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QUEZON CITY—This month, 19 men and women are “graduating” from a USAID program which has been providing young Muslims from Mindanao with unique exposure in the forefront of national policy formulation and lawmaking since 2003. Datu Habib Sarifuddin ...
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Traders in the port city of Lamitan, Basilan, are enjoying brisk business thanks to a trading center built by USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program. Miriam Bario (inset) says her income has doubled since she relocated her housewares stall...
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Workers at the General Santos City Fish Port gut and clean mature, sashimi-grade yellowfin tuna, which are boxed and shipped by plane to the U.S. The 32-hectare fish port lands approximately 1,000 MT of tuna daily and is equipped with cold storage facilit...
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A fish port worker in General Santos City helps unload the early morning catch. Responding to calls from tuna industry leaders, national government representatives, said at the 10th National Tuna Congress held this month, that the government is fast-track...
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Despite rising fuel costs and increasing international competition, General Santos City remains the Philippines’ undisputed “Tuna Capital,” landing approximately 1,000 metric tons of tuna daily at its 32-hectare fish port, and earning US$280 million...
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GENERAL SANTOS CITY—The local tuna industry should take advantage of opportunities in aquaculture production in the face of dwindling tuna stocks across the world’s primary fishing grounds. At the 10th National Tuna Congress held here earlier this mon...
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Illustrated science books delight pupils of Datu Binasing Elementary School in Pigcawayan, North Cotabato. The parent-teacher-community association (PTCA) established the school library with the help of a “matching grant” provided through the Educatio...
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Renato Pandoro (right foreground), quality control manager of Nopa Foods Corporation, plucks a prime-quality ginger root from the first harvest of grower Jo Cristobal (far left) in Barangay Biarong, Upi, in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)....
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MALUSO, BASILAN---At the crack of dawn, Isni Undin and his men finish sorting 100 kilos of live Tiger Grouper into watertight boxes and loading them into a new motor boat docked alongside Undin’s stilt house in the coastal community of Tubigan. Undin do...
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Isni Undin of the Tubigan Multi-Purpose Cooperative, an organization composed of 50 former Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) combatants, shows off a mature tiger grouper cultured by the group in the pristine waters of Maluso, Basilan. USAID’s Growth...
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USAID Mission Director Jon Lindborg (2nd from right) and Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Governor Rolando Yebes (far right) watch students of Mutia National High School in Sto Tomas, Zamboanga del Norte, demonstrate their internet skills using computer res...
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Members of the Tubigan Multi-Purpose Cooperative operating in Maluso, Basilan, unload 100 kilos of live Tiger Grouper delivered directly to an exporter in Zamboanga City, using the cooperative’s newly acquired fish transporter. The cooperative’s membe...
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USAID Mission Director Jon Lindborg (left) and Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Edgardo Lacson lead the parade of colors at the start of the 17th Mindanao Business Conference in Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte. In his keynote speech...
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USAID Mission Director Jon Lindborg (seated, right) and Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Governor Rolando Yebes (left) share a light moment with students of Mutia National High School in Sto Tomas, Zamboanga del Norte. In partnership with the parent-teacher...
