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                    [Title] => Davao City officials ordered suspended
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The Office of the Ombudsman issued a six-month preventive suspension order against three ranking officials of Davao City for allegedly destroying P2 million worth of government property last year.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 63858 [Title] => Manero appeals for brother’s release [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-05-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 13904 [Title] => Kadayawan fest draws crowds [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-08-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 13887 [Title] => Kadayawan fest draws crowds [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-08-18 19:44:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 397050 [Title] => Banana growers sue Davao City for ban on pesticide aerial spray [Summary] => DAVAO CITY – The Philippine Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA) has filed a civil case before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) here against the Davao City government for implementing a local ordinance banning the aerial spraying of pesticides in agricultural areas, particularly in the banana plantations in the city.

PBGEA president Stephen Antig filed the petition before the RTC here for a temporary restraining order (TRO) and writ of preliminary injunction against the city government for implementing the said ban.
[DatePublished] => 2007-05-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 377873 [Title] => Prospects bright for Davao City in 2007 [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — Prospects have remained bright for Davao City as things continue to look up for this southern metropolis, considered to be the leading growth center in this part of the country.

This year, would be a brighter year for Davao City. It would spur further growth here with the developments we are seeing now, both in the private sector and even with the projects the local government is implementing for the city, City Administrator Wendel Avisado said.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 376840 [Title] => Another zero-injury in Davao City on Christmas Eve [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — It’s another Christmas Eve celebration that Davao City had once again achieved zero-injury with no one hurt from any pyrotechnic or firecracker explosion.

The emergency rooms of several hospitals in the city have been without any admission for such injuries not only during the Christmas Eve revelry but also since the holidays started as early as the first week of December.

A local ordinance has effectively banned for six years now not only the sale but even the transport and mere possession of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic materials [DatePublished] => 2006-12-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 324913 [Title] => Davao City Hall workers get P1,000 salary increase [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — Mayor Rodrigo Duterte ordered on Monday that an additional P1,000 a month be given to over 10,000 regular and contractual employees of the Davao City Hall to help them cope with the present economic crisis.

"After this round of increase, we shall have another form of subsidy by June, in time for the opening of classes. This is aimed at benefiting the children of the city government employees," Duterte said.

Aside from regular and non-plantilla workers, those who will be hired on a job-order basis will also get to enoy the salary increase. [DatePublished] => 2006-03-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 323647 [Title] => MILF not bothered by state of emergency [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is unperturbed by President Arroyo’s declaration of a state of emergency and remains hopeful that a final peace agreement will be forged before the end of the year.

"The declaration is not directed at us in the MILF. It is more for people in Metro Manila. So far, we have nothing to fear," MILF spokesman Eid Kabalu told The STAR.

Kabalu said the MILF has been watching closely the recent political developments in Metro Manila and has been analyzing the statements of the President.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 251332 [Title] => Duterte dares Comelec to challenge his assumption of office [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — Mayor Rodrigo Duterte yesterday dared the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to stop his assumption into office by the end of June following his refusal to take the drug test required for candidates in the May 10 elections.

Duterte, who garnered over 315,000 votes, won by an overwhelming margin of over 160,000 votes over his rival, former mayor Benjamin de Guzman. He was proclaimed last May 16 along with the other winning candidates in the city’s local elections.
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