REPORT BY MICHAEL MEDINA
AMID the financial crisis besetting the world today, certain investors have come to put up their booming businesses in Zamboanga Peninsula.
Nick Nacaytuna of Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Dipolog City said example of this observation is POMS Venture Corporation (PVCorp).
PVCorp, a manufacturer and exporter of high-grade quality crude and refined coconut oil products, has put up a processing plant for dried mango and mango puree at the Provincial Agri-Industrial Center (PAIC) in Irasan, Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte.
Its products are now being sold here and abroad.
Asia Milk and Cream Inc., a company owned by an Indian national, likewise showed interest in putting up a dairy plant in Dipolog City.
With these developments, Nacaytuna surmised business activities in Zamboanga Peninsula have perked up despite the economic downturn that sweeps across the world.
With the favorable peace and order condition in the province more particularly in the cities of Dipolog and Dapitan coupled with the proximity to the markets in the Visayas, more businessmen are expected to come and start investing here, he said.
In Pagadian, during the launching program of the National Disaster Consiousness Month, PNP Reg. Dir. C/Supt. Angelo Sunglao said that Zamboanga Peninsula enjoys big investor confidence, citing for example the establishment of a 24-hour operation of the Rural Transit Mindanao Inc. (RTMI).
RTMI routes in Zamboanga Peninsula, Sunglao observed, start from Zamboanga up to Davao and vice versa daily, which is different from that of General Santos, which closes at 3:00 in the afternoon because of security problems.
He also noted his travels to and fro, seeing the rapidly increasing construction of hotels in Zamboanga, Dipolog and Pagadian cities, an indication of growing tourist visits in the region.
Another example the police director cited is BIR-91 in Dipolog, which topped its 2008 tax collection goal in Region 9 with 504.1 million, registering an excess of P337 million plus, as stated by the Department of Finance (DOF) for 2008.
And in Pagadian too, Sunglao said that as a regional center, the city has a lot to offer for investor come-on.
“Because Zamboanga Peninsula delivered a good mandate in 2004 to President Gloria Arroyo, nakikita ninyo na laging bumibisita ang pangulo sa ating lugar. Ganyan tao kamahal ni PGMA,” he stressed.
Mayor Samuel Co said Pagadian is seeing improved business climate with the opening of Best Emporium and Gaisano Capital and the recent branching out of Rural Bank of Dipolog Inc. (RBDI)-Pagadian.
Governor Aurora Cerilles too once said that businessmen investing in the city give a big boost to local employment. WITH REPORTS FROM PIA
AMID the financial crisis besetting the world today, certain investors have come to put up their booming businesses in Zamboanga Peninsula.
Nick Nacaytuna of Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Dipolog City said example of this observation is POMS Venture Corporation (PVCorp).
PVCorp, a manufacturer and exporter of high-grade quality crude and refined coconut oil products, has put up a processing plant for dried mango and mango puree at the Provincial Agri-Industrial Center (PAIC) in Irasan, Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte.
Its products are now being sold here and abroad.
Asia Milk and Cream Inc., a company owned by an Indian national, likewise showed interest in putting up a dairy plant in Dipolog City.
With these developments, Nacaytuna surmised business activities in Zamboanga Peninsula have perked up despite the economic downturn that sweeps across the world.
With the favorable peace and order condition in the province more particularly in the cities of Dipolog and Dapitan coupled with the proximity to the markets in the Visayas, more businessmen are expected to come and start investing here, he said.
In Pagadian, during the launching program of the National Disaster Consiousness Month, PNP Reg. Dir. C/Supt. Angelo Sunglao said that Zamboanga Peninsula enjoys big investor confidence, citing for example the establishment of a 24-hour operation of the Rural Transit Mindanao Inc. (RTMI).
RTMI routes in Zamboanga Peninsula, Sunglao observed, start from Zamboanga up to Davao and vice versa daily, which is different from that of General Santos, which closes at 3:00 in the afternoon because of security problems.
He also noted his travels to and fro, seeing the rapidly increasing construction of hotels in Zamboanga, Dipolog and Pagadian cities, an indication of growing tourist visits in the region.
Another example the police director cited is BIR-91 in Dipolog, which topped its 2008 tax collection goal in Region 9 with 504.1 million, registering an excess of P337 million plus, as stated by the Department of Finance (DOF) for 2008.
And in Pagadian too, Sunglao said that as a regional center, the city has a lot to offer for investor come-on.
“Because Zamboanga Peninsula delivered a good mandate in 2004 to President Gloria Arroyo, nakikita ninyo na laging bumibisita ang pangulo sa ating lugar. Ganyan tao kamahal ni PGMA,” he stressed.
Mayor Samuel Co said Pagadian is seeing improved business climate with the opening of Best Emporium and Gaisano Capital and the recent branching out of Rural Bank of Dipolog Inc. (RBDI)-Pagadian.
Governor Aurora Cerilles too once said that businessmen investing in the city give a big boost to local employment. WITH REPORTS FROM PIA