Davao City-The island of Mindanao registered a 7.2 percent economic growth from 2006 to 2007. An assessment by the Mindanao…
Davao City-Consumer education will be part of the curriculum of public and private high schools nationwide by School Year 2009-2010….
By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today
According to the report from the Mindanao Economic Development Council (Medco), the island�s biggest importation last year consisted of US$138.28 million rice from Vietnam, making up 12 per cent of Mindanao�s total imports.
Four new big investments will come to Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur this year, with the biggest project worth about…
The mining industry is a sector that would bring in big business but extraction of the natural resources particularly in…
Tagum City, Davao del Norte-Thousands of disadvantaged students will soon gain internet literacy after the provincial government and the Gilas…
By GRACE S. UDDIN | Davao Today
It would have been cheaper for government to source rice in the domestic market instead of importing rice abroad if there had been enough supply of rice in the country, according to the leader of the National Food Authority Employees Association (NFAEA).
By CJ KUIZON | Davao Today
Dr. Lynn Redoble, executive director of the Community Based Health Services Incorporated (CBHS), said efficient sewerage and garbage collection system would greatly decrease cases of leptospirosis while better access to health care and sanitation could mean early detection of the disease.
Davao Today asks people on the streets about what they expect from the President’s state of the nation address on Monday, and in return, got a wish list of what people think government should do to alleviate their plight.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN | Davao Today
According to the June 2008 statistics of the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC), a family of six�the average household member of a regular Filipino family�in the Davao region, needs 760 pesos a day to live decently. But the current minimum wage in the region is only 265 pesos–short of 495 pesos for a family’s living wage per day. Workers have been demanding for an increase in the minimum wage to make ends meet.
