Avila supports CBFMA application of Tawan-Tawan folk

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Councilor Leo Avila has thrown his support to the desire of the hundreds of forest occupants of a part of Mt. Tipolog in Tawan-Tawan, Baguio District to manage the area through a community-based forest management agreement (CBFMA).

In a hearing conducted by the city council committee on environment and natural resources that Avila chairs, the councilor assured the CBFMA applicants of his endorsement.
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Free entrance at Philippine Eagle Center on Saturday

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — In celebration of the annual Philippine Eagle Week on June 4-10, the Philippine Eagle Center will be an Open House whole day Saturday, June 2, 2007. No entrance fees to get into the center and enjoy the beauty of the Philippine Eagle and other Philippine wildlife!

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PAL exec sees better business prospects for Davao

DAVAO CITY — This city will continue to be a haven for new investments especially in the field of tourism-related business ventures.

Lawyer Domingo Duerme, Senior Assistant Vice-President for Mindanao Sales of the Philippine Air Lines (PAL), express this optimism Wednesday morning at the launching of the PAL photo exhibit at SM Mall highlighting the Asian first airliner’s “rich historical legacy of PAL to the Filipino nation.”

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