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Airing of Miss Universe pageant in PHL gets time slot

DAVAO CITY — The Philippines’ hosting of the next prestigious Miss Universe pageant on Jan. 30, 2017 (Monday, Manila time) will be aired live in all TV networks at around 8:00 am to 9:00 am, a tourism official said.

Department of Tourism (DOT) Undersecretary for Media Affairs Kat De Castro made this confirmation in a press conference in Davao City on Saturday urging those interested on seeing the pageant in the Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena to “come early.”

De Castro said that an inter-agency task force composed of the DOT, the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Department of Transportation (DOTr), the Department of Finance (DOF) was also formed to make sure the staging of the pageant runs smoothly.

She noted that the DOTr and the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will make sure that traffic is kept at the minimum during the pageant.

“One of the orders of President (Rodrigo) Duterte is when we do the final show, people will not experience traffic because it’s happening on a Monday morning,” de Castro said.

The pageant’s ancillary events will meanwhile be held in other parts of the country including Davao, Bicol, Cebu and Vigan. There will also be photoshoots done in Baguio, Palwan, Siargao, Tacloban and Iloilo.

Last Nov. 16, major partners signed an agreement to secure the Philippine hosting of the pageant in the Philippines.

DOT earlier said that the private sector would shoulder production costs of the pageant, estimated at USD11 to USD15 million.

Official host of the prestigious pageant will be the DOT and group of former Ilocos Sur governor Luis Chavit Singson, LCS Holdings, while its partners include Okada Manila, Solar Entertainment Inc. and SM Lifestyle Entertainment Inc.

The Philippines already hosted the Miss Universe pageant twice, in 1974 and 1994. Azer Parrocha/PNA- Northernforum.net

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