Incoming Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat on Wednesday said he was instructed by President Rodrigo Duterte to stop perceived corruption in the agency she is about to head.

Puyat was an Agriculture undersecretary until her appointment as the new Department of Tourism (DoT) secretary after Wanda Tulfo-Teo resigned from her post over the placement of P60 million-advertisement of the department on her brothers’ TV show Kilos Pronto.

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