Philippines mourns 'King of Comedy' Dolphy

 DOLPHY PASSED AWAY...

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Kadayawan Festival in Davao City 2012

See you in Davao City. HAPPY KADAYAWAN FESTIVAL from August 12 - 19, 2012!!!

Taxi Technology Hits Davao City

Davao City has now the most advanced mode of payment for taxis. Pay via ATM or Debit Card.

MABUHAY Taxi assistant manager Ryan Tan informed the media by stating that from their current 25 units of black taxis 20 are now installed with wireless ATM and Debit terminals and a GBS (global positioning system) done by a computer.

MABUHAY!!!

 

Davao City Airport Landing

Organic Farmers Gear up to go Mainstream

Organic farming practitioners and their advocates are meeting soon with the city's Technical Committee on Organic Agriculture/Organic Agriculture Management Council (TCOA-OAMC) to determine how to mainstream organic farming in the next five years. The most pressing questions include how to sustain the production of high quality organic products, and how to make organic farm produce more accessible to the public.

Go Organic Davao City network member Ling Castro, of the Interface Development Interventions, said, that they hope to have the 5 years strategy plan in place before this years ends. "Having a strategic plan for organic makes it even more a commitment for Davao City to establish itself as the organic center in Southern Mindanao where organic farming communities are producing a sufficient supply of affordable organic produce and where these communities are patronized and supported by the local government and the public," she said.

I strongly agree with Castro, who also stated: "This will contribute to Davao's vision of a green city where there is a confluence of sustainable initiatives and environment-friendly lifestyles."

Davao City already has more than 100 farmers practicing organic agriculture, excluding the indigenous upland farmers.

Liezel, Hazel and Twinkle from Davao City

Liez

 

Liezel, Hazel and Twinkle, these are three girls and great entertainers from the beautiful Davao City in the Philippines, who are performing right now in Malaysia. Their Number One Goal is to entertain us and to make us have a good time. Just let's sit back, relax and tap our feet and have fun.

The Celestial Band is performing songs from the last decade as well as from the 90s, 80s, 70s and Latin Rock.

Check out more here:

http://www.TheCelestialBand.com

ERDA Vocational School Receives Grant from German Embassy

  

Under its small-scale projects scheme, the German Embassy in Manila granted 150,000 Pesos to the ERDA Technical and Vocational Secondary School in Manila yesterday.  The funds will be used for partially renovating and equipping the school's clinic, providing additional electric fans for its classrooms as well as giving technical equipment for its vocational training workshops. 

With its grant, the embassy wants to help improve ERDA's health services, provide a more conducive learning environment as well as develop a better quality of education.

Representatives of ERDA, led by School Principal Mrs. Jane Natividad, visited the Embassy for the contract signing of the project. German Ambassador Dr. Joachim Heidorn (photo) released the grant to Mrs. Natividad, who express her gratitude to the German Embassy.

Small-scale projects are local initiatives financed by the Federal Foreign Ministry through the German Embassy and are implemented through non-profit entities. Through quick and direct assistance, the projects aim to directly improve the quality of life among the poorest sectors of society.

For more information on the German Embassy grants for small-scale projects contact the Development Cooperation Section through http://www.manila.diplo.de  or 02 - 702 3035.

Implementing Ban on Plastics is a Challenge

Last week Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte admitted that implementing the ban on non-biodegradable plastic bags and polystyrene foam containers is "challenging" but said it is a challenge the city is willing to take.

"For a city as big as Davao City, the implementation is a challenge, but the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) is determined to implement the law," the mayor said in an interview.

The ban of the use of plastics is contained in the Solid Waster Management Ordinance approved in 2012. The city will start the implementation on June 28, 2012, two years after the ordinance was submitted. 

I agree with mayor saying while the ordinance contains some "grey areas", it will take time so the city has no choice but to work on the current law. 

Some manufactures, vendors' associations, store owners, and other business establishments made an appeal, because they have yet to get rid of their stock of old plastics.  Also wet food products should be exempted from the ban. The ban covers the use of all plastic bags used for grocery and shopping, packaging for meats and fish in wet markets including materials made of polystyrene foam or Styrofoam. 

The ban is aimed at further mitigating the harmful effects of non-biodegradable materials littered in the environment or dumped at the sanitary landfill. 

Dan Hill Comes to Davao: Sometimes When We Touch!

In a karaoke session may it be at home or party, Dan Hill's "Sometimes When we Touch" is the all time favorite and most requested song.

Well, rest that microphone for awhile because the multi-Grammy award singer and song-writer will be in Davao City on July 7 to serenade us live with his hit songs like "Never Thought", "Can't We Try", "In Your Eyes" and a lot more.

The show will be held at the RSM Event Center of the Philippine Women's College. This is for the benefit of the AMUMA Foundation and Davao Watershed Management. The concert is presented tp us by Davao Medical Society, Far East Associates, Verdemonte Realty Corp, Generation YES in cooperation with Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Davao City Government.

For ticket sales and reservations, contact in Davao 082 - 221 7515, 226 4433, 227 6850; 0917 - 974 7804 and 0916 - 324 3985.

University of Southeastern Philippines in Davao: Here you can also learn GERMAN!

The University of Southeastern Philippines in Davao City (Obrero) is not only the TOP 5 among 300 Philippine Universities. USeP also offers foreign language courses. If you wish to like more, visit

http://www.usep.edu.ph

and then click ACADEMICS - DELIVERY SYSTEMS - INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGES.

I am honoured to be one of the faculty members (German Language Professor) since more then four years now.