ARMM sets first int'l business confab in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi

ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 4 (PNA) -– The Department of Trade and Industry-Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DTI-ARMM) has scheduled the holding of a two-day business conference in the province of Tawi-Tawi.

The event, dubbed as the 1st ARMM International Business Conference, is set to be held from June 17-18 at the Sandbar Lepa Convention Center in Pasiagan, Bongao municipality.

DTI-ARMM Secretary Sakiran Hajan said the event is anchored on the theme: “Strengthening Public-Private Partnership Towards Economic Stability in ARMM.”

Hajan said the event is aimed to serve as an avenue to show participants the business and tourism potentials of Tawi-Tawi and the entire ARMM.

Hajan said it will also serve as guide for stakeholders where and on what business they could invest.

Hajan said the two-day event will be preceded by a trade fair and exhibits, which will be held Monday, June 16.

He said that several business stakeholders as well as from the tourism industry have been invited as resource persons in the two-day business confab.

He said that other top personalities like Senator Paolo Benigno Aquino, IV, DTI Sec.

Gregory Domingo and ARMM Gov. Mujiv Hataman will also grace the business event. (PNA)
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