ALBURQUERQUE INTERPRETIVE CENTER LAUNCHED
ALBURQUERQUE INTERPRETIVE CENTER: Msgr. Oscar Pajo blesses Bohol’s first interpretive center in Alburquerque, a joint project of the Municipal and barangay LGUs; Calamay Makers Association of Ponong; Basacdacu Loom Weavers Association; Sta, Felomina Broom Makers Association; Bohol Association of NGOs (BANGON); and Bohol Local Development Foundation (BLDF). The center will serve as outlet for the various handicraft and food products produced in the municipality under the Community-Managed Ecological-Cultural Tourism (COMET) Project assisted by the Philippines-Australia Community Assistance Project (PACAP) and implemented by BLDF.
Photo shows, from right, Mayor Cirilo Jalad; Leila Café, municipal planning and development coordinator and representatives from various support government agencies, private sector institutions and NGOs. Among those who attended include: Billy Tongco, representative of Cong. Edgar Chatto; Dr. Carolyn Daquio, ATI Director; May Blanco, PACAP Provincial Coordinator; Norris Oculam, President, Bohol Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Eulalie Albuladora and Domiciano Formentera of PACAPs sustainable agriculture project and Atty. Joel Zamora, administrative officer of CVSCAFT, and member of Provincial Stakeholders Committee.