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A good friend from Manila called me, but he wanted me not to reveal him as my source that Secretary Alberto Lim of the Department of Tourism (DOT) had apparently previewed and presented the Philippine Tourism Plan for 2011-2016.

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A good friend from Manila called me, but he wanted me not to reveal him as my source that Secretary Alberto Lim of the Department of Tourism (DOT) had apparently previewed and presented the Philippine Tourism Plan for 2011-2016.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 467461 [Title] => Tourism law: Will it bring back Kang-Irag? [Summary] => We where in the middle of Romblon on board the SuperFerry 5, just off where the Princess of the Stars met its untimely fate, when President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) was in Cebu signing the National Tourism Policy Act of 2009 or Republic Act 9593 or the “Tourism Act” which she signed at the newly-opened Imperial Palace Water Park Resort in Lapu-Lapu City during the One Visayas Summit on Climate Change. [DatePublished] => 2009-05-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 401394 [Title] => PTA plans to recover properties in Cebu [Summary] => CEBU - The Philippine Tourism Authority has sought the help of Capitol to recover at least 200 hectares of its properties ... [DatePublished] => 2008-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 61580 [Title] => Letters on the Kang-Irag Golf Course and CBCP [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-05-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134429 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 321805 [Title] => Revisiting the failed Kang-Irag Golf Course [Summary] => As I predicted, I got a call from Sen. Richard "Dick" Gordon who didn’t take lightly to our criticism of his proposed Senate Bill No. 2138, otherwise known as the "Tourism Act of 2005". But I had to tell him that too many people in the tourism industry in Cebu weren’t aware of his proposal, especially the part where tourists have to pay $5 per day in tourist fees and I was told they were not consulted on this.
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