DAVAO CITY

Court stops Davao law that bans aerial spraying

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Jun 22, 2007

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE

The Regional Trial Court suspended for three months the city ordinance that is supposed to take effect tomorrow, June 23. The Davao City residents who claimed to have been affected by the chemicals sprayed from the air by banana companies denounced the decision. Our agony will be prolonged, said one of them.

From the highest mountain to the Davao Gulf

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Jun 22, 2007

We have the best talents in Davao as far as adventure and kayak racing is concerned, said Rey Sumagaysay, head of a mountaineering federation in Mindanao who also runs an outfit called EDGE Outdoors Adventure, the group that teaches and provides the skills and equipment for mountaineering.

Filinvest to hold jobs fair in Davao

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Jun 22, 2007

During the jobs fair, scheduled on June 27, various positions are at stake for all graduates. These include: Sales Team Heads, Sales Managers, Marketing Officers, Business Development Officers/Assistants, Civil Engineers, Accounting Personnel, Management Trainees, Software developers, Technical Engineering Staff ad Agri-aides.

After bombings, Weena Bus tightens security

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Jun 20, 2007

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE and CHERYLL D. FIEL

Rejecting claims by the military that Jemaah Islamiyan terrorists were behind last week’s bus bombings, Weena, the bus company, believes that these were part of an extortion attempt. Leftists, however, see something more sinister.