BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental (PIA) — The police here are being trained to protect the tourism industry. The head of Bacolod’s Tourism Council and President of Western Visayas Tourism John Orola, along with Bacolod Tourism Office Head Imogene Kanaan, held a seminar themed “Community Peace and Order: Vital Force in Tourism Development,” attended by Bacolod City Police Office personnel. During the seminar, which underscored the vital role of cops in tourism promotion, Orola said a stable tourism industry can be achieved with tourist police as front liners specializing on economy, trade, sports, environmental protection and as watchdogs of the city’s nightlife and implementers of the law.

A.D.B.-FUNDED PROJECTS 

BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar (PIA) — The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is set to accelerate delivery of support services to agrarian reform beneficiaries and other farmers by implementing Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded projects such as the conduct of subdivision survey for collective Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) that will be issued and distributed to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs).