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MINDANAO DAILY mindanaodailynewsdavao@gmail.com EDITOR: Cris diaz
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DAVAO
August 28, 2017
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Group pays kids to stir interest in reading DAVAO CITY -- A school run by an organization has a different way of stirring children’s interest to read by paying them when they visit the center and read during their free time. Tancho Baes, executive director of “Hope for the Nation Philippines”, said the children’s reading club has a twist. The organization which Baes heads is an affiliate of global organizaCOLORING CONTEST. The Southern Mindanao Agriculture Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development Consortium (Smaarrdec) tion of Hope of the Nation is gearing up for its 30th year anniversary celebration by showcasing home-grown Science and Technology innovations. Participants of different in Canada. universities and colleges show their skills in a sketch coloring contest, one of Smaarrdec’s events, held at Abreeza Ayala Mall in Davao City on “We pay our children to August 24. pna photo by ben briones read with us with the objective that we want them to be fluent in English, have good reading comprehension and articulate communicator,” Baes said. But Baes stressed reading is just part of a whole approach which the organization adopted in transforming a community of informal settlers and making the children become leaders in the future. He said the organization has an innovative school DAVAO CITY -- President Ayala Land, Inc. It will also adopting the home school Rodrigo Duterte has as- include the construction of style of teaching the chilsured the private sector St Luke’s Medical Center, dren. The kids learn at their the government has taken the first locator at Azuela own pace and each child measures to ensure ease Cove. The site was an old has a laptop which they use of doing business in the plywood plant and sawmill while in school. country. owned by the Alcantaras. There are 150 enrolled in “We intend to establish The Alcantara Group the school with two teachoil from households and DAVAO CITY – The city Mayor Sara Dutertean environment that is more of Companies is into a ers and a principal who are government on Friday Carpio, who led Friday’s establishments from 10 conducive for new invest- wide range of industries also learning facilitators. launched a three-month launching, said the test run barangays in the first disments to prosper and for ex- including power generaHe said he makes sure the test run of 30 public utility will be for three months trict as collection points. isting businesses to expand tion, agribusiness, forestry, school complies with the vehicles and four garbage from September to No- It will not only protect and grow,” the President said transportation, real estate requirements of the Departcollection trucks of the vember using four of the the environment but dein his speech during the development, and construcment of Education (DepEd) City Environment and city’s garbage trucks and clog canals given that used unveiling of Azuela Cove tion-related industries. for they have students from Natural Resources Office 30 public utility vehicles cooking oil is dumped in Davao City Friday. Ayala Land Inc. first pre-school to Grade 12. into canals. According (Cenro) to determine the of the Southeastern Min Duterte said Azuela Cove ventured to Davao City Their long-term plan is viability and sustainability danao Diversified Drivers to a survey conducted in is a manifestation of the through Abreeza estate. to offer courses in public of using recycled cooking and Operators Cooperative 2009, 65 per cent of air government and the private Ayala brought in Abreeza administration, governance, pollution is attributed to (SEMDDOC). oil into biodiesel fuel. sector’s commitment to Mall then Seda Hotel with peace building. Part of the The biodiesel project The mayor said the bio- the emission from autovigorously pursue economic a total investment of P15 plan is to teach them the is an initiative of the city diesel fuel is sold at P16 per mobiles, especially from development in many parts billion over the last eight basics of law, economics, government with the help liter or lower by 50 per cent jeepneys equipped with of the country. years. accounting, ethics, entreof the Japan International of the diesel fuel sold by fuel old diesel engine which Azuela Cove is 25-hect- Fernando Zobel de Ayala, preneurship and leadership. emit exhaust gases. Cooperating Agency (Jica) companies at P32 per liter. are development in Lanang president and COO of Ayala “Our school is really using the technology of Duterte-Carpio said using Citing a report from that will become the city’s Corporation, said Ayala different from other schools recycling used cooking the biodiesel fuel would the Department of Enviprime waterside business would bring in P20 billion because our goal is to be able oil into biodiesel fuel. It benefit consumers and even ronment and Natural Reand residential district. It investments in Davao and to raise these children to is the technology offered the city government in terms sources (DENR) in 2005, is the brainchild of Aviana Mindanao by 2026. become like leaders where the city government said to the city government for of fuel expenses. Development Corporation He said the Ayalas are as early as 6 years old we free by Biomass Japan Inc. Under the project, the that more than 30 per which is a joint venture com- also committed to help want them to already think and Shinozaki Transport city government piloted the cent of water pollution is pany of Davao’s Alcantara Mindanaoans and the as leaders,” he said. collection of used cooking Warehouse Co. Ltd. See test, page A7 Group of Companies and See ensure, page A7 See pays, page A7
Duterte to ensure ease of doing business in PH 30 PUVs, garbage trucks on test run using recycled oil
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