Newly appointed Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said on Wednesday that President Rodrigo Duterte had “casually” asked her to be the head of the Department of Tourism (DOT) in a meeting in Malacañang. ADVERTISEMENTShe said it was the President who mentioned to her Teo’s resignation and proceeded to offer her the top DOT post. Puyat said she told the President “OK” but added that “you are joking me.”But then the President told her to join him in the other room where he just had a meeting with former Sen. Serge Osmeña III. Puyat recalled the President telling Osmeña that the former senator would be the first to know the good news. The President then announced that she was the new tourism secretary.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 09, 2018 22:30 UTC