Postmaster named as tourism minister

Postmaster named as tourism minister

MANILA (AFP): President Fidel Ramos yesterday named Eduardo Pilapil, the Philippines' postmaster general, as the new secretary of the Tourism Department, replacing incumbent Vicente Carlos who has resigned.

Carlos' resignation is effective from July 4, ending a three- year tenure in the Ramos cabinet, and came at the insistence of his family so he could resume his law practice, Press Secretary Hector Villanueva said in a statement.

Pilapil, 54, was a former member of Congress and is the incumbent chief executive of the Philippine Postal Corp.