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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Davao Oriental
Davao Oriental is a province of the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao.
San Isidro is a municipality in the province of Davao Oriental in the Philippines.
Tarragona is a 4th class municipality in the province of Davao Oriental, Philippines.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Davao-Oriental   (5349 words)

  
 ABS-CBN Interactive
Glenn Rabonza, administrator of the Office of the Civil Defense, told ANC that residents of Barangay Tubaon were sent to temporary shelters away from the hazard area.
Tarragona Mayor Samuel Uy earlier announced the forced evacuation of the families in Tubaon.
DAVAO CITY – Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist Dulmatin, accused of involvement in the 2002 bombings in Bali in Indonesia, is hiding in an island off Sabah in East Malaysia, not in Basilan or Sulu, a reliable Indonesian source said Thursday.
www.abs-cbnnews.com /storypage.aspx?StoryId=30470   (1559 words)

  
  Tarragona - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tarragona is a city located in the south of Catalonia, Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea.
Tarragona is home to one of the most important ports in Spain.
Tarragona located near the holiday resort of Salou and the Universal Studios theme park Port Aventura, one of the largest in Europe.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tarragona   (203 words)

  
 The Provincial Profile of Davao Oriental
Davao Oriental was once the homeland of a fierce maritime people called the Caragans who raided the islands of the Visayas before they were eventually subdued by force of Spanish arms.
Davao became a district of the Moro Province in 1903 and in September 1914, it became a regular province under the Department of Mindanao and Sulu.
Davao Oriental is situated in the southeastern section of Mindanao.
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 Tarragona Davao Oriental - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 The Mandayan Culture, Province of Davao Oriental
The Mandaya tribe is found in the province of Davao Oriental, one of the seven (7) provinces of Region XI, Eastern Mindanao, Philippine Islands.
The tribe's greatest concentration is in the municipalities of Boston, Cateel, Baganga, Caraga, Manay, Tarragona, Lupon and Mati, both from the highlands and the lowlands.
She chants, supplicates, and wails to persuade the concerned spirits to come in, to appeal to the busaw or evil spirit to leave the patient, and to inform the diwata of the nature of the patient's ailment for proper medical advice.
www.davaooriental.gov.ph /website/mandayanculture.html   (2795 words)

  
 Davao Oriental Portal
Marble reserve in Davao Oriental, which is estimated at 200 million cubic meters, is comparable to the finest class in the world.
Davao Oriental is blessed with substantial magnesite deposite.
Davao Oriental has a coastline of 448 km., the longest in Region XI.
www.philcom.ph /clients/davao_oriental/investment.html   (431 words)

  
 Mindanao - Davao Oriental   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It is located east of Davao Province but stretches to form a peninsula separating Davao Gulf on the west from the Pacific Ocean on the east.
Davao Oriental became a separate province on May 8, 1967 when Republic Act No. 4867 divided the Province of Davao into three.
The people of Davao Oriental converse mostly in the dialect of Davaoeno, although the major languages ofTagalog and Cebuano are also widely used.
www.mindanao.org /davao/overview/ka3.htm   (431 words)

  
 tarragona
Tarragona is home to one of the most important maritime ports in Spain.
Tarragona is also home of important universities, such as the Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
Tarragona touristic attractions include the Museum of Archeology and the archaeological ensemble of Tarraco, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
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 PGMA's Speech during the 36th "Araw ng Dabaw Oryental" (Founding Anniversary of Davao Oriental)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Apan ang dalan paingon sa pag-uswag sa Davao region, dili ra ang Davao Oriental, ang tibuok Davao region dili nato makit-an kung dili mohunong ang terorismo ug kriminalidad.
Daghan kamo diri naman sa Davao Oriental ug gi-atubang nga mga problema gikan sa NPA nga niadtong miaging tuig lamang nag-raid sa inyong kapitolyo ug nangawat pa gyud ug mga armas.
Dako ug lalom ang mahimo ug Davao Oriental aron matuman sa Mindanao ang iyang saad.
www.ops.gov.ph /speeches2003/speech-2003july01.htm   (1062 words)

  
 Xinhua - English
Some 160 families were evacuated from the village since Wednesday following a warning of possible landslide from the Minesand Geosciences Bureau.
Tarragona Mayor Samuel Uy said the displaced families were transferred to an evacuation center in a neighboring village.
A devastating landslide buried a village in St. Bernard, Southern Leyte in southern Philippines on February 17, killing more than 1,000 people.
news.xinhuanet.com /english/2006-03/11/content_4291494.htm   (179 words)

  
 "Region XI"
Both Davao and Davao del Sur are separated from the surrounding provinces on the west by the Central Mindanao Highlands.
Davao Oriental is the easternmost province among the Davao provinces.
Both Davao and Davao del Sur are separated from the provinces that bound them on the west by the Central Mindanao Highlands.
www.livinginthephilippines.com /region11.html   (1589 words)

  
 PIA Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Davao City (23 Sept.) -- While Davaoeños are awaiting the opening of the new Davao International Airport in December, a miniature exhibit of the airport will be part of the "Best of the Region" that will be showcased in Intramuros, Manila in November.
Davao City (23 Sept.) -- The big number of delegations who will participate in the Mindanao Friendship Games next month is expected to boosts the economic activities of Mati, Davao Oriental.
Davao City (23 Sept.) -- Southern Philippines Construction Core Group (SPCCG), in cooperation with the Department of Trade and Industry Region XI, is conducting the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Seminar cum ISO 9000 briefing on October 7 to 9 at the Linmarr Apartelle, Bo.
www.pia.gov.ph /press/p030923b.htm   (2056 words)

  
 G.R. Nos. 81405-06   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He testified during the trial that he tended his farm in Pagsilaan, Manay, Davao Oriental, where he resides, but he also used to commute regularly to Ompao, Davao because he was a member of the NPA.
In 1970 he allegedly was an informer for the ICHDF in San Ignacio, Davao Oriental, but he got into trouble with the Badadao family in 1982 and in 1985 he became a fugitive and joined the NPA after shooting to death Elnoro Badadao.
Considering further the absence of proof that the distance from the house of Antao in Ompao, Tarragona to Genaro's farm in Baesan also in Tarragona was such as would have made it physically impossible for him to have been at the scene of the crimes (People v.
www.lawphil.net /judjuris/juri1990/may1990/gr_81405_06_1990.html   (973 words)

  
 tfdp.org | Articles - Mindanao: Human Rights Amidst War - 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
From the on-going research conducted by Urban Poor Associates (UPA) and the Institute on Church and Social Issues (ICSI), the Davao City government and other cities in Mindanao were not able to comply with the required inventory of lands within one year of effectivity of RA 7279.
In Davao City, it was reported that a total of 42 sites disposed for housing has an area of 82.98 ha.
According to Col. George Aquisap, the Police Provincial Director of Davao Oriental, the suspects admitted that they were arrested without the benefit of a warrant, but stressed that the law allowed such practice because the suspects were positively identified by four supposed MILF accomplices who have earlier surrendered (cfr.
www.tfdp.org /resources/ar_minda2000_2.htm   (3185 words)

  
 Sun.Star Network Online - Landslide threatens 2 Davao Oriental villages
DAVAO CITY -- A major landslide will hit two barangays in Tarragona, Davao Oriental in "just a matter of time," the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) warned, pointing to fissures on the ground now two meters deep running across the two places.
Rusty Villamor, of the regional mining bureau, and teams from the Office of Civil Defense, Philippine Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), and weather bureau visited the area last Tuesday and found huge cracks stretching for several kilometers.
Tarragona Mayor Samuel Uy already suspended classes in Tubaon for at least one week until such time when they could find a better alternative for the hundreds of schoolchildren.
www.sunstar.com.ph /static/net/2006/02/16/landslide.threatens.2.davao.oriental.villages.html   (501 words)

  
 Davao Oriental -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The (A naval battle in World War II (1944); a decisive naval victory for the United States fleet over the Japanese who were trying to block supplies from reaching American troops on Leyte) Philippine Sea, part of the (The largest ocean in the world) Pacific Ocean, faces Davao Oriental to the east.
Part of the province lies on an unnamed peninsula that encloses the (Click link for more info and facts about Davao Gulf) Davao Gulf to the west.
Davao Oriental is subdivided into 11 (Click link for more info and facts about municipalities) municipalities.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/D/Da/Davao_Oriental.htm   (207 words)

  
 tfdp.org | Articles - Mindanao: Human Rights Amidst War - 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Such is the case of Uztadz Abdulcader Rosel Lagbawan of Mati, Davao Oriental, and 28 other individuals involved in such incidents.
It is ironic that in Davao Province, there exists a relatively high number of malnourished children yet it has the most number (85.20%) of barangays with health stations in the country.Sultan Kudarat and Cotabato, the top two rice producing provinces, have high incidences of malnutrition among children.
The indigenous peoples and their ancestral domain were nowhere mentioned in the Municipal Comprehensive Development Plans (MCDP) of Kiblawan and Mati, nor in any of the MCDP of all the municipalities of Davao Oriental.
www.tfdp.org /resources/ar_minda2000_1.htm   (3515 words)

  
 El Niño ruins P194M in crops in Davao Oriental - INQ7.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
MATI, Davao Oriental, Philippines -- Some P194 million worth of crops, which include coconut, corn, rice, banana, vegetables, cassava, coffee and mango, were destroyed by the El Niño here, making it the hardest hit province in Southern Mindanao.
At least six of the 11 towns in Davao Oriental were severely affected by the dry spell which started in January.
Davao Oriental is the country's largest coconut producer with an annual average output of 250,000 metric tons.
news.inq7.net /regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=39469   (371 words)

  
 Mindanao Times News Online - Davao City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
P/Supt. Jorge Aquisap, Davao Oriental police provincial director, identified the three fatalities as P/Sr.
The victims’ cadavers were brought at the Angel Funeral Parlor in Mati, Davao Oriental while the wounded was rushed to the provincial hospital for treatment.
Matthew Baccay claimed that the suspects were in fact the same ones who ambushed Baldoza and his three staffmembers last Friday while they were on their way to Manay, Davao Oriental for a court hearing.
www.mindanaotimes.com.ph /news2000/june20/oriental.html   (378 words)

  
 Philippines : Gov.Ph : News : P4.2 M water system turned over to Davao Oriental farmers (Printer friendly version)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
TARRAGONA, Davao Oriental (22 April) -- The Department of Land Reform recently turned over a P4.2 million worth of water system facilities to agrarian reform beneficiaries in Sitio Tiwali, Barangay Central of Tarragona, Davao Oriental.
DLR provincial land reform officer Benjamin Luz disclosed that the project composed of a reservoir with a capacity of 50,000 cubic meter or 2,250 gallons of water, enough to service a total of 60 to 80 households in a community.
DLR official and SPOTS assistant project manager Saturnino Sibbaluca disclosed that a P10.3 million worth of solar powered lighting system, the main component of the project, was earlier turned over to the beneficiaries in Brgy.
www.gov.ph /news/printerfriendly.asp?i=8641   (239 words)

  
 People vs Rolando Zaspa : 136396 : September 21, 2000 : J. Vitug : Third Division
At about two o'clock in the morning of 29 April 1994, Chief of Police Rosauro Francisco of Tarragona, Davao Oriental, received a tip from a police informer that Rolando Zaspa and a companion were bringing dried marijuana leaves bound for Mati, somewhere at Crossing Banhawan, Tarragona, Davao Oriental.
Samples of the leaves taken from the bag were sent to the PNP Crime Laboratory in Ecoland, Davao City, where the specimen were tested and confirmed to be marijuana leaves.
He was detained in Tarragona Municipal jail from 29 April until he was brought, on 02 May 1994, to the PC Barracks at Menzi, Mati, Davao Oriental.
www.supremecourt.gov.ph /jurisprudence/2000/sept2000/136396.htm   (2360 words)

  
 PIA Press Release - 16 June 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Davao City (16 June) -- Services, the fastest expending sector in the past five years is the largest contributor to Mindanao's growth posting a 4.4% with agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors posting a year-end growth (2004) of 3.8%.
She said the Davao group got a commitment from PAL HongKong to bring to Davao a plane load of golfers and divers in time for the Chinese New Year next year.
Davao City (16 June) -- Davao Tourism Association president Art Boncato admitted that the threats to tourism is no longer within their control but it will not stop them to place Davao as a priority in the promotion as a destination.
www.pia.gov.ph /press/p050616.htm   (10736 words)

  
 31 alleged MILF rebs freed after two years in jail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
DAVAO CITY -- "Poetic justice" was how human rights lawyers described the release tonight of 31 alleged Moro rebels almost two years after they were arrested and jailed in Mati, Davao Oriental at the height of the government's all out war against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in July 2000.
The 31 accused were charged of four cases, in particular, murder, multiple murder, multiple frustrated murder, and robbery in band in connection with the series of ambushes of police and government personnel in Tarragona town, Davao Oriental.
Yamas, in a six-page order, based his decision on an oral motion by provincial prosecutor Benjamin Pacetes to provisionally dismiss the case for insufficiency of evidence and that the state witnesses Toto Onofre and Rodel Mapando were subjected to "physical violence" and "torture" in the hands of the military.
www.mindanews.com /2002/06/2nd/pep05freed.html   (609 words)

  
 tarragona province
Tarragona is a province (Spain) of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Catalonia.
The province's population is 631,156 (2002), of whom about one-fifth live in the capital Tarragona.
Tarragona Province Hotels, Hotels in Tarragona Province, book a Hotel in...
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 Davao del Norte, del Sur & Oriental ZIP Code (Philippines)
Davao del Norte, del Sur & Oriental ZIP Code (Philippines)
It has many natural wonders to offer the traveler.
Famous for its white sand beaches, waterfalls and other eco-friendly attractions, Davao is a natural tourist destination in southern Philippines.
zip-codes.philsite.net /davao.htm   (58 words)

  
 Davao Oriental farmers benefit from P4.2-M water system facilities : Philippines : Gov.Ph : News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Davao Oriental farmers benefit from P4.2-M water system facilities
TARRAGONA, Davao Oriental, May 8 (PNA) -- The Department of Land Reform (DLR) recently turned over a P4.2-million worth of water system facilities to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Sitio Tiwali, Barangay Central of Tarragona in Davao Oriental.
The said water system is a component of the Solar Power Technology Support Project (SPOTS) funded thru a loan from the Government of Spain.
www.gov.ph /news/default.asp?i=9155   (392 words)

  
 WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: Famous For   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
These are located in Cateel, Boston, Baganga, Tarragona, San Isidro.
Located in Mati, Manay, Tarragona, Lupon, Baganga, Gov. Generoso, San Isidro.
The tribal community is located in Barangay Pichon, Caraga, which is 65 km.
www.tourism.gov.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=famousefor&province=59   (229 words)

  
 Mindanao Times News Online - Davao City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A WIDOW was strangled to death after being robbed with undetermined amount of valuables by still unidentified suspects inside her house in Padada, Davao del Sur, police said yesterday.
VARIOUS organizations of the urban poor in Mindanao have vowed to travel all the way to Malacañang to personally express their support for President Joseph Estrada.
A FORMER policeman recently arrested for posing as a leader of the communist New People’s Army in robbing his victims is now under detention at the Davao City Jail on orders of the Regional Trial Court.
www.mindanaotimes.com.ph /news2000/nov27/news.html   (222 words)

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