TAGUM CITY, awarded as the 3rd most competitive among component cities in 2017 by the National Competitiveness Council-Philippines, will host this year’s Mindanao Business Conference (MinBizCom) in September.

The business chamber of neighboring Davao City would be assisting the Tagum chamber in organizing the annual event. Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (DCCCII) President Arturo M. Milan, in a text message, said their group might even forego the Davao Investment Conference (Davao-ICon) this year with their hands full assisting in the MinBizCom preparations. Mr. Milan said they would direct interested ICon participants to the MinBizCom should DCCCII’s annual event does not push through.

An official of the British Chamber of Commerce-Philippines (BCCP) has said they are interested to join again in this year’s ICon after last year’s successful participation. “I am meeting up again with the Davao Chamber people because we want to return for Davao ICon… We came to Davao last year and we did a very successful trade mission,” BCCP Chairman Chris Nelson said in an interview during the Philippine National Bank (PNB) customers appreciation event in Davao City. Mr. Nelson is also a director of PNB. During the ICon 2017, BCCP had a delegation representing about 50 companies. — Maya M. Padillo

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