DOT CONGRATULATES NEWLY APPOINTED RDC2 CHAIR AND CO-CHAIR

The Department of Tourism, Cagayan Valley and Northern Philippine Islands Region congratulates the newly appointed Regional Development Council (RDC) Chair, Isabela Governor Rodolfo T. Albano III and Co-Chair Blessida G. Diwa, DPA. The RDC2 Chair and Co-Chair took their oath in Malacanang on February 4 and February 6, 2020 respectively. Both were unanimously nominated by …

Cagayan Hosts International Conference on Homo Luzonensis

The National Museum in cooperation with the Province of Cagayan hosted a two-day International Conference on Homo Luzonensis and the Hominin Record of Southeast Asia on January 5-6, 2020 in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan.   The first day of the Conference discussed the implications of the discovery of the Homo Luzonensis on hominin evolutionary research. They …

Statement of the Department of Tourism (DOT) regarding nCoV

In light of the first confirmed case of novel coronavirus (nCoV) in the Philippines, the Department of Tourism (DOT) urges the public, locals and foreign tourists alike, to take the necessary precautions to minimize the risk of contracting the virus.   The DOT is confident that the heightened interventions performed by the Department of Transportation …

Sec. Puyat to grace 2020 Bambanti Festival

Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Fatima Romulo-Puyat is Guest of Honor and speaker during the Bambanti Festival on January 27-31, 2020 in Ilagan City, Isabela. Secretary Puyat will be speaking at the Festival and Street Dancing showdown on January 30 to be held at the Isabela Sports Complex.   The tourism chief, a frequent visitor …

Puyat eyes Isabela as top agro-ecotourism destination

ILAGAN CITY, ISABELA – Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said Isabela deserves to be regarded as one of the country’s premiere provinces for its very promising agriculture industry and richly-diverse natural attractions that make for a potential agro-ecotourism haven. “Your rich flora and fauna in the Sierra Madre Forest and Palanan rainforest, the Sta. Victoria Caves …