Author: JIGGER J. JERUSALEM

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Read more about the article Duterte political allies in a free-for-all in Oro mayoralty race
DT Padayon The coalition of Padayon Pilipino, Centrist Democratic Party of the Philippines (CDP), Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) main candidates, from left, Rufus Rodriguez, Jose Gabriel “Pompee” La Viña, Vicente “Dongkoy” Emano, and Caesar Ian Acenas. Rodriguez, representing the CDP, is running as the city’s second district representative. La Viña, of the HNP, is running as city mayor. Emano, the founding chair of Padayon Pilipino, is running as vice mayor. Acenas is running as the city’s second district representative. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Duterte political allies in a free-for-all in Oro mayoralty race

They are all connected to Pres. Rodrigo Duterte through political party affiliations, but three of the five of the city’s mayoralty candidates are all running under different parties.

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Read more about the article NGO, US Embassy showcase success stories from Lanao provinces in #ForMindanao summit
#ForMindanao Philip Roskamp (left), Public Affairs Counselor of the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines, points to a photo showing the various projects initiated by local communities with the help of the American government through the #ForMindanao program, during the #ForMindanao summit held in a resort in Opol, Misamis Oreintal, last Saturday, Oct. 13. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

NGO, US Embassy showcase success stories from Lanao provinces in #ForMindanao summit

Groups that initiated projects to help their communities in the two provinces of Lanao under the #ForMindanao campaign were given due recognition for their efforts during a summit held in a beach resort in Barangay Taboc, Opol town, Misamis Oriental over the weekend.

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Read more about the article ‘Please let us go home and rebuild Marawi’
Jalilah Hadji Sapiin, a youth leader from Marawi City, believes that even without the financial assistance from the government, the displaced residents can still rebuild their homes on their own. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

‘Please let us go home and rebuild Marawi’

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines – Aid or without aid, allow us to go home. This was the appeal of the Marawi residents to the Duterte administration whose homes were…

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Read more about the article NIA-10 official: Water firm not the cause of low rice yield in Bukidnon town
The Rio Verde Water Consortium Inc. treatment facility in Barangay Pualas, Baungon, Bukidnon. (davaotoday.com/Jigger J. Jerusalem)

NIA-10 official: Water firm not the cause of low rice yield in Bukidnon town

Despite the claim that rice production in the municipality of Baungon, Bukidnon has decreased due to the siphoning of water of the town’s irrigation canal by a bulk water supplier, there was actually an increase in land converted to rice farm, a National Irrigation Administration-10 (NIA-10) official said.

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Read more about the article Fuel subsidy for Normin PUJ operators hits a snag
Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) regional director Aminoden Guro (left), shows to public utility jeepney (PUJ) operators the Pantawid Pasada Program (PPP) card during the ceremonial distribution outside the Land Bank Velez branch, Cagayan de Oro on Tuesday, Aug. 28. The PPP card will entitle a PUJ operator with a P5,000 worth of fuel from August to December, this year. With Guro is Land Bank-Velez branch manager Lilia Capistrano (center) and PUJ operator Elsie Jandayan. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Fuel subsidy for Normin PUJ operators hits a snag

Hundreds of public utility jeepneys (PUJs) operators have yet to receive their fuel subsidy from the government due to the problem of transfer of franchise documents, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-10 (LTFRB-10) said.

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