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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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Read more about the article Farmers remind Duterte’s land reform promise
Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) lamented that local rice farmers will be the first to feel the brunt of the effects of massive rice importation.FILE PHOTO.

Farmers remind Duterte’s land reform promise

Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) is now reminding president-elect Rodrigo Duterte of his promise to push for land reform.

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Read more about the article Barangays under state of calamity to use quick response fund

Barangays under state of calamity to use quick response fund

Barangays that declared state of calamity here can already use their quick response fund (QRF) even if the city have not declared a state of calamity yet, the ?Davao City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DCDRRMO) said.

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Read more about the article Labor groups remind Duterte to scrap contractualization
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Labor groups remind Duterte to scrap contractualization

A year after the fire incident that killed over 72 workers in a slipper factory in Valenzuela City, labor a?ctivists reminded President-elect Rodrigo Duterte of ?his pronouncement on ?scrapping ?contractualization and voluntary labor law compliance of companies.

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