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Robredo, Cory speakers at
Makati Business Club
NAGA City Mayor Jesse M. Robredo will join prominent leaders and
personalities that include former President Corazon C. Aquino as
speakers in the “Citizens Against Corruption Conference” on
September 21 at the Rizal Ballroom of the Makati Shangri-La Hotel.
The prestigious Makati Business Club has sponsored the conference
in response to an urgent call for good governance and the campaign
against bureaucratic corruption as keys to addressing the economic
and social problems besetting the nation.
Robredo whose exemplary leadership has earned for Naga its
distinction as a model city for government procurement will speak
on Naga City’s initiatives in minimizing corruption at the local
level.
The mayor confirmed his attendance to the Makati forum even as he
expects to be home by that date from Barcelona, Spain where he was
invited one of the speakers in the first Universal Forum, dubbed
as “Barcelona 2004”. The world forum is being participated in by
48 countries from across the globe and hundreds of other NGOs and
private institutions which are gathered to exchange ideas on
culture and governance to promote world understanding.
In the Makati conference, Robredo’s speech will immediately come
after the keynote address by former Pres. Aquino, the latter to
speak on the citizens’ role in fighting graft and corruption.
Other speakers lined-up for the highly-charged conference are:
Ombudsman Simeon V. Marcelo; DepEd Undersecretary Juan Miguel M.
Luz; Pura Sumanuil, chair of the Concerned Citizens of Abra for
Good Governance; BIR Commissioner Guillermo L. Parayno,and; fellow
Nagueño Juan Mayo M. Ragragio who is an associate dean of the
Ateneo de Manila School of Government.
Still, on Sept. 29, Mayor Robredo will deliver his address and
local governance presentation during the 41st annual conference of
the Personnel Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP) at
CAP-John Hay Trade and Cultural Center in Baguio City.
Some 1,150 participants from all over the country representing the
best minds and gurus in human resource, business, education, labor
and youth are expected to attend this annual gathering.
Other speakers lined up for the Baguio conference are MMDA
Chairman Bayani Fernando, DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman, Professor
Randy David and singer-artists Jim Paredes.
Fn: Robredo before Makati Business Club
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