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A vender of firecrackers along the national highway in Digos City shows a variety of firecrackers and pyrotechnics on Thursday, Dec. 29. She said the supply has just arrived from Bocaue, Bulacan, the country's fireworks capital on Wednesday, Dec. 28. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Davao City is dead end for firecrackers in transit

Post author:ROBBY JOY D. SALVERON
Post published:December 7, 2017
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DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Passing through Davao City would mean a dead end for transporters of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices. Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio on Thursday, December 7,…

More young farmers needed in Davao’s agri sector, says group

Post author:Ella Cornella
Post published:December 6, 2017
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DAVAO CITY, Philippines – A non-government organization (NGO) campaigning for more youth to participate in the country’s agricultural sector aims to raise the number of young farmers in the city to a thousand by next y

Councilor Diosdado Mahipus

Mahipus questions proposed tax holiday for car parks

Post author:Ella Cornella
Post published:December 6, 2017
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DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Councilor Diosdado Angelo Mahipus Sr. on Tuesday, December 5, questioned a proposed ordinance that offers tax exemption for owners of commercial spaces that will be converted to parking areas.

Elder dies in Bankerohan fire that left hundreds homeless

Post author:ROBBY JOY D. SALVERON
Post published:December 5, 2017
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A 74-year-old man was killed while about 200 families were left homeless after a fire a razed a residential area in Bankerohan, this city on Tuesday, December 5.

SIGNBOARDS UP. Despite a new rule banning display? of destination signboards?, these jeepneys ?sneak ? signboards on their windshields on Wednesday, July 26, in Davao City. The ?restriction is in accordance with the Anti Distracted Driving Law. Jeepney drivers and commuters complain that the rule has caused confusion among passengers, who find it more difficult in determining which ride to take. (Paulo C. Rizal/ davaotoday.com)

Job loss fears over PUV modernization scheme

Post author:ZEA IO MING C. CAPISTRANO
Post published:December 5, 2017
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DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Forty four-year-old Eric Baron drives a tricycle for a living for more than two decades. He starts plying the route of Jerome Village to R. Castillo…

Davao City is dead end for firecrackers in transit

More young farmers needed in Davao’s agri sector, says group

Mahipus questions proposed tax holiday for car parks

Elder dies in Bankerohan fire that left hundreds homeless

Job loss fears over PUV modernization scheme

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