Philippines: DENR Discovers Forest Destruction in Kidapawan
Forest destruction at the Amas Reservation in Kidapawan City has been observed by the DENR and the Kidapawan Ecology Society Foundation, Inc. last month. Such destruction of the forest was…
Philippines: More Microfinancing Access for Mindanao’s Poorest Provinces Urged
The government has asked the microfinance sector to widen the access the marginalized sector to credit windows by expanding their operations in the 10 poorest provinces of Mindanao.
Secretary Domingo F. Panganiban, lead convenor of the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) has urged the nation?s microfinance institution to help reduce poverty in Mindanao by expanding their operations in the countryside.
SM City Davao to Open IT Park
DAVAO CITY — With many investors on information and communication technology (ICT) scouting for space to locate, the coming in of SM City to develop an IT park is very timely.
Davao City council committee chair on trade, commerce and industry Peter Lavina in an interview said several interested locators wanting to come to Davao but could not find the right place.
Philippines: Bird Flu Is a Children?s Concern, Says Unicef
DAVAO CITY — Bird Flu is a children?s concern, which has prompted the United Nations Children?s Fund to join the information drive to keep the Philippines free from the pandemic and save the Filipino children.
Nilo Yacat, an information officer from UNICEF Philippines in a seminar workshop with Philippine Information Agency (PIA) information officers, bared the extent of harm that the Avian Influenza (AI) had done to children population.
He said one-half of the reported cases and one-third of the reported deaths worldwide due to AI, were children.
Mining Firms in Philippines Yield to Communists’ Demands
By Mai Gevera
Philippine Information Agency
DAVAO CITY — A report received by Mining and Geosciences Board regional director Ed Arreza confirmed that mining firms have been yielding to the demands of rebel groups.
He bared this during the Kapehan sa Dabaw yesterday after a high-ranking military official divulged that elements of the New People?s Army have been milking the coffers of these mining companies.