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Thursday, August 19, 2004 (Philippines)
| President Arroyo, with young dancers at the Dinagat Festival in Cordova.(Sun.Star Cebu/Alex Badayos) |
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LOBBYING by tourism industry players finally paid off for Cebuano Rep. Joseph “Ace” Durano, whose appointment as tourism secretary was announced in Cebu yesterday by Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye.
Bunye, who was appointed press secretary, also named Cebuano broadcaster Cerge Re-monde as one of the 26 appointees. Remonde will head the Government Media Group.
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2003 Capitol P17M outlay
THE Commission on Audit (COA) is asking the Cebu Provincial Government to explain the release of more than P17 million for the incentive bonus of employees in 2003.
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Gwen asks PB for stricter rules on release of funds for NGOs
WITH the disallowed disbursement of P5 million for a bogus nongovernment organization (NGO), Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia hopes the new Provincial Board (PB) will come up with “more stringent and stricter” rules on NGO accreditation.
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Dawn for a ‘sunset industry’
PRESIDENT Arroyo announced yesterday her order for the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to “stop smuggling in its tracks” and bared her policies for agriculture in the next six years.
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