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FINISHING TOUCH. A carpenter applies varnish to this foldable wooden chair along Davao City’s Boulevard Street. A set of foldable wooden table and two chairs costs 1,500 pesos. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Green group wants DENR to ban arsenic in wood treatment

The EcoWaste Coalition urged Monday the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to permanently ban the use of arsenic, a known carcinogen, for the treatment and preservation of wood.

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New shipping service to connect PHL-Indonesia trade

Datu Abul Khayr Alonto, chairman of the Mindanao Development Authority said the route is considered by government as "one of the greatest highlights of the country's chairmanship of the (Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines-East ASEAN Growth Area) and (Association of Southeast Asian Nation) Summit this year."

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Read more about the article Tadeco open to review banana ‘joint venture agreement’ with gov’t
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Tadeco open to review banana ‘joint venture agreement’ with gov’t

The Tagum Agricultural Development Co., Inc., one of the biggest exporters of banana, expressed its openness to review the present joint-venture agreement with the government for the lease of banana plantations in Davao del Norte.

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