Sunstar November 25, 2010 TUBOD, Lanao del Norte – Australian officials expressed optimism on the economic growth potential of Northern Mindanao during a visit here on November 23. “I’m of the belief that Northern Mindanao will become the growth center of Mindanao in the future,” predicted Sam Chittick, Governance Adviser to the Australian Aid Agency [...]

November 22, 2010 by: Melvin T. Anggot and Virgilio C. Garcia Iligan City, PHILIPPINES -Architect Gil Balondo said in a press conference at city hall last week that Iligan City can expect economic development with the completion of the Iligan – Bukidnon Road Project. Balondo, City Planning and Development Coordinator said that business transactions in [...]

ManilaStandard Today by Elaine R. Alanguilan November 22, 2010 THE state home-financing fund plans to increase its membership dues by as much as 200 percent to boost its services to members, an official said over the weekend. The fund’s previous board approved the increase in January last year, but it did not implement it because [...]

The Daily Tribune November 22, 2010 On the third anniversary of their dramatic march for land, the Panaw Sumilao farmers of Sumilao, Bukidnon received a total of 147 hectares of land which they plan to develop into a corn and cassava farm. In 2007, the farmers marched from Sumilao to Manila to lay claim to [...]

BusinessWorld Online November 15, 2010 DAVAO CITY — City councilors here approved the reclassification of a 10-hectare property in Lanang district, about six kilometers north of city hall, from “parks and recreation” to “major commercial zone,” tearing down a major hurdle in the construction of a second SM City shopping mall. The subcommittee on housing [...]