Bizmen see Davao City's construction boom

PIA Press Release 2008/03/01
By Prix D. Banzon

Davao City (1 March)--Business leaders see a boom in the construction industry of Davao as more infrastructure projects are in the pipeline for the next three years.

Engr. Ramon Allado, president of Allado Construction Company Southern Philippines Construction Core Group revealed in a briefing during the opening of the 2nd International Building Materials, Interior Products, Construction Equipment and Services Exhibition that with government spending in infrastructure more projects are coming for the Davao Region. > > > [ full story ]
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500-year-old Agusan tree becomes a tourist stop

[ manilastandardtoday.com ] March 1, 2008

BUTUAN CITY—The Philippines’ oldest tree has become an official tourist destination after the tourism department and local officials opened a tourist center near it in Magallanes, Agusan del Norte.

Officials inaugurated the center last week near the 500-year-old Bitaog tree, and it is expected to accommodate 200 visitors daily in the village of Caloc-an.

The tree was declared the Philippine Centennial Tree in June 1998 after a local historian, Florante More, nominated it as the country’s oldest tree.> > > [ full story ]
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Durano optimistic on Davao

[ Manila Bulletin Online ] March 1, 2008

DAVAO CITY — Tourism Secretary Joseph Durano is optimistic about the prospects of Davao City as one of the best tourist destinations in the country.

He said Davao City will be highlighted at the International Tourism Fair ITB, the world’s biggest tourism fair, to be held in Berlin, Germany on March 5-9, 2008.

Durano made this statement during the 2nd Davao Travel Show held recently here.

"One thing Davao can look forward to this coming ITP fair in Germany is that our new product, the Adventure Philippines package, will prominently highlight Davao City and the rest of Mindanao," he said.> > > [ full story ]
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Philippine Eagle Center gets boost from Tourism department

Saturday, March 01, 2008 [ manilatimes.net.ph ]

The Department of Tourism (DOT) has donated five million pesos for the construction of a new entrance lounge to the Philippine Eagle Center (PEC) in Davao City.

The PEC is the home of 36 Philippine Eagles as well as the center for research and breeding of the Philippine Eagle, one of the critically endangered eagle species in the world. The area was established and maintained by the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF), a non-profit organization established in 1987, > > > [ full story ]
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Davao City to make available spaces for call center operations

PIA Press Release 2008/02/29

by Prix D Banzon

Davao City (29 February) -- Davao City Investment and Promotion Center (DCIPC) head Engineer Roberto Teo during the Davao Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Property Forum on Thursday said that the city in the next few months will make available some 20,000 sq. m. for call center operations.

Teo said some of these projects are ongoing and they expect the available the spaces to be ready toward the end of the year.> > > [ full story ]
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