Gov. Joseph Marañon will receive the "Go Negosyo" Most Inspiring Negrense Entrepreneur Award from the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship for Mambukal Resort, as an excellent role model for aspiring entrepreneurs and whose success story is inspiration for others, a Capitol press release said yesterday.

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will hand the awards on July 13, at the University of St. La Salle Coliseum in Bacolod City during the "Go Negosyo sa Bacolod".

Mambukal Resort, whose renovation was a priority of the administration of Marañon, is run by the province of Negros Occidental under the Economic Enterprise and Development. Located in Minoyan, Murcia, Mambukal Resort lies 1,200 feet above sea level and serves as gateway to Mt. Kanlaon.

The awardees under the Business Entrepreneurs are Tumandok, Bayo, Yaman Group of Companies, Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation, ECJ Farms, Foodman, Lopue's Group of Companies, Dr. Pablo O. Torre Memorial Hospital, and Chicken House.

Awardees under the Business Support Organization are the Association of Negros Producers, the Information Technology Focus Team, Negros Kabisig, and University of St. La Salle-Business Resource Center.

It is the first time that "Go Negosyo" will be held in Bacolod, the press release added.*

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