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Briefly Teenage pregnancy CURBING teenage pregnancies will remain one of the priorities this year of the local government unit (LGU), Cagayan de Oro city mayor Rolando Uy said Monday. During a visit to Bayanga village, Mayor Uy said bringing awareness and education in the communities is part of the city government's advocacy in helping teenagers avoid being parents at an early age. "There is a greater concern about teenage pregnancy when it comes not only to matters of the family but for the local government and the society in general," he said.
Climate resiliency DAVAO City – The Davao del Norte provincial government has secured PHP58.5 million in funding from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the implementation of its resiliency program this year. The cash-for-work in climate change adaptation and mitigation initiative aims to provide opportunities for impoverished and vulnerable families affected by natural disasters by offering 10 days of work. “By implementing this program, we are providing additional income for our fellow Dabaonons and contributing to the preservation of our environment and protection of the community,” Governor Edwin Jubahib said in a statement Monday.
Human trafficking ZAMBOANGA City – Authorities have rescued over the weekend eight victims of human trafficking in Tawi-Tawi province, a top police official said Monday. Col. Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Western Mindanao, said the victims were rescued around 8 p.m. Saturday at the port of Bongao, the capital town of Tawi-Tawi. Verceles said the victims, all of legal age, are from the provinces of Zamboanga del Norte with three; two each from this city and Zamboanga del Sur; and one from Zamboanga
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HE Philippine government is asking Japan to set the next general review of its free trade agreement (FTA) as the countr y has offensive interests in agriculture.
In an interview with trade reporters, Special Tr a d e R e p r e s e nt at i v e Dita Angara-Mathay said tropical fruit growers in Mindanao are batting for the removal of seasonal tariffs for Philippine bananas and pineapple entering Japan. According to the D e p ar t m e nt of Tr a d e and Industr y (DTI), imported bananas from the Philippines are slapped with an 18 percent tariff during the winter season and an 8 percent tariff during BANANA/PAGE 7
SAVING LIVES. Members of the 501st Ready Reserve Battalion, together with the troops from the 1501st Community Defense Center of the 15th Regional Community Defense Group, Reserve Command of the Philippine Army, conduct rescue operation in Sitio Malalag, Barangay Libertad, Butuan City on Saturday (Feb. 18, 2023). Heavy rains caused by the trough of a low-pressure area flooded at least 38 villages in Butuan City as well as other areas in the Caraga Region. (Courtesy of 1501st Community Defense Center)
Toxic pesticides found in residents living CDO’s medical firms having near Davao City pineapple plantations difficulty disposing toxic waste study conducted by South Korea’s Wonjin Institute DAVAO CITY – Traces of o f O c c u p at i o n a l a n d highly toxic agricultural Environmental Health pesticides were found showed. in the dust and urine Speaking during samples collected from the Kapehan sa Dabaw residents living near the o n M o n d a y, L e m u e l vast pineapple plantations Lloyd Manalo, program in Baguio District here, a coordinator for Interfacing
Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS), Inc., said the study was conducted last year to find out what kinds of contaminants are affecting the residents there. Based on the study, the highest concentration of pesticides, particularly pyrethroid and organophosphorus, were detected in the dust samples and metabolites in the urine DAVAO City — Former samples of residents living Sarangani Governor Miguel within a 20- to 30-meter Rene Alcantara Dominguez radius from the pineapple has joined the 60-year-old farms. Alsons Development and “Our advocac y still Investment Corporation continues to fight for their (Alsons Dev) as its new rights for clean air and director who will oversee livability of these places. the business strategy and Our farmers living in rural operations of the premier PINEAPPLE PICKING. Workers unload fresh pineapples districts deserve to have property developer and real from the farm of the Davao Agricultural Ventures rights for clean air. They estate pioneer in Davao City. Corporation (Davco) Alsons Dev is the real estatein Calinan, Davao City. PINEAPPLE/PAGE 7 By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV MindaNews
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VA R I O U S m e d i c a l establishments in Cagayan de Oro city, including the Philippine Dental Association, are having difficulty disposing their hazardous waste, Councilor Roger Abaday said in his special report during the regular session of the city council here on Monday, Feb. 20. “Galisod sila og labay
sa ilang mga waste nila. Dili lang dental, kun dili hasta ang mga hospital; government and private hospitals,” said Abaday, chairman of the committee on environment. He said medical establishments here, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and City MEDICAL/PAGE 7
ERC, DSWD urged to accelerate clean-up of power subsidy list By MYRNA M. VELASCO Contributor
THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and D ep ar t ment of S o ci a l Welfare and Development (DSWD) are being urged to accelerate the clean-up of the list of electric consumers
entitled to the government’s “lifeline subsidy rate” to help tame the country’s rising inflation rate. Senate Committee on Energy Vice Chairman Sherwin T. Gatchalian raised this matter with the two ERC/PAGE 7
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