Edge Davao 6 Issue 104

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VOL. 6 ISSUE 104 • THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013

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EDGEDAVAO Serving a seamless society

BONDING. A 3-month old tiger cub compassionately stares at its trainer at the Davao Crocodile Park yesterday. The Serbian-Bengal cross-bred tiger cub is one of three under the care of the park. Lean Daval jr.

KADAYAWAN IN PERIL

Rody may cancel Kadayawan, ‘if’…. By EJ DOMINIC FERNANDEZ ejf@edgedavao.net

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AVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte would order the cancellation of the Kadayawan Festival set to open this Friday if he sees that there is an imminent danger to public security after the recent series of bombings in Mindanao that as of this writing killed 16 people and injured dozens of others in the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Cotabato. Speaking to members of the media at the Yellow Fin restaurant in Ecoland yesterday, Duterte said he that he would come up with a decision to cancel or push through with the festival on August 13. “If I feel in my gut that there is danger, I will scrub the whole festival,” he said, adding that they are assessing and reevaluating the various intelligence reports collated. He said he will consult the police and the military to rate the safety and security of the festival from 1 to 10, and if the rating will be below 7.5, then he would

cancel the Kadayawan. If ever a bomb explodes during the festival, then he would run the city the marshal law way. “I have no power to do that, but I will put the city under a very tight watch,” he said. He said the United States of America, Australia and Canada are in a better position to validate terrorist threats. They released a travel advisory reminding their nationals not to go to Zamboanga, Cotabato and Davao City, and indeed bombs exploded in Mindanao, he said. He believes that the bombings in Cagayan de Oro and Cotabato City are connected, done by terrorist entities, and are not politically motivated. He said that if he is forced to cancel the Ladayawan, “it would not be because I am afraid, but because I would not want to put people’s lives in peril.”

President here for MinBizCon P

RESIDENT Aquino and 12 cabinet secretaries are slated to attend this morning opening of the 22nd Mindanao Business Conference, the biggest gathering of business leaders and organizations in the island-region to date. “We are really excited of the President and the cabinet secretaries’ partic-

ipation in the conference,” said Daniel Lim, president of the hosting Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (DCCCII). Malacanang’s “powerhouse” participation in the event indicates the strong commitment of the national government to push for the Mindanao agenda and

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BOC-Davao exceeds target anew By ANTONIO M. AJERO

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OR the nth time, the District Port of Davao of the Bureau of Customs surpassed its monthly collection target in July. This was bared by acting District Collector Edward James A. Dy Buco, who has jurisdiction over the ports of Davao, General Santos City, Parang and Mati City. Lawyer Dy Buco reported that the district notched a total collection of

P573.462 million from July 1-31, surpassing by P74.425 million or 15 percent it target for the month of P499 million. He said the bulk of the collection of P501.1 million was contributed by the Port of Davao, followed by General Santos with P72.27 million. Davao’s collection in July surpassed target by 11 percent, but General Santos surpassed its goal by 52 percent, Dy Buco bared.

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INSIDE:

7 soldiers wounded in ambush

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Chot: ‘We just need to find a way’

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