Barangay Trade Fair 2006 Underway

Kalibo Mayor Raymar A. Rebaldo have directed all the members of the newly formed Manggad it Kalibo Barangay Trade Fair Committee to gear up in preparation for the Manggad it Kalibo Trade Fair. This will be held on June 19-23, 2006 at the Kalibo Pastrana Park along with Kalibo Food Festival sa Kalye, the Bankathon Race and the TESDA Skills Olympics in the tradition of commemorating the town-wide fiesta of the feast day of St. John the Baptist on June 24.
The preparation is centered on the enhancement and promotion of the Dangal ng Barangay Products as well as the "One Town, One Product". The trade fair will bring the best products from the sixteen barangays of the Ati-Atihan town of Kalibo to the eyes of the public especially to the various local and foreign visitors.
The Manggad it Kalibo Trade Fair is intended to provide marketing opportunities for the products of the sixteen barangays of Kalibo. It is also intended to promote and augment employment in these barangays in Kalibo.

Livelihood Thru Indian Mangos, Squashes & Sweet Potatos

Have you ever been annoyed by Indian Mangos falling on your backyards, just rotting and creating an unsightly mess and unsavory smell? Did you ever know that those unsightly fruits can be a source of income?
On June 7 to 8, 2006, the Municipal Agricultural Services Division of Kalibo conducted a training seminar on Food Processing of Indian mangos, squashes and sweet potatos at the Kalibo Fish Processing Center in sitio Pudlon, Brgy. Mabilo, Kalibo. Some two (2) out-of-school-youths (OSY) or two (2) housewives from each of the sixteen barangays of Kalibo attended and participated in the said training seminar.
Resource persons from the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) assisted by the technical personnel from the Municipal Agricultural Services Division taught the OSYs and housewives on how to convert these fruits and root crops into pastilles, flans, kamote donuts, squash cakes and other food stuffs as livelihood sources in the barangays.
According to Mayor Raymar A. Rebaldo, this training is one way of empowering people in the barangays to provide for themselves alternative sources of livelihood. /MP mailto:madyaas_pen@yahoo.com