COMPOSTELA VALLEY, which will be renamed Davao de Oro when the Congress-approved bill is signed into law, is celebrating its 21st founding anniversary this week alongside the 12th Bulawan Festival. Among the highlights of the festivities are the 2019 De oro Business and Investment Conference on March 5 at the newly-opened Lubi Plantation Island managed by the Dusit group. The gathering aims to promote Compostela Valley as a “the next investment hub in Mindanao. Other activities for the Bulawan, which means gold in Visayan, are nightly stage performances, sporting events, food bazaar, and a job fair. March 8 will be a holiday in the province as declared in a presidential proclamation. Compostela Valley, which used to be part of Davao del Norte, has an agriculture-based economy, including high-value commodities, and is home to one of the country’s richest mineral resources, particularly gold and copper.

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