Lawyer Wendell Avisado, city administrator, said the 2.8 billion pesos the city borrowed from the LBP this year will finance a local ?stimulus? package, a large chunk of which will be spent on road infrastructure and the city?s traffic signal system. Avisado admitted that the traffic system will not directly help the people but it will add on to the city?s existing infrastructure and will serve as a come-on to investors. Read on
Davao City -- The health department hopes to decrease by 75 percent the number of mothers who die during childbirth by increasing its pool of skilled birth attendants in the region. The Department of Health (DOH) has secured national funding for the Maternal Newborn, Child Health and Nutrition (MNCHN), a strategy to address the high rates of maternal mortality. Read on.
DAVAO CITY ? The Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) in Southern Mindanao is wary of the proposal to amend the Constitution to open up the country?s resources to foreign companies, saying such proposal will only result to unfair working conditions for workers. Arman Blas?, KMU-Southern Mindanao spokesperson, said salary deductions, lay-offs and unfair flexible labor conditions that workers experience right now will worsen if government allow foreign companies to come in. He reiterated the KMU?s stand against constitutional amendments which would give multi-national companies greater control over our economy. Read on