Q: Chinese currency replace American dollar as the world currency. EXPLAIN. A: There is no agreement among nations that the currency of one nation will be the world currency. From 100 B.C. (Before Christ) up to the 10th century, the places slowly growing into European nations...
The story of Mindanao and Kadayawan is part of the tradition and culture of Malaysia and Indonesia. There were waves of settlers arriving hundreds of years apart. The earliest were the mamunuas. The Indonesians who settled in Agusan were called Manobo (river men) some in Surigao...
Q. Indigenous people A. Big problem. Smart miners got to the tribal datus, chieftains paying them, as consultants, hiring the relatives of the Datus as guards, Laborers. Some Indigenous tribes say yes (Surigao) some say no (Tampakan). The new mining policy must specify what the role...
Q. Any chance of a clearer mining policy? A. House Bill No 3763 filed on December 1, 2010 want to regulate rationally the exploring and use of minerals. Malacañang wants to get more mining royalties. The Problem is in existing mining agreements the royalty is only...
Q. What is the National Mining Policy? A. The Constitution is the guide in mining Policies. 1. Art 2, Declaration of Policies “the state shall protect and promote the right to health of the people” (sec. 5), protect and advance the right of the people to...
1. Observe If a parent talks about the same thing again and again or forgets conversations you recently had, investigate. Parents may have difficulty in making decisions, so tell all your brothers and sisters. Don’t involve in-laws. 2. Pointers Preserve the dignity of your parents. Don’t just barge...
In 1991, Alfonso Ybanez was the President and Chief operating officer. From 2003 to 2008, Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC) was one of the first utilities to have a fully computerized automatic delivery system. This very technical systematic tool saved Davao City. Linked to...
Americans brought commercial electricity to Davao City in the late 1920s. The power station in Bajada (Near Redemptorist Church and Abreeza) was badly damaged during the 1945 battle for liberation of Davao. Through American tenacity, power was restored early in 1946. In 1950, the American...
Economist magazine health care writer Slavea Chankova in 2020 wrote an article about Florence Nightingale (May 12, 1820 – Aug 13, 1910) and her role in the nursing profession. The story focused on the world Health Organization’s plan to make 2020 as the year of...
We remember everyone who helped in making the San Pedro Cathedral what it is today. Luzon and Visayas were Christianized in the 15th century. The church reached Mindanao only in the 16th century when Spanish Jesuits landed in Zamboanga and created the first Mindanaoan Church....