DAVAO CITY– Close on the heels of the successful Trade Mission of Southern
Mindanao’s Jose Abad Santos-Glan-Sarangani (JAGS-CT) Cooperation Triangle to
Indonesia last September, a new Indonesian airline company has started serving the
Davao-Manado (Indonesia) route today boosting trade ties between the Philippines
and Indonesia, which are both under the development thrust of the East Asean Growth
Area (EAGA).
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TAKE YOUR PICK. This durian vendor finds his hands full these days, especially on nights like these. It's durian season in Davao again, that time of the year when one…
Davao City just concluded its 21st Kadayawan festival, a celebration of what the city and the region have to offer to the world. (davaotoday.com photos by Barry Ohaylan)
KAPUTIAN, Samal — Tucked in a cove on this island is the Pearl Farm Beach Resort, a former pearl farm that has been transformed into one of the country?s best, if largely unexplored, vacation havens.
Unlike most beach resorts, Pearl Farm harmonizes its clear, blue sea and its white sand with an impressive greenery that forms as a backdrop, at least on the main island. The standard cottages and suites are on the main resort while the villas are on a small island in front.
DAVAO CITY ? With air transportation crucial to economic and social connectivity in the Philippine archipelago, the new $128 million state-of-the-art international airport in this city is a welcome development. It is now fully operational and is raring to take in more passengers and bigger aircraft.
With financing from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Davao airport has been upgraded and expanded to provide reliable and safe all-weather operations that meet international standards and remove infrastructure bottlenecks which were constraining the growth of domestic and international air services. It will also enhance Davao?s access to nearby markets and improve the overall economic prospects of the Southern Philippines, and could be considered one vital link for the intermodal transport network essential for this area.