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Briefly BARMM budget BANGSAMORO Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao ( BARMM) C h i e f M i n is t e r Ahod Ebrahim is confident the 80-member Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) will approve the proposed P 8 5 . 3 b i l l i o n bu d g e t fo r next year. “The proposed budget will hopefully bring us to that point in the future when connected from this point where we are now, will draw a line of sustained progress,” Ebrahim said in a statement Wednesday. Under the proposed allocation, which Ebrahim filed Monday, the biggest chunk is allotted for the social services sector with a P36.9 billion budget.
Mt. Apo reopens for trekking DAVAO City – Closed to the public in the past three months, the Mount Apo Natural Park (MANP) resumed trekking and mountaineering on the country's highest peak, an official said Tuesday. Julius Paner, Sta. Cruz town tourism officer, said MANP immediately welcomed trekkers from the United States, Germany, Singapore, Australia, Thailand, New Zealand, and South Africa when it resumed operations on Sept. 1. The closure was pursuant to MANPProtected Area Management Board (PAMB) resolution prohibiting all trekking and camping on trails within the Davao Region for the off-season period.
Feeding DAVAO City – The Office of the Vice President (OVP) is set to deploy three “kalusugan” food trucks for malnourished children in areas affected by natural and human-induced calamities. Lemuel Ortonio, OVP assistant chief of staff, said the deployment of the vehicles will be based on recommendations from the Depar tment of Education (DepEd) and National Nutrition Council (NNC) with considerations on the highest rate of malnourished or undernourished school children. “Malnutrition is a significant public concern in the Philippines and to address the issue, the food trucks will serve warm and nutritious meals to them,” Ortonio said during the blessing ceremony of the trucks at the People’s Park here Monday.
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HE Provincial Agriculture Office (PAGRO) of Misamis Oriental is set to implement the ‘drip irrigation system’ next year to improve the rice sufficiency level in the province. The plan for adoption of the system was conceptualized after a courtesy call to Misamis Oriental Governor Peter Unabia by Dr. R Sabarinathan, an Indian Agronomist and Rice Expert from NETAFIM company, on Aug. 31 this year this year. According to NETAFIM, drip irrigation is the most efficient water and nutrient delivery system for growing crops. It delivers water and nutrients directly to the plant’s root zone in the right amounts, at the right STREET DANCING. Members of the Higaonon tribe from hinterland Barangay Rogongon join the street dancing time, so each plant gets exactly competition on Tuesday (27 September 2022) as Iligan City celebrates the Diyandi Festival, which will peak YIELD/PAGE 7 on Thursday, feast of the city’s patron saint, Michael the Archangel. MindaNews photo by RICHEL V. UMEL
Philip Morris to invest P8.8-B for smoke-free production line in PH
PHILIP Morris International (PMI), the world’s largest cigarette manufacturer, has announced plans to invest an additional P8.8 billion (approximately $150 million) in its Philippine affiliate PMFTC Inc. to open manufacturing lines to produce specially designed heated tobacco sticks for its smoke-free products. In a statement, PMI said the new investment will expand PMFTC’s existing state-of-the-art cigarette manufacturing facility in Matigsalug vendor from Bukidnon sells tribal bracelets in Iligan City on Tuesday (27 September 2022). Itinerant vendors usually come in droves during the fiesta season as Tanauan City, Batangas. The expansion program the city will celebrate the feast of St. Michael the Archangel on Thursday. MindaNews is expected to span a twophoto by RICHEL V. UMEL
year period with actual commercial production seen to start in the fourth quarter of 2023. The new production lines could generate as much as 220 new specialized jobs and will further support the local tobacco growing industry, according to the statement. The company said that locally grown tobacco has also been approved for inclusion in the production of heated tobacco sticks. This development is expected to help sustain the livelihoods of Filipino tobacco farmers and sari-sari store owners, FREE/PAGE 7
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