Branding of Tourism and Investment Workshop held

Davao de Oro Province---Barely 2 months after finally gaining its identity as the “Golden Province,” the Province of Davao de Oro through the Tourism and Investments Promotion Division in partnership with Information Division held a two-day Branding of Tourism and Investments Workshop at the Vice-Governor Conference Room, Legislative Building, Provincial Capitol of Davao de Oro on February 27-28, 2020.

The workshop was attended by the Municipal Information Officers of the 11 municipalities, Chairperson of Municipal Tourism Council, Local Economic Investment Promotion Officer, Business Permit and Licensing Officer, representative from the Municipal Planning Office and Chairperson of Business Chambers.

The workshop aims to establish a distinctive brand identity and tagline for each municipality in terms of promoting their place for tourism and investment and, since the province of Davao de Oro is composed of 11 municipalities distinctly having their own natural uniqueness in terms of environmental and economic endowments bestowed upon them which could be the foundation for the whole Davao de Oro to retain its brilliance amongst other provinces.

Before coming up with their respective branding, each municipality undergone a process of determining their municipality’s unique strength in a bird’s a view and taking account concrete gifts which asserts their significance from the pool of the best places on earth.

On the second day, branding for investments in the various municipalities were focused in the workshop, promoting business ventures that would hype up their marketing, adding identity to their products, setting them apart from other business ventures outgrowing to gaining people’s side and loyalty.

Soon enough, the whole province of Davao de Oro will completely engrave its golden brand offering more employment opportunities for all dabaweños, creating additional demand for goods and services paving the way for a sustainable economic development for the golden province. 

(Jasteen Abella, ID DAVAO DE ORO)

World-renowned curator workshop in ComVal

The Provincial Government of Compostela Valley thru the Provincial Women Development Council (PWDC), led by Ms. Sholai Lim, spearheads a workshop on Mindanao Traditional Art on June 24, 2019 at The Big 8 Hotel, Tagum City.

The workshop was conducted by Independent Curator Marian Pastor Roces who introduced the participant to the categories of art created by peoples of Mindanao in centuries past. The workshop also draws from knowledge gained in museum collections all over the world that hold Philippine materials and covered discussions on types, materials, techniques and systems of meaning, among others. She also addressed questions and challenges facing designers and challenged them about making an identity in general.  

Ms. Roces is a famed Filipino curator, author, and founder and president of TAO, Inc., the sole museum development corporation in the Philippines, according to her online profile. She currently heads the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (GAMABA). Among others, she curated the Philippine Pavilions for World Expos in 2006, 2008, and 2010--- with the first two Expos awarded with Gold Prizes for Best Designed Pavilion.

The one-day event was attended by the PLGU Comval offices from the Tourism, Information, Office of the IP Mandatory Representative (IPMR), national agencies of the Department of Trade and Industry, National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP),  IP Mandaya Work of New Bataan, Mandaya Council of Elders, Comval Artisan, Davao Fashion and Design Council, Inc (DFDC), and Comval’s pride—designer Cheri-Lou Rabanoz Aranjuez.   

“The workshop is an eye-opener, not knowing that we are Austronesians. It made me realize that we are all one. We are brothers and we must treat each other as one. That if we work with each other we must do the Austronesian way of maintaining the balance, “ said Dodjie Batu, President of the DFDC.

He appreciated much the workshop, most especially that the activity was able to extend, not only participants from the province, but also coming from their area in Davao. “This will benefit me in such a way that I understand now how to deal with our brothers and sisters in doing the designs and how to put it in contemporary designs,” he added. (fe maestre/id comval)

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The Provincial Government of Compostela Valley thru the Provincial Women Development Council (PWDC), led by Ms. Sholai Lim, spearheads a workshop on Mindanao Traditional Art on June 24, 2019 at The Big 8 Hotel, Tagum City. The workshop was conducted by Independent Curator Marian Pastor Roces. (ID Comval)