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Photo: DoT BSP Open PICC Forum

Opisyal na ibinukas nina Sec. Gordon at BSP Gov. Buenaventura ang bagong exhibit area ng PICC na PICC FORUM. Ito ay may sukat na 5,000 sq.ms. at may capasidad na 3,000-katao.

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Tour groups to promote culture of tourism in RP

Save our skies (SOS) movement and the national Independent Travel Agencies Association(NITAS and the Travel Cooperative of the Philippines leads atraining program that will inculcate the culture of tourism of Sec. Gordon to the LGU’s executives and barangay officials to assist Sec. Gordon who has been tirelessly promoting the country and making it bounce back from the SARS crisis.

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Boholanos hold 11 day festival to boost unity, promote province

This month is the celebration of “Love for Bohol” from July 13-23 with a series of events from July 13-23 coinciding with the world renowned Sandugo festival.

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Asian travel industry seen to fully recover this year

According to ABACUS, Asia’s largest air ticketing and reservation company, the travel industry is on its way to recovery within the region with cheap airfares that will lure back travelers.      

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Boracay folk pray to shoo away casino

Residents of Boracay held an overnight prayer rally hoping and praying for divine intervention that would prevent the construction of a casino on the island. The barangay councils have passed a resolution opposing the entry of the casino. Gov. Miraflores of Aklan, announced earlier that the casino would not stand during his term

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Protest vs. Boracay casino continues

Around 2,000 iresidents of Boracay protested against the construction of a Casino last Saturday. The protesters led by the Holy Rosary Parish, the lone parish on the island and officials from the islands three barangays converged at the public plaza for the prayer rally.

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Exhibit celebrates National Artists

The NCCA has launched to celebrate the contributions of the Philippine National Artists to their respective art forms and to nation building in an exhibit at the NCCA bldg which will continue through the year with a set of modules with the theme “Louas?luwas: Cultural tension and the works of our National Artists.

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Beyond a Spa Center by: jaser Marasigan

DoT’s promotion of SPA tourism has set a trend of spas in malls and resorts.Holistic Circle located in the 5^th level of SM Mega Mall A is also known as medical spa clinic, is a treatment center of wellness that promotes the practice of ‘holistic medicine’.

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Smoking ban in hotels, bars can hurt tourism by Jen Jorvina

A new law prohibiting smoking in enclosed places such as bars and restaurants and hotels is a boon to a healthy environment but a bane to tourism. NITAS expressed this view and said that there is a need to study the law further.

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Bocaue rises with fiesta fever

10 years after the Pagoda Tragedy that killed 264 people, Bocaue fiesta celebrations has become more lively with the help of schools, ngos and the fiesta committee.

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Ifugao health official fear increase of child prostitution

Ifugao helath officials are alrmed with the increase of young sex workers age 14-16. These minors who work as waitresses are moonlighting as hookers in videoke bars in Banaue an hour drive from lagawe, the province’s capital town. This was reported by the Philippine Information Agency over the case of 7 minor hookers rounded up by authorities and found to be suffering from STD. Provincial social welfare and development office said that the young girls were driven to the sex trade because of poverty.

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