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ILEDF president and Ilonggo business executive Rex Drilon said they want to present Iloilo as the future business core in the Philippines.
"At the end of the forum, we want to show to investors here and abroad that Iloilo is ready for the world.While we have problems such as power, water and flooding, we are now putting the pieces together to attract investors," Drilon said.
The ILEDF is a consortium of the city and province of Iloilo, the Metro Iloilo Guimaras Economic Development Council, Department of Trade and Industry-Iloilo, Iloilo Business Club, Iloilo Investment Promotions Center (IIPC) and business groups and non-governmental organizations.
Drilon said ILEDF is patterned after the tri-sectoral Cebu Investment and Promotions Center (CIPC) of Cebu City and province.
"With ILEDF, we hope to pool the acts of the private and public sectors to solve our problems and propel Iloilo's growth.We want to rouse Ilonggos from their lack of sense of urgency and change mind-sets to solve our problems," he added.
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"Padojinog's economic briefing will cover not only an analysis of what went economically wrong for Iloilo but also what the growth prospects are of key and sunrise Ilonggo industries in the near future," Drilon said.
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"By presenting a menu for possible investment opportunities, be it call centers or agribusiness, we can convince business locators to come here in Iloilo," Drilon said.
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Drilon said.