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By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN MindaNews
DAVAO City – The Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF) is training some 50 tourism ambassadors from the Davao Region in preparation for the official launch of the “Philippine Experience” project in the area later this month. The “Philippine Experience” is the new promotional project of the Department of Tourism (DOT) that heralds the country’s rich heritage, arts, and culture through a series of caravans this year. It involves the development of caravans featuring culture, heritage, and arts unique to each region.
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Coffee Expo BUTUAN City – Two farmer’s groups from the Caraga Region have showcased their products at the Philippine Coffee Expo 2023 held from June 2 to 4 at the World Trade Center in Pasay City. The groups included the Casiklan Wheels Farmers Association, Inc. (CAWFAI) from Barangay Casiklan of Las Nieves town, Agusan del Norte province, and the San Nicolas Development Cooperative (SANIDECO) of Tagbina town, Surigao del Sur province. Both are beneficiaries of the Philippine Rural Development Program (PRDP) of the Department of Agriculture.
Basilan summit ZAMBOANGA City – Top education officials and a senator have confirmed their attendance to serve as resource speakers in the first-ever Provincial Education Summit aimed at improving the quality of school education in Basilan on Tuesday. Basilan Gov. Hadjiman Hataman-Salliman said among those coming to the summit are Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chair of the Senate’s Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture; Department of Education (DepEd) Assistant Secretary Jesus Lorenzo Mateo; and Minister Mohagher Iqbal of the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MBHTEBARMM). Salliman said the summit focuses to empower and capacitate the teachers and administrators of both public and private schools across Basilan.
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CBA SIGNED. The management and labor union of Philsaga Mining Corp. seal their Collective Bargaining Agreement in the presence of government representatives on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. MindaNews photo by CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN
BARMM guvs forge pact for peace, devt By GERRY GORIT Reporter
THE governors of the five (5) provinces comprising the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have forged a unified effort that would enhance harmonious and lasting peace, strong adherence to the rule of law 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
and inclusive governance for development in the region. On Tuesday, June 6, the BARMM Governors’ Caucus (BGC) was jointly launched by Gov. Mamintal Alonto Adiong Jr. of Lanao del Sur, Gov. Bai Mariam Sangki-Mangudadatu of Maguindanao del Sur, Gov. Abdusakur Tan of Sulu, Gov.
Hadjiman Hataman-Salliman of Basilan, and Gov. Yshmael Sali of Tawi-Tawi. The caucus will serve as a platform that will advocate for and promote the resolution of issues identified by BARMM constituents as critical and needing immediate action. Adiong, who hosted BARMM/PAGE 7
OSARIO, Agusan del Sur – Workers of a gold mining company here will receive a P40 across-the-board daily wage hike starting next month, after the management and the labor union sealed their Collective Bargaining Agre ement (CBA) on Wednesday. The Philsaga Mining Corp. (PMC), which employs at 2,050 regular workers, will pay minimum wage earners P390 daily effective July. Currently, the minimum daily wage rate in the Caraga region is P350. In the presence of regional officials from the Department of Labor and Employment and the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) as witnesses, lawyer Raul Villanueva, PMC president,
and Jaime Pizarro, president of Philsaga Employees Union (PSELU), signed the CBA that will be effective until July 2028. PSELU is affiliated with the Philippine Trade and General Wo r k e r s O r g a n i z a t i o n (PTGWO). By next year, the company will increase the daily rate to P45 and P50 in 2025. Apart from the pay hike, the mine workers will also enjoy a daily hazard pay. For those working inside the mine tunnels, they will get a daily hazard pay of P45, P20 for workers in nonhazardous assignment and P25 to those doing hazardous assignment other than mine tunnel workers. The hazard pay was added in the health and safety provisions of the newlysigned CBA. AGUSAN/PAGE 7
‘BOATING’ TIME. An elderly woman poses on board a rescue boat of the Search and Rescue unit of the Philippine Air Force in an exhibition at SM City in Davao City on June 9, 2023. The event is part of the PAF’s 76th anniversary celebration. Mindanews Photo
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