Friday, August 04, 2006 (Philippines)

Dismissed airport manager Adelberto Yap with Gov. Gwen Garcia. Photo was taken during one of the “suroy-suroy” trips the governor made to promote tourism in Cebu towns.(Sun.star file) The controversy swirling over the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) is turning into a case of he said, she said. Dismissed general manager Adelberto Yap yesterday said Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia is preconditioning the mind of the people and putting malice on the refund he made on the purchase of helicopter fuel for her Suroy-suroy sa Sugbo. Yap said Garcia knows that he will soon come out publicly and tell people about all the transactions at MCIAA. [full story]