Community-based
heritage tourism project wins ULA
The Guisi Community-Based
Heritage Tourism Project was adjudged as
the winner in the Philippine edition of
the Urban Leadership Awards. It won PhP
100,000 and a study tour for the members
of the project implementing team.
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Treñas,
Nava cited for urban leadership
Iloilo City
Mayor Jerry Treñas and Guimaras Gov.
Rahman Nava were given the Urban Leadership
Achievement Awards for their “exemplary
display of leadership that has profound
and lasting impact on the quality of life
in the community.”
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Know more about the winning
project
Villagers
bid to win vs poverty
Earning around
70 pesos a day from the dwindling yield
of the sea and from the tedious process
of making charcoal isn’t really enough
for every family of Barangay Dolores, a
coastal village in the town of Nueva Valencia
and is found in the southwestern-most tip
of Guimaras Island in central Philippines.
Perhaps, the community just simply wants
to be true to its name, which in English
means “pains.”
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