Tieza sinks controversial WPS tourism project for lack of DND clearance | Ma. Stella F. Arnaldo A CASE of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing? That seems to be the reason behind the dropping of the tourism master plan for the West Philippine Sea (WPS), a project instigated by ...

Sen. Gatchalian: "We're lighting up Mayon Volcano? Isn't it erupting?" #Tieza cuts congressional initiatives from its projects list. #travel #tourism #Philippines

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El Nido LGU holding up water cleanup project | Ma. Stella F. Arnaldo THE local government of El Nido appears to be the one holding up the efforts to clean up the municipality’s waters, which have been found to be severely contaminated with fecal coliform. Czarina Zara ...

In 2024, "Tourism Sec Frasco offered #Tieza assistance... pertaining to water treatment. Discussions on this have ensued since, with the local govt yet to provide complete documents for Tieza to proceed with procurement." #travel #tourism #Philippines

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Tieza board approves ₱5.3 billion budget to fund infra, GAA projects | Ma. Stella F. Arnaldo THE Tourism Infrastructure and Economic Zone Authority (Tieza) will spend some P5.34 billion on its operations this year, including major infrastructure projects across the country. This was disclosed...

AS this developed, #Tieza said they have already awarded the P99.2-million project project for a detailed engineering study of the #WestPhilippineSea and neighboring islands to WTA Architecture and Design Studio, the lone bidder. #travel #tourism #Philippines

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Tieza remits ₱17B for CHEd tourism-education support | Ma. Stella F. Arnaldo Ma. Stella F. Arnaldo / Special to the BusinessMirror OVER P17 billion in travel taxes have been turned over to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) since 2010 to help enhance tourism education i...

#CHEd The funds “will also be able to provide more grants for research and development for the enhancement of tourism-related programs and courses..." #travel #tourism #Philippines #Tieza #DOT

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