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Zamboanga-Kota Kinabalu flight starts next year

/ from 18 hours ago

DIRECT flight from Zamboanga City to Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia will start operating in March 2020.Mindanao Development Authority (Minda) secretary Emmanuel Piñol bared the direct flight has finally been approved.“This is in pursuit of our desire to link up the Bimp-Eaga (Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines-East Asean Growth Area. We have to promote ...

Tourists eyed to hike at Pasko Fiesta close

Cristina E. Alivio / from 18 hours ago

A DAVAO City tourism official expects to increase the arrival of visitors in the city as the year 2019 ends and Pasko Fiesta events close with Torotot Festival as its culminating activity.City Tourism Operations Office head Generose Tecson, during the media launch of Torotot Festival at Dencio’s Kamayan in SM ...

Busier Davao airport

Roberto A. Gumba Jr. / from December 5, 2019

THE number of international passengers coming in and out Davao City grew by 31 percent in January to October 2019 compared to the same period in 2018.Data from Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines in Davao Region (Caap-Davao) bared that the volume of international passengers passing through Francisco Bangoy International ...

Caap-Davao: No engineering firm yet to design airport expansion

Roberto A. Gumba Jr. / from December 5, 2019

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines in Davao Region in Davao Region (Caap-Davao) has not yet identified an engineering firm that will design the P700-million expansion project of the Francisco Bangoy International Airport or the Davao International Airport.Caap-Davao airport manager Rex Obcena said the agency is still in the ...

Buying price of copra hits P23 per kilogram

Roberto A. Gumba Jr. / from December 4, 2019

THE Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) in Davao noted a gradual increase in the buying price of copra since January 2019.In a phone interview with SunStar Davao, PCA-Davao coconut production and regulation officer Arnel R. Cabillan said the highest farm gate price of copra was in Davao City at P23 per ...

PSA: Banana exports up in H1 2019

Roberto A. Gumba Jr. / from December 3, 2019

BANANA exports in Davao Region have significantly increased in the first half of 2019 compared to the same period in 2018.Based on the data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), Cavendish and other bananas remained the top export of the region with a gross weight of about 1.09 billion kilograms ...

Chamber to focus on agri, digital economy in 2020

Roberto A. Gumba Jr. / from December 2, 2019

UNDER a new leadership in 2020, the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (DCCCII) will focus on improving the agribusiness sector and digital economy.On Saturday, November 30, DCCCII elected its executive vice-president John Carlo B. Tria to head the chamber and will begin with his one-year term next ...

A business built on strings

Roberto A. Gumba Jr. / from December 2, 2019

ARTWORKS can be a difficult product to sell compared to basic necessities like food or clothing.It is even more challenging than offering services. But when success strikes in the risk taken, it can earn as much as a three-month salary of an overseas job in just three days. Or at ...

A silver lining with coco sugar

Roberto A. Gumba Jr. / from December 2, 2019

THE year 2008 is the beginning of a challenging period for coconut growers like Betty More, who, along with her husband, maintained a three-hectare farm in Katipunan, Panabo and has been employing several farmers in the nearby community."Pagka 2008, bumagsak man ang presyo ng lubi. Lisod kaayo. Unsaon na lang ...

Real estate firm upbeat in Minda despite quakes

Cristina E. Alivio / from November 28, 2019

A REAL estate player remains positive in Mindanao despite the recent earthquakes being experienced in some areas here, including Davao City.Camella officially rolled out its latest project in Davao Region with the launching of its new project, Camella Toril.Camella president Maria Teresa Tumbaga said in an interview on the sideline ...

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