The opposing views proliferating in the media on whether the U.S. financial meltdown will have an extensive impact on the…
SHANTIES. A giant billboard stands obtrusively against the shanties along the riverbank of Davao River. About one third of Filipinos are living below the poverty line, their condition worsened by rising inflation, which registered a 17-year high last month. The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) reported in its latest poverty survey released in May that the number of ” poor” Filipinos grew from 23.8 million in 2003 to 27.6 million in 2006. (Photo by Keith Bacongco / AKP Images)
The deep problems of the imperialist-dominated world capitalist system are in very sharp focus today. The majority of humanity has…
Davao City-The island of Mindanao registered a 7.2 percent economic growth from 2006 to 2007. An assessment by the Mindanao…
Davao City-Consumer education will be part of the curriculum of public and private high schools nationwide by School Year 2009-2010….
By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today
According to the report from the Mindanao Economic Development Council (Medco), the islands biggest importation last year consisted of US$138.28 million rice from Vietnam, making up 12 per cent of Mindanaos total imports.
Four new big investments will come to Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur this year, with the biggest project worth about…
The mining industry is a sector that would bring in big business but extraction of the natural resources particularly in…
Tagum City, Davao del Norte-Thousands of disadvantaged students will soon gain internet literacy after the provincial government and the Gilas…
By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today
It would have been cheaper for government to source rice in the domestic market instead of importing rice abroad if there had been enough supply of rice in the country, according to the leader of the National Food Authority Employees Association (NFAEA).
