“THE PRIORITY IS WATER FOR DABAWENYOS”

LWUA sides with DCWD over Tamugan
By ROGER M. BALANZA
Our priority is water for the Dabawenyos.
Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) administrator Prospero Pichay made this clear as President Arroyo ordered LWUA to settle the conflict between Davao City Water District (DCWD) and the Aboitiz-owned Hedcor Inc. over use of Tamugan River.
This developed as Davao City councilor [...]

Watershed Code to ban Hedcor hyropower plant in Tamugan

City councilors dared to make a stand vs. Hedcor
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has dared members of the local legislative body to make a stand on in defense of Tamugan River as the National Water Resources Board (NWRB) closed the door on the Davao City Water District (DCWD) to tap the river for its surface [...]

Davao City dads trade raps over bribery

 Two Davao City councilors have locked in verbal battle over the recend bribery scandal that has rocked the local legislative council.
Neophyte councilor Karlo Bello revealed that he has asked the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) to look into possible ethical miscounduct by fellow councilor Ricardo Cabling when the latter supposedly received P300,000 from a [...]

Davao City has P180 million pesos for urban poor settlements

Failed export processing zone
now urban poor housing model
By ROGER M. BALANZA
 
DAVAO CITY – About 40 hectares of property where there was supposed to rise an export processing zone in the early 90s—for two decades a wide piece of abandoned land—has been turned into a settlement for thousands of homeless urban poor dwellers here.
            Failing to [...]

Bottling plant no threat to Davao City underground water reservoir

City Hall okays bottling plant in aquifer area
BY ROGER M. BALANZA

City Hall has endorsed to the Davao City Council for approval the application by Interbev Philippines to put up a bottling and soft drinks plant in Binugao in Toril.
The favorable endorsement for the InterBev project follows the approval in December [...]

DAVAO CITY: CABLING CODE TO BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED IN 2009

P5M for Davao City
watershed protection
By ROGER M. BALANZA
The Watershed Management Council (WMC) said P5M has been earmarked for watershed protection as City Hall preps up for the full implementation this year of the Davao City Watershed Protection, Conservation and Management Ordinance.
WMC chaired by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and co-chaired by city administrator Wendel Avisado is [...]

UDHA BOOSTS DAVAO CITY URBAN POOR HOUSING PROGRAM

High-end housing chips in P13 million for urban poor
By ROGER M. BALANZA

The Davao City government now has P13 million worth of additional housing funds earned from the 20 % Balance Housing component of the Urban Development Housing Act (UDHA), for use in its socialized housing program.
The UDHA law mandates that high-end housing projects allocate [...]

Govt officials tackle Mindanao boundary disputes

Pinol seeks solution to boundary disputes
By ROGER M. BALANZA
 North Cotabato Vice Governor Emmanuel Pinol, whose province is locked in dispute with five abutting provinces has spearheaded a review and assessment of the land conflict for a final solution.
Pinol yesterday gathered at a gathering in Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City to tackle by the horn [...]

DENR warns vs food insecurity in Davao City

HOUSING SUBDIVISIONS THREATENING HOG AND POULTRY FARMS
By Roger M. Balanza
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Davao City said the city’s supply of pork and poultry is being threatened by housing projects and backed the stay of poultry and hog raisers in an old agricultural zone in Sirawan in Toril district, about [...]

Corruption at Davao City Council

Dayanghirang: Cabling is clean
 
          After saying that the Davao City Council committee on housing was at the center of corruption issues in the 17 years that he has been in the council, floor leader Danilo Dayanghirang this week cleared its current chairman of anomalies.
          Councilor Arnolfo Ricardo Cabling is clean, said Dayanghirang in wake of [...]