THE provincial government of Leyte is planning to host this year the One Visayas convention of the Regional Development Councils of Western Central and Eastern Visayas. Because of the absence of large venues in Tacloban and Palo, Gov. Carlos Jericho L. Petilla said the activity may be held in other cities in the region like Ormoc, Leyte or Maasin, Southern Leyte.
Participants who gather to the annual One Visayas come from local governments, line agencies, state colleges and universities, and private sector groups of Regions 6, 7 and 8. Previous One Visayas activities were Cebu held at Cebu International Convention Center and Gerry Roxas Foundation Convention Center in Roxas City.
“We really would like to have One Visayas held here in 2011 and we’ll just look for a good venue for that,” said Gov. Petilla, the new chairman of the Regional Development Council (RDC) in Eastern Visayas. The activity is seen to promote the business, tourism and economic potentials of Leyte and Region 8.
RDC-8 already hosted one activity of One Visayas in 2010 dubbed as Visayas Health at Leyte Park Hotel in Tacloban. The RDC 8, played host to the affair in partnership with the Department of Health (DOH)-Center for Health Development under Regional Dir. Edgardo Gonzaga. Other One Visayas activities are the Climate Change Summit as well as Culture and Arts Festival that were held in Cebu and Roxas Cities.
One Visayas is the brainchild of and is led by the chairpersons of the RDCs of each of the three regions: Antique Gov. Sally Perez, Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia and Samar Rep. Mel Senen Sarmiento for Region 8 who formerly chaired RDC-8. (PMRC)
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