Cebu will again play host to participants of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) with transportation and energy ministerial meetings scheduled in Cebu starting next week.
Ambassador Ma. Angelina Sta. Catalina, APEC deputy director general for conference services, said the Provincial Capitol and the Cebu city government will host welcome dinners for APEC delegates at the social hall of the Capitol and at Fort San Pedro, the country’s oldest and smallest triangular fort.
“You can see, the APEC (national organizing council) is looking at the use of historical sites to promote Cebu not only for tourism, but as a destination for investment, a destination where things can happen,” she said .
Cebu City was the venue of almost 90 meetings for the Third Senior Officials’ Meeting and other related meetings from Aug. 21 to Sept. 6.
“Cebu has had the most number of meetings for APEC,” said Sta Catalina who visited the Capitol on Tuesday to check facilities.
The transportation ministerial meeting organized by the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) is from Oct. 8 to 10 while the energy ministerial meeting led by the
Department of Energy (DOE) is on Oct. 13 and 14 at Mactan’s Shangri-la Island Resort and Spa.
The domed Capitol building, completed in 1938, was designed by architect Juan Arellano, who also worked on the the National Museum of the Philippines and the Manila Central Post Office.
The Capitol, which bears some resemblance to the White House in Washington D.C., was completed during the term of Cebu governor Buenaventura Rodriguez.