888: COVERING a NEW FORUM FOR THE FIRST TIME
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888 NEWS Forum organized by the National Association of Independent Travel Agencies (Naitas), 888 News Forum takes place every Tuesday, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Marco Polo Plaza Hotel (its current home) and tackles relevant issues on various topics, including tourism, infrastructure, current events, politics, local government concerns, and a lot more. 888 News Forum has become a reliable gathering of legitimate media personalities in Cebu. Reporters who are regular participants of the news forum are those from the Manila Bulletin, Business Mirror, SunStar Daily, The Freeman, Cebu Daily News, GMA 7, ABS-CBN, CCTN-47, and several radio stations, including RMN DYHP Cebu.
Hosted by Prof. Ricky Rama Poca, 888 News Forum gets the answers to pressing questions straight from the sources and authorities. Personalities that have guested at the 888 News Forum include Tourism Secretary Ace Durano, Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmena, Bohol Governor Erico Aumentado, Police Regional Office 7 Directors Ronald Roderos and Lani-O Nerez, regional directors of government agencies, and a lot more.
Both excitement and nerves came gushing in, but the feeling of fitting in came into mind and so there I was, my first time. The guest speakers were the people from Police Regional Office of Region 7. I’ve written about the status report of the crime rate of Cebu for the year as compared to that of last year. From then on, I was looking forward to new forums that will be assigned to me.
