Author: JIGGER J. JERUSALEM

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Read more about the article In Cagayan de Oro, community spirit dampened by red-tagging
This Kauswagan community pantry set up last week by UP Diliman instructor Rene Principe Jr was halted two days later as Principe became a target of red tagging. (Photo courtesy of Rene Principe Jr)

In Cagayan de Oro, community spirit dampened by red-tagging

22-year old Rene Principe Jr, who started the city’s first community pantry on April 19 in front of his residence, was shocked to wake up two days later and found his face in fliers scattered all over the neighbourhood that linked him to the Communist Party of the Philippines.

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Read more about the article Media groups welcome proposal minimizing journos’ role in drug cases
Photo courtesy of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 11 (PDEA 11)

Media groups welcome proposal minimizing journos’ role in drug cases

Media organizations welcomed a proposed bill that calls on law enforcers not to compel journalists to take part in anti-illegal drug operations or to appear as witnesses in drug-related court cases.

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Read more about the article Oil spill in Misamis Oriental coast near extraction
Barangay volunteers of Lower Jasaan, Jasaan town, Misamis Oriental, clean up the oil spilled when a cargo ship sank Saturday morning, April 3. (Photo by Sabas Tagarda Jr.)

Oil spill in Misamis Oriental coast near extraction

The coastal areas affected by an oil spill from a sunken cargo ship is now slowly returning to normal, a village official said on April 19.

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Read more about the article Oil spill in Jasaan town in MisOr worries fishing community
Barangay volunteers of Lower Jasaan, Jasaan town, Misamis Oriental, clean up the oil spilled when a cargo ship sank Saturday morning, April 3. (Photo by Sabas Tagarda Jr.)

Oil spill in Jasaan town in MisOr worries fishing community

An old cargo ship docked five years ago in a shipyard in Barangay Lower Jasaan town in Misamis Oriental sank early morning on April 3 which resulted to oil spill affecting the fishing community there.

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Read more about the article ‘Give Earth a break from trash this Holy Week’
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)

‘Give Earth a break from trash this Holy Week’

The Roman Catholic Church’s Caritas Philippines together with EcoWaste Coalition is appealing to its faithful and to those who observe the Holy Week to mark it with acts that could lessen pollution in the environment.

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