The Bohol provincial government and the Municipality of Carmen are discussing measures to protect the iconic Chocolate Hills while sustaining tourism, including concerns over trees obstructing visitors’ views and the proposed sharing of entrance fee revenues.
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P6.3M pag-ayo sa Choco Hills, tampohan sa Carmen, Bohol
Gibanabana nga mapundohan sa Kapitolyo ug sa local nga kagamhanan sa Carmen ang P6.3 milyones nga gikinahanglan sa pag-paayo sa naguba nga dalan pasaka sa Chocolate Hills.
Carmen Choco Hills tourist arrivals sa Oktubre misaka
Gikan sa 65 mil ka turista nga ming-suroy sa Chocolate Hills niadtong Agosto, nikunhod kini ngadto na sa 50 mil sa buwan sa Septembre apan sa hinapos sa Oktubre, miabut na usab sa 59 mil ang tourist arrivals.
DOT 7 to Bohol: diversify, look beyond beaches, choco, tarsier
With Bohol’s online tourism billboards centered on beaches, Chocolate Hills and the tarsiers, Department of Tourism -7 Assistant Regional Director (DOT-7 ARD) Gelena Asis Dimpas told Boholano stakeholders to diversify and look beyond that is readily available, beyond the curated itineraries.
Suspension Lifted: Mayor Che is back in office
Carmen Mayor Conchita “Che” Toribio-Delos Reyes reported back to work on Wednesday, Oct. 2, also her birthday, after a four-month suspension due to the Chocolate Hills controversies.
Bohol solons to meet Captain’s Peak manager
Bohol’s lady lawmakers in the House of Representatives are set to meet this week with the manager of the controversial Captain’s Peak Resort apparently to iron out kinks relative to its operations.
Aris vows to sue DENR if it okays devt w/o compliance
Now being conscious and “lesson learned” from his being preventively suspended by the Ombudsman, Gov. Aris Aumentado vows to take legal action against the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) if he finds any lapse(s) perpetrated by the agency allowing any project of private or private development without compliance of the requirements.
Ombudsman lifts suspension of Aumentado, 30 other gov’t officials
The Office of the Ombudsman lifted the preventive suspension of Gov. Erico Aristotle Aumentado and 30 other government officials as of July 31, 2024.
Village chiefs ‘clueless’ on suspension over Chocolate Hills fiasco
They diligently attended management board meetings of the protected area where their barangays belong, they haggled with the environment department representatives to keep their people from getting evicted from their lands they owned since time immemorial, and for that, they get a six months suspension.
Aris: ‘I shall return’
Bohol Gov. Erico Aris Aumentado said he would return after the Office of the Ombudsman suspended him and other 68 officials for six months.
Ombudsman suspends Bohol Governor Aris Aumentado, 68 other officials
The Ombudsman has placed Bohol Gov. Aris Aumentado and other 68 government officials under a preventive suspension in connection with the controversial resort in inside the Chocolate Hills.
DENR: 558 Chocolate Hills establishments without required documents
A total of 558 establishments within Chocolate Hills are operating without the proper documents, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) reported on Monday.