The view from Magsaysay Park
Davaoenos enjoy the beach front and the view in Magsaysay Park, one of the more popular parks in Davao City. (davaotoday.com photo by Germelina A. Lacorte)
Government’s ‘new jobs’ claim assailed
Of the net increase in jobs of more than one million reported in the April 2007 Labor Force Survey (LFS), two-thirds are in unpaid family work (575,000) and in domestic household help (148,000). These jobs are among the lowest-earning and are sometimes even unpaid labor.
Why Agdao should be called ‘Bagdao’
Philippines: NAPC assures wide reach of microfinance service
MANILA — Positive attitude, enthusiasm, and perseverance are the driving factors that made Domingo Mondragon, a “Tindahan Natin” outlet owner, Angel Narito, proprietor of Argie?s Bakery and Mini Grocery, and Rodolfa Tongco, a buy-and-sell agent, succeed in building their own businesses through the National Anti-Poverty Commission?s (NAPC) microfinance assistance.
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Giant China shipping firm to invest $3 billion in Philippines
MANILA — China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO), one of the world?s shipping giants, is pouring $3 billion into a shipping complex development project in Sangley Point, Cavite which the company eyes as its main hub in the Southeast Asian region.
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