TACLOBAN CITY: Eastern Visayas will replicate Cebu’s “Suroy Suroy sa Sugbo” next year for guests to visit the region’s cultural and heritage sites and taste local cuisines. Department of Tourism (DOT) Eastern Visayas Regional Director Karina Rosa Tiopes said there will be an immersion for tourism officers and tour operators in Cebu to familiarize what exactly is being done and offered during the tour. “We are rich in history and culture and arts, but not highlighted. When we say heritage, it is manifested in structures, our traditions, our culture, our food, performances, arts, and in so many various
MANILA: With the fresh commitment of Unilever to invest PHP4.7 billion in the Philippines during the visit of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to Brussels, the multinational consumer goods manufacturer aims to make the country its global hub for sustainability. In a virtual press briefing Friday, Foreign Trade Service Corps (FTSC) Assistant Secretary Glenn Peñaranda said one of the core plans of Unilever Philippines is to make its operations here a global hub for sustainability. “Mr. Ben Yap also shared that it (sustainability) will also be at the core of their plans for the Philippines. His aspirations is
BAGUIO CITY: The Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Friday said the opening of the Baguio-Cebu and vice versa route will further boost the economy in the region, with tourism eyed to further flourish in the Cordilleras. “Commercial flights will catalyze the region’s economic rebound as air travel serves as a barometer of economic growth,” said Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista in a message delivered by Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) director general Manuel Antonio Tamayo during the program held after the arrival of the inaugural flight from Cebu. He added that the historic inaugural
TACLOBAN CITY: At least 31 farm tenants, including former rebels in Calubian town, Leyte province have received their individual land titles as an early Christmas gift from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), making them owners of the land they have been tilling for decades. In a statement on Friday, the DAR regional office here said Calubian municipal agrarian reform program officer Maximo Castañeda Jr. led the distribution of the 31 individual certificates of land ownership award (CLOAs) to the agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in a simple ceremony in Barangay Enage on Wednesday. The CLOAs covered a combined
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: The city government has moved to enhance the Local Climate Change Action Plan (LCCAP) for integration into the city’s climate disaster risk management. During the 11th-year commemoration of Severe Tropical Storm Sendong (Washi) on Friday, Mayor Rolando Uy reaffirmed the commitment of the city government to make the area resilient to natural disasters, especially with the onset of climate change impacts. “We should not forget the pain and destruction Sendong brought us. We need to continue and strive on how our people safe from disasters,” he said. Uy said building a resilient city
BUTUAN CITY: Some 15 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are joining the 15-day “Kadiwa ng Pasko” activity that formally opened on Friday at the city hall ground here. In a statement Friday, the Department of Agriculture in the Caraga Region (DA-13) said the activity aims to support farmers and local fishermen in the region, especially during the Yuletide season. Most of the participating MSMEs are farmers’ cooperatives from the different towns in the region. “After its formal opening at the City Hall in Butuan, the activity will continue to run in the respective areas of the
