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Weather Bulletin

Issued At: 5:00 a.m., 10 November 2009

  Wind convergence affecting Visayas and Northern Mindanao.

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PCSO Lotto Results
Lotto Results 11/9/2009
Megalotto 6/45: 12 28 32 30 14 24
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Davao Business

Sona projects closely watched


ROAD projects being implemented in Mindanao are closely watched as President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo reiterated her orders that the island should have a completed road network before her term ends.


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RP, Indonesia tackle border dispute in gab

DEFINING the border of the Philippines and Indonesia is one of issues discussed during the 28th Vice Chairman's Conference of the Philippines-Indonesia Border Committee conducted in Manado, Indonesia


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WWF joins opposition vs coal power plant


GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- A global conservation group has finally joined calls for the Alcantara-led coal power plant project to abandon the venture, urging the firm instead to pursue renewable energy so


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Cash-L promotes city as RP's wine capital

A GROUP of healthy and sustainable lifestyle advocates in Davao City is actively promoting the city as the fruit wine capital of the country.


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Mindanao swine producers warn of higher pork prices


KORONADAL CITY -- Warning of higher pork prices in the Yuletide season, swine producers in Mindanao admitted Thursday that they will find it hard to supply pork products to Luzon.


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Agri department to launch P300-M biodiversity conservation

MINDANAO's rich biodiversity will be the focus of the island-wide environmental conservation project of the Department of Agriculture (DA).


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Growing ginger a profitable venture


GINGER is a crop that grows best in the Philippines. In fact, it is so versatile that it can be grown almost any part of the country.


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Creative criminals

HAVING worked overseas for a few years before, I still receive every now and then emails that are circulating among overseas Filipino workers abroad.



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Chinese investors eye Davao for business ties


CHINESE investors are now taking a look at the potential investments and joint cooperation that can be undertaken in Davao Region.


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BOC has been online with Asycuda: broker

SHIPPING agents and brokers at the Bureau of Customs (BOC) frowned upon the new electronic online system being introduced, which reportedly will cut the time of processing and releasing of shipment fr


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East Asia ‘recovering’ from global financial crisis

ECONOMIES in East Asia and Pacific region are doing a swift rebound from the global financial crisis that struck late 2008, based on the report of the Work Bank Thursday.


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Brunei eyes Mindanao for rice production

BRUNEI is eyeing Mindanao as a production site for its own rice supply.


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RDR backs aerial spray


KNOWN as banana country, it is not surprising that the province of Davao del Norte has defied the appeal of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) and instead created a task force t


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