VOL. 9 ISSUE 212 • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2016 MINDANAOAN DESIGNS. Davao City fashion designer Alfonso “Boy” Guino-o showed during the regular Wednesdays Press Conference at Habi at Kape in Abreeza Mall his designs that were published at the 3rd Annual First Ladies and Fashion for Development luncheon in New York. Guino-o and his group expressed disappointment over the decision of the Department of Tourism to appoint a non-Mindanaoan designer to dress up the candidates of Miss Universe for a cultural fashion show to be held in Davao City. (Lean Daval, Jr.)
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SLAP on the face.” This was how leaders of the Davao Fashion and Design Council Foundation, Inc. (DFDCFI) described the decision of the Miss Universe pageant hosting committee to designate a “non-Mindananoan” designer in dressing up the candidates participating in the cultural fashion show to be held in Davao City. The fashion show is going to be an auxiliary event of the pageant as previously announced by Department of Tourism (DOT) which will highlight the culture of Lumads (indigenous people)
in Mindanao. Guesting during the Habi at Kape media forum at Abreeza Mall, Davao City yesterday, renowned international fashion designer Alfonso “Boy” Guino-o who is the group’s mentor expressed his disappointment towards DOT on permitting showbiz designer Renee Salud to be the designer and overall director of the event. Guino-o pointed out that the fact that both Tourism secretary Wanda Teo and President Duterte are coming from Davao City, it is best that Mindanaoan designers will be showcased on the event.
DFDCFI member Dodjie Batu said the committee has already planned a program wherein they created a story of Mindanao fabrics and tapestry. “That is what we are saying: why not the Mindanaoan designers will do this? Why a non-Mindanaoan designer?” stressed Batu. The DFDCFI member further stated that the group does not demand on dressing all the candidates for the event. “We are not saying we want to dress all the 40 candidates, but what we want is to showcase Davao designers by dressing some of them,” he
said. Batu explained that a proposal was given by the pageant committee stating that a separate event before the program proper will be conducted for DFDCFI featuring their designs worn by local models. “However, the invitation is only to those who will approve the proposal,” said Batu, adding that the group is even more insulted when they learned they will be showcasing only at the cocktail area. The DFDCFI member further stressed that contrary to Salud’s statement that they were consulted and invited,
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HE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said foreign direct investments (FDI) for the first nine months of this year has reached US$5.9 billion. The figure, BSP added, is 25.3 percent higher than the US$4.7 billion FDI in the same
period in 2015. The BSP based its report on the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, 6th edition (BPM6) which uses the asset and liability principle in the compilation of FDI statistics.
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