Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco will be taking a break from her duties to “spend time with her young family” following fallout over the Department of Tourism’s use of stock footage from other countries in a promotional video. READ:
“Any insinuation to the contrary is false,” the DOT said.
Some news outfits reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources, that Frasco was going abroad with her family, including her husband, Cebu Rep. Duke Frasco, but neither Frasco nor the DOT confirmed this. Presidential Communications Secretary Cheloy Velicaria Garafil on Tuesday confirmed that Frasco filed her leave of absence on that day.Frasco is expected to report back to work in time for President Marcos’ second State of the Nation Address on July 24.
“DOT has undersecretaries who can represent the department in the hearings, especially the officer in charge during her leave,” Pimentel told the Inquirer.In three public events this month, the DOT chief, a daughter of Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia, had dodged questions from reporters about the fiasco.
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