Millions of US dollars in funding are now being earmarked by the Asian Development Bank, the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), and the Australian Agency for International Development as governments from the four Eaga countries — Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines — try to revive interest in the economic subregion.
Efforts to integrate peace subject in the education mainstream are gaining grounds in Mindanao as government, academe, civil society and ODA groups here have recently converged to strongly advocate for Mindanao peace education institutionalization.
Accounts from the staff of the publication showed that while the staff meeting was ongoing, they were interrupted by hasty knocks on the door. The professor entered and uttered words of defamation and insult to the editors.
This city once again made history when a graduate from John Paul II College of Davao topped this year�s Geodetic Engineer Licensure Examination given by the Board of Geodetic Engineering in Manila last September. Alfredo Cahiles Gaborne Jr., from Calinan, said he did not expect to get the highest rating and that all he wanted was to be in the top 20 list.
Contrary to the Arroyo government’s claims of a social payback in exchange for new tax measures, only 17 centavos out of every peso in revenues are allocated in next year’s budget for health, education and housing services. In the budget, funding for government hospitals was slashed by 12 percent. By contrast, the Department of National Defense will get thrice as much as the health department.
Mindanao investments
surge to record high
DAVAO CITY — Bayan Muna negated here today the recent pronouncement of Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of posting the alleged…
DAVAO CITY — Kilusang Mayo Uno-Southern Mindanao Region today slammed Gloria Arroyo�s declaration that her administration�s plans for the economy…
MANILA — Contrary to Vice-President Noli de Castro�s assertion that the growing number of Filipinos employed abroad was proof of…
Officials said harmonizing customs procedures among the four countries in the Eaga will address the common complaints among investors and will make it easier for governments to monitor security threats in the region.
