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President Duterte asks Japan businessmen
to invest in tourism
TOKYO, Japan -- In a parallel
event to the 14th Philippine
Business Mission (PBM) for
tourism held in Japan, President
Rodrigo Duterte met with leaders
of the Japanese travel industry
and invited them to invest in the
Philippines, stating that now is
the best time. The tourism and
travel sector stand to benefit from
the Build, Build, Build program,
which has a number of ongoing
transportation
infrastructure
development projects to achieve
seamless travel to and around the
archipelago.

Organized
by
the
Department of Tourism, the
travel industry meeting with the
President was a historic occasion,
signaling the importance held
by Japan as the country’s fourth
biggest foreign tourist market.
The historic meeting coincides
with the annual Philippine
Business Mission organized by
the Department of Tourism and
the Tourism Promotions Board.
This year, the three-city PBM,
covering
Sapporo,
Nagoya
and Tokyo from May 27-31,
2019, takes pride in having a
38-company strong Philippine
delegation.

Department of Tourism
(DOT) Secretary Bernadette
Romulo-Puyat earlier presented
an economically viable tourism
sector teeming with exciting
investment opportunities in
the areas of accommodation,
transportation,
leisure
and
recreation facilities, food and
beverage and even infrastructure.
The Japanese Association of
Travel Agents (JATA) President,
Tadashi Shimura, mentioned that
under the leadership of Secretary
Puyat, there have been focused
marketing initiatives in Japan
for Philippine tourism. He noted
that in 2018, the 8.15% growth
rate of Japanese arrivals to the
Philippines was higher than the
total Japan outbound rate of 6%
Sundan sa pahina 3..
CALABARZON IPs create manifesto
for community development
By Joy Gabrido
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna –
CALABARZON
Indigenous
Peoples (IPs) together with
various agencies formulated
a manifesto that will serve as
driving force to their community’s
development.

The Department of
Social Welfare and Development
(DSWD) - 4A Institutional
and Partnership Development
Officer Ohhara Dulay presented
the Manifesto during the
recent
2ndQuarter
Meeting
of the Sectoral Committee on
Social Development and Social
Protection at the National
Economic and Development
Authority
(NEDA)
4A
Compound, in Milagrosa here.

The Manifesto was the
output of the Regional Indigenous
Peoples (IP) Summit held in Rizal
Province last year.

“The main purpose of
the event is to focus on alliance-
building,
raising
awareness
and duty-bearers towards IP
empowerment,” she explained.

The Summit gathered
Chieftains and Members of the IP
Groups including the Dumagats,
Aetas and Sama-Bajau as well as
National Government Agencies
(NGAs), Local Government Units
(LGUs) and Non-Government
Units (NGOs).

It also served as a venue
to raise awareness of stakeholders
on the situation of the IPs in the
Geographically Isolated and
Disadvantaged Areas (GIDAs)
with different issue and concern
particularly but not limited to the
National Government Agencies’
programs for IPs; validate their
needs and demands; acquire initial
commitment and involvement of
the national agency through its
regional officer and other NGOs,
peoples’ organization (PO) and
business corporate foundation.

Through a dialogue, IPs
were encouraged to voice out
their grievances and experiences
documented by all the present
agencies during the summit.

“Makakatulong ito para
makamit natin ang ating pangarap
sa ating mga katutubo,”(This
would help our IPS realize their
dreams) Dulay said as she read the
message of DSWD 4A Officer-in-
Charge Annie E. Mendoza.

During the summit,
Mendoza said: “Kayo ang
gumagawa ng paraan para
maging maunlad ang inyong
buhay. Na hindi umaasa sa iba o
sa pamahalaan. With the help of
partner agencies, we are with you
Sundan sa pahina 3..
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte salutes a military officer as he prepares to board a plane bound for Japan at the
Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on May 28, 2019. The President is set to participate in the 25th Nikkei Conference on
the Future of Asia in Tokyo. (REY BANIQUET/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)
OWWA IV-A Satellite Office to open in
Robinsons Galleria South
By Kier Gideon Paolo M.
Gapayao
CALAMBA
CITY--
The
Overseas
Workers
Welfare
Administration Region IV-A ink a
Memorandum of Agreement with
Robinsons Land Corporation to
establish a satellite office at the
Robinsons Galleria South in San
Pedro City, Laguna.

OWWA IV-A Regional
Director Ma. Luisa Reyes,
OWWA Chief for Programs
and Services Cynthia Erum,
Robinsons Land Corporation
Senior Vice President and
Business Unit General Manager
Arlene Magtibay and Robinsons
Land Corporation Regional
Operations Manager (Lipa, San
Pedro & Las Piñas) R.J. Ramos
signed the agreement at the Xian
Tian Di Restaurant, Crown Plaza
Hotel, Ortigas on Tuesday.

Reyes said the San Pedro
Satellite Office will provide the
same services as the Calamba
Regional Office so that locals
need not travel to the central
office in Ortigas or the RO.

“Itong partnership na ito,
it started when Robinsons offered
us a place kung saan puwede
magtayo ng satellite office. So we
took the opportunity because ito
ay isang paraan para makareach-
Sundan sa pahina 2..
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration IV-A and Robinsons Land Corporation ink a Memorandum of Agreement for the establishment of an
OWWA Satellite Office at the Robinsons Galleria South which is targeted to open July 2019. (GG, PIA4A)