Author: JIGGER J. JERUSALEM

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Read more about the article LTFRB: Angkas expected to resume operation in CDO
Angeline Tham, chief executive officer of motorcycle-hailing company Angkas, tells reporters they are ready to operate once again in Cagayan de Oro after their petition was approved by the Department of Transportation. Tham is here to pay a courtesy visit to Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board regional director Aminoden Guro at his office on Thursday (Feb. 20). (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

LTFRB: Angkas expected to resume operation in CDO

Motorcycle-hailing company Angkas is set to operate here amid opposition from transport groups in the city.

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Mis. Or. jail authority probes video of inmate maltreatment

Authorities of the Misamis Oriental Provincial Jail (MPOJ) are now investigating the video that was leaked and shared online showing a person deprived of liberty charged with rape and homicide dancing naked and egged on by fellow inmates inside the correctional facility.

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Read more about the article Police now probing armed men in shootout with law enforcers in Mis. Or. town
Investigators from the Scene of the Crime Operatives conduct on Tuesday a forensic examination of the vehicle used by a group of armed men who engaged police in a shootout in Libertad town, Misamis Oriental. In the shootout, a civilian and a law enforcer were killed. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Police now probing armed men in shootout with law enforcers in Mis. Or. town

Authorities on Tuesday said they are investigating if a group of armed men who engaged the police in a shootout that killed two persons including a law enforcer in a Misamis Oriental town Monday night is involved in criminal activities.

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Read more about the article Green group hopes final reshipment of Korean trash will bring closure to waste trafficking in PH
Environmental groups during the send-off ceremony at the Mindanao International Container Terminal (MICT) for the third batch of illegal South Korean waste shipments that were re-exported on February 16. (Photo taken from Ecowaste Coalition's Facebook page)

Green group hopes final reshipment of Korean trash will bring closure to waste trafficking in PH

Environmental group EcoWaste Coalition has expressed optimism that the last two batches of imported trash from South Korea expected to be reshipped on Sunday (Feb. 16) and on Feb. 23 will be the last trafficked wastes from another country that will be dumped into the Philippines.

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Read more about the article PNP, LGUs tapped to prevent spread of ASF in NorMin
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PNP, LGUs tapped to prevent spread of ASF in NorMin

The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) in Northern Mindanao has tapped the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the local government units in ensuring that the African Swine Fever (ASF) will not spread to the region.

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