KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/23 Oct) – Top local government leaders from the Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines-East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) opened discussions here this morning for the possible integration of various local government initiatives in the sub-region despite lingering security threats in this part of Mindanao and also in the country.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 Oct) – Local governments need not worry about where to source funding for income-generating projects, an official of the Mindanao Business Council said in a press conference marking the end of the two-day BIMP-East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) investment conference Tuesday.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 Oct) — A Malaysian and a Davao-based company are set to enter into a multimillion joint venture agreement to produce biodiesel fuel from jathropa (tuba-tuba), an official of the local firm said in the sidelines of the BIMP-East ASEAN Growth Area investment forum Tuesday.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY
In trying to evade the monster named “bribe” with its several aliases that they have created, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the other chief dwellers of Malacañang look pathetic. True to the meaning of the word, they are both compassionately and contemptuously pitiful. But feigning innocence and anger, the President invites contempt more than compassion.
