Renewable energy pushed in Mindanao amid financing, licensing difficulties

The campaign to increase renewable energy (RE) production will need “more aggressiveness” on the part of government "or else non-RE sources will just naturally come-in”, the government socio-economic planning unit for Mindanao has said.

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Read more about the article Surprise inspection finds irregularities in buses, passenger vans
SURPRISE INSPECTION. Inspectors from the Land Transportation Office conducted a random inspection of passenger buses at Ecoland Terminal and found this bus having a different engine chassis than the one registered.(Tyrone Velez/ davaotoday.com)

Surprise inspection finds irregularities in buses, passenger vans

A surprise inspection by transportation agents on terminals in the city discovered irregularities in the registration of some buses and passenger vans.

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Read more about the article Small miners surprised at ID requirement
UP IN ARMS. Small-scale miners and peasants in Pantukan town unite against the destructive large-scale mining operations by US and Canada-owned Russel Mines. They scored the Aquino government for ignoring their interests and welfare in favor of big and foreign mining companies. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Small miners surprised at ID requirement

Small-scale miners from the gold-rich town of Pantukan, Compostela Valley cried foul to the latest move of large-scale mining company National Development Corporation (Nadecor) which allegedly put up a steel gate and told them to get an identification card from the mining regulatory agencies of the government.

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