Cayetano calls fish producers to exploit edge in ASEAN market

FISH CONGRESS. Senate Majority Floor Leader Alan Peter Cayetano 

spoke last May 20 before the participants of the four-day First National

 Fishing Producers’ Congress held at the Sison Auditorium, Capitol Complex

 in Lingayen, Pangasinan. Cayetano exhorted the participants, who came 

from different places in the country, how to position the country’s fish

 industry’s comparative advantage and economies of scale under the 

Association of Southeast Asia Nation (ASEAN) economic integration.

The other guests of honour and speakers in the Congress, sponsored 

by the Philippines Associations of Fish Producers (PAFCI), were Philippine 

Vice President Jejomar Binay, House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Pangasinan

 Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr., and ABONO Party List Chairman Rosendo

 So. Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala was the main guest speaker on

 Day 2. The four days meeting started in May 18 and ended in May 21.

 MORTZ C. ORTIGOZA

Participants

Press conference with the media

Participants

Senator Cayetano as guest of honor and speaker

Senator