Department of Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco (File photo) MANILA - Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco bared Thursday the Department of Tourism (DOT)'s immediate plans to facilitate an interagency technical working group (TWG) which seeks to strengthen the capacity of micro-entrepreneurs such as food vendors to provide quality tourism services. The DOT, Frasco said, has reached out to the Department of Trade and Industry, Department of the Interior and Local Government, Department of Agriculture, and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, which shall comprise the TWG. "We are facilitating this interagency technical working group (TWG) for the purpose of commencing discussions on the implementation of standards to ensure high quality of tourism services which include regulations on accommodations, services, and pricing standards," Frasco said in a press release sent to the media on Saturday. The tourism chief said the DOT can help improve the stand
CAPACITY-BUILDING. Officers and members of the Legazpi City Women's Federation (LCWF) were trained to make liniment oil and balm at the covered court of Barangay East Washington Drive on Thursday (March 3, 2022). LCWF president Geraldine Rosal said the activity was part of their observance of Women's Month this March. (Photo by Emmanuel Solis) LEGAZPI CITY - At least 100 officers and members of the Legazpi City Women's Federation (LCWF) from 17 villages located in Albay District were trained on making liniment oil and balm at the covered court of Barangay East Washington Drive here on Thursday. In an interview, LCWF president Geraldine Rosal, wife of Mayor Noel Rosal, said the women comprised the second batch of trainees on various forms of livelihood packages as part of the Women's Month celebration this March. "We trained already the first batch participated by 118 LCWF members from the northern portion of the city last March 1 at Rawis Covered court," she s