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WELCOMING CHINESE NEW YEAR. A Chinese dragon takes a ride along Magsaysay Avenue during Thursday's parade in Davao City's Chinatown welcoming the Chinese New Year. (Medel Hernani/ davaotoday.com)

Ordinance for Chinese-themed facade establishment urged

The Davao City Chinatown Development Council urged the passing of an ordinance requiring to be constructed or renovated establishments to have Chinese-themed façade in the Chinatown area.

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Scrap regressive provisions of TRAIN law, not just the suspension of excise tax on oil –Anakpawis solon

A militant lawmaker on Thursday wants to scrap the regressive provisions of the TRAIN law and not just suspending the excise tax on oil in an attempt to weaken the impact of continued high prices of basic commodities, especially on food items.

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Read more about the article ‘Farm to table enterprise is best for young agri-entrepreneurs’
Government employees of the city buy organic rice and vegetables which are sold at Rizal Park on a Friday afternoon. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

‘Farm to table enterprise is best for young agri-entrepreneurs’

A farm to table enterprise would be the best idea for young agri-entrepreneurs said John Tria, vice president of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Inc. (DCCCII) in a press briefing on Wednesday at Habi at Kape.

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Read more about the article NIA-10 official: Water firm not the cause of low rice yield in Bukidnon town
The Rio Verde Water Consortium Inc. treatment facility in Barangay Pualas, Baungon, Bukidnon. (davaotoday.com/Jigger J. Jerusalem)

NIA-10 official: Water firm not the cause of low rice yield in Bukidnon town

Despite the claim that rice production in the municipality of Baungon, Bukidnon has decreased due to the siphoning of water of the town’s irrigation canal by a bulk water supplier, there was actually an increase in land converted to rice farm, a National Irrigation Administration-10 (NIA-10) official said.

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