Tagum mayor resents high-level corruption while his city makes do with measly budget

Tagum City Mayor Rey Uy said that he was upset about the high-level corruption in government as shown in the ZTE-NBN broadband scandal while officials in his city are trying hard to make do with a measly 430-million budget. He expressed frustration that Malacanang could easily get loans when local government units are not allowed to have deficit spending and all loans had to pass through the city council for approval.

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Disease-causing toxin found in Davao, Gensan rice

The US FDA defines aflatoxin as toxic compounds produced by certain strains of the aspergillus fungus; it is toxic and carcinogenic. Exposure to high level of aflatoxin, according to the DOST, produces acute necrosis or tissue death, as well as cirrhosis and carcinoma of the liver.

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