2008 October- Davao Today

Sustainability, transparency in mining u...

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Davao City-Sustainable development and transparency are two pillars needed for a responsible mining industry in Mindanao. Romeo Trono, Conservation International country director, said that there must be an �enabling environment for responsible mining.� In his presentation during the recent Mindanao mining...

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Davao City-Sustainable development and transparency are two pillars needed for a responsible mining industry in Mindanao. Romeo Trono, Conservation International country director, said that there must be an �enabling environment for responsible mining.� In his presentation during the recent Mindanao mining...

NDCC reports increase of evacuees...

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Kidapawan City-Latest report of National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) shows that evacuees in Central Mindanao swelled due to ongoing encounters between the lawless Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and government troops. NDCC reported that the previous 110,994 families which is equivalent to...

DTI-11 launches OTOP showcase...

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Davao City-The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) recently opened the Davao one town one product (OTOP) display center with the aim to showcase the craftsmanship of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) all over the country. The opening of the Davao OTOP display center, which is located at the second...

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Cotabato City-The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will open its consular office in General Santos City before the year ends. This was confirmed by Moises Ocampo, head of the regional consular offices coordinating center (RCCOC), DFA the positive development on the establishment of the consular office in...

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We, the International League of Peoples’ Struggle, take cognizance of the total discredit of the �free market� dogma, the unraveling of the policy of �neoliberal globalization� and the gravity of the current level of the economic and financial crisis of the imperialist powers headed by the US. We...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Insurgency, Latest Posts, Military, Peace Process, Top Stories on 10 21st, 2008 | No Comments

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today DAVAO CITY��After what happened in Kuala Lumpur, we don�t trust the government anymore,� Mohaquer Iqbal, the chief negotiator of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), said hours after the Supreme Court ruled as unconstitutional the memorandum of agreement on...

IMAGENation...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Arts & Culture, Davao City, Latest Posts, Top Stories on 10 21st, 2008 | No Comments

ART EXHIBIT. Students examine an installation art at the IMAGEnation exhibit at the Holy Cross of Davao College Museum. The exhibit, which opened October 8, was organized by CREATIVEfactory, a young art organization composed of Dabawenyo artists. (Contributed...

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By CJ KUIZON | Davao Today Sitio Valma of Barangay Ngan in the municipality of Compostela used to be a thriving logging community in the 1970s up to the 1990s. When the company’s timber logging agreement (TLA) expired, Consuelo Valderrama, its owner, chose not to renew the contract, signalling the...

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By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN | Davao Today DAVAO CITY � A jeepney driver for about thirty years, Leony Trinidal, 59, said drivers are having a hard time with the unabated increase of oil prices. He said that because of this, prices of jeepney spare parts and basic commodities, such as foods, also increase,...

Where goes the Durian King?...

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By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today DAVAO CITY�They call him the Durian King. When truckloads of durians arrive at the fruit stand at Magsaysay Park, the durian trucker no longer bothers unloading the thorny fruits in baskets. All the trucker had to do is throw the fruits at him and he’d catch them...

Posted by GRACE S. UDDIN in Human Rights, Latest Posts, Military, Politics, Top Stories on 10 21st, 2008 | No Comments

By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today Davao City � He could hear the sound of his footsteps as he ran to escape his captors. His heart beat very fast. He went to their underground house, where they used to hold secret meetings against the Marcos government, to warn other activists to abandon the place. But men in...

Davao’s new malls...

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NEW MALLS. Two new malls and call centers will soon rise along Bajada in Davao city: Abreeza, a joint venture between Ayala Land Inc. and the Davao-based Antonio Floirendo Corp. (Anflocor), will feature a mall and a call center; while Robinson’s cybergate, still being built near the Davao city Water...

Goodbye to a ‘true revolutionary&#...

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TRUE REVOLUTIONARY. Thousands of peasants from Southern Mindanao, including old acquaintances, bid farewell to New People’s Army leader Valerio “Ka Richard” Mante Jr. as he is laid down to his final rest, September 30, in Forest Lake memorial park in Davao City. A former secretary-general...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Human Rights, Inbox, Latest Posts on 10 14th, 2008 | No Comments

Tubod, Lanao del Norte-Signs of traumatic distress such as suspicion, anxiety and fear are visible among the internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in the evacuation centers of Lanao del Norte. This was among the findings of the team from the regional office of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR),...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Economy, Latest Posts, OFWS & Migration on 10 14th, 2008 | No Comments

Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Liza Maza said Malacanang’s economic managers should stop sugarcoating the global financial crisis and its impact on the Philippine economy and tell it like it is. “The global financial crisis and the recession that the United States is currently...

Ka Richard’s last call: advance ou...

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(NPA pays highest tribute to Comrade Valerio “Ka Richard” Mante, Jr.) The Ruperto Tuyac command (RTC), 5th pulang bagani company of the New People’s Army-southern Mindanao pays its highest tribute to comrade Valerio “Ka Richard” Mante, Jr. We pay our highest respects to the...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox, Latest Posts on 10 14th, 2008 | No Comments

Gabriela Womens Party representative Liza Maza renewed calls for Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to fully disclose immediately its foreign investments as the global financial meltdown worsens in the midst of a need for the United States government to bailout its financial capital. “The...

Exploit coco industry’s potentials...

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With the increasing trend for coconut products’ demand in the world market, farmers are being encouraged to plant more coconut trees. Pete Alagcan, chair of the coconut industry cluster of the Davao region, said the vast opportunities that the coconut industry can offer must be considered by farmers....

Exploit coco industry’s potentials...

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With the increasing trend for coconut products’ demand in the world market, farmers are being encouraged to plant more coconut trees. Pete Alagcan, chair of the coconut industry cluster of the Davao region, said the vast opportunities that the coconut industry can offer must be considered by farmers....

Exploit coco industry’s potentials...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Uncategorized on 10 14th, 2008 | No Comments

With the increasing trend for coconut products’ demand in the world market, farmers are being encouraged to plant more coconut trees. Pete Alagcan, chair of the coconut industry cluster of the Davao region, said the vast opportunities that the coconut industry can offer must be considered by farmers....

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Business, Education, Latest Posts on 10 14th, 2008 | No Comments

Davao City- Nursing professionals from member countries of the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia- Malaysia-the Philippines East Asian Growth Area (Bimp-Eaga) are joining efforts to strengthen the sub-regional cooperation through nursing as they are all set for the first ever BIMP International Nursing Conference...

Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Economy, Latest Posts on 10 14th, 2008 | No Comments

The opposing views proliferating in the media on whether the U.S. financial meltdown will have an extensive impact on the Philippine economy are expected and time may help settle this debate. By zeroing on the element of �impact�, however, these divergent views – voiced largely by economic authorities,...