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Three-day Cyber Expo, a success; to link world cyber events

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:39:30 PDT

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

Davao City hosts to foreign retirees

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:36:56 PDT

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

Mayor Sara leads storytelling for Davao kids at SM City

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:04:48 PDT

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

Mothers turned entrepreneurs thru veggie farming

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:52:09 PDT

(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)

Davao City to celebrate Universal Children Day on November 20

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:42:26 PST

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

Davao City beefs up monitoring of tourism related establishments

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:35:41 PDT

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

Davao ICT master plan for discussion at Summit

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:32:49 PDT

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

Davao prepares for Earth Hour

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:34:52 PDT

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

President Arroyo meets displaced OFWs in Davao City

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:04:24 PST

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

PGMA visits Davao hydro power project; meets beneficiaries in Davao del Sur

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:09:52 PST

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. During the visit, President Arroyo was given the briefing by Hedcor president and chief operations officer Rene Ronquillo. Ronquillo told the President that the hydro project

Mindanao posted positive growth in social security

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:09:09 PST

Mindanao posted 16 percentgrowth for SSS benefit paymentsThe island of Mindanao posted double digit growth on benefit disbursements for Social Security System (SSS) members.SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Romulo L. Neri reported that it marked a 16 percent growth in 2008 on payment for all types of benefits. Neri said from January to September 2008, SSS paid a total of P5.92 billion in

Eco stimulus fund safe area to invest, says SSS

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:02:23 PST

Eco stimulus fund is safearea to invest says Neri President and Chief Executive Officer Romulo L. Neri of the Social Security System explains to the Davao media on Thursday that SSS will only engage in safe investment like the proposed P300-billion economic stimulus fund. Neri said they are looking at this scheme because they will be lending under sovereign guarantee even as he said that it would

To pump prime the economy, funds are ready to fund Mindanao rural infra

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:45:16 PST

There is budget for implementation of rural infrastructure project in Mindanao. Director Helena B. Habulan of the Municipal Development Finance Office of the Department of Finance said there is budget and this is more than the $10 million funding under the Mindanao Rural Development Program (MRDP) for the first set of projects for implementation within the first six months this year. "We have

Dabawenyos bring recyclables @ SM

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:33:45 PST

With SM City Davao initiating the waste market or the "Trash to Cash" project, the people of Davao City have a place to bring unused but recyclable materials and earn some cash from it each month. SM City Davao's bid of increasing environmental awareness and Earth campaigns has inspired a lot of individuals and supported the campaign. SM City Davao responded to the planet’s cry for help and

Agri-based economy remains strong in Mindanao

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:29:11 PST

A leader in rural banking sees agri-products to remain strong in the agri-based economy of Mindanao this year despite the global crisis. One Network Bank (ONB) president Alex Buenaventura said the strong agri-based economy and liquid environment support the high deposit generation targets of the bank's branches especially in the countryside. Given such upbeat outlook, he said they project a 19-

Davao sees more demand for fresh bananas this year

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:25:29 PST

Many investors are looking for farm lands around Mindanao with the increasing demand of fresh bananas especially in Japan. Gil Dureza, Board of Investment (BOI) head for Regions IX, XI and XII said the demand of foreigners on (Cavendish) bananas is a great advantage to us. He cited for instance that with the "morning banana diet" that is popular in Japan, there is an indication that demand for

peaceful transfer of power

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:05:50 PST

In my Central Park residence in the Philippines (Davao City) and glued on television @ CNN, I watched the inaugural ceremony of the transfer of power peacefully from President George W. Bush to now US President Barack Obama up to the time that the former President took the helicopter that ferried him and former First Lady Lara Bush to Andrew Airport for their trip home til past 1:00 am of

Wahington DC

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:37:47 PST

At the Capitol and the grounds of the White House I saw by myself squirrels and it reminded me I was not home but in faraway America. Tourists can view the White House from a distance and take pictures too.From New York City for a week's stay in a downtown Manhattan hotel and walking distance to Central Park, we traveled by bus to Washington, DC for a day tour.It was indeed educational, my

Davao Med ICT school expands offering for legal transcriptionists/transcribers

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:48:01 PST

A Davao-based Medical Transcription School after noting high demand for legal transcriptionists/transcribers has expanded its offering for Legal Transcription Program of eight weeks course. Wit Holganza, president of MTC Academy said the demand for qualified individuals task of writing accurate and grammatically correct legal records has been growing. She said these legal transcribers take

Davao City sees new businesses for 2009

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:44:06 PST

An increase in new businesses in Davao City is expected this year to about 10 percent higher than the total businesses registered last year. Business bureau chief Atty. Johpee Agustin said they were able to served about 32,000 businesses in 2008 both for new registrants and renewal of business permits and they expect new businesses coming in. She said they are optimistic of the business trend

Davao City got highest in new registered corporation/partnership for 2008

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:34:49 PST

Davao City raked in the highest number of new registered corporations and partnership that were served by the Securities and Exchange Commission Davao extension office in 2008.SEC Davao head Atty. Javey Francisco said the city cornered 314 new businesses of the 464 corporations that registered with their office last year around Mindanao.General Santos City followed next with 36 then Tagum City

Med Express to expand to other Mindanao areas

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:52:23 PST

A Manila-based medicine distributor will expand its operations in Mindanao after it hit a 12,000 clients in Davao last year. The Med Express which delivers nedicines and milk formulas right at the clients doorstep is putting up new stores in Davao City and other parts of Mindanao. Med Express business development manager Carlo Lorenzana said with one store servicing their clients in the city,

Davao bakeshop to open new branches

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:44:10 PST

Panaderia, a local bakeshop in Davao City, is bent on opening new branches in other Mindanao areas this year to be able to achieve a profitable operation.Samuel M. Abrenilla, owner of CokTek Manufacturing and Panaderia Bakeshop said having multiple outlets means higher revenue.He said they are looking at the cities of General Santos, Valencia and Cagayan de Oro.Although he said they would not

Mindanao tourism sites up for promotion

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:17:24 PST

The government has line up tourism sites up for promotion by a subregional economic group.In the list is Mt. Apo and 10 other areas in Mindanao and Palawan.The Mindanao Economic Development Council report showed the other Mindanao sites are Malawi Island and Dapitan in the Zamboanga peninsula, Camiguin Island in Northern Mindanao, Davao Gulf and Samal Island in the Davao Region, Lake Sebu in

For OFWs … here are some useful info for Pag-IBIG membership

noreply@blogger.com (prix) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:57:56 PST

MEMBERSHIP Coverage: Membership under the Pag-IBIG Overseas Program (POP) shall be open to all Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) with valid visas or employment contracts. Likewise, it shall be open to Filipino immigrants and to Filipinos naturalized in other countries. Contribution Rate: The POP member shall contribute monthly an amount equivalent to US $5. Should a POP member decide to apply for