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DAVAO tourist island to have bridge, freeport

March 7, 2008

A bridge spanning the Davao Gulf from mainland Davao City and a freeport are among ambitous programs in the pipeline for local officials of the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) in Davao del Norte.
Igacos, now gaining worldwide popularity as a tourism destination for its white sand beach resorts and excellent tourism facility, sits [...]

Davao Gulf laced with mercury

March 1, 2008

Studies show alarming contamination
A paper showing high mercury contamination of fishes in the Davao Gulf would be presented in a summit on food security in Davao City next week.
An alarming feature of the the study Heavy Metal Contamination in the Davao Region by Dr. Edmundo Prantilla, chairman of the Regional Council for Research and Development (Record) is a [...]