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Read more about the article Losing my re(li)gion: Agri-exporters pessimistic with ASEAN regional integration
WHILE THEY WERE WAITING. Coconut and banana vendors take a rest while they wait for customers in Pantukan town, Compostela Valley. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Losing my re(li)gion: Agri-exporters pessimistic with ASEAN regional integration

By TYRONE A. VELEZ Davao Today Davao City - Businessmen attending the 1st Mindanao Exporters Congress (MEC) said they are not ready to compete with cheap fruit imports once tariffs…

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Read more about the article Mindanao business want specifics from Aquino in MinBizCon
SPECIFICS WANTED John Gaisano, Jr, director for the Mindanao Business Conference this August 8 to 10, says the event will ask specifics from President Aquino on key economic issues and concerns on Mindanao's economy. (davaotoday.com photo by ACE R. MORANDANTE)

Mindanao business want specifics from Aquino in MinBizCon

by TYRONE A. VELEZ Davao Today (MinBizCon Director John) Gaisano Jr. said Mindanao’s business leaders want to hear specifics from the Aquino government for Mindanao’s growth. “For a time, Mindanaoans feel like third class citizens. Yet we produce 40% of the country’s food requirements and more than 30% to the national food trade.”

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Read more about the article 2012 dengue cases in Sto. Tomas at 279
ANTI-DENGUE CAMPAIGN. Engineer Antonietta Ebol (left), Dengue Program manager of the Department of Health, says they are reviving the 4 o’clock habit both in public schools and government offices during the Kapehan sa SM, Monday in Davao City. The campaign which heightens during the rainy season involves class and work stoppage at 4 PM to look for possible breeding sites of dengue-carrying mosquitos and destroying these by cleaning up. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

2012 dengue cases in Sto. Tomas at 279

By MART D. SAMBALUD
Davao Today

According to the 2012 Dengue Suspects Surveillance Report released by the Provincial Health Office, Sto. Tomas town ranked fourth among the eleven municipalities and cities in Davao del Norte. Out of the 279 documented cases, the report cited, 26 were classified with Dengue Fever while 12 were classified with dengue haemorrhagic fever.

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Private corporation wants to buy Davao’s water district, says former BoD

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today

Dominador Lopez said the Aboitiz Power Corporation has been very interested to acquire the DCWD in light of the latter’s plan to get the source of the city’s potable water supply from ground water to surface water.

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