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San Juan to sign sister-city agreement with Cebu City
- Source: http://www.visayandailystar.com/2015/July/20/businessnews2.htm
- Monday, July 20, 2015
- By Princess Dawn H. Felicitas
SAN Juan City in Metro Manila wants to enter into a sister-city relationship with Cebu City.
A delegation of 68 officials, department heads and section chiefs of San Juan City will arrive in Cebu City tomorrow for the signing of a memorandum of agreement.
The group will also have a study tour in Cebu City to learn about its best practices. This includes basic services, disaster management and environmental protection.
“We have chosen your city as a venue of our study tour as we are aware that your city has been given numerous recognitions by different entities for your best practices,” said San Juan City Mayor Guia Gomez in a letter to Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama.
Recently, the City has been awarded by the National Competitiveness Council of the Philippines as the 3rd Most Competitive City among the highly urbanized cities in the country.
- Study tour
In an interview yesterday, Secretary to the Mayor Belinda Navascues said they have already prepared four sessions for the San Juan City delegates for their study tour.
The sessions will be held from 1:00 in the afternoon up to 4:00 in the afternoon tomorrow at the Social Hall of the Cebu City Hall.
Navascues said programs of the City Government for basic services, disaster management and environmental protection will be discussed.
“As of now, we are still preparing our presentation but it will be finished tomorrow,” she said yesterday.
At 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Navascues said, San Juan City and Cebu City will sign their sister-city agreement in one of the hotels in the city.
If approved, San Juan City will be the 14th sister-city of Cebu City in the country.
Cebu City’s sister-cities include Manila City, Santa Josefa in Agusan del Sur, Calamba in Laguna, Angeles City in Pampanga, Tangub City in Misamis Occidental, Ormoc City, Talisay City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City, Palayan City, Toledo City and Laoag City.