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Read more about the article 12K Dabawenyos join National Clean-up Day
Broomsticks and other cleaning supplies are saleable these days especially outside public schools as the Department of Education commences the Brigada Eskwela 2016. This photo is taken outside Magallanes Elementary School in Davao City as parents, teachers, students and volunteers for Brigada Eskwela flock ?to ?schools to help in the annual school clean up. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

12K Dabawenyos join National Clean-up Day

Around 12,000 residents here joined the simultaneous National Clean Up Day on September 17, a local official said.

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Read more about the article Davao eyes 2 more sanitary landfills  
CENRO head, Engr. Eliza Madrazo explains the preparations on managing waste during the annual Kadayawan harvest festival, during the iSpeak media fourm at Davao City Hall. The department will field additional 20 personnel per shift in the downtown area.

Davao eyes 2 more sanitary landfills  

The city government is mulling to open two new sanitary landfills as the existing landfill located in Tugbok district is only left with two years in its lifespan.

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Read more about the article Davao hosts 3-day Japan-Asean environmental forum
Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, who are in the city for a 3-day Asean environmental forum pay a courtesy visit to Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte Tuesday, August 30. (City Information Office)

Davao hosts 3-day Japan-Asean environmental forum

Delegates from Japan, Malaysia and Singapore are here in the city for an environmental forum on August 31 to September 2.

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Read more about the article Empowering Lumad vital to protecting eagles, says group
Dr. Jayson Ibañez, Philippine Eagle Foundation Research and Conservation director (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Empowering Lumad vital to protecting eagles, says group

The Philippine Eagle Foundation has appealed anew for the protection of the forests and the ancestral domains of indigenous peoples in Mt. Apo saying this is vital to preserving the Philippine Eagle, a critically endangered species endemic to the Philippines.

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