People's organization conducts Trade Fair
The Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP)- Visayas Regional Office, in coordination with the Ilonggo Producers Association (IPA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), will conduct a trade fair dubbed "People's Organizations Regional Trade Fair (PORT Fair)" to be held on 23-29 January 2006 at the Activity Center of SM City, Benigno Aquino Avenue (Diversion road), Mandurriao, Iloilo City.
The week-long fair will feature products of the more than 30 people's organization organized by the PBSP in the region along with the products of the 55 producers of the IPA. Products include bags and baskets, novelty items, fresh and processed foods, furniture and furnishings, bamboo products, ornamental plants, and a lot more.
Opening of the fair will be on the 23rd of January at 2:00PM. To grace the affair are PBSP Visayas Area Officer-in-Charge Danilo M. Cerence and IPA President Valerie Maravilla. Expected to come are Iloilo Governor Niel D. Tupaz, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treņas, Regional Directors of the different government agencies such as Dominic P. Abad of DTI and Iloilo Provincial Director Diosdado P. Cadena Jr., Buen Mondejar of TESDA, and Edwin Trompeta of DOT, among others. Everyone is invited to come and visit the fair. (Ruby M. Melliza)