President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo chooses the academe and tourism sector as audience in his first official visit to
Bohol this election year on Wednesday.
Appointments Secretary Bong Joves of the Presidential Management Staff and Jimmy Mangulabnan of the Office of Regional Concerns and out-of-town affairs of the President confirmed Arroyo’s visit on Friday as the governor was on his way to Inabanga cultural center for the launching of STARS project in the town and to inaugurate school buildings in three barangays there.
The President is expected to arrive at 3 p.m.m on Feb. 24 to meet students of different universities and colleges of Bohol at the Holy Name University Quadrangle, in Tagbilaran City, to discuss tourism and allied projects on Bohol’s economic development.
Governor Erico Aumentado set a meeting with representatives of the tourism, sector, academe, Philippine Army and provincial officials at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Governor’s Mansion for the preparation of the President’s visit.
The Philippine Army, through its Engineering Support Battalion based in Tubigon, has been tapped in constructing school buildings implemented through the governor’s convergence strategy that involves contribution from the President’s Kilos Asenso and the Department of Education, and counterpart from the provincial government.
Aumentado will discuss the details of the President’s visit during the meeting with Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap; Assistant Provincial Treasurer Primitiva Ontong; 802nd Brigade Commander Col. Alan Luga; Special Forces Battalion Commander Lt. Col. Alfredo Sanchez; Provincial Police Director Anthony Lao-Obenza; Provincial Tourism Council president Lucas Nunag; Provincial Administrator Handel Lagunay; Peter Dejaresco of the Bohol Chronicle Radio Corp.; HNU president Fr. Francisco Estepa; University of Bohol president Victoriano Tirol Jr.; Salvador Diputado of the BIT-International College;
Bohol Island State University president Elpedio Magante, NYC Commissioner Benjie Oliva, Engr. Junin Caberte of the Provincial Engineer’s Office, Provincial Tourism Officer Jo Cabarrus, Bohol Association of Hotel, Restaurants and Resorts (BAHRR) president Jun Caturza, and 1st Dist. Rep. Edgar Chatto. (PNA)
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