EMPLOYEES, Aetas, and Ifugaos at Nayong Pilipino in Clark Freeport gave new Executive Director Michelle Aguilar–Ong a warm welcome in her first day in office.
Ong was immediately in fifth gear when she entered the premises of Nayong Pilipino Clark, inspecting the tourist attractions like the Katutubo Village and amphitheater.
After the inspection of different establishments at Nayong Pilipino Clark, Ong proceeded to her office where she said her goal is to revive Nayong Pilipino.
“We all know that Nayong Pilipino has been a very silent cultural agency for like a decade, so we need to bring it back to the forefront of culture tourism and culture education. I think this is our biggest challenge now,” she said.
Ong added that her priority is to identify the problems of Nayong Pilipino and look for long term solutions.
“After our initial meeting with the board, we need to assess why Nayong Pilipino never took off. There is a problem somewhere that we need to pinpoint,” she said.
On the Nayong Pilipino land deal issue, Ong said that she and the board of trustees will sit with the government agencies concerned.
“The Department of Justice and OCG (organized crime group) which is the legal counsel of government owned and controlled corporations like Nayong Pilipino have given opinions. We will set a meeting with them to find out about the status of the talks right now,” Ong added.
Ong was sworn in as a member of the board of trustees by Secretary Bernadette Romulo–Puyat at the Department of Tourism office in Makati. She was then elected as executive director by the board. (PR)