TANAUAN, Leyte – The lady town chief executive of Palo municipality defended her frequent travels outside her town as part of official business and she always file a leave of absence whenever she goes out-of-the-country.
Mayor Remedios “Matin” Petilla stressed that her travels was purely on official basis which include invitation to businessmen to relocate in Palo to do business there, especially at inside its economic zone.
“If I will just sit and wait for investors to come, nothing will happen to my town.As a chief executive who want her town to progress economically, I must look for locators and investors,” she said.
Petilla added that once she is able to convince businessmen to invest in Palo,this would spur development and help its local economy and eventually, benefit its people by providing employment generation.
In her recent trip to Metro Manila, Petilla revealed that she had met with Japanese locators who are expected to visit Palo within this month to discuss the investment proposal of the firm.
She added that each time she goes on a trip it is her personal money that she uses and not from the fund of the municipal government.
Moreover, Petilla added that in the implementation of small and medium enterprises in her town, the local government unit is coordinating with the Department of Science and Technology for the implementation with the different livelihood projects for her constituents.
Among their SME livelihood projects that is supported by the DOST are the buko-cassava pie production, salt-making and bayong (decorative and for market use) production.
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