By Maricar M. Calubiran
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) 6 was asked to come up with better project plans and programs in Boracay Island to meet the needs and demands of local and foreign tourists in terms of processed food products, furnitures and even environmental protection plans for the island.
The recommendation for the regional office was made by the performance review team led by Prof. Edison Cruz, executive director of the Technology Management Center of the University of the Philippines in Diliman in last week's performance review of DOST regional offices held in Cebu City.
The performance team wants the department to take a look on the food handling, services and distribution of processed foods in the island considering the number of tourists who visited the island. Currently, the local tourists, Koreans and Europeans posted the highest number of visitors in the island.
The team is asking the regional office to determine the number of tourist arrivals including their age and nationality. The data are all available at the Department of Tourism (DoT) office. The DOT has an office in the island to cater to the needs of the local and foreign tourists. The team also asked that data on the tourists preferences on their wants and needs should also be included.
The performance team also wants the department to give importance on the furniture industry in the island with foreigners as the main clients of high-end products coming from the province of Aklan. Among the companies which DOST already made an intervention are those engaged in housewares. The housewares such as place mats and trays are handcrafted from woven into vines.
Other products produced in Aklan are barong tagalog, shawls, scarf, hand bag made of natural fibers like piña, silk and abaca. The DOST made intervention on bangus processing. They made a technology transfer on fish processing that prompted an increase of production capacity of one company producing ready-to-eat bottled milk fish in oil from 500 to 1,000 bottles per month.
The same team also wants the regional office to take part in the protection of the island though it is the primary role of the local government unit and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The waste disposal and the end-waste produce in the island should be considered. There should also be "tsunami mitigation plan" for the island.
On his part, DOST 6 Regional Director Engr. Rowen Gelonga said they have already conceptualized a plan for Boracay. The programs and plans will be out next month. It was not immediately known what are the projects included in the DOST programs and plans for Boracay.
Meanwhile, DoT Regional Director Edwin Trompeta said they have already conducted number of seminars in the island with regard to food handling. Food handling is one of the basis of customers in buying certain products and choosing a restaurant on where to dine and wind.
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) 6 was asked to come up with better project plans and programs in Boracay Island to meet the needs and demands of local and foreign tourists in terms of processed food products, furnitures and even environmental protection plans for the island.
The recommendation for the regional office was made by the performance review team led by Prof. Edison Cruz, executive director of the Technology Management Center of the University of the Philippines in Diliman in last week's performance review of DOST regional offices held in Cebu City.
The performance team wants the department to take a look on the food handling, services and distribution of processed foods in the island considering the number of tourists who visited the island. Currently, the local tourists, Koreans and Europeans posted the highest number of visitors in the island.
The team is asking the regional office to determine the number of tourist arrivals including their age and nationality. The data are all available at the Department of Tourism (DoT) office. The DOT has an office in the island to cater to the needs of the local and foreign tourists. The team also asked that data on the tourists preferences on their wants and needs should also be included.
The performance team also wants the department to give importance on the furniture industry in the island with foreigners as the main clients of high-end products coming from the province of Aklan. Among the companies which DOST already made an intervention are those engaged in housewares. The housewares such as place mats and trays are handcrafted from woven into vines.
Other products produced in Aklan are barong tagalog, shawls, scarf, hand bag made of natural fibers like piña, silk and abaca. The DOST made intervention on bangus processing. They made a technology transfer on fish processing that prompted an increase of production capacity of one company producing ready-to-eat bottled milk fish in oil from 500 to 1,000 bottles per month.
The same team also wants the regional office to take part in the protection of the island though it is the primary role of the local government unit and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The waste disposal and the end-waste produce in the island should be considered. There should also be "tsunami mitigation plan" for the island.
On his part, DOST 6 Regional Director Engr. Rowen Gelonga said they have already conceptualized a plan for Boracay. The programs and plans will be out next month. It was not immediately known what are the projects included in the DOST programs and plans for Boracay.
Meanwhile, DoT Regional Director Edwin Trompeta said they have already conducted number of seminars in the island with regard to food handling. Food handling is one of the basis of customers in buying certain products and choosing a restaurant on where to dine and wind.
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TO support our claim that Boracay is a dirty place and not good for tourists anymore, we are quoting here two columns from national papers, viz:
1) Philippine Star, June 18, 2007 issue, in the column “As a Matter of Fact” by Sara Soliven de Guzman, par 9 and 10:
“How can you call Boracay a ‘world-class tourist destination’ when its airport is too small, cramping all the travelers in one hot and SMELLY (emphasis ours) room?” - (par 9);
“For heaven’s sake even the Port Area in Boracay is nakakahiya. Pathetic! No order, no system, not clean and very SMELLY (emphasis ours). This is what you get for electing people who are NOT EDUCATED NOR CULTURED (emphasis ours) – their standards are so low”. (par 9);
2) Manila Bulletin, June 19, 2007 issue, in the column “Chaff from the Grain” by Hector Villanueva, entitled “The decline of Boracay”, par 3:
“The place itself (Boracay), sad to say, has become a Divisoria market of sorts, overcrowded, segregated, expensive, unsanitary, waterless and subjected to frequent power outages.”
Di ba nakakahiya!!!!????
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