Davao enjoying an investment boom

A good security situation has helped Rodrigo Duterte's hometown grow

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A Davao traffic jam, circa 2016

JUN ENDO, Nikkei staff writer

MANILA -- Davao, on the southern island of Mindanao and the city where President Rodrigo Duterte served as mayor for more than two decades, is enjoying an investment boom. Commercial complexes are going up. Homes are being built. The city even has too many power stations.

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