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Read more about the article Over 500 families flee Cagayan de Oro’s flood-prone areas
EVACUATION. Police officers and government rescuers assist villagers in Cagayan de Oro City as they find safer grounds as severe tropical storm Vinta (Tembin) arrives here on Friday, December 22, 2017. (Jigger Jerusalem / davaotoday.com)

Over 500 families flee Cagayan de Oro’s flood-prone areas

The local government declared the city “code red” on Thursday, December 21, prompting residents to leave their homes and seek evacuation shelters in their respective villages

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Read more about the article Spending money on firecrackers? Help in Marawi rehab instead, group says
A vender of firecrackers along the national highway in Digos City shows a variety of firecrackers and pyrotechnics on Thursday, Dec. 29. She said the supply has just arrived from Bocaue, Bulacan, the country's fireworks capital on Wednesday, Dec. 28. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Spending money on firecrackers? Help in Marawi rehab instead, group says

An environmental watchdog urged the public to help in the rehabilitation of Marawi City by not buying firecrackers this yuletide holidays.

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Read more about the article No leachate from P100-M sanitary landfill in Oro ?caused river fish kill
Heavy equipment prepare the piles of garbage before these can be dumped into a "cell" at the sanitary landfill in Sitio Burakan, Barangay Pagalungan, Cagayan de Oro. The sanitary landfill is among the projects initiated by the city government in compliance with the provisions of Republic Act 9003 of the Solid Waste Management Act of 2001. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

No leachate from P100-M sanitary landfill in Oro ?caused river fish kill

Local environment officials have denied that liquid substance from wastes dumped at the sanitary landfill in Sitio Burakan, Barangay Pagalungan here has contaminated one of the city’s major rivers?.

Continue ReadingNo leachate from P100-M sanitary landfill in Oro ?caused river fish kill