By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today "Affordable computing, if properly harnessed, can help in the delivery of public services and enable the people to participate in governance.” -- Rick Bahague, Computer Professionals’ Union
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Davao is considered low in rice sufficiency level, with palay production lessened at an average of 3.5 percent yearly from 2005 to 2010. In contrast, production of Cavendish bananas increased to over 2.8 million metric tons with a growth rate of 14.3 percent in the last four years.
By MICK M. BASA Davao Today The ban is stifling small traders with how they can make ends meet. Now they wonder whether the law is there to help the environment -- or just to single out people who struggle to put food on their table by selling what they can at the wet market.
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
With the number of mining firms under exploration concessions, gold, nickel and copper in the rocky mountains of Davao region continue to be up for grabs. But government earnings from the excise taxes paid by mining firms are small.