Author: JIGGER J. JERUSALEM

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Read more about the article Cagayan de Oro on MECQ until June 15; COVID-19 cases soaring
A police officer manning a checkpoint at the boundary of Opol, Misamis Oriental and Cagayan de Oro informs motorists that the city is now under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) effective Tuesday, June 1. (Jigger Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Cagayan de Oro on MECQ until June 15; COVID-19 cases soaring

Effective June 1, the national government has put Cagayan de Oro under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) as the number of COVID-19 cases in the city continue to soar.

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Read more about the article Cagayan de Oro among contenders in ‘One Planet City Challenge’
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)

Cagayan de Oro among contenders in ‘One Planet City Challenge’

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Five Mindanao cities, including Cagayan de Oro, were chosen to qualify for this year’s One Planet City Challenge (OPCC), an environmental initiative organized by the…

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Read more about the article Farmers’ group accuses Bukidnon environment officers of brokering CBFMA land deal
Farmers from Barangay Pagan, Kitaotao, Bukidnon, till the land for planting dinorado rice early in the morning. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Farmers’ group accuses Bukidnon environment officers of brokering CBFMA land deal

A farmers’ group leader accused three environment officers of brokering a deal that would allow a multinational company to utilize a huge tract of land currently occupied by residents under the government’s community-based forestry management agreement in Bukidnon.

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Read more about the article Fuel firm, ‘green’ group team up in ‘waste-to-brick’ project in Cagayan de Oro
Reynaldo Digamo (3rd from left), Environmental Management Bureau-10 regional director, takes a look at the mixer, one of the machines used to produce eco-bricks. With him is Norbel Saa (2nd from left), Macabalan barangay chairperson, and Leland George Llamazares (right), terminal operations manager of the Pilipinas Shell Northern Mindanao import facility in Cagayan de Oro. (Jigger Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Fuel firm, ‘green’ group team up in ‘waste-to-brick’ project in Cagayan de Oro

As the volume of garbage continue to mount and threaten the global ecosystem, turning discarded materials such as plastics into something useful has been one of the advocacies of environmentalists and zero-waste management proponents.

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Read more about the article SEC in NorMin warns public on 28 entities engaged in investment scams
The SEC national office has recently issued a cease-and-desist order against KAPA and its subsidiaries “after finding substantial evidence that it has been offering and selling securities in the form of investment contracts without the necessary license.”

SEC in NorMin warns public on 28 entities engaged in investment scams

The Securities and Exchange Commission in Northern Mindanao has warned the public of the proliferation of at least 28 groups and individuals allegedly engaging in fraudulent activities.

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