TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte – The Boy Scouts of the Philippines Leyte Chapter’s hosting of the 51st Boy Scouts of the Philippines Annual National Meeting is seen as a good move to booster the development of the tourism industry in the province of Leyte.

Congresswoman Remedios Petilla who is the Chairperson of the organizing committee for the affair said that the BSP National Annual Meeting will be held on May 22-25, 2007 at the Leyte Academic Center in Palo, Leyte.

The Annual National Meeting which is expected to be participated in by the 109 BSP Councils in the country numbering to about 500 to 800 delegates, is anchored on the theme “One World, One Promise.”

Congresswoman Petilla called for the cooperation and support of all the people of Leyte in order to ensure the success of the National Meeting. She said that the coming of visitors is favorable to the economy of the locality and will help boost the development of the local tourism industry.

Considering the enormous task ahead and with the objective of providing the best to the forthcoming visitors, Representative Petilla this early, has called for the first general organizational meeting with all the proposed committee chairpersons on March 3, 2007 at the Leyte SMED Center at the Provincial Capitol Grounds.

Working committees have been mobilized in order to ensure the smooth organization of all the activities. The Physical Arrangement, General and Technical Services Committee is composed of Mr. Antonio Chan, Engr. Nelson D. Bernardo, and Engr. Robert Lugnasin while the Committee on Transportation is composed of LTO Director Raul Aguilos and the Leyte Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The Committee on Invitation on hosted activities is composed of by DepEd Director Sol Matugas and Dr. Aurora Villarente; the Entertainment and Souvenir Items Committee is headed by Vice Governor Mimietta Bagulaya with Provincial Agriculturist Loreto Yu and Mr. Edgardo Panares and the Committee on Logistics is manned by Board Members Lesmes Lumen and Vangie Esperas.

Other committees include the Promotion, Publicity and Documentation Committee headed by PIA Director Olive Tiu, Ms. Francisca Custodio, Mr. Dalmacio Grafil, and Atty. Leo Giron.; the Security, Emergency and Traffic Committee composed of the PNP Regional and Provincial Directors; the Committee on Food Preparations with Mrs. Clotilde Malatbalat and Mr. Louie Fernandez; the Sales and Trade Fair headed by DTI Director Cynthia Nierras and the Ways and Means Committee composed Hon. Wilson Uy, Mayor Roque Tiu and PRC Director Gerry Palabyab.