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Ma. Stella F. Arnaldo
Over 500,000 tourism workers get P4.4 billion in wage subsidies
More than half a million tourism workers employed in small businesses received some P4.4 billion in wage subsidies under a government program aimed at easing the plight of those rendered jobless by the community quarantines implemented to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.
There are dark days before us
PRIOR to 1987, when I graduated from the university, I didn’t think I would end up in journalism.
DOT asks Congress for P71.62 billion for tourism recovery program
THE DEPARTMENT of Tourism (DOT) is asking the House of Representatives some P71.62 billion to fund the tourism response and recovery programs until the end of the year.
Accor tapping domestic travelers for initial PHL recovery plan
ACCOR, a leading global hospitality management group, has already drawn up a recovery plan for its properties in the Philippines, remaining confident in the country’s tourism potential post-coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
The story of us
DOT to mount ‘sweeper flights’ for stranded locals
DOMESTIC tourists will now be able to get a chance to return home to their residences in the National Capital Region (NCR) as the Department of Tourism (DOT) will be mounting sweeper flights from their respective locations.
‘Mon J,’ ex-Tourism chief and architect of ‘More Fun in the Philippines,’ dead at 64
THE architect of the popular “It’s More Fun in the Philippines” brand campaign, former Secretary Ramon R. Jimenez Jr., passed away at his home in Tagaytay, on Monday morning. He was 64.
DOT soft sells PHL with new ‘dream’ ad
Why ‘WFH’ now means ‘working all the time’
WORKING from home used to be the purview of freelance writers, columnists, online teachers, and transcriptionists.
PHL hotels seen cutting room rates, to rely on locals to revive industry
THE hotel and resort industry in the Philippines is cautious about their earnings potential this year, as they plan to reduce their room rates to attract guests once the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) health crisis passes.
Keeping busy while on lockdown
IT’S impossible not to wake up every morning with a sense of dread these days.
Travel agencies appeal for govt relief amid mounting overhead, zero income
TRAVEL agencies are asking government for economic relief to remain afloat amid the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
DOT waives accreditation fees for new applicants, renewals
THE Department of Tourism (DOT) is waiving accreditation fees for all tourism enterprises this year, as it expressed continued support for the industry, one of the hardest hit by the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) crisis.
Intramuros Administration extends rent holiday to lessees due to ECQ
THE Intramuros Administration (IA) has foregone some P2 million in revenue due to a rent holiday it extended to lessees in the walled city, since the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) was announced on March 13. Malacañang imposed the ECQ in Metro Manila, later covering the entire Luzon island, to contain the spread of the Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19).
No food, no joy
AS I write this on a Wednesday, the very first food riot has just occurred in Quezon City, amid the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). Or should I say, lack of food riot?
DOT-Tieza to turn over P8 billion to P10 billion in funds for govt’s Covid-19 fight
THE Department of Tourism (DOT) will be turning over P8 billiion-10 billion in funds for use by the national government in its fight to contain the spread of the Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19).
133 Luzon hotels host aliens, OFWs, medical frontliners
OVER 10,500 guests—both foreign and local—are currently booked in 133 hotels in Luzon, the main focus of the national government’s enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).
Lockdown! But how am I gonna eat?
NUTRITIOUS food is one of the best ways to help us beat this coronavirus (Covid-19) monster in our midst.
LGUs urged to care for stranded local tourists
THE Department of Tourism (DOT) will be asking the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and various local governments to help tend to the local tourists stranded in their respective cities and provinces.
DOT comes to aid of 10,000 stranded foreign tourists
OVER 10,000 foreign tourists have so far been assisted by the Department of Tourism (DOT) in being transferred from their holiday destinations in the provinces to urban cities where they could later take their homeward bound flights.
Under strict rules, DOT permits 33 hotels to operate during ECQ
THIRTY-THREE hotels and other accommodation establishments have been allowed by the Department of Tourism (DOT) to remain open during the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) ordered by Malacañang, meant to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
Netizens question P14-billion funding for tourism, but it’s really part of pre-Covid-19 budget
NETIZENS are questioning why the Department of Tourism (DOT) is getting the largest chunk, at P14 billion, of the economic stimulus package set up to fight the Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19) outbreak.
Limited hotel operations, departing passengers for international flights allowed
ACCOMMODATION establishments are allowed to have limited operations especially if they have guests checked in before the start of the “enhanced community quarantine” announced by the Duterte administration on Monday.
Key tourist destinations impose travel restrictions
MAJOR tourism destinations around the country have been closing their borders since Saturday, in response to the lockdown being implemented in the National Capital Region to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
DOT plans mercy flights for stranded
THE Department of Tourism (DOT) is ready to mount special flights for stranded airline passengers in the provinces, due to the sudden lockdown of the National Capital Region (NCR).
DOT says government rehab efforts on Boracay Island ‘on track’
BORACAY ISLAND, Aklan—Government’s rehabilitation efforts for this key Philippine destination, known as among the best beaches in the world, is on track.
PHL travel, tourism industry turns local as Covid-19 wreaks havoc
BE Grand Resort is one of the most superb posh accommodations in Bohol. It’s a sanctuary from the stress of urban living, and designed with the luxurious traveler in mind. The property hugs the coastline of Panglao Island, giving visitors sublime views of Bohol Sea.