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50-year-old Magsaysay law stalling developments in Davao reservation area

Vol. XXI, No. 142 [ Business World Online ]
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 | MANILA, PHILIPPINES

DAVAO CITY — A more than 50-year-old law signed during the administration of President Ramon D. Magsaysay has given the city government headaches as modernity and migration threaten to swamp one of the city’s reservation areas.

Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte said he is not inclined to demolish the multimillion-peso "baywalk" behind Queensland Motel in this city’s Matina Aplaya despite an order from the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA). > > > [ full story ]
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