BIMP-EAGA to focus on livelihood initiatives to combat ongoing pandemic
The 29th Brunei Darussalam-IndonesiaMalaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) organized by the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) on Tuesday will focus on initiatives that could help provide livelihood and income to the people during the ongoing pandemic in the local communities, particularly those living in the focus
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areas of BIMP-EAGA. Department of Trade and Industry Undersecretary Abdulgani Macatoman, who is the current chairperson of the BIMPEAGA said the ongoing imposition of lockdowns to curb the spread of the virus has made it very difficult for most of the local people to earn a living just to cover their daily subsistence needs. “This abrupt difficulty of
|October 30-November 5, 2021
our people to purchase things during this pandemic has clearly disrupted the economic flow that resulted in the downturn of our respective country’s economic performance,” he said during the virtual conference. He also hoped that the SOM will look at the challenging situation and ponder on what they can do as a sub-regional cooperation to help in Caraga INFOCUS
