RA 9593, The National Tourism Policy Act of 2009
Filed under: Announcement, Business news, Government, Legal, management
The Republic Act 9593, also known as the National Tourism Policy Act 2009, was signed into law by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 during the culmination of the two-day One Visayas Summit on Climate Change inside the Imperial Palace Waterpark Resort Hotel and Spa in Cebu.
RA 9593 is an act declaring a national policy for tourism as an engine of investment, employment, growth and national development. The law will give a boost the country’s tourism industry, strengthening the Department of Tourism (DOT) and its attached agencies to effectively and efficiently implement tourism policies.
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200,000 jobs await Filipinos in Middle East
Filed under: Business news, Career, Contracts, Government, Job Opportunity
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo attended the Middle East Conference this Sunday, a conference that proved to be fruitful as she was assured of 200,000 jobs by Middle East employers for the rest of 2009.
The 200,000 jobs waiting for Filipinos was commited to the President through a manifesto that was given to her during the conference in Dubai. The manifesto which is also containing the output of the forum including job orders for Philippine workers.
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Official list of Philippine Holidays for 2009
Filed under: Announcement, Business news, Entrepreneurship, management, roysville
To avoid surprises due to sudden declaration of holidays in Philippines, palace recently released the list of official Philippine holidays for 2009.
With this list, the business sector, educational institution and other private individuals can plan ahead for the year.
The official list of holidays are as follows:
Regular Holidays:
- April 9 – Maundy Thursday
- April 10 – Good Friday
- April 6 – (Monday nearest April 9) Araw ng Kagitingan (or Day of Valor)
- May 1 – Labor Day
- June 12 – Independence Day
- August 31 – National Heroes Day
- November 30 – Bonifacio Day
- December 25 – Christmas Day
- December 30 – Rizal Day
“I won’t believe her anymore!”
“I won’t believe her anymore!“ These are the words of my thirteen-year old son. He was referring to no other than Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Now, you might wonder what does thirteen-year old has to do with the president? How could she have affected him? Or is my son really aware of what’s happening to our country?
Not that he is really aware or anything, but my son have learned that during her SONA, PGMA mentioned something about reduction of the cost of text messaging. I can’t remember but I think she said that they were able to lower text messaging from 1-peso to 50-centavos. My son was very much aware of this. That is why he was very much glad of this news.
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