DAVAO CITY (PNA) -- Information Technology (IT) entrepreneurs here will discuss major projects during a two-day summit on Aug. 6-7 at the Davao Trade and Convention Center in an aggressive move to position Davao City as a dominant hub in the country.

Lizabel "Wit" Holganza, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Davao Inc. president, said the event dubbed as “ICT Summit 2009,” has the theme “Roadmap 2015: Empowering Davao through Information and Communications Technology”.

Holganza said the event aimed at creating a blueprint on how to realize the industry targets in order to position Davao City as number one in the Information Technology-Business Process Outsourcing (IT-BPO) preferred destinations in the country.

General Santos City (PIA-Sargen) -- "An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure."

The Center for Health Development - Department of Health XII (CHD-DOH) steps up its information drive on Influenza A(H1N1) virus at the barangays to prevent "community outbreak" in SocCSKSarGen.

Abdulla Dumama, DOH XII regional director said the effort is "in response to the growing and evolving global threat of Influenza A (H1N1) virus."

He said along with the strengthening of information at the community level, DOH has also created the emergency management task force to serve as "paramedic response to the disease."