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PROJECT. Gov. Erico Aumentado leads the ground breaking
ceremony of the Galilea Center for Education and Development
in barangay Looc, Panglao town yesterday. Benefactors
and migrant workers in Korea grace the ceremony of the
center which is scheduled for completion in November this
year. Foto DANNY REYES |
Boholano
contract workers who have been out of the province to earn
a living abroad could be one of the best investors who can
propel development here.
This
was the point stressed by Gov. Erico Aumentado yesterday when
he keynoted the ground breaking ceremonies of the Galilea
Center for Education and Development, a pilot project of migrant
workers based in Korea which has set its operations to commence
November this year.
The
governor said that the thrust of the center which is to reintegrate
these OFWs to their respective families is a very laudable
undertaking as this augurs the fulfillment of a social responsibility
in bringing home, uniting these family members after years
of physically separated due to their work commitments abroad.
Gov.
Aumentado who remains the number one "salesman"
of the province said that the pioneering venture of the center
which is under the Vision for a Better Tomorrow Multi-Purpose
Coop. is worth duplicated by other Boholano groups all over
the world.
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"This
type of project will be hitting two birds with a stone,"
the governor said as these OFWs
investments will help fuel the economic activities of
the province and at the same help promote tourism.
As
part of his commitment, the governor committed to asphalt
the road access to the center from the highway in barangay
Looc, Panglao town .
Fr.
Eugene Docoy, an SVD priest from Loay town, who works
for the migrant apostolate for the past 13 years bared
that 63 migrant workers in Korea are behind this project
while being supported by Koreans who are convinced on
the viability of providing these facilities in the province.The
center will become the venue for training, seminars
and workshops cum medium end inland resort.
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Dr.
Agapita Salces, business manager presented the project which
includes duplex houses and facilities for conferences and
workshops.
Former
Board Member Billy Tongco who represented Rep. Edgar Chatto
said that the solon is making available his office for support
to the project. Chatto is the outgoing chairman of the House
committee on tourism.
For
his part, Chairman Peter Dejaresco of the Provincial Tourism
Council (PTC) expressed optimism that the project is implemented
"in the right time and the right place," Bohol being
a prime tourist destination. Secondly, it is a welcome note
especially that the center is located in Panglao town which
is the tourists' haven that needs additional room facilities.
Nimfa
Lloren who has been working along this line said this center
will become pioneering landmark of such development being
funded by migrant workers. She welcomed the project as an
eye opener for other migrant groups to adopt.
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