This city lags behind in awareness to prevent the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes the dreaded acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), as the number of HIV-AIDS cases rose in the first quarter of this year.
Because it was not registered as a corporation, collection of payments made by the Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative (Daneco), under the wing of National Electrification Administration (NEA), is “illegal.”
As government set up wider and coordinated jobs fairs in this year’s commemoration of Labor Day, job seekers cautioned against pinning too much hope that they turn panacea to the troubling trend in unemployment.
The longer blackouts imposed lately going into the supposed rainy season has raised anxiety to a wider sector of business, especially in this city that has not been spared anymore of the energy crisis creeping across Mindanao.
“Since the start of power blackouts here, we have less customers because they prefer to go to internet cafés in malls where there are power generators,” lamented businesswoman Rhodora Khadil.
Expect longer brownouts that would last from four to six hours in a day.
Small sari-sari store and carinderia owners here scored as “anti-poor” policy the new Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) memorandum requiring them to file income tax returns and to issue receipts to customers.
American, European and Japanese chambers of commerce have signed an agreement to form a Southern Mindanao Growth Corridor to open investments here in Mindanao that will serve as their gateway for the Asian market.
Netizens complained of slow internet speed in the country, a criticism corroborated by a report released by an
internet broadband testing company which ranked Philippines as the 158th in 190 countries that have the slowest internet speed in Southeast Asian Region.
Speaking at the Club 888 business forum, marketing directors from various malls said the first Fun Sale hosted by the DOT increased food traffic and tourist shoppers.
