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Read more about the article Purisima: I am confident with Dominguez as my successor
Businessman Carlos "Sonny" Dominguez, who is a member of the transition team of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte, discusses the ?eight?-?p?oint economic ?agenda of the new administration at the Marco Polo Hotel on Thursday, May 12. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Purisima: I am confident with Dominguez as my successor

Incumbent Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima said that businessman, Carlos Dominguez, best fits the post as the incoming secretary of finance.

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Read more about the article Davao cops nab more violators of tobacco ban
Dr. Domilyn Villareiz, head of the anti-smoking task force announce?s? the observance of the ? ?14th anniversary of the anti-smoking ordinance ?in Davao City. (Contributed photo)

Davao cops nab more violators of tobacco ban

Police here arrested more violators of the tobacco ban here, as the task force on ??a?nti-smoking ?said there would be no letup in the vigilance to enforce it.

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Read more about the article PH GDP expands 6.9% in Q1, highest growth rate since 2013
CONSTRUCTION’S MULTIPLIER EFFECT As the fourth PhilConstruct Mindanao convention opened here Thursday, its chair Ramon Allado said Davao is leading the Mindanao construction industry, which could possibly draw close to half a million workers and a 15-times multiplier in income for the local economy. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

PH GDP expands 6.9% in Q1, highest growth rate since 2013

The country’s economy grew by 6.9 percent in the first quarter of 2016, the fastest in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and outpacing China for the first time in 27 years, the Department of Finance announced on Thursday, May 19.

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