New Israeli envoy meets with Cebu biz leaders

CEBU CITY – New Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Rafael Harpaz met with Cebuano business leaders and discussed ways to boost economic cooperation between the two countries.

 

“I’m here in Cebu to further strengthen our economic relations with the Philippines,” Harpaz told reporters during his recent visit here where he met with members of the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

 

Harpaz, accompanied by his wife, Shulamit, and honorary consul Emily Chioson, said Cebu has also become a favorite tourist destination among Israelis, adding, more tour operators in Israel are promoting packaged holiday trips to the province. “The Philippines is easy to sell in Israel. This is why we encouraged the Philippine Airlines to open direct flights to Tel Aviv from Manila and vice versa,” he said.

 

He said these direct flights translate to economic growth for both countries through tourism because these would bring more Filipino pilgrims to the Holy Land and Israeli tourists to the beautiful islands of the Philippines.

 

More joint business ventures between Israel and the Philippines could also be forged with the opening of the direct Manila-Tel Aviv flights, he said.

 

Harpaz said the Israelis owe the Filipinos a great deal as the Philippines did not only open its doors for the more than a thousand Jews during the Holocaust, but was also the only Asian country to vote for the independence of Israel in the 1947 United Nations General Assembly.

 

Harpaz also met with Governor Hilario Davide III, Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, and Mandaue City Mayor Luigi Quisumbing.( Luel Galarpe)

 

 

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Cebu to impound ‘counter-flowing’ vehicles

CEBU CITY – The Cebu City Traffic Operations Management said it will begin impounding vehicles violating traffic rules, particularly those caught counter-flowing traffic here.

Francisco Ouano, chief of the Cebu City Traffic Operations Management, said they already formed mobile teams just for the purpose of apprehending violators of this newly-approved Executive Order (EO) of Mayor Tomas Osmeña.

“We will surely impound any vehicles, including motorcycles, caught counter-flowing the traffic in the city,” Ouano said. “The mayor said this is one way to discipline those motorists who cause traffic congestion because of their counter flowing.”

Osmeña signed the EO last week allowing traffic enforcers to impound for a month vehicles caught counter-flowing. “I just don’t want people to be abusing. There are several drivers who counter-flow and we are going to be very strict with these violators,” he said.

Violators of the EO will not only get his vehicle impounded but will also lose his driver’s license aside from paying a fine. Under the EO, motorcycle drivers using the sidewalks will also be apprehended.(Luel Galarpe)

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