Land Bank borrowings to finance Davao city?s ?stimulus? program

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

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Environmentalists to Nograles: stop fooling the people, Charter Change is anti-Filipino and anti-environment

DAVAO CITY -- Panalipdan-Southern Mindanao, a broad alliance of environmentalists and peoples' organizations, criticized House Speaker Prospero Nograles for pushing for charter change which seeks to allow 100 percent foreign…

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Ka Parago’s Sister Punished for Blood Debts Incurred as AFP Intelligence Agent

The Merardo Arce Command-Southern Mindanao Regional Operations Command of the New People's Army (NPA) claims responsibility for the killing of Evelyn Pitao in Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte. Guerrilla operatives…

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