EXPLAINER: Cebu s Guv Gwen outscores central government on most points in face mask dispute. But Manila-based bureaucrats are the bosses, who ve been calling the shots since Day 1 of pandemic.
CEBU CITY – Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia spent over P1 M in her successful campaign in last month’s elections. The reelected governor’s challenger, former Tourism Secretary Ace Durano, also shelled out over P1 million. Based on her Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCEs) filed before the Comm
Liloan, Cebu Mayor Ma. Christina Garcia-Frasco (left) and Governor Gwendolyn Garcia. (File photos) CEBU CITY - Liloan, Cebu Mayor Ma. Christina Garcia-Frasco can share Cebu's post-pandemic initiatives in revitalizing the country's tourism industry, her mother Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia said on Tuesday. In a presser, Garcia thanked President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. for considering a Cebuana to head the Department of Tourism, stressing Christina's first-hand involvement in rolling out programs to regenerate the tourism economy affected by lockdowns and surges in Covid-19 cases and the Typhoon Odette. "As the governor of Cebu. I am very proud that the next Secretary of Tourism is a Cebuana. This is such a huge vote of confidence. The initiatives and processes that Cebu has been able to accomplish despite the challenges of the pandemic and the calamity," Garcia said. She said Marcos' decision to appoint a Cebuana as DOT secretary "is such a
CEBU CITY – The influential One Cebu Party is set to hold a mass oath-taking for all its candidates that won in the May 9 national and local elections, and this includes the party’s president herself, Governor Gwen Garcia. The governor made the announcement, although the date and venue, she said, a