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He told us they have been engaged in dialogue with FECTAB so he was surprised that they held a press conference when a meeting has been planned for Monday:..

Valdemar Andrade, Director - Cruise Initiatives, BTB
"We had engage NICH who had then invited them to a meeting the coming Monday right here which they had not responded and so we had an agreement from them to engage in that meeting to try to find a resolution to this matter. In my opinion we don't have the benefit of that meeting and I think it would have been good for us to be able to have that meeting. I think for the mere fact that NICH schedule a meeting saying I am open to hearing your side on this matter and that we can engage and find a resolution or a solution."

Jules Vasquez
"They are saying that these polices were produced or the policy was produced without adequate consultation with the stakeholders and it in fact illustrates an ignorance of how things actually operates in the caves."

Valdemar Andrade
"I can't speak to the details of what the consultation sessions were, but I do know that the Bureau of Standards has certain policies and pre-requisites. Before anything goes to gazette there has to be public consultations, so I do know that there were public consultations. I don't have a list in front of me of who all attended that."

Jules Vasquez
"These long time operators; we have Vitalino Reyes, Yohnny Rosado, Tom Greenwood, others. If these long time operators weren't consulted, who was consulted?"

Valdemar Andrade
"I can't speak to who was consulted at this time Jules, but definitely as I said NICH has invited all of us to a meeting on Monday."

Andrade says he does not know if FECTAB will attend Monday's meeting.