VOL. 6 ISSUE 107• TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2013
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RARE FINDS. These rare full-blown Gervera flowers from Thailand are one of the many attractions of this year’s Kadayawan Agri-trade Fair being held at SM City Davao car park. Lean Daval Jr.
Waterways closely watched By GREGORIO G. DELIGERO
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OVERNMENT emergency responders kept close watch of Davao City’s rivers and other waterways as major roads in the city were hit by floods
following heavy rains on Monday night. As of 8: 12 p.m. yesterday, personnel of the Davao City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council
FROZEN LOLONG. Davao Crocodile Park president Philip “Sonny” Dizon notes some damages in the frozen remains of Lolong’s head due to freezer burn prior to being turned over to the National Museum for taxidermy yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
has yet to issue an advisory, saying they are still conducting field monitoring in the entire city, particularly in areas along rivers and other waterways.
In major thoroughfares in the downtown area including Along Quirino Avenue, floodwaters reached knee-deep in some sections, stranding hundreds of mo-
torists and commuters who opted to stay inside offices and malls. Taxi cabs are commonly scarce during heavy downpour and high waters as
most drivers opt to stay off flooded roads. As of 5 p.m. Monday, PAGASA’s weather forecast for Davao Region is “cloudy with
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‘Lolong’ custody settled First to National Museum for taxidermy, then Bunawan for his final home By NEILWIN JOSEPH L. BRAVO
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VEN with only his frozen remains left, “Lolong” is making
news. Custody over the world’s largest crocodile in captivity was finally settled yesterday where the transfer of his head and skin to the National Museum was readied. “Lolong”, who died in captivity last February 10 in a park made by the local government of Bunawan to promote the influx of tourists in what was then marketed as “crocodile tourism,”
was to be fetched from the Davao Crocodile Park for the eventual taxidermy process in the National Museum. The process will preserve the crocodile’s remains. Davao Crocodile Park president Philip “Sonny” Dizon yesterday prepared the head of “Lolong” and its skin which was preserved in large freezers of the animal conservation park since March. “Lolong will be pulled
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