VOL. 6 ISSUE 110 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY, AUGUST 16-17, 2013
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BRIGHT COLORED BAGS. New generation handicrafts are injected with sophisticated designs and styles like this collection of native handbags in bright colors which will surely lure younger buyers. Lean Daval Jr.
More safe in Davao By NEILWIN JOSEPH L. BRAVO njb@edgedavao.net
With a report from EJ DOMINIC FERNANDEZ
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avao’s visitors feel more secure and safe in Davao than anywhere in the country.
READY FOR THE BIG DAY. the rizal park stage which will bethe center of the activities of the kadayawan Festival is all set and ready for the guests of this weekend’s festivities. Lean Daval Jr.
Benjie Banzon, general manager of Davao’s homegrown The Royal Mandaya Hotel, said yesterday they have received the positive general sentiment from an in-house survey of their clientele reinforcing an online survey rating Davao as the world’s fourth safest city. “We have received positive feedback from our guests and the general sentiment is that they feel more safe and more secure here,” Banzon said during the hotel’s formal press launch of its 15th year anniversary celebration next month. Banzon’s pronouncements came at the heels of Davao’s high ranking in Numbeo.com’s survey of the world’s safest cities. Davao City ranked no. 4, only three rungs lower to no. 1 abu Dhabi in the United arab Emirates, no. 2 Nuganu, switzerland, and no. 3 Marbella, spain. The 181-room hotel is a local investment of the Escandor Group of Companies which also owns DasIa security agency, one of the country’s leading security personnel providers. Banzon said that the hotel’s marked growth in the past three years have shown visitor confidence of
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