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Outstanding Governorship Award 2017

ENVIRONMENT TOURISM

Foremost among continuing programs marked to be sustained is the Noteworthy, also, is the invigorated tourism development thrusts
Provincial Government’s comprehensive thrust to preserve, protect and sustained or initiated with zeal that has propelled CamSur to a forefront
enhance the environment bannered by the El Verde Movement, a multi- position among top tourist destinations in the Philippines. Gov. Migz
faceted project principally designed as centerpiece of Governor Villafuerte’s ordered for the full renovation of the Camsur Watersports Complex which
advocacy to mitigate the effects and adapt to the global climate change maintains its title as the best and most progressive wakepark in the world.
crisis coupled with an objective of eventually transforming CamSur into the The park now features new rails and unique setups that are first of its kind
greenest, cleanest and most environment-friendly province in Asia. in the world. Under his leadership, the province welcomed the international
Governor Migz Villafuerte’s advocacies and initiatives have risen to TV series, Survivor, who once again, chose the Caramoan Peninsula as the
national attention and even being emulated by several provinces. Along the setting for their high-grossing show. He also developed a new approach
way his efforts has earned him, after serving as governor for barely a year, to CamSur’s holistic tourism program, making the province the Adventure
the prestigious designation as Philippines Climate Change Ambassador, an Capital of the country. Surely the world will need to watch out for the all-
honor he is very grateful for and an responsibility he is very keen to comply. new CamSur Adventure program of the Provincial Government.
For Governor Villafuerte, it does not matter how young one is as long as
HEALTH the will to serve is strong within him. He is the living testament that age does
not matter in public service. For him, one can never be too young to serve
Health services has also remained at the forefront of Governor others. It’s time for the youth to rise up, serve, lead and make things happen!
Villafuerte’s priority advocacies, including the rehabilitation, modernization,
and expansion of 12 Rural Health Units and 12 provincially operated District
Hospitals. Recently, the governor received as donation P100M worth of
medical supplies and equipment from Michigan, USA. That is only the first
batch out of ten shipments totaling to over P200 M. The medical resources
will be distributed throughout the 12 District Hospitals. He continues to
seek more partnership with local and international organizations to
provide better healthcare services in the province. It Is also important to
mention that his major project for health, the planned Provincial Hospital,
to be situated in Bula, has already been included in DOH National Budget
and is scheduled to start construction in 2015.

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