Read more about the article Losing my re(li)gion: Agri-exporters pessimistic with ASEAN regional integration
WHILE THEY WERE WAITING. Coconut and banana vendors take a rest while they wait for customers in Pantukan town, Compostela Valley. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Losing my re(li)gion: Agri-exporters pessimistic with ASEAN regional integration

By TYRONE A. VELEZ Davao Today Davao City - Businessmen attending the 1st Mindanao Exporters Congress (MEC) said they are not ready to compete with cheap fruit imports once tariffs…

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Read more about the article Mindanao business want specifics from Aquino in MinBizCon
SPECIFICS WANTED John Gaisano, Jr, director for the Mindanao Business Conference this August 8 to 10, says the event will ask specifics from President Aquino on key economic issues and concerns on Mindanao's economy. (davaotoday.com photo by ACE R. MORANDANTE)

Mindanao business want specifics from Aquino in MinBizCon

by TYRONE A. VELEZ Davao Today (MinBizCon Director John) Gaisano Jr. said Mindanao’s business leaders want to hear specifics from the Aquino government for Mindanao’s growth. “For a time, Mindanaoans feel like third class citizens. Yet we produce 40% of the country’s food requirements and more than 30% to the national food trade.”

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Going bananas in reg’l devt gab

By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Davao is considered low in rice sufficiency level, with palay production lessened at an average of 3.5 percent yearly from 2005 to 2010. In contrast, production of Cavendish bananas increased to over 2.8 million metric tons with a growth rate of 14.3 percent in the last four years.

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Read more about the article No cheap electricity, steady supply for folks in private power facility areas
POWER BARGE. Therma Marine Incorporated’s power barge 118 is installed in Maco town, Compostela Valley. The Aboitiz Power Corporation purchased this from the National Power Corporation in 2009. (davaotoday.com photo by Paul Anthony N. Crooks)

No cheap electricity, steady supply for folks in private power facility areas

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA

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