punzalan COTABATO CITY, July 14 (PNA) — Two government agencies have joined hands in an effort to make Sultan Kudarat an investment friendly province and provide jobs and livelihood…
Tourism program eyes rebuilding of Davao’s Little Tokyo, boat landing
DAVAO CITY, July 14 (PNA) – The City Tourism Office (CTO) is pushing for the restoration of the remnants and ruins of the once Japanese colony in barangay Mintal, this city, known…
City mayor hopeful on proposed LTR in Panay Island
ILOILO CITY, July 14 (PNA) — Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog is optimistic that his request for a feasibility study for the proposed Light Railway Transport (LRT) in Panay Island will…
World Bank announces USD 62-M fund for typhoon-affected communities
By Perla G. Lena TANAUAN, Leyte, July 14 (PNA) — World Bank president Jim Yong Kim on Monday announced an additional USD 62 million in support of the reconstruction efforts of the…
Brownouts send Catanduanes under state of calamity
By Danny O. Calleja LEGAZPI CITY, July 12 (PNA) -– Power supply in the Bicol island-province of Catanduanes has deteriorated to a magnitude that is crippling the local economy, prompting the provincial…
International kid campers to join cultural heritage tour in Silay City
BACOLOD CITY, July 11 (PNA) – The Silay City Government in Negros Occidental through its Tourism-Cultural Division will host the “Lagaw-Kultura sa Silay,” a cultural heritage and hacienda tour, on July 16….
‘Kinabayo Festival’ kicks off in Dapitan City
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, July 11 (PNA) — The annual “Kinabayo Festival” has kicked-off Friday in Dapitan City in the nearby Zamboanga del Norte province, a tourism official announced. Dapitan City…
DFA to showcase Albay, Legazpi as PHL’s fast developing tourism destinations
By Rhaydz B. Barcia LEGAZPI CITY, July 11 (PNA) — The Philippine government, through the Department of Foreign Affairs, will be showcasing Albay province, especially Legazpi City, as fast booming economic and…