By Bernard Ver Contributor General Santos City —The Piddig municipal government fronted by Mayor Georgina Salazar-Guillen shared their own ingenuities in a forum on good governance and convergence project the Provincial Government of Sarangani hosted on July 24, 2018. The forum is about the “inclusive business” approach in local government that sets models and plans for private investments as part of the enduring programs of Sarangani Governor Steve Chongbian Solon. Engineer Eddie Guillen, former Piddig mayor and now a consultant for his town, shared expertise he experienced in agribusiness, especially the remarkable convergence project of the town focusing on coffee production and how the Piddig made it as a tool for sustainable development of the town. Mr. Guillen first discussed the major problems in an LGU: increasing poverty rate, lack of medical assistance, poor disaster response, peace and order, untapped land resources, food security and low product
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