For the second year, Davao City won the Green Banner Award, one of the prestigious and outstanding awards given to a local government unit, city or municipality of the region because of its relentless campaign in promoting and implementing its nutrition program.
The University of the Philippines Center for Local and Regional Governance after conducting the nationwide search for the Most Outstanding Provincial, City and Municipal Mayors, gave the outstanding municipal mayor award to Mayor Maximo M. Estela, MD of Sto. Tomas at the awarding ceremonies held at the Pecson Room, Senate of the Philippines Building in Pasay City, Metro Manila.
Nelly and Federico Intise, a Davao City couple known for their work in the NGO community, disappeared last month without a trace. Davao Today contributor Gingging Avellanosa, a friend of Nelly?s, writes that anxious family and friends believe that the military took them.
Nelly and Federico Intise have been missing since late October. At right is their son Bayan’s painting of Nelly’s favorite slippers. (Contributed photos)
By Daisy C. Gonzales and Carlos H. Conde Mt. Diwalwal is said to hold the Philippines? largest gold deposit, perhaps one of the largest in the world, according to the…
Realistic targets and doable strategies led to surpluses in Gingoog City, writes Davao Today's Germelina Lacorte in Newsbreak magazine's special report on Philippine towns and cities that have been found…