DAVAO CITY

Repair of Damaged Davao Bridge to Be Completed in December

By Marilou M. Aguirre
davaotoday.com

DAVAO CITY — The 57-year-old Generoso Bridge I, more known as the Bankerohan Bridge, is scheduled for re-opening to traffic by Christmas.

The bridge was closed to traffic last April 12 because one of its posts collapsed. The bridge was built in 1946 and was opened in 1950. It should should have been replaced in 2000 because its life span is only 50 years, said Dimas Soguilon, director for Southern Mindanao of the Department of Public Works and Highways during a recent guesting in the television program “Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa.”
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NPA Says Army Henchman Behind Calinan Massacre

The Front 52 Operations Command of the New People’s Army in Southern Mindanao calls on the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ 73rd Infantry Battalion to admit complicity in the massacre of the Gonzaga family in Barangay Dalagdag, Calinan District last April 9.

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Sincerity of Davao Candidates on Environment Questioned

DAVAO CITY — The question on the local politicians? sincerity on environmental concern was again raised by the residents of the second district who attended the Green Vote 2007 candidates? forum Friday, the last of the series of forums where local candidates were asked to lay-down their environmental agenda.

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Arroyo Orders DPWH to Fasttrack Repair of Bankerohan Bridge

By Rose B. Palacio

DAVAOCITY — Public Works and Highways Secretary Manuel Bonoan, upon orders from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, immediately went to Davao City to personally look into the Generoso bridge 1 in Bankerohan that has collapsed when one of its pier gave way last April 12, this year causing heavy traffic in the City.

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