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Camsur. Camfalse? C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S Jonathan De la Cruz 08/03/2011

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Camsur. Camfalse?

C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S
Jonathan De la Cruz
08/03/2011
CamSun.CamSand.CamSur is the catchy appellation which Camarines Sur Gov. Luis Raymund “LRay” Villafuerte and his marketing team have come out with in a bid to cement the province’s standing as the country’s prime tourist destination. They have apparently succeeded with this sales pitch. The province continues to attract loads of tourists and is now on track to secure even more as it bids to move up the “tourism totem pole “eyeing events including such top notch activities as the Iron Man contest and, yes, the much coveted AD Congress.

Which is why I am saddened by their latest antic denigrating the processes which brought House Bill 4728 proposing the division of the province with the creation of a new one, Nueva Camarines, which incorporates the towns in the province’s 4th and 5th districts. They have gone to town claiming that the bill was railroaded through the House of Representatives purportedly on the prodding of its principal author, Deputy Speaker Arnulfo Fuentebella, who has apparently a running feud with the governor over a number of issues relative to the province’s operations..... MORE

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