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Manuel "Bobby" Orig of Apo Agua corporation, said the joint venture project with Davao City Water District, Aboitiz Equity Venture (AEV) and JV Angeles Construction Company (JVACC) for a P10-billion private bulk water supply project deal in Davao City will supply 300 million liters of water. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

National Secretariat member of faith-based NGO Philippine Misereor Partnership, Inc. (PMPI), Edel Garingan says that Tampakan mining covers 3,900 hectares of forest land which will affect fresh water supply. He said mining operation needs 908 million liters of water to process and extract minerals from large scale mining leading to contamination of fresh water. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

For more than 20 years, Bohol-native Ireneo Simagala works as a laborer inside the General Santos Fish Port Complex. Now he makes and sells Dayok (native dip) out of the lungs and other innards of marlin. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)