00:01Cristina Garcia Frasco is no longer the Philippines's tourism chief.
00:05Malacanang confirms Thursday, March 12, Frasco is now the Presidential Advisor for Sustainable and Resilient Communities.
00:12Frasco was a former mayor of Lilluan Town in Cebu Province.
00:15She has been tourism chief since the beginning of the Marcos administration.
00:19In recent months, Frasco received flak for the department's failure to hit its targets,
00:23as well as her photos taking center stage in the department's social media posts and promotions.
00:28Sen. Rafi Tulfo called her out during a Senate Tourism Committee hearing for excessive self-promotion.
00:34Frasco says her face appears often on DOT materials because it shows her doing her job.
00:40The palace also says Thursday, the tourism department will be headed temporarily by Undersecretary Verna Buensuceso.
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