City officials are proposing to take over operations of the Gardens of Malasag Eco-Tourism Village to prevent its closure and protect workers’ jobs.<\/p>\n
Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) currently run the park. Reports of its potential shutdown prompted the city’s intervention.<\/p>\n
City Councilor Joyleen Mercedes Balaba, who chairs the committee on tourism, said the closure would negatively affect workers, particularly Indigenous people who perform and staff the facility.<\/p>\n
“We hope the national agencies can come to an agreement that will preserve Malasag Eco-Tourism Village and protect the livelihoods of its workers,” Balaba said.<\/p>\n
She assured the city government possesses both the capacity and interest to revitalize the site, aligning it with broader local tourism plans.<\/p>\n
TIEZA reportedly struggles to sustain rental payments for the DENR-owned property. The current memorandum of agreement between the two agencies expires on Dec. 3, 2025.<\/p>\n
Established in 1991, the Gardens of Malasag Eco-Tourism Village has long served as a flagship city attraction, known for its scenic views, cultural exhibits and nature-based amenities. (PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
City leaders hope that the takeover will lead to better maintenance, stronger promotions, and renewed community engagement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-employee-engagement"],"zyndk8_nxtgen_metadata":{"nxtgen_comments":[{"1309":"save malasag \ud83c\udf3f\ud83c\udf3f\r","1310":"big help to workers pag city na mag manage \ud83d\ude0a\ud83c\udf3f\r","1311":"malasag is one of cdo\u2019s heart spots \ud83d\udc9a\ud83c\udf04\r","1312":"this is a big win for local tourism if matuloy \ud83c\udf04\ud83c\udf3c\r"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greeninc.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greeninc.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greeninc.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greeninc.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greeninc.ph\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/greeninc.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greeninc.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greeninc.ph\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greeninc.ph\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greeninc.ph\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}