DAVAO
CITY --- The Mindanao Development Authority
(MinDA) has set to debut a web series, starting February 9, that will highlight
Mindanao’s beauty and economic strengths.
Dubbed as “The Beauty
and Bounty of Mindanao,” the first episode featured the Asik-Asik Falls in
Alamada, North Cotabato, which has been viewed through MinDA’s official
Facebook and YouTube pages.
The falls are known for
the water that gush out of the sides of a cliff and shower the headwaters of
the Libungan River in Cotabato, flowing to the vast Liguasan Marsh that covers
the provinces of Cotabato, Maguindanao, and Sultan Kudarat.
In a statement, MinDA
said the show would serve as a social media campaign that seeks to project a
more positive image of Mindanao.
“The lack of deeper
knowledge of Mindanao and the fear created by the negative media reporting have
stunted the growth of the islands,” said MinDA Secretary Emmanuel Piñol, who
will host the show.
Piñol said that despite
Mindanao’s strong economic performance, a negative image remains attached to
the island-region due to some incidents that he considers as “minor
aberrations” to what Mindanao can offer.
“There is more to
Mindanao than the Marawi Siege, Maute, Abu Sayyaf, BIFF, New People's Army, and
the bombings. We produce 56 percent of the country’s total food requirements
and our economic growth of 7.2 percent is almost two notches higher than the
national record,” he added.
Succeeding episodes will
feature the Sheik Karim al Makhdum in Simunul, Tawi-tawi, which is known as the
oldest mosque in the country; various tuna fishing and processing plants; the
gas deposits in the Liguasan Marsh; the municipality of Turtle Islands; and
Lake Lanao.
“We hope this will
result in greater attention given by our economic planners to the development
of Mindanao so that the peace gains of the Duterte administration will be
sustained,” Piñol said. (CHE PALICTE, PNA, MINDANAO EXPOSE')
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