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THE Davao City government is allocating another P5-million to beef up its computerization on business registration and to eliminate multiple face-to-face interaction among representatives of business establishments. Business Bureau head Dwight Domingo [...]

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Davao Region recorded a 52 percent leap in exports last year as compared to its 2011 performance. In its preliminary annual report ending November 2012, the agency reported that its programs, projects, and [...]

THE Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) has lined up initiatives to help revive the coconut industry in Davao region that incurred P5-billion worth of damages when typhoon Pablo ravaged the area. PCA administrator Euclides Forbes said the agency came [...]

DAVAO City–The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) will give production loan assistance to Davao region farmers to recover from the destruction brought by typhoon Pablo. In a recent visit in the region before the holidays, DAR Secretary Virgilio [...]

DAVAO City–Government continued the relief and rehabilitation efforts for victims of typhoon Pablo in calamity-affected areas of Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley. Priscilla Razon, director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development [...]

THE Davao Light & Power Company will conduct 30-minute switching power interruptions on Dec. 16, affecting customers in the northern part of its franchise. Communication officer Ross Luga said the scheduled outages are necessary to conduct repair [...]

AT least 500 banana industry stakeholders will gather in a two-day Mindanao Banana Congress at SMX Convention Center, SM Lanang Premier in Davao City starting November 7. Spearheaded by the Philippine Exporters Confederation Davao chapter, the Mindanao [...]

THE free seminars to be conducted alongside this year’s Davao Trade Expo (DATE) on Oct. 25-27 are expected to gather around 800 participants. Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc (DCCCII) media relations officer Kathy Klye Tupas said the [...]

THE Davao City government as of August 2012 has earned P50-million from the 20-percent housing balance compliance of real property developers. City council committee chair on housing Councilor Arnulfo Cabling said they will use the fund for the relocation [...]

INVESTMENTS in Davao City this year in terms of capitalization are better off than last year, Davao City Investment and Promotion Center head Jason Magnaye said. He said this based on the figure issued by the Business Bureau. Without giving numbers, [...]

REGISTRATION of about a thousand of stock and non-corporations with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Davao City Extension Office was revoked from 2002 to 2010 for failure to submit the required yearly SEC reports and corresponding fees, SEC-Davao [...]

DAVAO City–Many candidates for the May 13, 2013 mid-term elections are now in the campaign trail but the Commission on Elections (Comelec) can’t do nothing about it because of a Supreme Court (SC) ruling, thus confirmed Comelec assistant regional [...]

PANAMA wilt, a plant disease which has been devastating farms in Davao Region during the last few years, has remained as the “biggest threat” to the country’s banana industry. Also known to agri-researchers as frusarium, this plant disease turns [...]

PHYSICIANS and health volunteers successfully screened close to a hundred amputees for prosthesis fitting using an award-winning mobile phone application during a medical mission conducted recently in Digos City, Davao del Sur. The Amputee Screening via [...]

THE Cebu City Investment Promotion Office (CCIPC) and Davao Region local government units shared strategies on how to boost their respective promotion agenda. CCIPC president Joel Mari S. Yu, during the training for local economic and investment promotion [...]