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An engineer points at the pile of plastic wastes that are stored at the facility of Verde Soko Philippines Industrial Corp. inside the Phividec Industrial Estate in Barangay Santa Cruz, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. The 6,500 tons of plastic trash will be shipped back to South Korea after Verde Soko allegedly failed to secure an import permit and has wrongfully declared the discarded materials. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Environmental group wants long-term solution on waste importation

Environmental group Greenpeace-Philippines has urged legislators to craft a law that would totally ban waste importation for good following the illegal entry of tons of garbage from South Korea, among others.

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GOLDEN START. Street dancing contingents perform during the formal opening of this year's Kahimuman Regional Trade Fair 2019 at SM Uptown on Friday, Aug. 23. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

GOLDEN START

Street dancing contingents perform during the formal opening of this year's Kahimuman Regional Trade Fair 2019 at SM Uptown in Cagayan de Oro City on Friday, Aug. 23. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

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Read more about the article GO FOR AID AND RELIEF
GO FOR AID AND RELIEF. Sen. Christopher Lawrence Go visits the fire victims of barangays Puntod and Lapasan who are currently staying at Corrales Elementary School in Puntod. Go led the distribution of financial aid and relief packs to the survivors late Thursday, Aug. 22. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

GO FOR AID AND RELIEF

Sen. Christopher Lawrence Go visits the fire victims of barangays Puntod and Lapasan who are currently staying at Corrales Elementary School in Puntod. Go led the distribution of financial aid and relief packs to the survivors late Thursday, Aug. 22. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

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Read more about the article BIR vows to go after illegal cigarette makers
Bureau of Internal Revenue Deputy Commissioner Arnel Guballa scoops up a pile of shredded fake cigarettes during the destruction of cigarette-making machines and tobacco products in Barangay Bayabas, Cagayan de Oro City on Thursday, Aug. 22. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

BIR vows to go after illegal cigarette makers

Illegally manufactured tobacco products and cigarette-making machines estimated to be worth more than a billion pesos were destroyed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue in a facility in Barangay Bayabas, this City, Thursday (Aug. 22).

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