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Diarrhea outbreak
KORONADAL City – The Municipal Health Office (MHO) of Banga, South Cotabato confirmed on Friday, Oct. 21, the death of a senior citizen following a diarrhea outbreak in Barangay Lampari that downed 50 others.
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Dr. Ellen Quidilla, MHO-Banga chief, was unable to identify the lone fatality in the outbreak on Thursday, Oct. 20, but noted the patient died from dehydration. Thir ty-eight of the patients are currently admitted at the Soccsksargen General Hospital (SGH) in General Santos City while eight are at private hospitals in nearby Surallah, South Cotabato.
Davao food hub
DAVAO City – With the opening of the Davao City Food Terminal Complex (DFTC), vegetable producers and traders from remote districts of the city said they no longer worry about middlemen who buy their products and pay them at very unreasonable prices. In a statement Friday, Joseph Laborte, president of the Highland Vegetable Growers Association (HVGA) from Tugbok district, said the DFTC would help provide small farmers a direct market area to sell their products at competitive prices. ”In our area, our product is only bought for P7 to P8 but here in DFTC, it can be sold for as much as P12,” Laborte said, noting that the absence of middlemen has raised their income considerably.
WORLD-CLASS CHOIR. The Choral group from the municipality of Villanueva, Misamis Oriental bested a top field of competitors from different countries all over the world to emerge as overall champion in the Busan Choral Festival and Competition 2022 held October 19-22 in Busan, South Korea. The Villanueva Chorale won the Gold Diploma in Pop and Acapela categories, another Gold in Ethnic category and was runner-up in the Grand Prix. The choral group was accompanied by Villanueva Mayor Jenny Mendez-Uy who proudly expressed elation over the milestone achieved by the town’s homegrown talents. (Photo Supplied)
Indian biz forum to mark ‘Diwali’ at MFC
Caraga’s MSMEs
BUTUAN City – The Department of Science and Technology in the Caraga Region (DOST-13) has recognized five Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) for resiliency and innovations. “The MSMEs, under the SETUP (Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program) of the DOST, have proven their resiliency, productivity, and innovativeness despite the challenges in their business,” the DOST-13 said in a statement T h u r s d ay. T h e r e c o g n i t i o n coincided with the opening of the weeklong Regional Science and Technology (RSTW) 2022 on Wednesday at the Robinsons Mall here which will run until Oct. 22.
he Mindanao Food C o n g r e s s Tr i Event starts today at the Limketkai Atrium in Cagayan de Oro with the theme: Transforming Mindanao Agricu lture Towards a Food-Secure Future. Aligning with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s to place agriculture as a top priority in the country’s agenda, this year’s Food Congress seeks to take a deep dive on the gaps in the FOOD/PAGE 7
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With 'India' as a Partner Country for the Mindanao Food Congress, the India Business Forum (IBF) is pleased to organize Indian Cultural and Food Night for Guests and Participants on the first day of the event on Wednesday, 26 October 2022 to mark the celebration of Diwali, the Festival of Lights. The event will start at 6:00PM at the Limketkai Center Atrium. Diwali, India's biggest and most important holiday of the year, is a Festival of Lights that celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil and the human ability to overcome. Diwali is a post-harvest festival celebrating the bounty following the arrival of the monsoon in the subcontinent. It has become a national Indian festival. The height of the five-day
DAVAO City — Former Sarangani Governor Miguel Rene Alcantara Dominguez has joined the 60-year-old Alsons Development and Investment Corporation (Alsons Dev) as its new director who will oversee the business strategy and operations of the premier property developer and real estate pioneer in Davao City. Alsons Dev is the real estate
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