The African tulip trees at the PTA Grounds Park Development Project, which were planted as full-grown trees, are now growing more leaves as work at the park intensifies. It is expected that a portion of the park will be open for the public by year-end. (Sun.Star Davao/Stella A. Estremera)
THE proposed General Fund Annual Budget and Plantilla of the City Government of Davao for 2007 was approved Tuesday by the council during it's regular session.
The proposal amounting to P2,586,096,567 will be appropriated for three general areas:
Councilor calls for support of lumads' organic zone
COUNCILOR Leonardo Avila III urged the Davao City Council and the general public to support the Bagobo-Tagabawas of Sibulan who have declared their land as an "organic zone," disallowing chemical farming in their area.
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Lawmaker: Probe bureau has proof v. assassins' boss
MURDER charges are now being readied against the suspected handler of the hired assassins who killed the bodyguard of Davao del Sur Representative Douglas Ra Cagas early this month, as Cagas himself claimed.
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