TOURISM Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat announced on Thursday the suspension of a controversial P80 million project that failed to go through public bidding and ordered that all projects under her term would be subject to proper procedures to arrest fears of corruption.

At the same time, Puyat said she talked to Tourism Promotion Board Chief Cesar Montano on Wednesday night about “Buhay Carinderia” and was told that he was following a practice where projects under the board were not bid out.

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