TAGBILARAN CITY —- Some displaced tourism workers in Loboc town in Bohol opted not to claim their rice assistance from the provincial government after they found out that these smelled moldy and infested with “bukbok” (weevil).
At least 180 packs of rice, which contained 10 kilos each, were left inside the Loboc Tourism Building since no beneficiaries came to get their subsidy.
Loboc Mayor Leon Calipusan said at least 1,076 workers in the town’s tourism industry, who were affected by the coronavirus disease pandemic, were the supposed beneficiaries.
Loboc, known as the music capital of Bohol, is the home of the world-renowned Loboc Children’s Choir and the Loboc River Cruise, whic…
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