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Globe telecommunications partners with the Foundation for the Philippine Environment, donating mobile phones, SIM cards and insurance policies to 42 volunteer forest guards and local watershed monitoring, including barangay officials to guard biodiversity initiatives in the Panigan-Tamugan watershed. The area is being tapped of its pristine surface water from the Tamugan River for Davao City's northeastern barangays and to relax extraction of water from the underground aquifers.

Mobile users bash govt’s plan to tax text messages anew

Mobile phone users on Friday were quick to bash government for pushing anew a plan to impose tax on text messages, saying the proposal is anti-poor and plainly absurd.

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Tagum university wants bill junked on merging all State schools

Saying it will destroy the whole university system, a high ranking school official of the government-ran University of Southeastern Phillippines (Usep) here wanted the bill junked that seeks to merge state universities and colleges in Davao del Norte province.

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Students of the University of Southeastern Philippines (USEP)-Tagum show their opposition to House Bill 4480 which seeks to merge state colleges and universities (SUCs) in Davao del Norte. The bill was filed by Congressman Anthony del Rosario.

NO TO MERGING

Students of the University of Southeastern Philippines (USEP)-Tagum show their opposition to House Bill 4480 which seeks to merge state colleges and universities (SUCs) in Davao del Norte. The bill was filed by Congressman Anthony del Rosario. (Mart D. Sambalud/davaotoday.com)

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Victim accuses Kapalong LGU officials, military behind attempted slay

Dexter Ian Selebrado, 29, a peasant organizer, who was shot and wounded Monday afternoon after he attended the provincial-wide launching of People’s Initiative against pork barrel system in this city, tagged military agents and some local government officials to be the persons behind the said murder attempt.

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