Sun.Star February 28, 2011 MANILA — Students in Mindanao may choose not to pursue technical vocational courses in Manila as the government plans to open an P8 million worth of training center in Misamis Oriental. Located at the eastern town of Libertad, the two-hour drive facility from Cagayan de Oro City will also benefit residents [...]

Sunstar Davao February 26, 2011 THE government is determined to help Filipino companies seize a wider chunk of the $3 trillion global halal market. Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-Soccksargen Director Dr. Haja Sittie Shayma P. HR Laidan confirmed the construction of a Halal facility in South Central Mindanao bigger than the laboratory now operating [...]

Philippine Daily Inquirer 02/25/2011 By Tessa Salazar MANILA, Philippines—A quarter of the 2 million structures in urban areas in the country will crumble under a natural disaster such as an earthquake. This grim assessment of principal architect and urban planner Felino A. Palafox Jr. of Palafox Associates was revealed to Inquirer Property. He observed that [...]

SunStar Davao February 23, 2011 THE regional office of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Davao Region distributed a total of 6,290 hectares of land to 5,727 farmer beneficiaries last year, exceeding its annual target by 14 percent. DAR-Davao Director Datu Yusoph B. Mama on Tuesday reported land distribution in the region last year [...]

Inquirer Mindanao By Frinston Lim February 19, 2011 CLAD IN a white shirt, shorts and sneakers, the diminutive man stops by one of the barbecue stalls along the clogged Quezon Street in Tagum City, where long tables and smoking grills cluttered the otherwise wide, clean-swept place during an ordinary night. He waves to the crowd [...]