The Mindanao power spot market will start its commercial operation by June 2017, according to ranking official from the Mindanao Development Authority.
The Ateneo de Davao University here has formally launched its Center Against Illegal Drugs tasked to conduct a research on the illegal drug trade in six key cities in Mindanao.
The Animal Bite Treatment Centers in Region 11 recorded 48,123 bite incidents in 2016, a 32 percent increase from 2015 with a recorded 36,353 bite incidents.
A partnership between the government, through the Mindanao Development Authority and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is seen to boost the power sector specifically the projects set in development areas in Mindanao.
President Rodrigo Duterte said even as technological advances are evolving, the government should see to it that it is providing assistance to the agriculture sector.
The upcoming investment conference of the business sector this year has included agribusiness in the priority sectors for investments that will provide more job opportunities.
The EcoWaste Coalition urged Monday the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to permanently ban the use of arsenic, a known carcinogen, for the treatment and preservation of wood.
Datu Abul Khayr Alonto, chairman of the Mindanao Development Authority said the route is considered by government as “one of the greatest highlights of the country’s chairmanship of the (Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines-East ASEAN Growth Area) and (Association of Southeast Asian Nation) Summit this year.”
A Sister City pact between Kauai County in Hawaii and Davao is likely to happen following the visit of a 32-man delegation visited the city recently for a trade mission.
The Tagum Agricultural Development Co., Inc., one of the biggest exporters of banana, expressed its openness to review the present joint-venture agreement with the government for the lease of banana plantations in Davao del Norte.
