Face-saving Bertie
| FRONTLINE |
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
Bertie Lim, Tourism secretary, resigned yesterday, and his Black and White (BW) group quickly claimed that Lim was the victim of attacks from enemies with “powerful vested interests,” that it hinted broadly were linked to oppositors of the open skies policy.
That’s crap, but trust the BW to always come up with crap to make its members’ forced resignation look like martyrdom.
Lim was hardly a competent Tourism secretary and he really did not have the experience, especially marketing and administrative experience, to tackle the job.
Just what experience did he have prior to getting the tourism portfolio? He is said to have managed a small resort in Palawan, El Nido, where he didn’t stay too long either, perhaps due to his not having succeeded in making the resort a profitable business..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110813com2.html
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