The Reproductive Health and Wellness Center (RHWC) here told the weekly iSpeak media forum at the City Hall that “in Region XI, Davao city contributes the most cases of HIV positive which is 82 per cent”.
Alma Mondragon of Alliance Against AIDS in Mindanao (ALAGAD) on Thursday said that the city needs P133 million budget to implement the program for awareness campaign and treatment of HIV-AIDS. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
The bidding for the modernization projects involving the Francisco Bangoy International Airport and the Sasa Wharf will possibly start next year.
As of now, there are about 9, 216 cases of EVD recorded around the world with 4,555 casualties.
Isla Verde residents may be dislocated as a reclamation project in the area is being negotiated by the city government with some investors including a Malaysian firm.
Rocelio Tabay, head of the Davao City Technical Committee on Organic Agriculture, expresses his support for the celebration of World Food Day in the city which highlights family farming and its role in achieving food security. This year’s World Food Day celebration carries the theme “Family Farming: Feeding the World, Caring for the Earth”. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Advocates of organic farming believe that sustaining family farms can help achieve food security.
Speaking before media during iSpeak forum Thursday, MASIPAG Representative Fidel O. Carpesano says that some rice traders tend to mix cheap rice, which are heavily bombarded with pesticides, to locally produced and organic rice leaving consumers unsure of food safety. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com
City hall officials are seeking a 70% share in the taxes for the Aboitiz owned 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant.
“As a mayor, I will get angry at you and I will cancel your business permit and close your establishment because you allow disorder in the city,”
