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Took this foto of the Philippines' highest mountain -- Mt. Apo -- </description><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</managingEditor><pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 10:32:57 -0700</pubDate><generator>Blogger http://www.blogger.com</generator><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">86</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/</link><language>en-us</language><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:summary>anything relevant, anything useful, anything with sense, anything worth knowing, anything and everything. Took this foto of the Philippines' highest mountain -- Mt. Apo -- </itunes:summary><itunes:subtitle>anything relevant, anything useful, anything with sense, anything worth knowing, anything and everything. Took this foto of the Philippines' highest mountain -- Mt. Apo -- </itunes:subtitle><itunes:category text="Business"><itunes:category text="Business News"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Business"><itunes:category text="Shopping"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="News &amp; Politics"/><itunes:category text="Music"/><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"><itunes:category text="Places &amp; Travel"/></itunes:category><itunes:owner><itunes:email>noreply@blogger.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><item><title/><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2014/05/trying-new-ones-farmers-plant-for.html</link><category>agriculture</category><category>crop</category><category>Department of Agriclture</category><category>farmers</category><category>farming</category><category>sweet corn</category><category>Tagum City</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2014 06:28:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-1102398578179517516</guid><description>Trying new ones


Farmers plant for a living but they also need to find the right crop that fits well for the land that they till.&amp;nbsp;This group of farmers knowing the low yield of growing vegetables is trying to grow sweet corn. The demand for this crop is high and hopefully this new crop will give them good yield. &amp;nbsp;Good luck farmers ...&amp;nbsp;


Tagum City farmers shift to sweet corn </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title/><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2014/04/mother-earth-needs-us.html</link><category>additive</category><category>Biofuel</category><category>Davao City</category><category>DOST</category><category>EFQ</category><category>environment</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Mon, 7 Apr 2014 08:52:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-4781711851471715302</guid><description>Mother Earth needs us. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;

And that call got the attention of one who never stopped his research on how to put to use used cooking oil. Instead of this used oil go to the drain and pollute the environment, why not collect them, the inventor needs volume of used oil to sustain his production that is now being used as an additives. &amp;nbsp;Sharing you my story based on my interview with the</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Turning trash to cash ... </title><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2013/05/turning-trash-to-cash.html</link><category>environment</category><category>recycling</category><category>trash</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:11:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-2268195349606112632</guid><description>There's truth to the saying ... your trash is a gold mine to others. &amp;nbsp;This story tells us of how used papers and cartoons are made into a business that started small and level up into supplying requirements of dealers around the country. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;

Recycling plant supplies distributors' eggs trays requirements nationwide



DAVAO CITY, May 7 (PNA) -- Out of waste papers and cartoons, a </description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihoxWVaqtWE7sinWbXoIJrkj3XU5cEZITHDCNqdTovLudftOi8h1A9ZQRn1yoxmAOjlyoYagLK9DS0uTRtQNRFyVkbS6fEd7e5rTwWZX5trZDyNkF-cTZM1z8vfhE38z2NCAdAWjK_/s72-c/393002_10200891914837356_871229893_n.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title/><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2013/04/summerishere-and-when-its-summer-it-is.html</link><category>cool</category><category>Davao City</category><category>hot summer</category><category>Philippines</category><category>summer</category><category>summerishere</category><category>weather</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:19:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-2606993860332641550</guid><description>Summerishere !

And when it's summer, it is associated with beach time, bright colors, flowers, travel, vacation &amp;nbsp;but the sad part of it is the hot weather.

It is not only a hot one but a real hot weather !

In the country that I live, the Philippines and Davao City in particular, we always enjoy that good weather climate.

But gone are the days because we had our share &amp;nbsp;with the </description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFCEysdWljE4bmux74tF8sNyWpw0ejvlRnTrp0o4l9nuObm_qe2tNGYtXv7hwyZW3TfU6bsjdnxu509F-7-g8sb8GIupRL7usLJagcXJmv2AsmzfPuKlPGxMtO0zR3hYaY8F6NMG4/s72-c/IMG_3326.JPG" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title/><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2013/04/its-good-to-be-back.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:53:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-2689374514981787389</guid><description>it's good to be back ... need to catch up... a lot to write about !


</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi87-9WHZJTzqapQndJ_RiTCNGvgRQNtjkuZxW2iY-8lyTI5LdWFNwF7hat6ONiw0C3X_szB15oOCc10w04MHC87hIqYuIXZYHkJPYTLnusEmZ3KlfJ1ShRVtCJdW9heySx0tPGndRf/s72-c/IMG_2606.JPG" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title/><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2012/10/opening-of-sm-davao-offers-10000-jobs.html</link><category>Davao City</category><category>Hans T. Sy</category><category>jobs</category><category>Mindanao</category><category>Science Discovery Center</category><category>SM Lanang Premier</category><category>The Radisson Hotel</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Tue, 9 Oct 2012 09:36:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-8343443206099332415</guid><description>Opening of SM Davao offers 10,000 jobs




DAVAO CITY,Sept. 29 (PNA) -- Some 10,000 new jobs are up for grabs following the opening of the SM Lanang Premier and the Radisson Hotel here on Friday.

SM Prime Holdings president Hans T. Sy said "we have been very aggressive in Mindanao because we saw the potential in the island. What we are doing in China is also what we are doing here," he said.

Sy</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjuxgCx-raI25MZF-Amqv7lHb6_FhauunkuOKNqqcFAPznAWgiRd3QMvCvInxvVLSVG06yqXh07guvKe042nAn5ip2UyXbfsh-E9YlXNYlUrxgc3EfEZOso1snv-0DuNX67j-rcX1m/s72-c/5wnei701mhp1zo76z4a0e6dxixciumu2.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title/><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2012/10/we-need-to-protect-mother-nature.html</link><category>environmental protection</category><category>indigenous peoples</category><category>Mother Earth</category><category>Mt. Apo</category><category>Mt. Apo Natural Park</category><category>watershed</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Tue, 9 Oct 2012 09:12:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-8417156418634187746</guid><description>We need to protect Mother Nature ... the Indigenous Peoples here need all the help to keep the trees growing in their ancestral domain, the place they consider so sacred to them ... here's an article I write about a tree planting activity here ...


Davao Sur tribes thank hydropower firm for reforesting Mt. Apo Natural Park

STA. CRUZ, Davao del Sur (PNA)-– The Bagobo-Tagabawa communities in </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title/><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2012/09/surfing-is-becoming-popular-in-davao.html</link><category>adventure</category><category>Davao City</category><category>Delsey</category><category>Philippine Surfing Federation</category><category>PRIMER Group of Companies</category><category>Quicksilver</category><category>Roxy</category><category>sports tourism</category><category>surfing</category><category>Timely</category><category>tourism</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:38:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-3566125822922871889</guid><description>Surfing is becoming popular in Davao and an emerging sports that many enthusiasts explore the waters here. &amp;nbsp;International sports stores, Roxy and Quicksilver, started organizing events here to activate surfing. With Davao as very strong in adventure tourism, the sports tourism is also growing. &amp;nbsp;


Int'l sports brand manager promotes surfing in Davao (Sports)‏



DAVAO CITY (PNA) -- An </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title/><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2012/09/southern-mindanao-is-known-also-for-its.html</link><category>Cavendish banana</category><category>China</category><category>Davao</category><category>JICA</category><category>Southern Mindanao</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:32:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-6005875714521828471</guid><description>Southern MIndanao is known also for its agri products and banana is the No. 1 export products of this area.
Major market of this exportable banana is China but this market imposed stringent policies that caught the producers by surprise making it hard for them to enter the (China) market.

In the meantime that this sector is still on the process of meeting the new market requirements, banana </description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gyciRcLDqJctEXXWOTw_iPmh6sXPP6L-kKTeEn_GUS0EVpjHupIgt4L0u3E8W73r9QsAoKn59oFa25fY41yPRCElKYICV_G8XUK-m0HYns9rz7R8U_eBVC0KmWGApYolRKQM962E/s72-c/553220_4119738789010_1601032439_n.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title/><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2012/09/we-are-almost-in-last-quarter-of-year.html</link><category>Chinese Lunar New Year</category><category>Chinese New Year</category><category>Chinoy</category><category>Cruisin'</category><category>Davao City</category><category>Feng Shui</category><category>SM City Davao</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Sun, 9 Sep 2012 17:51:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-2589060690310412678</guid><description>
We are almost in the last quarter of the year ... let's see how My City did well&amp;nbsp;

this&amp;nbsp;year&amp;nbsp;... we'll check this out on what year-ender stories will gonna be tackled. &amp;nbsp;

This year I wrote this story&amp;nbsp;when the year started based on the projection of a &amp;nbsp;

Feng Shui expert ....and I'm sharing you this ...


Feng Shui expert says 2012 good year for DC





DAVAO CITY, </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title/><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2012/09/davao-student-wins-international-award.html</link><category>American Statistical Foundation</category><category>Ateneo de Davao University</category><category>Davao City National High School</category><category>International Science and Engineering Fair</category><category>Philippine Eagle Foundation</category><category>Reno Nevada</category><category>SM Foundation</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Mon, 3 Sep 2012 07:38:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-8284023821897922466</guid><description>I'm sharing this article I wrote about a project of a student of the Philippine Eagle ...




Davao student wins international award&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;on determining sex of Phil Eagles



Completing a research project while still in high school about determining the sex of Philipine Eagles, this 16&amp;nbsp;year old boy from Davao City&amp;nbsp;competed in the International Science and&amp;nbsp;Engineering Fair (</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title/><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2012/09/growing-plants-and-loving-them.html</link><category>birds</category><category>flowers</category><category>garden</category><category>nature</category><category>palms</category><category>plants</category><category>Timely</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Mon, 3 Sep 2012 06:32:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-2180384014985164572</guid><description>


Growing plants and loving them ...

At home I grow flowers, palms and other ornamental plants. I just love growing these plants. &amp;nbsp;If there is such a green thumb, then you can count me in.



Anything that I plant, the next day it is "up and about". I know this is a gift. I thank God for giving me such because in my small way I could help the environment by continuously growing plants and </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title/><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2012/09/d-farm-is-blessing-to-us.html</link><category>D Farm</category><category>DCWD</category><category>farming</category><category>plants</category><category>Timely</category><category>trees</category><category>water</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Sun, 2 Sep 2012 02:23:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-7260012300193013698</guid><description>












D Farm is a blessing to us ...



After the Sunday morning Mass today, we did a quick visit to D Farm and talk to Nong Iko, our farm man, and his wife, Manang.

The couple help us in the farm, they tend the plants and watch over hired workers during harvest time.

Life in the farm is simple and they are happy.

D Farm is very near our residence in downtown Davao City. It can be </description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDio55Sey2GASkE1mM7fVwLyYlE0iA9a9BWKWs1udVyoDbePcmWE7RZ11TmSQOKmEJBCOyqdYFfPC0CHQE79BdGIvhpKpbcOpzez3AOgYMB0KFLfqYDZ8kv1uR7Tfvovfklv15Oe3_/s72-c/IMG_7417.JPG" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title/><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2012/08/many-bpos-are-looking-at-provinces-at.html</link><category>BPOs</category><category>businesses</category><category>investment</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:29:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-7628430360791186450</guid><description>
Many BPOs are looking at the provinces at this time that these companies are aiming for expansion. Real properties here are also being readied as most of these companies want to come and start the business thus their required of "plug and play". &amp;nbsp;Big malls had allocated spaces for these investors and in fact these two US-run BPOs already picked an area that would satisfy their requirements.</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title/><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2012/08/this-article-i-write-focuses-on.html</link><category>Arabica</category><category>coffee</category><category>coffee lovers</category><category>Robusta</category><category>Rocky Mountain</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 01:57:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-1747890128636547153</guid><description>
This article I write focuses on the involvement of indigenous peoples on coffee production. It's interesting to know their participation and the industry sector's interests and plans of propagating the production of coffee. I am a coffee addict and drinks coffee be it brewed, latte, cappuccino ... it's a happy feeling when sipping a hot cup while writing. &amp;nbsp;Take a look at this article about </description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7OEzIKEn-wuSlMNYo_EKiNWn0eXqJYd0ctOZDjHx6QOktIsijbAeZKvcv-jNeLVVxnwCT1rcJDYZGlJ4lOK0WIFDvEHrNfZwVliVFMKnaKDeYseKUqb87p3ro0ata_pj67cMl33hj/s72-c/coffee+beans.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Three-day Cyber Expo, a success; to link world cyber events</title><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2010/07/three-day-cyber-expo-success-to-link.html</link><category>Cyber Expo</category><category>Cyber Games</category><category>Davao Cyber Expo</category><category>DOTA</category><category>olympics</category><category>SM</category><category>SM City Davao</category><category>spots</category><category>Timely</category><category>World Cyber Events</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:11:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-7127609765126921667</guid><description>


The conduct of the three-day Davao Cyber Expo turned out successful with five events held simultaneously in one exposition held from July 23 to 25 at the Event Center of SM City Davao. 
Kitsi Avila, of E-Squared Events and organizer of the exposition, said it was not just a mere show of gadgets and push their advocacy to make Davao City as the leading Cyber City in the Philippines but keep the</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimigiZpHFIKdeMX47RovNZo1r-TwiI15SytN-qY2nj385yIjykbFBP63Q8vfb-1l_-E-sz1bIdor3dxu0YtL2nVJqUacS3GkVlhhE8gG7FxmCm7fxwc9glDesw1eKFPix1p946kNu7/s72-c/IMG_1970.JPG" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Davao City hosts to foreign retirees</title><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2010/07/davao-city-hosts-to-foreign-retirees.html</link><category>Asian Institute of Management</category><category>foreigners</category><category>Most Competitive City</category><category>Philippine Retirement Authority</category><category>retireers</category><category>Timely</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:36:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-1121613266618313304</guid><description>The Philippine Retirement Authority (PRA) regional office here registered retirees from other countries that considered Davao City not only as a second home but also as investment area. 

PRA-Davao chief Jaime Llanes said they also received inquiries from prospective foreign retirees wanting to locate here not only for residential purposes but for business prospects as well. 

Right now there are</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Mayor Sara leads storytelling for Davao kids at SM City</title><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2010/07/mayor-sara-leads-storytelling-for-davao.html</link><category>CSR</category><category>Magallanes Elementary School</category><category>Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio</category><category>readers theater</category><category>reading</category><category>SM Cares</category><category>SM City Davao</category><category>smart reading</category><category>team reading</category><category>Timely</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:04:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-8961140634063623857</guid><description>posted @ http://www.pia.gov.ph/

by Prix D. Banzon 

Davao City (23 July) -- City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio led the storytelling for Davao school children at SM City Davao Entertainment Center in time for the National Children's Book Day celebrated nationwide on July 20, 2010. 

The mayor who came with her daughter Sharky took time out of her busy schedule of reading a story to children coming </description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYhyphenhyphenuFTnXSrZPkKgRNwhBANIXbN0jrRtD1VXVnjNiWsuUxnMAPE9q1czimQrFWG9g_64lNtKB-UOmeKHmHXPBE1hnrWovD3w8HEnE2fh9LNv-e42OJpCYQydDiuS018FGwGT-yI_a/s72-c/IMG_1880.JPG" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Mothers turned entrepreneurs thru veggie farming</title><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2010/07/mothers-turned-entrepreneurs-thru.html</link><category>Baba Foundation Inc.</category><category>DREAMS</category><category>farming</category><category>FSSI</category><category>mothers</category><category>SMILE</category><category>vegetable</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:40:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-5967450112325192398</guid><description>(Feature)
Mothers turned entrepreneurs thru veggie farming

PANABO CITY, Davao del Norte, July 19 (PNA) -- It started with a backyard vegetable garden but with the aid of Davao City-based non-government-organization, they became regular suppliers of vegetables in the market. 

These mothers of Sitio Tagurot, Barangay Nicolas, this city decided to bond together when Baba's Foundation, Inc. (BFI) </description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ph-odhjteKgxwoR5kwr2aFMgjvBAh5HTpbbwfOa39PAkXIwj65cCiZ_OaLo-NGsjG7bhjM9vBeY_DR8lYkI5Vfiu3ezBzxFjqpjp7ZNHQP8rSMq1F2Gz9AFy_S_tVwXqrwEZ12bL/s72-c/34973_1517719300149_1149492547_31453180_8144071_s%5B1%5D.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Davao  City to celebrate Universal Children Day on November 20</title><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2009/11/davao-city-to-celebrate-universal.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:42:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-993720752716149037</guid><description>The city government of Davao is spearheading the celebration of the Universal Children's Day on Nov. 20 in recognition of promoting the best interest of children.

City councilor Angela Librado, action officer of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte for children's concern, said the celebration was meaningful because it would be the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Davao City beefs up monitoring of tourism related establishments</title><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2009/07/davao-city-beefs-up-monitoring-of.html</link><category>food safety</category><category>kadayawan</category><category>sanitation</category><category>tourism</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:33:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-3397799925856184383</guid><description>An all out monitoring and inspections of tourism related establishments is being conducted by a team composed of different departments of  the Davao City government to ensure that safety and sanitation is being thoroughly implemented.City tourism department head Rizal Giovanni Aportadera said they conduct unannounced inspections to check whether these establishments adopt what was stipulated in </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Davao ICT master plan for discussion at Summit</title><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2009/07/davao-ict-master-plan-for-discussion-at.html</link><category>business process outsourcing</category><category>call centers</category><category>Davao ICT Council</category><category>ICT</category><category>information technology</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:31:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-1296408771414240858</guid><description>The results of the ongoing consultations of key players in the ICT sector will be inputed to a master plan that will set a clear direction with regards business process outsourcing (BPO) businesses in Davao City. Andrei Fournier, member of the board of advisers of ICT Davao said there has to be clear direction both for the local government unit and the business sector addressing some concens that</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Davao prepares for Earth Hour</title><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2009/03/davao-prepares-for-earth-hour_2069.html</link><category>CFLs</category><category>Earth Hour</category><category>energy-efficient</category><category>environmental protection</category><category>incandescent bulbs</category><category>SWITCH</category><category>switch off</category><category>technology</category><category>www.earthour.org</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:31:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-3631752049935866824</guid><description>Stakeholders of Davao City bond together and discussed the campaign as it will join in the global event of Earth Hour on March 28, 2009 between 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm.During the media launch of Earth Hour on Thursday, March 12 at Marco Polo Davao, Margie Moran-Floirendo, chairperson of Southern Philippines Foundation for Arts, Culture and Ecology and president emeritus of Save Davao Gulf Foundation </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total></item><item><title>President Arroyo meets displaced OFWs in Davao City</title><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2009/02/president-arroyo-meets-displaced-ofws.html</link><category>employment</category><category>livelihood projects</category><category>OFWs</category><category>Timely</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:44:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-1570033300207510882</guid><description>President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo awarded P50,000 individual checks to 25 displaced Overseas Filipino Workers coming from the different parts of Mindanao.  The President was assisted by Labor Secretary  Marianito Roque in a ceremony held recently at the Apo View Hotel in Davao City.   The 25 displaced OFWs came from Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Hong Kong, Laos, Thailand, Qatar who opted </description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJEGgk7wdWkIS-AhH7H_WERZ91MY8Aim_zRhI5aWwkv1ETYONAzemhzxmLIx_AK1zvK4RscyDIW6mMbhScncS-1NpybwokNE5R0ArApvp2uqwV9wDkUPhbSxhXo_iFrKzTgoztC6sV/s72-c/gmaindavao3.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>PGMA visits Davao hydro power project; meets beneficiaries in Davao del Sur</title><link>http://prixbanzon.blogspot.com/2009/02/pgma-visits-davao-hydro-power-project.html</link><category>Hedcor</category><category>hydropower plant</category><category>Inc.</category><category>NWRB</category><category>President Arroyo</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (prix)</author><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:37:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-709048243847769848.post-4271289627447479793</guid><description>President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo visited Barangay Sibulan Thursday morning where she was briefed on the Hedcor, Inc.'s P5.1-billion Sibulan Hydropower Project (SHP) that is expected to generate 42.5 megawatts (MW) of power. 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