HER PURPOSE-DRIVEN LIFE
Davao’s Hijo Plantation, acquired by Jose “Boy” Tuason in 1968, was formerly a banana business that has now branched out to other industries—property development, leisure and tourism, agri-business, and port and logistics. The strategic diversification rooted from Jose’s vision of nation and capacity building, Filipino empowerment, and the conscientious stewardship of the country’s natural resources is a noble cause his daughter Rosanna Tuason-Fores continues to live by.
“Hijo and Mindanao is a promise for me. It’s a promise (based on the Spanish word , which means happiness) principles, she kindly explains to us that their meaning of happiness lies in each letter of the word: food, education, livelihood, identity, clothing/cottage, cottage (referring to shelter), and equity. “Every Filipino should have that, that’s their God-given right. So he wanted at that point to transform in his way to effect that happiness for every Filipino,” she says proudly.
