SunStar Network News feed for Davao, Philippines http://www.sunstar.com.ph en-us Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:51:09 +0800 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:51:09 +0800 THE Philippine Football Federation (PFF) Men's Southern Mindanao Finals will kick off on July 18 to 20 at the Tionko Field. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/09/sports/pff.minda.finals.set.july.18.20.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified HOLY Cross of Davao College's Jacqueline Caragao will be hailed as most outstanding athlete in table tennis when the 14th So Kim Cheng Sports Awards Night unfolds on July 22 at the Grand Regal Hotel. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/09/sports/caragao.davao.s.best.table.tennis.player.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Marianne Saberon-Abalayan THE Inday Sara team will vie for a grand slam in the Mayor Rody Duterte Lumba Bisiklita sa Kadayawan set on August 23 in an out-and-back course from Davao City. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/09/sports/inday.sara.bikers.seek.another.title.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified "Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me." -- F.Scott Fitzgerald http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/09/life/the.rich.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Rene Lizada Papa's table THE small municipality of Cagwait in Surigao del Sur has a hidden paradise to boast of and a festivity to crow about. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/09/feat/kaliguan.festival!.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jojie Alcantara YOUNG boxing sensation Balweg Bangoyan of Davao del Sur will defend his Philippine Boxing Federation (PBF) junior featherweight crown on July 19 at the Cebu Coliseum. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/09/sports/bangoyan.to.defend.pbf.crown.in.cebu.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified FRIEDRICH Nietzsche once said, "Beggars should be abolished entirely! Verily, it is annoying to give to them and it is annoying not to give to them." Fred was no Mr. Congeniality by a stretch? He could count Hitler as a fan, but he presents the dilemma of how to deal with beggars succinctly. To give or not to give, that is the question. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/09/oped/jocy.so.unraveling.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jocy So Unraveling I AM constrained to revisit this issue because of the stirrings that this subject has created. I do not exactly know where this incredulous statement came from but basing from reports the source could be the International Finance Corporation (IFC), which incidentally has a miniscule office in Davao City. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/09/oped/jun.ledesma.sunbursts.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jun Ledesma Sunbursts "What we mean (by patriotism) is a sense of national responsibility ... a patriotism which is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime." -- Adlai Stevenson, 1952 http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/09/oped/editorial.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan -- In a bid to maximize Palawan's participation in the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines-East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-Eaga), local and foreign businessmen, as well as local and national government heads and representatives, agreed that Palawan should improve its infrastructure and support facilities, especially for tourism and agriculture. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/09/bus/palawan.to.strengthen.presence.in.bimp.eaga.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Davao Region announced that a new program has already been started for the welfare of the consumers. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/09/bus/cash.program.launched.for.consumers.welfare.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Joy Romares-Sevilla A FULL agricultural development is the long-term solution proposed by North Cotabato Representative Bernardo Piñol to address series of atrocities allegedly committed by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Central Mindanao recently. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/09/bus/piñol.pushes.agri.dev.t.to.address.conflict.in.c..mindanao.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ben O. Tesiorna THE twist in the controversy hounding the mining operations in Pujada Bay got complicated as another lumad group claimed they were not consulted about whatever was stipulated in a resolution of support released by another tribe for one of the two contending giant mining companies. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/09/news/lumads.say.they.didn.t.side.with.mining.firm.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified NOT a single transport group in Southern Mindanao has filed for a fare rate increase even as pump prices have again increased by P2 per liter. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/09/news/no.local.transport.group.asked.for.fare.hike.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Carlo P. Mallo IT'S not all bad news in the poor performance of the region's elementary and high school students, the Department of Education (DepEd)-Southern Mindanao said, adding that the poor performance is much improved compared to last year. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/09/news/deped.poor.rating.of.region.s.students.better.than.last.year.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A COUPLE residing in NCCC Village in Bajada has complained of being harassed and trapped inside their homes by the new owner of a neighboring lot. In a letter dated June 30, 2008 addressed to Mayor Rodrigo Duterte through the office of Councilor Pilar Braga, couple Klaus and Rosanna Doring summarized the incidents during the last two weeks. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/09/news/couple.seeks.mayor.s.help.vs.bullying.neighbor.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified PLANTERSBANK whipped Securitybank Saturday, 94-85, for its third straight victory in the Bankers Cup 2008 basketball tournament. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/08/sports/planters.whip.security.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Charles Raymond A. Maxey THE 2nd leg of the Regional Swimming Association (RSA) Series set this month in Koronadal City will instead be held in Davao City by August in time for the Kadayawan Festival. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/08/sports/rsa.swim.meet.second.leg.set.in.davao.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified DAVAO City sports coordinator Christopher "Bong" Go sparked the City Mayor's Office's 92-85 victory against Wallmount Advertising in the resumption of the 2008 Summer Basketball League at the Almendras Gym Sunday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/08/sports/go.powers.cmo.past.wallmount.dribblers.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified DAVAO City's Dharim Bacus emerged as champion in the 1st Saturday Magnolia Non-Master Active Chess Tournament in Parañaque City over the weekend. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/08/sports/davao.bet.tops.chessfest.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified QUERY: How many times have we been told by the head of this department or the chief of that bureau that the price of commercial rice is dropping when, out here in Buhangin (and, I suspect, everywhere else), the price remains at P48-P50 a kilo? http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/08/oped/gary.covington.looking.in.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Gary Covington Looking In THE military is urging local government units not to be lenient in giving out permits for rallies following a raid by the New People's Army on a police office in Banaybanay town in Davao Oriental where the raiders pretended to be rallyists carrying placards while riding in vans. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/08/oped/editorial.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified METROLIFESTYLE Fitness Center and Spa's summer ender campaign has finally come to a triumphant finish. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/08/life/metrolifestyle.ends.summer.campaign.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified EVER since the dawn of time, bad breath has been described in many writings as a social problem. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/08/feat/bad.breath.in.children.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship plans to conduct a forum in Davao City this year in a bid to boost small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Davao Region. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/08/bus/center.to.conduct.sme.forum.this.year.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE director of the Small and Medium Enterprise Development (Smed) Center said they are working a set of guidelines for potential small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Davao Region that can produce bigger volume of products, which can be exported to other countries. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/08/bus/exec.to.davao.smes.cater.to.bigger.market.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Joy Romares-Sevilla THE president of the Davao Doctors Hospital (DDH) Monday said a new set of officers will be elected next month to manage the leading health care institution in Davao Region. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/08/bus/ddh.to.elect.new.execs.next.month.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified DAVAO City will continue to experience cloudy skies and an overcast weather for the entire week as an inter-tropical convergent zone is affecting the country. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/08/news/rain.showers.to.continue.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified POLICE Regional Office Director Andres Caro II said Malacañang has yet to send the official appointment papers of Davao del Sur Governor Douglas Ra. Cagas as the new Regional Peace and Order Council chair for Southern Mindanao. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/08/news/cagas.still.doesn.t.have.rpoc.appointment.papers.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified KEY personalities who have been associated with rebel groups are being monitored by the police amidst reports that they are being re-recruited into the communist organization. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/08/news/npa.re.recruiting.ex.allies.police.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Carlo P. Mallo THE village chief of Mt. Diwalwal in Monkayo, Compostela Valley has taken a month-long leave of absence starting Monday as he challenged the New People's Army (NPA) to investigate if he "sold out Diwalwal to multinational mining corporations." Roel Agustin II, spokesperson of the NPA's Front Committee 20-Conrado Heredia Command, alleged that Mt. Diwalwal village chief Franco Tito is now the salesperson of controversial ZTE firm of China and other foreign mining companies as he became the spokesperson of the capitalists. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/08/news/village.chief.dares.npa.to.prove.raps.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jeffrey M. Tupas Correspondent THE Davao City leg of the Shell National Youth Active Chess Championships fires off on September 13-14 at the SM-City entertainment area. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/07/sports/shell.chess.davao.leg.set.on.september.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified GLENN "Rapid Fire" Gonzales of M'lang, North Cotabato made a successful US debut Saturday (Sunday in Manila) when he beat journeyman Robert Daluz of New York on points at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/07/sports/gonzales.wins.in.us.debut.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified DIRECTOR's Cut: (This portion features the thoughts of DepEd regional director Susana Teresa B. Estigoy to all stakeholders and recipients of the efforts to improve the basic education.) http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/07/oped/lorenzo.e..mendoza.the.scribe.s.corner.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Lorenzo E. Mendoza The Scribe's Corner DAVAO City is always a trailblazer. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/07/oped/radzini.oledan.slice.of.life.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Radzini Oledan Slice of life RETIRED General Hermogenes Esperon's patience as government chief peace negotiator is undergoing an acid test. First month into his assumption of office as presidential assistant for peace process, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is displaying some disturbing belligerence. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/07/oped/jun.ledesma.sunbursts.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jun Ledesma Sunbursts DAVAO City ranks high again in the Philippine Cities Competitiveness Ranking Project 2007 of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM). The Dabawenyos will always say that is obvious. Others will look on in envy. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/07/oped/editorial.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified EVEN with the heavy downpour, Dabawenyos still flocked to the Bar One on June 27 to dance the night and the rain away with the rhythmic beat of the drums of Brazil. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/07/life/dancing.the.rain.away.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Carlo P. Mallo "PEACE is not only the absence of war but it also means contentment and having good relationships with others. When we have peace in ourselves, it is easier for us to care for our environment," Joylen Cabanda tells the hundreds of youth who rose above cultural and religious differences to support the Duyog K'linaw, a concert for peace, unity and the environment on June 27 in General Santos City. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/07/feat/concert.for.peace.unity.environment.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ruby More DAVAO Doctors Hospital (DDH), the leading health care institution in the Davao region, celebrates its 39th Anniversary Monday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/07/bus/davao.doctors.hospital.marks.39th.year.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified AFTER the successful staging of the Bimp-Eaga Investment Conference in Davao City last year, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Southern Mindanao announced that a Mindanao-wide investment conference would be held in Cagayan de Oro City next month. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/07/bus/minda.wide.investment.confab.set.next.month.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (DCCCII) formally opened the SME Development Week celebration at the NCCC Mall in Matina, Davao City Monday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/07/bus/chamber.opens.smed.week.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Joy Romares-Sevilla AFTER massive infrastructure development of Damosa Gateway at the Damosa Complex in Lanang, Davao City, Anflocor ventures into its next ambitious project -- the Playa Azalea. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/07/bus/anflocor.landco.partner.to.develop.posh.community.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Nelson C. Bagaforo VICT Mayor Sara Duterte thanked all Dabawenyos Sunday for their cooperation and support to the City Government of Davao that earned it high ranks in the Philippine Cities Competitiveness Ranking Project 2007 of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM). http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/07/news/sara.thanks.dabawenyos.for.city.s.latest.honors.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE barangay officials of Mt. Diwata in the gold rush mountain of Diwalwal denounced the series of atrocities committed by the New People's Army (NPA) rebels in their area. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/07/news/diwalwal.denounces.npa.raids.in.tunnels.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ben O. Tesiorna THE Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA), the umbrella group of the multi-million dollar banana industry, opted to keep mum over the comment made by a solicitor general affirming the constitutionality of the Aerial Spray Ban Ordinance. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/07/news/banana.growers.group.mum.over.solgen.s.opinion.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified SECURITY measures in various facilities of the Davao City Water District (DCWD) have been tightened following reports that the water utility has been included in the New People's Army (NPA) "hot list." Other companies that were reportedly included in the hot list are Lapanday Foods Corporation, Dole-Stanfilco Philippines, and Franklin Baker. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/07/news/water.district.facilities.tightly.watched.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified TUBOD, Lanao del Norte -- Popular team sports like basketball, volleyball, and football have been included in the roster of events for the Mindanao Friendship Games as stakeholders voted for them during the final day of the Mindanao Sports Summit at the Mindanao Civic Center here Friday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/06/sports/basketball.volleyball.in.mfg..html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified HE'S 18 years old and stands five-foot-nine. An Electronics and Communication Engineering sophomore at the University of the Immaculate Conception (UIC), Jed Marc Lim Palazuelo is no ordinary student though. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/06/sports/sports.profile.jed.palazuelo.arnisador.cum.musician.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Marianne L. Saberon-Abalayan BOOKS are stacked in all my living spaces a.k.a. office and bedroom, with repeatedly read books by the window right beside the bed just within reach when sleep seems elusive. The repeatedly-read books play a key role in this eternal struggle between a good sleep and a good read. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/06/oped/stella.a..estremera.spider.s.web.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Stella A. Estremera Spider's Web THIS piece started out life called Fantasy, a title it turned out inappropriate as, as usual, I veered off in all directions, my original intention -- to write a few words about movie fantasies -- gone by the board. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/06/oped/gary.covington.looking.in.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Gary Covington Looking In A BARANGAY kagawad was shot and killed by two suspected rebels in Nabunturan Friday morning, a day after a grenade was lobbed at a bakeshop in the same town that killed three people. Police identified the victim as Noli Llanos of Barangay Mipangi of Nabunturan town in Compostela Valley. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/06/news/rebels.kill.councilman.in.compostela.valley.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ben O. Tesiorna KIDAPAWAN CITY -- A Davao City-based non-government organization will launch on Monday a special project dubbed as, "School Breakfast" program, which aims to motivate students in embattled areas to complete their studies. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/06/news/.school.breakfast.launch.in.war.torn.areas.tomorrow.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified KIDAPAWAN CITY -- The militant Suara Bangsamoro fears that deployment of additional Army troops in conflict-affected Shariff Kabungsuan province in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) may result to violence, which will lead to massive displacement of Moro people. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/06/news/group.slams.troop.deployment.in.armm.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Malu Cadelina Manar Correspondent SOME 940 children were given free haircut and school supplies Saturday afternoon during the general assembly of the "Rody Sagop Bata Para sa Kaugmaon" project. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/06/news/940.kids.get.free.haircut.school.supplies.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A PT, a diver, an RN, a Jaycee, a brother DeMolay, a good friend to all... the chrome letters spelled on a marble marker placed 80 feet underwater at the second pinnacle off Big Ligid in the Island Garden City of Samal. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/06/life/remembering.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Stella A. Estremera GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- With petroleum products breaching the P50 per liter mark, it has put the tuna industry in a "state of delirium" as producers are mulling to use Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) to cut on operational costs, an industry leader said. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/06/bus/tuna.producers.eye.lpg.use.due.to.soaring.fuel.prices.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified FILIPINOS have repeatedly claimed to be a bunch of happy people. No matter how many typhoons, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, mudslides, and droughts smack us senseless; no matter how inept many of our politicians are in all matters except graft and corruption; and no matter how high prices are for rice, transportation, and other basic commodities, we still grin and bear it all. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/05/oped/jocy.so.unraveling.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jocy So Unraveling IT'S obvious that the New People's Army (NPA) has gained unprecedented strengths and is in fact gloating over its recent victories over the military and the police. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/05/oped/editorial.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified HEADS rolled after the successful raid by the New People's Army (NPA) on the town hall of Banaybanay in Davao Oriental Thursday morning. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/05/news/davao.oriental.police.chiefs.axed.for.banay.raid.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ben O. Tesiorna EVEN before the Court of Appeals could hand out its decision on the constitutionality of the Aerial Spray Ban Ordinance in Davao City, the president of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industries Inc. (DCCCII) believes the banana industry will have to make adjustments one way or another. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/05/news/banana.sector.will.have.to.adjust.dccci.prexy.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE New People's Army (NPA) denies having any hand in the grenade attack in the Municipality of Nabunturan that killed three people and wounded 10 others shortly after midnight on Thursday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/05/news/rebels.deny.hand.in.grenade.blast.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified FOUR big companies in the Davao region are on the hot list of the New People's Army (NPA), an intelligence report said. The intelligence report identified Lapanday Foods Corporation, Dole Philippines, Franklin Baker, and the Davao City Water District (DCWD) as the four companies that are being targeted by the rebel group. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/05/news/communist.group.targets.dcwd.3.giant.companies.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Carlo P. Mallo THE Davao Doctors Hospital will have a weeklong free clinic starting July 7 as part of its 39th anniversary celebration. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/05/life/ddh.celebrates.39th.year.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified HOW does one celebrate 80 years of meaningful existence? http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/05/life/a.double.80th.birthday.celebration.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Janette Huang-Teves Mom-About-Town A SINGAPORE-based investor is interested in putting up a call center company in Davao City, according to the director of the Board of Investments (BOI) for Mindanao. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/05/bus/it.firm.in.singapore.plans.to.locate.here.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A PROJECT that will streamline the bureaucratic requirement in securing business licenses and permits will be launched next week. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/05/bus/project.to.streamline.securing.biz.permits.to.be.launched.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will speak during the opening program of the 8th Asean Science and Technology Week (ASTW), which the Philippines hosts this year through the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/05/bus/arroyo.to.speak.during.8th.asean.s&t.week.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified BUSINESSMEN in Davao City have raised alarm over the numerous attacks perpetrated by the rebel group on private firms and infrastructure in the province in recent weeks. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/05/bus/npa.attacks.big.blow.to.businesses.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Carlo P. Mallo TUBOD, Lanao del Norte -- The 15 Filipino athletes seeing action in the 2008 Olympics will get a big boost as no less than newly-crowned World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion Manny Pacquaio will carry the Philippine flag during the opening parade of the event which fires off in Beijing next month. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/05/sports/pacquiao.to.carry.rp.flag.in.beijing.games.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Marianne Saberon-Abalayan TUBOD, Lanao del Norte -- Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman William "Butch" Ramirez hailed Davao City divers Sheila Mae Perez and Rexel Ryan Fabriga during the opening ceremonies of the Mindanao Sports Summit at the Mindanao Civic Center Hotel here Thursday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/05/sports/psc.chief.hails.davao.divers.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified MARCIAL Yap and Glen Yap are Davao City's awardees for cycling in the So King Cheng Awards Night set on July 22 at the Grand Regal Hotel. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/05/sports/catangue.and.yap.skc.awardees.for.cycling.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE 3RD Kadayawan Open Tenpin Bowling Tournament fires off from August 14 to 17 at the NCCC Mall's B3 lanes with cash prizes and trophies at stake to the winners. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/05/sports/kadayawan.bowlfest.rolls.off.august.14.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified DESPITE figuring in four major maritime disasters, Sulpicio Lines continues to evade justice. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/05/oped/radzini.oledan.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Radzini Oledan TUBOD, Lanao del Norte -- The revival of the Mindanao Friendship Games and creation of the Mindanao Sports Council will be tackled during the two-day Mindanao Sports Summit that opened at the Mindanao Civic Center here Thursday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/04/sports/sports.summit.underway.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified LAST July 1, a notice was published at Lanang Country Club. It came from Mrs. Carmen D. Locsin, chairperson of Dakudao and Sons, Inc. And this was what was stated: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/04/sports/garcia.lanang.country.club.to.cease.operations.after.july.31.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Imee Garcia AFTER their impressive performance in the recent 9th Asean Age-Group Chess Championships in Vietnam, young woodpushers John Ray Batucan and Rowelyn Joy Acedo expressed gratitude to those who supported them in their memorable campaign abroad. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/04/sports/batucan.acedo.thank.supporters.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Charles Raymond A. Maxey THE CLE Medical Supply Panthers beat the Green Huskies, 74-61, to sweep the best-of-three finals and capture the Davao City Association of Detailmen and Salesmen (DCADS) basketball crown. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/04/sports/cle.panthers.bag.cage.title.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified JUST recently, former President Fidel V. Ramos cited the need for a Mindanao plan beyond 2010. People will certainly have in mind more infrastructure and economic projects for Mindanao. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/04/oped/roberto.p..alabado.iii.planning.perspectives.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Roberto P. Alabado III Planning Perspectives WHOEVER says its bad to do business in Davao City is as blind as the famous swordsman Sato Ichi of the Japanese movie. I do not know where and how the International Finance Corporation obtained its statistics but I suspect its must have been hoodwinked by a survey firm, which is more into the agenda of political persuasion than what is obtaining on the ground. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/04/oped/jun.ledesma.sunbursts.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jun Ledesma Sunbursts HELLO! Bike lanes are back on the agenda. Here's Councilor Peter Lavina proposing a resolution that will pave the way for an ordinance to promote the use of bicycles. And, on Tuesday, there was a splendid editorial -- Bike lanes and procrastination. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/04/oped/gary.covington.looking.in.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Gary Covington Looking In THE Association of Descendants of American and Filipino Veterans and Masons in Davao City will mark Friday the Filipino-American Friendship Day with a memorial at the Davao American and Masonic Cemetery at Father Selga St. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/04/life/fil.american.veterans.masons.honored.friday.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Grace L. Plata THE Himig Singers, a community choir based in Davao City, is asking for your support as its competes in the 5th World Choir Games this coming July in Graz, Austria. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/04/life/himig.singers.competes.in.5th.world.choir.games.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE country's rejuvenated economic trade ties with one of its strongest allies get another boost with the sweet mangoes of Davao del Sur possibly taking the first base in the recent trade talks led by no less than President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/04/bus/davao.mangoes.to.be.exported.to.us.arroyo.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified NEWLY appointed Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Rod Smith expressed Australia's continuing thrusts in strengthening cooperation on security, development cooperation, as well as Mindanao trade and investment in a courtesy call conducted at the Mindanao Economic Development Council (Medco) last week. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/04/bus/aussie.envoy.vows.to.strengthen.mindanao.bimp.eaga.ties.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified AS THE harvest of different kinds of vegetables is fast approaching, the agri-business department has prepared the markets for this commodity. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/04/bus/da.prepares.market.for.veggies.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE realization that water is life has prompted the Mindanao Rural Development Program (MRDP) to tap water not only in sustaining life but also in boosting food production in the island-region. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/04/bus/rural.program.focuses.on.irrigation.water.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Department of Education (DepEd) in Southern Mindanao has committed to double its efforts in exposing public elementary and high school students to speaking and reading in Filipino after the region placed just a notch higher than the poorest performers in the National Achievement Test (NAT). http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/04/news/education.dep.t.to.improve.performance.in.nat.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A RICE retailer of government-subsidized NFA rice along Kilometer 8.5 in Matina Pangi was ordered closed by the National Food Authority (NFA) Thursday after it was reported to have been overpricing by as much as P9 per kilo. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/04/news/nfa.orders.closure.of.rice.retailer.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE series of armed encounters and bombing of transmission lines in Central Mindanao has worried the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), saying this could be an indication that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is gearing up for war. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/04/news/atrocities.in.southern.mindanao.worry.afp.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE negotiations between mining giant BHP Billiton and its Filipino partner Asiaticus Management Corporation (Amcor), which was brokered by Environment Secretary Lito Atienza in Singapore last week, were a failure. BHP Billiton's Stainless Steel Material president Jimmy Wilson failed to attend the meeting and sent his representative instead to meet with Amcor's top officials. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/04/news/amcor.bhp.billiton.talks.fail.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ben O. Tesiorna LEE Vann Corteza and Gandy Valle of Davao City are on fire in the Qatar 9-Ball event. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/03/sports/valle.corteza.make.last.32.in.qatar.9–ball.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified FIL-AM prospects wishing to join the annual Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Rookie Draft have a week left to submit their applications and necessary papers, with talent Solomon Mercado among those expected to beat the July 8 deadline. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/03/sports/pba.gives.cagers.until.july.8.to.apply.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified ONE of the most promising boxers to emerge from Mindanao today will finally showcase his talent before American boxing audience when he makes his US debut on July 5. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/03/sports/gonzales.to.make.us.debut.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE resumption of violence being waged by secessionists elements recalls to mind the image of Datu Ibrahim Pendatun Paglas. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/03/oped/jun.ledesma.sunbursts.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jun Ledesma Sunbursts IT is still a man's world in the local political scene of Igacos. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/03/oped/roger.p..antalan.dateline.igacos.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Roger P. Antalan Dateline IGaCoS HERE'S another bad news for us in the Davao Region, and the bad news is telling us, that we who take pride in being the best among other regions in the country, are mouthing nothing but illusions of grandeur. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/03/oped/editorial.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)-Southern Mindanao continues with its crack down on carpools without franchises to operate. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/03/news/ltfrb.warns.carpools.should.have.franchise.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified SOME officials inside the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) expressed disappointment over the appointment of DPWH Caraga Regional Director Romeo Momo as Undersecretary. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/03/news/dpwh.heads.grumble.over.arroyo.appointee.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Carlo P. Mallo A NATIONAL law mandating the regulation of the use of motorcycle-for-hires, more commonly known as habal-habal, is nearing its enactment as the House of Representatives passed the said bill on third and final reading. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/03/news/congress.approves.regulation.of.habal.habal.on.3rd.reading.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Philippine Army arrested two wounded rebels inside the hospitals Tuesday as part of their continuing manhunt against rebels who simultaneously attacked two municipal police stations in Surigao del Norte Saturday night. Major Armand Rico, spokesman of the Eastern Mindanao Command, said the two rebels were separately arrested in Panatao and Caraga hospitals in Surigao City. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/03/news/wounded.rebels.nabbed.in.hospital.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ben O. Tesiorna THE 3rd Mindanao Travel and Tour Expo (MTTE) 2008, tagged as Mindanao's biggest tourism assembly, is slated from August 8 to 10 at the Event Centre of the SM City Davao. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/03/bus/travel.tour.expo.slated.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Southern Mindanao said the implementation of the Davao Industry Cluster Competency Enhancement Program (Diccep) is ongoing in order to enhance the capacity of workers and staff involved in promoting the 11 priority industry clusters of the region. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/03/bus/jica.funds.program.for.team.competency.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE director of the Board of Investments (BOI) for Mindanao said the unit is now focusing on building up investments in local government units (LGUs) in Mindanao that needs to be promoted to the local and multi-national investors. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/03/bus/boi.pushes.investments.promo.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Joy Romares-Sevilla A CHINESE company is putting up a cassava processing plant in Davao Oriental to the tune of P1.2 billion. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/07/03/bus/chinese.firm.to.put.up.p1b.cassava.plant.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ben O. 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