ARMM free port declaration

Acting Regional Governor Ansaruddin Adiong (seated second from right) signs a proclamation declaring the Polloc Port in Parang, Maguindanao a Free Port and Barangay Polloc a Special Economic Zone at a convergence among officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and foreign donor-institutions in Metro Manila on Monday as Japan Embassy second Secretary Hirochika Namekawa (right), Counsellor Hussain Ibrahim Al-Badr of Qatar Embassy (middle), ARMM Speaker Reggie Sahali-Generale, Regional Cabinet Secretary Ila Manalocon (extreme left) and other regional executives shown standing look on enthusiastically. (Ali G. Macabalang)