Author: JIGGER J. JERUSALEM

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Read more about the article Broadcast media coverage of suicide cases in Oro criticized
FOR KRISTEL. Students of the University of the Philippines (UP)-Mindanao light candles Wednesday as they mourn the death of fellow UP student, Kristel Tejada, who committed suicide after the UP-Manila administration advised her to file a leave of absence for failing to pay her earlier obligation. Students across the country launched a nationwide protest against “anti-student policies” as they fight for higher State subsidy and other reforms in the education sector. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)

Broadcast media coverage of suicide cases in Oro criticized

Covering suicide cases delving too much on personal details including identities of the victims and their families has been criticized for its extreme stigmatization and lack of sensitivity.

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Read more about the article PDEA in Northern Mindanao burns down P61M worth of ‘shabu’
INSPECTION. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-10 laboratory technicians check the shabu prior to its incineration at a mortuary in Cagayan de Oro on Monday, May 10. (Jigger Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

PDEA in Northern Mindanao burns down P61M worth of ‘shabu’

Despite the thousands of persons reported killed in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA 10) in Northern Mindanao burned down more than P61 million worth of crystal methamphetamine or locally known as ‘’shabu.”

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Read more about the article Bukidnon residents file complaint vs feeds plant to Oro gov’t
A worker sprays disinfectant on the pile of garbage to eliminate odor and repel flies at the sanitary landfill in Barangay Pagalungan, Cagayan de Oro Thursday (Jan. 30). The city government plans to allow nearby municipalities to dump their trash here for a fee. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Bukidnon residents file complaint vs feeds plant to Oro gov’t

Village officials in Bukidnon filed a complaint against a feeds processing company that allegedly emits foul odor for the third time in six years to the city government here.

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Read more about the article Army truck, ambulance collide in Oro highway
COLLISION. Road and Traffic Administration personnel respond to a vehicular accident involving an ambulance and an army truck at the junction of Corrales Street and C.M. Recto Avenue, Cagayan de Oro on Tuesday evening, April 27. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Army truck, ambulance collide in Oro highway

The Roads and Traffic Administration has reminded drivers of government service vehicles, especially ambulances, to be mindful of the road to avoid vehicular accidents.

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Read more about the article COVID-19 infection compels temporary closure of 6 churches in Oro, MisOr

COVID-19 infection compels temporary closure of 6 churches in Oro, MisOr

Following reports that a number of Roman Catholic priests here have contracted the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the head of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro has ordered the temporary closure of six churches in this city and in Misamis Oriental.

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