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A proposed US$400 million China-funded bridge could wipe out the rich marine ecosystem of Paradise Reef, one of the few healthy reef areas in the Philippines’ Davao Gulf. ....
Published June 27, 2021, 6:25 PM A few days before Davao City approved an ordinance banning single use of plastic, it got an unexpected visit from a rare whale along its seas. The Davao office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) captured on video a rare Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) while traversing the seas between Ligid Island of Davao Del Norte and Kopiat Island of Davao De Oro on June 12. Davao City’s no single-use plastics law seems momentous for the thriving sea near its area as countless sea creatures were washed ashore dead the past few ywars, with most deaths attributed to plastic materials found inside their digestive system. ....
CCP president and NCCA chairman Last Nov. 24, 2018 B.C. (before Covid-19), I was sitting with ordinary Dabawenyos at the RMC Gymas we were being regaled with another enchanting evening of music by the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of its Music Director and Principal Conductor Yoshikazu Fukumura. Even before I assumed the position of president of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), I was already a staunch supporter of the PPO. I believe in the power of music to change the lives of the Filipino people. And that night in Davao City, it was personally satisfying to see a sense of delight on the faces of the audience. For some brief moments of their lives, their spirits were uplifted by music that seemed to have come from heaven. ....