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Transmission upgrading to answer looming power crisis in Mindanao

by By Hio Tiao “Bong” W. Lim ContributorTHE much-ballyhooed looming power crisis in Mindanao will become a reality if  excess power currently generated in...

More investors eyeing Minda ’s energy sector

More than thirty local and foreign investors have shown interest in Mindanao ’s energy sector. This was apparent during the recent Mindanao Investors Forum...

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BHP Billiton, Amcor to settle Pujada nickel mining dispute

BHP Billiton, the world’s biggest miner, and its local partner will meet in Singapore within this week to settle a dispute covering a nickel...

P4.1-B new investments availing of tax incentives

The Davao City Investment and Promotion Center (DCIPC) reported that new investments in Davao City as of the first week of September 2009 totaled...

Will ‘open access’ make energy in Davao cleaner and cheaper?

Open access” sounds like open source system, a term associated with software use. However, these two words could mean the world for power users...

Trade conventions prove it is business as usual in Davao

The world may be in recession but it is business as usual in Davao City as conventions and conferences are being held after another,...

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Aboitiz to kill Tamugan project if found harmful to Davao City

by Lovely A. Carillo I will be the first one to kill it (in reference to the Tamugan hydro plant project) if there is...

DENR should avoid pitfalls in banana spraying study:PBGEA

The Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA) welcomes the conduct of a study on aerial spraying that the Department of Environment and Natural...