PADDAY NA LIMA RETURNS TO THE METRO, CELEBRATES 17TH

Year

CELEBRATE the beauty, culture, vast resources, and in nite opportunities at the 17th Padday na Lima as it returns to the metro.

The 17th Padday na Lima Regional Trade Fair celebrates Region 2’s festive, rich, vibrant, sophisticated, and quality-certi ed o erings in this all-in-one bonanza. With its unceasing e orts in innovation and development, the platform now has an emerging position as the country’s major supplier of minimally processed goods for institutional use.

“Padday Na Lima,” an Ybanag term that means “made by hands” or “handcrafted,” is the banner of the agency for the marketing and promotion of Region 2 products.

Guests can expect a bigger trade and industry community to catch their scrutiny, as they will engage retail and institutional buyers in business-to-business (B2B) matching!

Other features of the event include Breathtaking Batanes, Endless Fun Cagayan, Majestic Isabela, Naturally Vibrant Nueva Vizcaya, and Quirino: Your Basket of Happiness, which will ll guests’ shopping carts with the provinces’ respective products at the Product Showcases-all brought to the metro.

These goods are also available online at www.paddaynalima.com/ and powered by DeliverE and Mayani.

structures functional to keep the streets from ooding. The city has operational pumping stations to keep the city’s drainage system clean, helping oodwaters subside faster.

Just across the river, the

Malabon LGU, speci cally the City Engineering O ce, cleaned their Milagrosa Pumping Station to ensure its seamless operations. In the meantime, Malabon Mayor Jeannie Sandoval met with the MMDA to discuss the possibility of having a Drainage and Ticketing System across NCR, giving importance to establishing a Rain Catchment System in preparation for El Niño, among other concerns.

Each city has its own way of addressing the ooding issues that a ect everyday Filipinos through projects and programs that cater to the city’s conditions. Whether through free transport services, clean-up drives, provision of hot meals and other necessities to the underserved communities, and more, they make sure their constituents feel their initiatives and bene t from their disaster risk reduction and management e orts.

Thanks to the proactive Metro Manila LGUs, headed by their respective mayors, their constituents know that during natural disasters and emergencies, they have someone they can count on to champion their well-being and promptly address concerns about their safety and security.

Moreover, the Department of Tourism Region 2 will highlight the islands and valley of fun for their rich culture and well-known tourist destinations, o ering tourism packages through tour operators.

This year, Padday na Lima will also hold its rst Media Experience Tour, inviting big and metropolitan dailies to generate buzz and network with the country’s top institutional buyers and local MSMEs.

Moreover, guests can enjoy the pasarela of colors in the Padday na Lima Collection fashion show and the avors of Cagayan Valley through food and wine tasting, the Wheel of Prizes, and the Padday na Lima Bingo Challenge. They can also engage in other skill-developing activities, such as basic weaving, bag painting, handcrafted paper beading demonstration, and a series of training.

Experience the avors and colors of Cagayan Valley at the 17th Padday na Lima Regional Trade Fair at the Carousel Court, Upper Ground Floor, West Wing, Festival Mall, Alabang, Muntinlupa City, from August 7 to 13, 2023.