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==Foreign traders come to Maguindanao as peace talks near completion== | |||
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=3&rid=590961 | |||
*Tuesday, November 26, 2013 | |||
:(PNA), LAP/NYP/EOF | |||
KIDAPAWAN CITY, Nov. 26 (PNA) -- With peace expected to soon reign in Maguindanao as a result of the ongoing peace process between the government and Moro rebels, foreign investors also started to come to the province, officials said Tuesday. | |||
Foreign investors will start propagating Cavendish bananas in January next year in undeveloped yet natural-rich vast track of lands in Maguindanao, a few kilometers from the site of the 2009 Maguindanao massacre. | |||
According to Makmod Mending, Jr., regional secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, the ARMM is supporting the venture. | |||
Maguindanao Governor Esmael Toto Mangudadatu said his invitation was welcomed and accepted by a Malaysian-Costa Rican fruit company Univex. | |||
In Janauary, the Univex and its local partner, the Al-Mujahidon, will put up the banana plantation. | |||
Costa Rican businessman Gonzalo Hernandez, who met with Mangudadatu and other provincial officials over the weekend, said his firm would like to help create job in the province with the belief that when people are employed and have decent livelihood, they do not commit crimes. | |||
Muslim religious leader Abdulwahid Sumaoang and businessmen Edward Bullicer were representatives of Al-Mujahidon. | |||
Seeing employment opportunities for Maguindanao residents and economic improvement in the ARMM, Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman has immediately directed line agencies to extend necessary assistance in the establishment of the banana plantation in Ampatuan, Maguindanao. | |||
“We appreciate the efforts of provincial leadership in Maguindanao in bringing in foreign investors and providing employment opportunities,” Mending said. | |||
"We see more investors coming in with the government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front peace process nearing completion," Mending said. | |||
“We really appreciate the support of Mangudadatu administration, the local sectors and government line agencies," Bullicer said. | |||
Maguindanao is not new to Cavendish banana venture. About a decade ago, the first foreign investment on banana came to Datu Paglas, Maguindanao pioneered by Arab, Italian and Israeli traders in partnership. | |||
==ARMM relief teams aid Muslim affected families in Tacloban== | ==ARMM relief teams aid Muslim affected families in Tacloban== | ||
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=590586 | *Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=590586 | ||
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Ahsmha Sulayman, who hails from Lanao del Sur, lauded the ARMM relief team because the presence of ARMM workers and volunteers made them felt they were home. | Ahsmha Sulayman, who hails from Lanao del Sur, lauded the ARMM relief team because the presence of ARMM workers and volunteers made them felt they were home. | ||
==ARMM to showcase unity and culture in its 24th anniversary== | ==ARMM to showcase unity and culture in its 24th anniversary== | ||