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SPELLING IT OUT. Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang, chairman of City Council’s Committee on Finance, discusses Davao City’s P7 billion budget for 2017 where the peace and order program will get the biggest chunk during yesterday’s Kapehan sa Dabaw at the Annex of SM City Davao. LEAN DAVAL JR.

Spelling it out

UPBEAT. Department of Labor and Employment 11 assistant director Jason Balais bares that the employment rate in Davao Region reached 96.4 percent according to the latest report of the National Statistics Office and minimum wage in the region will increase effective this month from P317 to P335 plus P5 COLA. Balais made the disclosure during yesterday’s Kapehan sa Dabaw at the Annex of SM City Davao. LEAN DAVAL JR.

Upbeat

UPBEAT. Department of Labor and Employment 11 assistant director Jason Balais bares that the employment rate in Davao Region reached 96.4 percent according to...
NOT A DEAL YET. Administrator Peter T. Laviña (right) of the National Irrigation Administration says Philippine Ports Authority will review the proposed Sasa Port Project that caused controversy after it raised concerns from stakeholders and various sectors in Davao City. Laviña and NIA 11 director Engr. Feliz Razo (left) graced Kapehan sa Dabaw at the Annex of SM City Davao yesterday. LEAN DAVAL JR.

Not a deal yet

TOP-LEVEL GUEST. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte attends Senator Emmanuel 'Manny' Pacquiao's 38th birthday celebration at the KCC Mall Events & Convention Center in General Santos City on Saturday night. RICHARD MADELO/Presidential Photo

Top-level guest

BYE-BYE AMERICA. President Rodrigo Duterte expresses his anger against the US government anew over criticism against him for reports of extra-judicial killings in his campaign against drugs upon his arrival from his state visits to Cambodia and Singapore at Davao International Airport in Davao city early morning of Saturday. LEAN DAVAL JR.

Bye-bye America

BYE-BYE AMERICA. President Rodrigo Duterte expresses his anger against the US government anew over criticism against him for reports of extra-judicial killings in his...
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL. Tourism Undersecretary Kat de Castro, tourism officials, Davao designers, and representatives of veteran designer Renee Salud pose for a groupie after their meeting to resolve their differences and putting back the Miss Universe fashion show in Davao City. Photo from the Instagram account of Kat de Castro

All’s well that ends well

WHOOPING IT UP. The management and staff of sister companies Edge Davao and Zion Accuprint Publishing Inc. led by general manager Olivia D. Velasco and editor-in-chief Antonio M. Ajero pose for the traditional class photo during the companies’ Christmas party held at Seda Abreeza Mall on Friday evening. LEAN DAVAL JR.

Whooping it up

CATCH-UP. Some foyer honor guards fight boredom by turning their attentions to their mobile phones as they wait for the arrival of President Duterte from his state visits to Cambodia and Singapore at the Davao International Airport in Davao City yesterday. LEAN DAVAL JR.

Catch-up

TRADITIONAL FARE. Church goers buy native delicacies from a makeshift stall after hearing a dawn mass at San Pedro Cathedral along San Pedro Street in Davao City yesterday. LEAN DAVAL JR.

Traditional fare

CHAMBER MEETING. The first board meeting of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (DCCCII) under newly-elected chairman Antonio T. dela Cruz was held last Friday afternoon in the chamber’s swanky boardroom to tackle various concerns including the formal induction of officers next January with Pres. Rodrigo R. Duterte as guest of honor and inducting officer. With Chairman Dela Cruz are outgoing president Bonifacio T. Tan, executive vice president Sofronio M. Jucutan and newly-elected president Ronald C. Go. ANTONIO M. AJERO

Chamber meeting