ILOILO CITY, April 5 -- The Department of Tourism (DOT) will provide support to the Iloilo International Airport privatization that the city government has been pushing for.

DOT Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco paid a courtesy call on Mayor Jerry P. Trenas at the city hall on Friday.

Trenas said he requested Frasco, who sits on the board of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), to fast-track the privatization proposal for the airport.

The DOT and CAAP serve as implementing agencies for the project.

"She promised to push for its (Iloilo International Airport) privatization," the mayor said.

The privatization of the airport would ensure the expansion of the runway to accommodate bigger planes and the terminal to avoi...