Angging slams re-engineering of Davao bureaucracy, warns of mass layoff

Councilor Angela Librado-Trinidad delivered a privilege speech at the City Council this week denouncing the so-called "re-engineering" of the bureaucracy, which, she said, threatens the job security and welfare of government workers in the city.

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Private, gov?t sectors meet in Davao to discuss procurement issues

DAVAO CITY — AT LEAST 130 stakeholders from the construction industry of Mindanao converged in Davao City recently to discuss issues concerning the government procurement policies and procedures.

The activity, which was spearheaded by the Southern Philippines Construction Core Group (SPCCG), was attended by those coming from government agencies involved in the implementation of procurement policies and procedures and private companies engaged in construction and selling of construction materials.
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Court stops Davao law that bans aerial spraying

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.

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From the highest mountain to the Davao Gulf

?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.

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