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Davao prepares for Pacquiao fight

Anticipating Davaoe?os' excitement over the rematch of World Boxing Council international super featherweight champions Manny Pacquiao and Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez, the Araw ng Dabaw executive committee prepares wide screens at the Quezon park and Almendras gym on the Araw ng Dabaw celebration on March 16.

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Paolo Duterte orders his picture taken out of ID cards

By MARILOU M. AGUIRRE | Davao Today

The ABC president said the idea to include his photo in the barangay ID card was the initiative solely of ABC vice president Leo Aquino. The first batch of 400 ID cards was already released to the residents of barangay Wilfredo Aquino when Duterte issued his order.

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Tagum mayor resents high-level corruption while his city makes do with measly budget

By CJ KUIZON | Davao Today

Tagum City Mayor Rey Uy said that he was upset about the high-level corruption in government as shown in the ZTE-NBN broadband scandal while officials in his city are trying hard to make do with a measly 430-million budget. He expressed frustration that Malacanang could easily get loans when local government units are not allowed to have deficit spending and all loans had to pass through the city council for approval.

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Disease-causing toxin found in Davao, Gensan rice

The US FDA defines aflatoxin as toxic compounds produced by certain strains of the aspergillus fungus; it is toxic and carcinogenic. Exposure to high level of aflatoxin, according to the DOST, produces acute necrosis or tissue death, as well as cirrhosis and carcinoma of the liver.

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