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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Danao City
Danao City is a 2nd class city in the province of Cebu, Philippines.
Category: Cities in the Philippines The Cebu Metropolitan Area or Metro Cebu is the main urban center of the island province of Cebu.
The Legislative districts of the Philippines are the representations of the Philippines provinces and cities in the Philippine Congress.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Danao-City   (2018 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: San Fernando, Cebu
In 2005, Metro Cebu's definition was expanded to include Danao City in the north and the municipalities of San Fernando and Carcar down south.
Danao City Seal Danao City is a 3rd class city in the province of Cebu, Philippines.
Cebu City is een stad in de Filipijnen op het eiland Cebu.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/San-Fernando%2C-Cebu   (1276 words)

  
 Wa'y Blima! Cebu Visitors Guide: Cebu Island: Danao City
Danao City is a smallish city about half an hour to the north of Cebu.
provincial city; neat, leafy, and populated mostly by trisikads.
A taxi driver once told me that Danao was exempt from taxes during the Marcos years; I haven't been able to verify this but it sounds plausible enough.
www.wayblima.com /cebu-island-danao-city.html   (415 words)

  
  CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
The city lies on the eastern shore of the island of Cebu and is the first Spanish settlement in the country.
To the northeast of the city are Mandaue City and the town of Consolacion, to the west are Toledo City, the towns of Balamban, and Asturias, to the south are Talisay City and the town of Minglanilla.
Cebu City is governed mainly by city hall, composed of one mayor, one vice-mayor and sixteen councilors (eight representing the north and eight representing the south).
encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Cebu_City   (2989 words)

  
 DANAO CITY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
It is 8.20 kilometers from Carmen to the North; 97.0 kilometers from Balamban (via Toledo City); 92.14 kilometers from Asturias (via Lugo); 7.80 kilometers from Compostela to the South; and 33.1 kilometers from Cebu City, reckoned from kilometer 00.0 at the Cebu Provincial Capitol Building.
The city’s road network consists of 12.1 kilometers of national roads; 12.2 kilometers of municipal roads; and 97.5 kilometers of barangay roads.
Danao City can be reached from Cebu City through the national highways which is asphalted/concreted and widened to conform to the specification of a real highway.
www.ngkhai.com /pointcebu/facts/danao.htm   (909 words)

  
 The CEBU WEBSITE by Oliver Nunez Jr.Cities Far Away.Danao
At the height of his political power, Durano made sure that his city was a beneficiary of millions of pesos of industrial financing from the post-World War II Reparations Commission and from the Development Bank of the Philippines.
Danao City has a seaport which links the Camotes group of islands, which are integral parts of the province of Cebu, with the Cebu mainland.
This city is reputed to be the "gun capital" of the Philippines because people believe that many firearms traded in the country (and even abroad, to a certain extent) come from here.
members.tripod.com /cebuwebsite/danao.html   (465 words)

  
 Philippines : Gov.Ph : News : PGMA inaugurates Danao City's P74M ultra-modern bus terminal-cum-market (Printer friendly ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
She said she was glad that Danao City's economy has been growing at a fast rate, and that the new bus terminal will further enhance the economic growth of the northern part of Cebu.
The President said that with the growing population of Danao City and the entry of more locaters in its economic zone, the economy of this metropolis can be expected to grow even faster.
The President was assisted by Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia and Danao City Mayor Ramon Durano in cutting the ribbon and unveiling of the marker of the new bus terminal-cum-public market.
www.gov.ph /news/printerfriendly.asp?i=16321   (304 words)

  
 The Manila Times Internet Edition | REGIONS > Priest’s accuser moves on, drops rape charge
CEBU City: Saying she wants to “move on and focus on my studies,” the 19-year-old student who accused a priest of rape last year declared she wanted the court to dismiss her complaint.
She filed her affidavit of desistance on Tuesday, subscribed and sworn to before Danao City Prosecutor Jose Dionisio Kyamko on January 3.
Judge Manuel Patalinghug of Branch 25 of the Danao City Regional Trial Court (RTC) repeatedly asked the woman if she was sure she wanted to drop the case.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2007/jan/13/yehey/prov/20070113pro2.html   (319 words)

  
 A Deadly Craft
The sugarcane fields and hills of Danao City continue to hide an illegal trade that has thrived for almost a century now.
Other Danao gunmakers have since copied his gun, and are now doing brisk business with their homage to Kevin's genius.
Danao guns are in demand in Masbate, Nueva Ecija, Cagayan Valley, Iligan City, Lanao del Norte, Pagadian, Ozamis, Dipolog, Cagayan de Oro City, and Zamboanga City.
pcij.org /imag/Dispatches/danao.html   (986 words)

  
 PGMA's Speech during the Inauguration of Danao City Bus Terminal and Public Market
Murag ingon ni Ace, dako ang akon mayoriya diri sa Cebu sa ni-aging piliay apan dinhi sa Danao sukad pa sa akong una nga pagkandidato sa senador sa 1992 dako na ang akon mayoriya diri sa Danao City.
Gikalipay ko nga sa ni-aging lima ka tuig sa atong administrasyon, kamo ug ako, mikusog kayo ug ang paglambo sa siyudad sa Danao, busa paspas sab ang pagdako sa inyong populasyon.
Ang isda gikan sa mga isla sa norte ug sa Camotes Island ikanaog sa atong fishport, ihapit sa inyong bag-o nga merkado ug bus terminal aron dalhon dayon sa syudad sa Sugbo kon diin ipadala kini sa ubang lugar sa nasud pina-agi sa western ug Central Nautical Highways.
www.ops.gov.ph /speeches2006/speech-2006_oct13.htm   (985 words)

  
 Balita - Linking Filipinos worldwide with news since 1994
Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmena, who was given the honorary title of Sultan of Cebu City by the Muslim community in 2003, is scheduled to join the festivities.
Danao City Mayor Ramonito Durano III said the four firms — three to relocate from the Mactan Economic Zone and one new investor from Japan — have expressed interest to invest at the Danao City Economic Zone.
In her speech during the inauguration of the P74-million new Danao City public market and transport terminal, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said she was happy to hear that the four investors would become neighbors of the first export factory in the city — Mitsumi.
news.balita.ph /html/index.php?topic=Cebunews&page=15   (1626 words)

  
 WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: Things to Do
Exhibits of excavated gold, trade beads, coins, iron-age potteries, rare trade wares of porcelain from China, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand, including Ming, Celadon, and other China trade jars, as was Ban Chieng, Haripunchai pottery, and gold teeth peggings were excavated in the areas of Cebu, and the Visayas and Mindanao.
There are two boats which travel to and from the island and Danao City everyday.
Overlooking the city, it is situated near the cool flower gardens of Busay.
www.tourism.gov.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=thingstodo&province=40   (2760 words)

  
 City of Tagbilaran: News & Updates
Of the number, 20 are gold medals, 27 silver and 37 bronze — sending the city delegation to the fifth place in the overall standing, with Cebu City delegation as the champion.
City Mayor Dan Neri Lim yesterday said the city athletes will be honored during tomorrow’s special program at the City Hall atrium.
The participating contingents were (according to medal standing): Cebu City, Cebu Province, Mandaue City, Negros Oriental Province, Tagbilaran City, Dumaguete City, Lapu-Lapu City, Danao City, Siquijor Province, Talisay City, Tanjay City, and Bais City.
www.tagbilaran.gov.ph /news.php?action=fullnews&showcomments=1&id=120   (655 words)

  
 Bulatlat - The Philippines's alternative weekly magazine
The Danao River is located at the Old Poblacion of Escalante City, 98 kms north of Bacolod City, Negros Occidental in central Philippines.
It is eight kilometers long and zigzags from the estuary of Barangay (village) Danao, the Visayan Sea, Tanon Strait, and inward to the Barangay Danao proper.
In a rally held on the day of the mayor’s deadline in Barangay Danao, more than 1,000 fisherfolks, peasants, and other sectors slammed the river program as a destructive “eco-tourism” program that is biased against poor fisherfolks and farmers households in and around the area.
bulatlat.com /news/5-5/5-5-danao.html   (1006 words)

  
 Danao City information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
For the municipality in Bohol, see Danao, Bohol.
Danao City is a 3rd class city in the province of Cebu, Philippines.
Danao City is politically subdivided into 42 barangays.
c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Danao_City   (87 words)

  
 DAUSA - Taga Danao ni Bay!
The first of the 9-Saturday Novena in honor of Danao City’s Patron Saint, Santo Tomas de Villanueva, will be held in Simi Valley, California at the residence of Adolfo and Annalee Famas-Gorre.
During the first DAUSA Medical Mission conducted in Danao City in September 1998, a 3-year old baby with severe facial deformity was brought to the Danao General Hospital by her parents hoping that the Medical Mission surgeons who had been doing cleft-lip and palate surgeries could also fix their daughter’s face.
Ramon “Boboy” Durano IV (boboy_rd @yahoo.com), former city administrator, vice mayor and councilor of Danao City.
www.dausa.org   (2626 words)

  
 Sun.Star Cebu - Danao's gunmakers seek government aid
But gun-making is not listed in the city's resource profile, as shown by Lourdes Rivera of the city planning.
The resource profile showed only three industrial establishments in the city, of which only two are in operation.
The Workers League of Danao- Multipurpose Cooperative (World-MPC) acquired its license to manufacture guns in 1996.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/ceb/2004/01/20/feat/danao.s.gunmakers.seek.government.aid.html   (614 words)

  
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DANAO CITY, Philippines, Nov 29 (Reuters) - With the whiff of elections in the air, the gunsmiths of Danao City are working overtime to meet demand for their signature.38-calibre revolvers.
Next May's congressional and local elections are already providing brisk business in the central city of Danao, the country's gun-making capital.
The 53-year-old is one of an estimated 5,000 people in Danao churning out illegal firearms -- from pistols to submachine guns at a cost of 1,000 to 15,000 pesos each ($20-$300).
www.alertnet.org /thenews/newsdesk/MAN289646.htm   (910 words)

  
 USAID Telling Our Story: Philippines - Philippines Begins Attack On Garbage
Toledo City has completed the first three steps of the program by establishing and training a waste management board and technical working group, and conducting a survey of local waste management practices.
City officials, working under a bridge along the river, characterized their garbage, discussing possible management ideas for each of the different types of garbage identified.
Danao City’s environmental management specialist Cayetano Yray is enthusiastic about the program.
www.usaid.gov /stories/philippines/cs_philippines_garbage.html   (398 words)

  
 Sites near Danao, Philippines - Sunrise, sunset, dawn and dusk times for the whole year - GeoURL (2.0)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Sites near Danao, Philippines - Sunrise, sunset, dawn and dusk times for the whole year (10.52, 124.03) Near Danao, Philippines
Danao - Danao City - Filipinas - Geo7 (0.3 km W) Near Danao 65 more from www.geoseven.com
Cebu City, Philippines - Bollettino meteorologico e previsioni del tempo per i prossimi 7 giorni (28.3 km SW) Near Cebu
www.geourl.org /near/?p=http://www.gaisma.com/en/location/danao.html   (269 words)

  
 Wow Cebu City! » News
CEBU CITY — The conflict between mayoral candidates and their supporters in Cordova town did not end after the canvassing was completed.
As most of the canvassing was moved to the Provincial Capitol, augmentation forces in the towns and cities of Cebu started to move out, except in Mandaue City and in Cordova, which remained hotly contested.
Five of the victims were taken to the Cebu City Medical Center, while the rest were taken to private hospitals in Cebu City.
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 PIA Homepage
Arroyo said she wants Danao City to serve as an example to local government units (LGUs) nationwide to avail of the loan funding from the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) for local development projects.
Arroyo said she has witnessed the growth of Danao City in her five years in office which, may be the reason why the population is also rising.
"I believe that Danao City will be the center of the light industry in the North," the President quoted, as she was happy to learn that four new locators have invested in the specific area declared as special economic zone.
www.pia.gov.ph /?m=12&sec=news&r=&y=&mo=&fi=p061013.htm&no=46   (533 words)

  
 ABS-CBN Interactive
In Danao City, Cebu, the number of food poisoning victims rose from 19 to 27, including six children.
The victims, mostly employees of Danao City Hall, were rushed to the hospital Saturday after showing symptoms of food poisoning.
PO3 Glenn Manulat of Danao City's police force said the victims fell ill shortly after eating lechon (roasted pork) that was sold in front of the city hall.
www.abs-cbnnews.com /storypage.aspx?StoryId=4249   (1128 words)

  
 Statistical Profile
Danao City lies on the northeastern part of the Island of Cebu.
It is bounded by the Municipality of Asturias on the west, Municipality of Catmon on the north, Municipality of Compostela on the southeast, City of Cebu on the southwest, and Camotes Sea on the east.
Danao City has 1 government-owned hospital and 1 private hospital with a total bed capacity of 50 persons.
www.cvis.net.ph /cvisnet/profile/danao.html   (206 words)

  
 Daily Star Opinions: Dumaguete Connection with Alex Pal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
We reached Bato, south of Cebu, by midnight and from there, we drove for four hours to Danao City, which is about 30 minutes from Cebu City.
We got to Danao City before 4 in the morning.
There is only one RORO vessel connecting Danao City and Isabel in Leyte.
www.visayandailystar.com /2003/May/03/alexpal.htm   (634 words)

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