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Outstanding Governorship Award 2017




























            She believes in the three P's: profit, planet, and people. Beyond corporate social responsibility (CSR), Marcos is hopeful that economic progress and
        investments coupled with more motivated and productive workforce will help avert population decline, protect indigenous cultures, and unify troubled
        families. Marcos wants a province that will keep mothers and fathers at home with their children so that leaving home to work would simply become
        another choice, convincing even millennials that they do have a future in their homeland.
            Ilocos  Norte  is  experiencing  12%  year-on-year  growth,  with  tourism  as  a  leading  sector:  from  259,148  recorded  tourists  in  2012,  Ilocos  Norte
        welcomed 472,989 day visitors during the Holy Weak season of 2017 (April 11-16) alone. For the entire year of 2016, the province recorded a total of
        2,031,884 day visitors, and this is seen to increase as Ilocos Norte recently just entered the cruise ship industry when it welcomed that maiden arrival of
        Star Cruises' Superstar Virgo, bringing in thousands of local and foreign tourists through the Port Town of Currimao. Poverty has fallen to below 8.4%, while
        unemployment has also decreased from 37% to 4.2%.
            These transformations take root in Marcos' sustained efforts since sitting as governor in 2010. With her background in creative arts, she has given
        the province a new storyline, bringing Ilocanos together to come home and themselves be agents of change in their lives and their communities.


















































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