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Comval Union Leader Fears for His Life

Labor leader Vicente Barrious (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)DAVAO CITY (davaotoday.com) ? The labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno disclosed today, June 12, that the life of one of its leaders in Compostela Valley province is in grave danger after an armed man broke into his home over the weekend.

The group said an armed man wearing a bonnet and a corduroy jacket forcibly entered the house of Vicente Barrios in Purok 2, Valencia, barangay New Alegria, Compostela town, Compostela Valley Province at around 9:30 p.m. on June 10.

Barrios is the president of the Nagkahiusang Mamumuo sa Suyapa Farms (Namasufa) in Compostela, which is affiliated with the KMU.

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Duterte Takes Aim at Trash

By Cheryll D. Fiel
davaotoday.com

DAVAO CITY ? The trash bins look expensive. These are placed strategically in practically every street corner in several ?pilot? areas in the city, as if telling the public that there?s no excuse for littering and — this is important — segregating garbage.

To put it bluntly, you could go to jail for ignoring what the bins are for. And City Hall says it is serious in implementing this waste-segregation scheme.

davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan

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?Red Tide? Ban in Mati, Other Areas

DAVAO CITY — Latest laboratory analysis of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) have established that some areas in Mindanao, including Davao Oriental, are still positive of “red tide” toxins and have thus been put under a so-called ?shellfish ban.?

The coastal waters of Dumaguillas Bay in Zamboanga del Sur, Balite Bay in Mati, Davao Oriental, and Bislig Bay in Bislig City, Surigao del Sur have been found positive of red tide toxins.

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