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THE LIFT. A crane tries to lift Cebu Pacific’s aircraft Tuesday afternoon at the Francisco Bangoy International Airport in Davao City. The plane veered off the runway last Sunday evening blocking all flights until it’s extricated. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)

Cebu Pacific to comply with CAAP’s decision as two of its pilots are suspended

By DAVAO TODAY
Davao Today

Cebu Pacific was asked to comply with CAAP’s action plan.  This means the former will have to reassess their accountable executives and station managers, hold random sampling of flight crew capabilities as regards unusual situations in the flight simulator, reassess their turn-around time policy and have them grant unrestricted access to CAAP flight inspectors so that the former may conduct heightened performance monitoring. 

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Read more about the article Group steals P300,000-worth of cables, paralyzes telecommunication lines in DavNor
LET THERE BE LIGHT. Workers from the Davao Light Power Company repairs power lines along Obrero Street in Davao City. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Group steals P300,000-worth of cables, paralyzes telecommunication lines in DavNor

By MART D. SAMBALUD
Davao Today

Manalop said the incident has been causing inconvenience to their 250 business and residential subscribers as telecommunication lines were paralyzed.  Government offices, schools and business establishments, he added, have been asking for a speedy resolution.

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BPI pushes loan program for commercial poultry raisers, hog farmers

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today

Under this program, land titles covered by Emancipation Patents and Certificate of Land Ownership Award or even pre-patent are accepted as collateral with chattel mortgage on the equipment.  Collateral, thus, don’t have to be commercial or residential lots, unlike before.

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BIR, DOF warn small “tax evaders” but lawmakers say “go after big fish”

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today “That’s the trouble with the BIR. Ang gagmay ang ginagukod (They run against the poor people). Ngano dili nila gukdon ang dagko sama nila Lucio Tan? (Why don’t they run after the big tax evaders like Lucio Tan?)” – Rep. Luz Ilagan

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