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LIST: Boracay hotels open for booking by October

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 07:20 PM

The Department of Tourism on Friday released a list of Boracay establishments where tourists may stay once the island reopens on October 26. Read more »

No more 'Laboracay' when island reopens, says Tourism chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 09:56 PM

MANILA - Big noisy parties like the ones held during Labor Day, or 'Laboracay' will no longer be allowed when the island reopens to tourists in October, Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said on Thursday.  Read more »

Kat De Castro out of DOT

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 23 01:29 PM

MANILA - Kat De Castro will no longer serve as tourism undersecretary, according to appointment papers released by the Palace Wednesday. Read more »

DOT chief, board revoke Duty Free passes for withdrawal of goods

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 22 12:06 PM

Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said Wednesday she and board members of the Duty Free Philippines Corp. have removed "gate pass" privilege which allows for withdrawal of goods from the company. Read more »

Party place no more? Boracay tourism to be 'sustainable': DOT chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 22 10:04 AM

Boracay was shut for 6 months earlier this year, just days before the May 1 parties dubbed "Laboracay." Resorts that comply with environment regulations will be allowed to resume operations as early as Oct. 26, Tourism Sec. Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said. Read more »

Cebu Pacific, Jollibee, Oishi pitch in to promote PH tourism: Romulo-Puyat

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 22 09:40 AM

The Philippines' largest companies are pitching in to help the Department of Tourism promote the country. Read more »

Curfew sa pagbubukas ng Boracay, pinag-iisipan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 03:39 AM

Nag-inspeksiyon kanina sa Boracay si Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat. Read more »

Trillanes to file plunder raps vs Teo, Tulfo brothers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 01:49 PM

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday said he will file plunder charges against former Tourism Sec. Wanda Teo and media personalities Ben and Erwin Tulfo over a P60-million advertising controversy. Read more »

Wanda Teo says no accountability in ad deal with brothers' show

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 12:27 PM

Former Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo on Wednesday said she believes she bears no accountability in the controversial advertisement placements her former department had in her brothers' television show. Read more »

'Hindi ko type': Wanda Teo 'insulted' by allegation she misused Duty Free funds

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 15 12:24 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - Former Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo on Wednesday said she was insulted by allegations she took millions worth of items at Duty Free for her own use. Read more »

Tulfo siblings won't return gov't funds in advertising deal

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 11:31 PM

Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairman Richard Gordon said there's a clear conflict of interest, following Tusday's probe into the tourism department's controversial ad placement.  Read more »

'Conflict of interest' sa DOT-Bitag deal, sinilip sa Senado

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 11:03 PM

Tiningnan ng mga senador ang “conflict of interest” sa transaksiyong pinasok ng Department of Tourism kasama ang “Kilos Pronto” program ng Bitag Media Unlimited Incorporated.  Read more »

'Nagasta na': P60 million na ibinayad ng DOT para sa ad placement, hindi ibabalik

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 08:48 PM

Humarap na sa Senado si dating Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo at mga kapatid niyang sina Ben at Erwin Tulfo kaugnay sa P60 million ad placement deal ng Department of Tourism sa PTV 4.    Read more »

Teo, Tulfos firm in not returning controversial P60M tourism ad money

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 14 06:17 PM

The siblings aired their sides over several allegations being hurled against them.    Read more »

Wanda Teo: I didn't know 'Kilos Pronto' is of Ben Tulfo

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 14 12:22 PM

"I didn't know that Kilos Pronto is of Ben Tulfo. All I know is that he is of Bitag," she said. Read more »

Teo: 'I have been defamed, maligned, and worse crucified'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 14 02:04 PM

Former Tourism Chief Wanda Teo slammed on Tuesday allegations of corruption hurled against her over the P60-million tourism ad placement on her brothers' television program. Read more »

No casinos in Boracay when it reopens, tourism chief says

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 10:29 PM

MANILA - Neither new nor existing casinos will be allowed to operate in Boracay when it reopens on October 26, according to Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat. Read more »

INFOGRAPHIC: Top foreign visitors to the Philippines

ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group; infographic by Pamela Ramos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 05:37 AM

Given President Duterte's pivot to China, have the Chinese replaced Koreans as the country's top foreign visitors? And, has the closure of Boracay affected tourist arrivals?  Read more »

Ben Tulfo to face raps if he doesn't return P60-M, says Romulo-Puyat

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 08 09:08 PM

Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat on Wednesday said Ben Tulfo may face charges before the Office of the Ombudsman if he fails to return the P60 million in ad placement fees paid to Tulfo's Bitag Media. Read more »

Tourism chief says Tulfo has not returned P60-M ad payment

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 08 01:10 PM

Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat confirmed on Wednesday that the P60 million in ad placement fees paid to Ben Tulfo's Bitag Media has not been returned to the department. Read more »