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Briefly New power investments D A VA O C I T Y – T h e M i n d a n a o D eve l o p m e n t Authority (MinDA) and a French energy firm signed a partnership on Friday for the Olutanga Hydrogen Renewstable power plant project, the first of its kind in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. Hydrogène de France (HDF) Energy, the provider of Renewstable energy system, vowed to produce entirely non-intermittent, firm, and clean electricity both in Zamboanga Sibugay province and Pagadian City. In a press briefing here, HDF Energy Head of Asia Business Development Mathieu Geze said the project combines an intermittent renewable source and mass, long-term storage of energy through a hydrogen chain.
Peace initiative DAVAO CITY – The Davao Peace 911 initiative will be expanded across the city to further safeguard the peace and security of far-flung villages. PEACE 911 is a comprehensive peace-building and development initiative of the city government under then-mayor Sara Duterte. Its pilot area is the Paquibato district, a hotbed for communist guerrillas.
Smuggled cigars THE Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) has seized PHP1.1 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and arrested six individuals in a police operation in Davao City. In a statement Tuesday, CIDG chief Brig. Gen. Romeo Caramat Jr. said the CIDG Davao City Field Unit and Bunawan Police intercepted a white Hyundai utility vehicle loaded with 70 master cases of New Orleans cigarettes wor th PHP1.19 million, along Maharlika Highway, Barangay Ilang, Davao City on May 6. This resulted in the arrest of Bensar Abdula Salipsatri, 18; Ronniel Caballes Buenavista, 19; Malixander de Leon Imbin, 24; Al-Zayrin Tayah Samsi, 21; Jayvan Asamuddin Tayah, 38; and Abdulmajid Jumani Araji, 48, all residents of Muslim Village, Barangay Ilang, Davao City.
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RID operator National Grid C or p or ati on of the Philippines (NGCP) has successfully energized the P52-billion MindanaoVisayas Interconnection Project (MVIP) which will improve power stability and reliability across the country. In a statement, the firm said an initial load of 22.5 MegaWatts (MW) was carried by the high voltage submarine and overhead lines from Mindanao to Visayas during its energization last April 30. "We expect to gradually increase the MVIP's transfer capacity to 50MW by midMay, and 112MW by the end of the month, before energizing to its full transfer capacity of 450MW by the third quarter of this year," it added. The MVIP is comprised of a 184 circuit-kilometer (ckm) High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) submarine BAG AND SHOE REPAIR. Craftsmen repair bags and shoes inside their shop in downtown Davao NGCP/PAGE 7 City on Monday (8 May 2023). MindaNews photo
leaders vow to Green groups laud decision Lumad protect ancestral domain to ban toxic chemicals from illegal selling of lands By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV MindaNews
DAVAO City – Environmental groups here lauded the decision to ban certain highly toxic chemicals found in plastics and pesticides during the recent gathering of world leaders in Geneva, Switzerland for the 11th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent
Organic Pollutants. In a statement released by the EcoWaste Coalition and the Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS), around 120 countries agreed to add UV-328, Dechlorane Plus (DP), and Methoxychlor to the list of highly toxic chemicals subject to a global ban. The Philippines became a
signatory to the convention after ratifying it in 2004. The groups said a global study, participated by various environmental groups including EcoWaste and IDIS, found traces of UV-328 in spilled or lost pre-production plastic pellets found on beaches and in recycled pellets collected in 35 countries, including the GREEN/PAGE 7
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. Environment groups warning the public of toxic chemicals in toys. Photo Alsons Dev is the real estate courtesy of EcoWaste Coalition
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DIGOS City — Tribal leaders vowed to protect their sacred ground from rampant selling of ancestral lands in Barangay Kapatagan here allegedly involving the village chief and other non-tribal members who are now facing criminal charges with the Regional Trial Court Branch 19. In an i nt e r v i e w on Tuesday, Rogelio Manapol Jr., tribal chieftain of the Unified Bagobo Tagabawa, told MindaNews that tribal chieftains expressed concern over the selling of ancestral lands, which Republic Act 8371 or “The Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act of 1997” prohibits. Saying that ancestral domain means the life for the indigenous communities and the next generation of Lumad, Manapol told the public that they should not consider buying ancestral lands as “one of your investments.” He said the scope of the ancestral lands belonging to Unified Bagobo-Tagabawa
includes those within Digos City, Bansalan, Santa Cruz, portions of Sibulan, and Old Balutakan in North Cotabato. A cr imina l cas e for violation of Sections 5, 10, and 72 of R.A. 8371 was filed last February 3 against Barangay chairman Juanito Morales, Rolando I. Parami, Gaudencio Brobo Sr., Ramon B. Brobo, Milagros B. Ocumen, Gaudencio B. Brobo, Allen Dale Griffin, and Lorize Quindao Lomocso, who were accused of being the persons behind the sale of ancestral lands. The law prohibits, among others, the “unauthorized and unlawful intrusion” into the ancestral domain and imposes a corresponding penalty of imprisonment of not less than nine months but not more than 12 years or a fine of not less than P100,000 but not more than P500,000 or both. Manapol said it was his late father, Rogelio Manapol, a former tribal chieftain, who reported the alleged LUMAD/PAGE 7
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