The campaign of Davao for an “open skies” policy has gained a tremendous boost last week when NEDA Director General Secretary Romulo Neri brought up the idea to the President.

The President, accordingly, gave consent to study the proposal.

Three years ago, Davao asked for this air liberalization policy but the President granted only the request of the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport in Clark. Since then, many new foreign air lines - mostly budget carriers - serviced the central Luzon airport.

An “open skies” regime for Davao and the eventual service by more foreign air carriers would augur well to the goals of develoment in Mindanao. It would benefit not only local travelers and foreign tourists, but many Mindanao overseas contract workers returning home from abroad.

Posted at Davao dot come!

The pilot survey for the registry of micro enterprises under our FOSS project will now commence next week.

The three pilots barangays are Bucana 76-A, Ma-a, and 34-D.

Later this month, the team from IPD will be here to install the software program and test the registry system.

The registry of the micro enterprises in the barangays would be the basis for organizing them into a Barangay Business Club (BBC). Hopefully, within the next two months we shall be able to complete this pilot testing for both the registration and BBC organizing so it can be replicated in the other barangays.

(Posted at Barangay Business Club)