At the rate Department of Tourism officials are being called out or indicted for questionable practices and misconduct, we believe the time has come for a sweeping review of the mission and leadership of this vital government department. The NBI’s complaint was about alleged transgressions in the management and administration of the “It’s more Fun in the Philippines” tourism promotions campaign. A second five-month contract, this time worth P600 million, was awarded to DPI in September 2013, the bureau said. Second, in just two years after taking over the tourism department, the new Tourism Secretary, Wanda Tulfo-Teo, has come under a cloud of doubt over some financial transactions using public funds within the department. The Commission on Audit has uncovered that the DoT sometime ago placed P60 million worth of TV advertisements on the block-time show of Teo’s brothers, Ben and Erwin Tulfo, on PTV-4.

Source: Manila Times May 06, 2018 16:30 UTC