ILOILO CITY, Oct. 15 -- Local government units (LGUs) under the Metro Iloilo Guimaras Economic Development Council (MIGEDC), for the first time, will display their best products at Manila FAME, an international trade exhibition event at the World Trade Center on Oct. 16 to 18.

"This is the first time. Hopefully, if we can get international buyers, this can be the start of our export," MIGEDC Executive Director and Iloilo City Local Economic Development and Investment Promotion Office head Velma Jane Lao said in a phone interview on Wednesday.

She said they called for participation from among the LGU members of MIGEDC and four have responded --Iloilo City, Pavia, Oton and Leganes.

MIGEDC tapped a designer to help them with the preparati...