Author: JIGGER J. JERUSALEM

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Read more about the article Cagayan de Oro top officials personally lead in anti-dengue campaign
Covered in protective suit, Cagayan de Oro City Vice Mayor Raineir Joaquin Uy sprays smoke on a house in Zone 1, Barangay Patag, as part of the local government’s anti-dengue campaign, Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 20. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Cagayan de Oro top officials personally lead in anti-dengue campaign

Donning protective suits, top local officials led the anti-dengue campaign in the City by conducting a fogging activity in one of the 10 villages with the highest number of dengue cases.

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Read more about the article Korean-American national nabbed for illegal drugs
ARRESTED. Captain Tessie Lleva, Cogon Police Station Commander, presents Korean-American national Dong Young Kim to the media following his arrest for alleged illegal possession of drugs Friday (Aug. 16). (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Korean-American national nabbed for illegal drugs

A Korean-American national was arrested by law enforcers after he was allegedly caught using “shabu” or methamphetamine, an illegal substance, inside his hotel room in Barangay Lumbia on Friday (Aug. 16).

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Read more about the article BFP official: Ponder before suing the elderly couple who started the fire in Oro villages
THE AFTERMATH. What remains in Puntod and Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro after fire gutted dozens of houses on Saturday, Aug. 17. (Photo courtesy of Pete Gambe)

BFP official: Ponder before suing the elderly couple who started the fire in Oro villages

A Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) official has asked residents affected by the fire to ponder first before taking any legal action against the elderly couple who were tagged as responsible for the conflagration.

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Read more about the article PLDT warehouse fire in Oro destroys millions of equipment
Firefighters try to put out the fire that consumed more than a hundred million pesos worth of equipment and materials inside the warehouse of PLDT-Philcom Corporation at Barangay Carmen, Cagayan de Oro, Tuesday. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

PLDT warehouse fire in Oro destroys millions of equipment

The warehouse of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company’s subsidiary PLDT-Philcom Corporation in Barangay Carmen, this City, was gutted by fire last Tuesday. The warehouse stored assorted supplies and devices for its telecommunications operations which cost more than hundred million pesos.

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Read more about the article Probe on stored South Korean trash that caught fire ongoing
Residents take a look of the fire that occurred inside the premises of Verde Soko Philippines Industrial Corporation in Sitio Buguac, Barangay Santa Cruz, Tagoloan, on Monday. The more than 5,000 metric tons sitting at Verde Soko’s facility are waiting to be brought back to South Korea following controversy. (Photo courtesy of the office of Rep. Juliette Uy)

Probe on stored South Korean trash that caught fire ongoing

Investigators have considered the possibility that the fire that consumed a portion of the remaining 5,177 metric tons of mostly plastic trash from South Korea that are stored within the premises of a plastic-recycling facility inside the Phividec Industrial Estate in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental on Monday could be due to spontaneous combustion.

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