Public-Private Sector Partnership Eyed to Boost Economic Activity

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TAMPAKAN, South Cotabato - Mayor Leonardo Escobillo is confident to make this town first-class in two years time via public-private sector partnership, an anti-poverty antidote pushed by the Aquino administration.Tampakan is a second class municipality in South Cotabato bounded by two fast-developing urban centers - General Santos City and Koronadal City.But this municipality of 14 villages and occupies a mere 7.77 percent of the total land area of South Cotabato.As this developed, Escobillo recognizes Sagittarius Mines, Inc. (SMI) as the private sector partner that is expected to help this town achieve its goal in record time.The mayor, in a recent interview, cited SMI's role and …