City Mayor Peter Miguel received 123 resounding
applause during his State of the City Address (SOCA) last July 9, making this
year’s SOCA his most applauded speech.
Mayor Miguel held his audience captive at the
South Cotabato Gymnasium and Cultural Center for a speech which ran 2 hours
long including adlibs. Thousands of spectators and guest officials coming from the
provincial government and the neighboring municipalities, heads and employees
of the regional offices, academe, business sector and civil society graced the
occasion.
In his speech, the Mayor painted a full picture
of the current development of the city using the model of Productivity and
Ecological Balance Towards Economic-social Recovery (PETER) agenda which
follows a set of strategies for the attainment of each development...