(Eagle News) — A career officer at the Department of Tourism was named as the officer-in-charge of the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) after the resignation of its chief operating officer actor Cesar Montano. Arnold Gonzales was unanimously chosen as OIC of the Tourism Promotions Board, a government-owned corporation attached to the Department of Tourism tasked to market and promote the Philippines domestically and internationally as a world-class tourism and MICE destination. Gonzales is a […]
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President Duterte accepts Montano’s resignation as TPB chief
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted Cesar Montano’s resignation as chief operating officer of the Tourism Promotions Board. “Yes he has accepted it,” Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said in a text message on Monday, May 21. Montano resigned after he was criticized for the TPB’s “Buhay Carinderia” program. New Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said the project did not undergo a bidding. Montano also came under fire for the TPB’s payment of P80 […]
Montano: It was Teo who pushed for “Buhay Carinderia” project
(Eagle News)—-Tourism Promotions Board Chief Operating Officer Cesar Montano on Friday, May 18, said it was then-Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo who introduced him to the owner of the marketing agency behind the controversial “Buhay Carinderia” program. In an interview over dzbb, Montano said apart from introducing Erlinda Legaspi of MaryLindbert International as a “friend,” it was also Teo who pushed for the payment of P80 million in just a month to the marketing agency even […]
“Buhay Carinderia” program ng TPB sisiyasatin ni DOT Secretary Puyat
(Eagle News) — Sisiyasatin ni bagong Department of Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat ang Buhay Carinderia Program ng Tourism Promotions Board sa gitna ng umano’y mga iregularidad nito. Ipinatatawag ni Puyat si TPB chief Cesar Montano para pagpaliwanagin kung bakit nagbayad ito ng P80 milyon na tseke bago pa matapos ang naturang food tourism program ng gobyerno. Unang nabalita na isinagawa ni Montano ang pagbabayad sa isang Linda Legaspi para sa programa na may layuning i-promote ang […]





