{"id":162762,"date":"2018-05-05T22:43:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T02:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=162762"},"modified":"2018-05-05T22:43:40","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T02:43:40","slug":"medialdea-to-review-dot-ptv-4-ad-placement-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/05\/05\/medialdea-to-review-dot-ptv-4-ad-placement-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Medialdea to review DOT-PTV 4 ad placement deal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Documents on the PHP60-million advertisement placement deal between the Department of Tourism (DOT) and state-run PTV 4 are already with Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea for examination, Malaca\u00f1ang said Saturday. (PCOO photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0— Documents on the PHP60-million advertisement placement deal between the Department of Tourism (DOT) and state-run PTV 4 are already with Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea for examination, Malaca\u00f1ang said Saturday.<\/p>\n

This was confirmed by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque after Special Assistant to the President Christopher \u201cBong\u201d Go bared it in an interview on Friday.<\/p>\n

Roque stressed that although there was no timeline for the review, the Duterte administration moved quickly when it came to investigating allegations against one of its Cabinet members.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are already on the table of Executive Secretary (Medialdea) and he is now studying them,\u201d he said in a press conference in Davao City.<\/p>\n

Roque, meanwhile, said that he had to check whether Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo\u2019s husband, Roberto, indeed remained as a board member of the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA), as stated in reports.<\/p>\n

Reports, however, said the tourism chief has previously acknowledged that her husband was a TIEZA board member.<\/p>\n

On the TIEZA website, Roberto is listed as representative for Travel and Tours Enterprises but was appointed by President Benigno Aquino III on Feb. 14, 2014.<\/p>\n

Critics called the two Teos being board members as a conflict of interest.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure if he\u2019s still with TIEZA but I will find out,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

Asked if Roberto should resign out of \u201cdelicadeza<\/em>\u201d, Roque said the question better be addressed to the tourism chief herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we are talking about\u00a0delicadeza<\/em>, it\u2019s for Secretary Teo to answer that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Malaca\u00f1ang assured that it will conduct its own investigation into the controversial ad placement deal.<\/p>\n

The COA, in a report published on its website last week, said last year, the DOT paid PHP60 million for the placement of ads in the PTV 4 show \u201cKilos Pronto\u201d, which is produced and hosted by Secretary Teo\u2019s brothers Ben and Erwin Tulfo.<\/p>\n

Its findings showed that there was no memorandum of agreement signed to air the ads.<\/p>\n

Teo denied reports that she signed a contract under a production company under her brothers, noting that it was a government-to-government contract that went through bidding.<\/p>\n

She said the ad placements were done at PTV-4\u2019s discretion since her brothers\u2019 show had high ratings.<\/p>\n

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