Newly-appointed Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat asked all undersecretaries and assistant secretaries of the Department of Tourism (DOT) to step down from their posts.
Puyat’s order to the top executives of the DOT would enable her to have full control in executing the tasks given to her by President Rodrigo Duterte.
In a memorandum, Puyat said: “In the exigency of service, and in order to give the undersigned a free hand to perform the mandate given to her by the President, all incumbent undersecretaries and assistant secretaries of this Department are hereby directed to tender their unqualified courtesy resignations to the President, through the undersigned, starting on May 15, 2018 to May 21, 2018.”
Puyat released the order right after taking oath at the Malacañang Palace on May 14. She replaced Wanda Tulfo-Teo who resigned due to the P60-million DOT advertisement scandal.
DAILY NEWS ROUND UP FOR 05/ 16 /18