President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Secretary Emmanuel Piñol of the Mindanao Development Authority to take charge of the rehabilitation of thousands of evacuees from the recent fire in Jolo, Sulu.
Mindanao products will soon be marketed in the US market, particularly among the Filipino-American communities in Los Angeles, California.
An agreement to tap high-value international markets that would benefit Mindanao’s fresh mango producers was formed at the recently-concluded Mindanao Fresh Mango Producers forum.
Barter trading in Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi is expected to start next month, according to officials of the Mindanao Development Authority.