A SIMULTANEOUS groundbreaking for four projects worth P35 million granted by the China Foundation of Development to Davao City was held yesterday. “Mayor Sara Duterte (Carpio) has already signed the memorandum of agreement last July… and the request of the Chinese agency was to conduct a simultaneous groundbreaking on Aug. 8,” Councilor April Marie C. Dayap, chair of the committee on cooperative and people’s development, said. One of the projects is the P25-million school building for the Bolton Elementary School. “They will also construct three pumping stations with a total amount of P10 million,” Ms. Dayap said. The pumping stations will be located in areas in Tibungco, Paquibato, and Marilog where there is no potable water. — Carmencita A. Carillo