Nine-hour Brownout in Calinan Set Sunday
Davao Light and Power Company has scheduled an 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM service interruption this Sunday, April 29, affecting a large part of Calinan.
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Longest-running golf event in Davao now on 19th year
DAVAO CITY — Bearing the initials of the man they honored, the 19th GET Open Golf Tournament gets underway at the scenic Apo Golf & Country Club, Davao City on Sunday, June 17, 2007.
?This is the longest-running golf event in Davao and Mindanao,? UMBN executive Bong Gonzaga told events organizers and sports writers at the Tuesday forum of the Davao Sports Communicators Organization of the Philippines (Scoop-Davao) at the Royal Mandaya Hotel.
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‘Uniloading’ of mobile phones becoming popular in Philippines
DAVAO CITY — ?Uniloading? is becoming popular nowadays with almost all Filipinos having one or more cellular phones.
Nestor Dignadice, sales manager of Net Marketing Direct Corporation, said the electronic loading in the country is already about P35 billion.
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Philippines president to bare non-wage benefits package on Labor Day
MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will bare a package of non-wage benefits but no salary increase on May 1, Labor Day, Labor Secretary Arturo Brion said Tuesday.
“President Arroyo will announce the good news on Labor Day,? Brion said. ?Now let me announce the not-so-bad news: Many are speculating that on Labor Day we will give a new a salary increase. This Labor Day, there is not going to be any salary increase because it will be decided by the regional wage boards.”
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Tawan-Tawan Residents Storm Floirendo Firm Over Drainage
DAVAO CITY — The patience of the residents of Barangay Tawan-Tawan in Baguio District has worn out pushing them to storm the main office of the Floirendo-owned Davao Agri-ventures Corp, (Davco) in Lanang to again demand from the company to do something about their problem on the absence of a comprehensive drainage system in the village that has resulted in flooding and impassable roads.
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