EDGEDAVAO
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VOL.5 ISSUE 69 • JUNE 08 - 09, 2012
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24T vacancies in two jobs fair S
OME 24,000 jobs will be offered during the Kalayaan Jobs Fair on June 12, Independence Day, in Davao City. The jobs fair will be simultaneously held in two large malls in the city, each sponsored by two major TV networks. The jobs fair at
the Abreeza Mall will be sponsored by GMA Network and the other event (NCCC Mall Matina) will be held in partnership with ABSCBN. According to Alan Baban, OIC head of the Technical Support and Services Division
Department of Labor and Employment Regional Office 11, said there are 79 companies joining the event--52 local. and 27 overseas agencies. Guesting at The Marco Polo Davao’s Club 888 media forum last June 6, Baban said
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STUDENTS SMOKING. Students from the Davao City National High School are spotted smoking inside a store only a few meters from the campus. Selling cigarettes to minors is strictly prohibited in the country. [KARLOS MANLUPIG]
Biting the bullet
Multi-million drainage plan eyed
By Jade C. Zaldivar
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HE Davao City Planning ang Development Office (CPDO) bared yesterday the local government’s plan
to invest millions for a long-sustaining drainage system. CPDO officer-in-charge Robert Alabado said the city government is looking over proposals that would add three main
canals to the city’s drainage system. “We’re looking at a drainage system that would cost perhaps as much as P20 million per kilometer,” Alabado said during the I-Speak media forum.
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