Contrary to common perception, it is not supposed to be difficult to do business in ARMM. The Datu Paglas experience has shown that we can host investors in a competitive manner.....
By: Datu Abubakar Pendatun Paglas | Former 3-term Mayor of Datu Paglas, Maguindanao | Member, Board of Governors, ARMM Board Of Investments | 5TH GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING, TRUSTEES INDUCTION CEREMONY -- JAPANESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF MINDANAO | 28 February 2011, Davao City
I consider it a privilege that I am asked to share with you the story of my life as a Muslim leader who had to struggle
in the past because of the unfavorable if not notorious image of my town, practically a no-man’s land, a war-zone that saw
bitter fights among feuding families and clans, of revolutionary guerillas versus government forces, where lawless and criminal
elements were very bold to do their “trade” – be it hold-ups, robbery, kidnappings, sometimes even in broad daylight....
By: Datu Ibrahim “Toto” Pendatun Paglas III | A SHARING TO THE YOUTH PARTICIPANTS DURING THE YOUNG LEADERS PROGRAM
BMJ Training Hall, Mamitua Saber Research & Technology Center, Mindanao State University, Marawi City | 23 June 2008
This is a special message, from my heart if I may say, to all of you Rotarians, blessed enough to be governed by the
4-way Test, a set of values that if seriously lived by will surely help make this world a better place for our children,
a world of peace, love, and harmony…
By: Datu Ibrahim “Toto” Pendatun Paglas III | A SPECIAL MESSAGE DURING THE 68TH INDUCTION OF OFFICERS, RY 2008-2009, Garden Oases, 26 June 2008, 18:30hr
I convey to the reader of this letter, the universal greetings of peace: Shalom, Assalamu Alaikum, Peace of God Be Upon everyone, Ang Kapayapaan ng Panginoong Diyos Ay Mapasa-ating Lahat.
By: Datu Ibrahim “Toto” Pendatun Paglas III | 2nd ARMM FRUIT INVESTMENT FORUM June 6, 2007, Cotabato City
THIS IS AN OPEN LETTER, first, to you our dear leaders, the future of this world, as well as to those who helped make this event possible, led by the Young Moro Professionals Council, and to everybody else who may kindly be reading this, all stakeholders to living in a better world, a world of peace, love and harmony...
By: Datu Ibrahim “Toto” Pendatun Paglas III | A SHARING DURING THE YOUNG MORO ACHIEVERS’ AWARDS 23 March 2007, Phela Grande Convention Center, General Santos City
To all of you young indigenous leaders and IP advocates, would-be champions of the challenge to restore the dignity of our indigenous tribes, as well as fellow stakeholders to this cause...
By: Datu Ibrahim “Toto” Pendatun Paglas III | 3rd National Young Indigenous Leaders and IP Advocates Summit | National Youth Commission, Quezon Avenue corner Banawe Sts., Quezon City 05 August 2007, 4:00p.m.
It takes a change in mindset and a change of heart for positive changes to truly happen. I had also learned that foreign investments are very VITAL for economic development, because it is they who have the discipline to make business sustainable, it is they who have better access to capital, it is they who have better access to market.
By: Datu Ibrahim “Toto” Pendatun Paglas III | A Seminar Organized By The Bogota Chamber of Commerce, with the Bogota Major’s office and the International Organization for Migration
13th –14th June 2007, Bogota, Colombia
When Doc Evelyn (Alabado) first broached to me the idea of my speaking before you today, I could hardly believe it, although I never doubted her seriousness. I said, how could I be the “right person” to speak when I am not in the medical profession. I am a farmer turned businessman. I consulted a Christian friend, a dear brother, and he said “Datu, healing, which doctors are traditionally identified with, need not only be physical.”....
By: Datu Ibrahim “Toto” Pendatun Paglas III, Guest Speaker A SPECIAL MESSAGE DURING THE GRADUATION CEREMONIES Davao Medical School Foundation 2007 Commencement Exercises, 11 April 2007
The theme of this convention, Mindanao Agribusiness for the Philippines and the World Market should give us the opportunity to squarely face the realities of our country’s agribusiness industry which of course includes the marine sector....
By: Datu Ibrahim "Toto" Paglas III Speech during the MINDANAO AGRI AND FOOD CONVENTION April 25, 2007, Cagayan de Oro City
In all humility, I say that next to God’s Blessings, it is ENTREPRENEURSHIP, as far as my own experience and perspective is concerned, that played a pivotal role, the turning point, in my town’s transformation for the better...
By: Datu Ibrahim “Toto” Pendatun Paglas III | 5th National Palm Oil Congress Theme: “Palm Oil: Gearing Towards New Perspective”
10 August 2007, 6:30p.m. | Royal Mandaya Hotel, Davao City
Tonight, it is my pleasure to share with you my own experience as a special Bayaning Pilipino awardee not so long ago, how I felt throughout the whole process – from the time I was nominated up to the time I received the award, how it influenced the way I lived from that time on, what did I intend or plan to do...
By: Datu Ibrahim “Toto” Pendatun Paglas III 11 October 2007, ABS-CBN, Davao City
Fellow young leaders, the “future of the next generation”, as the great hero Jose Rizal was quoted to have said, we have to believe in the value of leadership, of humility, of self-help, of integrity, of industry....
By: Datu Ibrahim "Toto" Pendatun Paglas III A SHARING DURING THE AGIMAT: A LEADERSHIP RETREAT-WORKSHOP Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Commonwealth, Q.C. 10-12 November 2006
More than 20 years ago, the secluded town of Datu Paglas (population 30,000 plus) in Maguindanao Philippines, was considered a “no-man’s land”. I was a Mayor of this town, named after my family. Paglas was a town that has been plagued by violence from Islamic and communist insurgencies, personal vendettas and local political rivalries....
Speech of Datu Ibrahim “Toto” Paglas in Philippine Consulate General New York,
New York City | 20 November 2006
I am asked to share my insights on the subject of Entrepreneurship and Moro Development, a subject not alien to the transformation of my own town from being a war zone and criminality torn in the not so distant past, to its being a bustling and peaceful economic village at present....
By: Datu Ibrahim "Toto" Paglas III | Speech during YOUNG MORO LEADERS FORUM USIP, Eden nature Park, January 26 to 29, 2006
This is a story that I would have preferred to be kept in the privacy of my life and my village and people, but then as fate would have it, it has now become the focus of international spotlight whenever the subject of peace and conflict is taken up, particularly these days when world terrorism has become big part of the world’s consciousness after September 11....
Speech of Datu Ibrahim “Toto” Paglas in Philippine Consulate General New York,
New York City | 20 November 2006
As someone who came from a “culture of Rido”, as is true with most of the isolated, underdeveloped, and unenlightened tribes of our country, I don’t mind to share my own story, the story of my own family as it went through its own challenges of resisting the urge to apply Rido in our life, in our “quest for justice”....
Forum on the BIG AND SILENT KILLER: GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF RIDO FOUNDATION ON COMMUNICATION INITIATIVES IN COOPERATION WITH ASIA FOUNDATION Davao City, May 31, 2005
I had found out very quickly that indeed, there would be a big, diverse opportunity for cooperation between our 2 countries. In the areas of commerce, agriculture, engineering, social endeavors, and even cultural exchange...
By: Datu Ibrahim Pendatun Paglas III | Philippine – Saudi Business Council | Peninsula Manila, Makati City, 28 February 2005
I am pleased about the above-stated title for this dialogue. Yes, as the Wise would say, an ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure. In our businesses, we adopt standard operating procedures like preventive maintenance.
Special Message from: Datu Ibrahim Pendatun Paglas III
(CEO, Paglas Group of Companies) Fellow, Eisenhower Fellowships
The Center for Preventive Action and the Asia Society Council on Foreign Relations
Harold Pratt House 58 East 68th Street New York, NY 10021
Tuesday, 12 April 2005 | 12:00 – 2:00 pm
Is it difficult to invest in Mindanao? Based on our experience, as foreign investors with Saudi participation, it is NOT...
By: Edgar L. Bullecer, Senior Vice President, Chiquita-Unifrutti Philippines
Mindanao-Saudi Arabia Business Encounter
02 March 2005 | Marco Polo Hotel, Davao City
Region as a way to lasting peace, not just in the Philippines, but by way of helping combat terrorism in the Asia Pacific Region...
By: Datu Ibrahim Paglas III | 16-19 January 2005 | Marriott Resort and Spa Bangkok, Thailand
It may interest you to know, that in 2001, the FIRST Import Permit reportedly issued for the official entry of bananas into Tehran, was issued to my company, Paglas Corporation..
By: Datu Ibrahim Pendatun Paglas III | Philippine – Saudi Business Council | Peninsula Manila, Makati City, 28 February 2005
Just like what I did in Datu Paglas, I will continue to engage the help of Jewish and other foreign farming experts who I embraced as dear brothers, because their agricultural technology is far advanced....
By: DATU IBRAHIM P. PAGLAS III | October 8, 2004
The economic development framework of our initiative was regarded as a model for developing areas by the Moro conflict. It has always been our goal to demonstrate how business investment can facilitate peace and development in areas shattered of conflict like Maguindanao....
02 February 2004. 4-8 pm. | Datu Paglas, Maguindanao
For me, the challenge is always HOW TO SUSTAIN THE GAINS. And my simple and honest response to this is to continue to LISTEN to what the people have to say --- and LEARN from WISDOM of their stories --- as they gave me great inspiration, not only to do this better as a Chief Executive Officer but as a REAL MUSLIM LEADER....
November 11 – 14, 2003 | The Century Plaza Hotel & Spa, Los Angeles, California, USA
Paglas Corporation, without disregarding other small factors, has given more significant value on the four components that make up the company; its workers, its partners, its policies and its responsibilities to the environment....
By: Datu Ibrahim “Toto” Pendatun Paglas III A Seminar Organized By The Bogota Chamber of Commerce, with the Bogota Major’s office and the International Organization for Migration
13th –14th June 2007, Bogota, Colombia
People often ask, what made the “Datu Paglas Story” happen? May the succeeding portions of this message help answer that question. I sum them basically as leadership plus of course, the realization that, as earlier mentioned, its time has come....
By: Datu Ibrahim "Toto" Paglas III
Message during KYMAA- Year 4
Young Muslim Professionals Council, SOCKSARGEN
