Duterte seeks barter trade revival in South

ZAMBOANGA CITY: The immediate restoration of barter trading in Mindanao, initially in Sulu and Tawi-Tawi and later in Basilan, has been ordered by President Rodrigo Duterte “to promote the growth and development of the country’s second biggest island region.”

Duterte, in issuing Executive Order 64 received recently in this city, also created the Mindanao Barter Council, which he tasked “to supervise, coordinate and harmonize policies and programs on barter trading in southern Philippines.”