Moro group condemns deaths of PDEA agents in Lanao del Sur

A Muslim civil society organization joined government officials in condemning the death of five agents of the Phil. Drug Enforcement Agency in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-ARMM) in an ambush in a secluded area in Kapai town, Lanao del Sur on Friday.

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Read more about the article Lawmaker vows to defend proposed DOH budget
Sen. Joseph Victor ‘JV’ Ejercito (wearing black) has vowed to fight for the approval of the proposed budget of the health department following the move of the national government to cut from P109.8 billion this year to P7.1 billion in 2019. Ejercito made this assertion during his visit to the Northern Mindanao Medical Center on Thursday. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Lawmaker vows to defend proposed DOH budget

Reducing the budget of the Department of Health (DOH) next year would be a disservice to the Filipino people since it would impact the funding of state-run hospitals , a lawmaker said.

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Using his small boat, fisherman Cristino Estrada goes around Tubajon Aquamarine Park’s 22 hectares of mangrove plantation and bamboo cottages to check if there are no pieces of garbage left behind by resort goers. The aquamarine park has won the cleanest coastline last year and will be one of the stops of the delegates attending the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines to be held in Cagayan de Oro and hosted by the provincial government of Misamis Oriental and the Department of Tourism-10 on Oct. 3-6. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

PH’s tourism officials to visit the country’s cleanest coastline in Mis. Or.

After it gained recognition as the cleanest coastline last year, the Tubajon Aquamarine Park in Misamis Oriental will once again be put on the spotlight as tourism officials from all over the country will visit it when they converge here for a convention on Oct 3-6.

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Importers question transfer of x-ray equipment at Normin port

Concerned that it might be used by some Bureau of Customs-10 (BOC-10) employees in committing illegal acts following the unlawful release of more than a hundred container vans recently, a group of importers have raised an alarm over the decision of BOC-10 officials to put an x-ray machine outside its designated examination area at the Mindanao Container Terminal in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.

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