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Read more about the article DENR secretary: gov’t should apologize to Lumad evacuees

DENR secretary: gov’t should apologize to Lumad evacuees

Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Gina Lopez visited the temporary shelter of indigenous people’s evacuees inside the United Church of Christ in the Philippines Haran compound in Father Selga street, Davao City on Friday afternoon, August 5.

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Read more about the article Ateneo President: Philippine Mining Act is treason
Ateneo de Davao University President Fr. Joel Tabora expresses his opposition to the current mining policy of the government in a press conference on Thursday, August 4. The Jesuit priest said the Philippine Mining Act only allowed foreign countries to plunder the country's natural resources. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Ateneo President: Philippine Mining Act is treason

Jesuit priest Fr. Joel Tabora called the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 treasonous and said that it is time for the government to replace the mining policy.

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Read more about the article DENR suspends ?Surigao mining firm, audits three more in Mindanao
Environment and Natural Resources Secretary is also joined here by former Mines and Geosciences Bureau Chief Leo Jasareno (center) and Ateneo de Davao University President Fr. Joel Tabora. The press conference was held at the Ateneo during the Mindanao Environment Summit 2016 on Thursday, August 4, 2016. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

DENR suspends ?Surigao mining firm, audits three more in Mindanao

Environmental Secretary Regina Lopez announced that the DENR has suspended on Thursday, August 4 the Claver Mineral Development Corporation in Claver, Surigao del Norte.

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Read more about the article Negotiations between City, Roxas ?street venders set next week 
FOLLOW THE RULES. A night after the closure of the Roxas night market on Wednesday, August 3, City Transportation and Traffic Management Office Chief Rhodelio Poliquit announces to the affected vend?e?rs who converged outside the City Hall on Thursday morning, the schedule of meetings that will be held in order to resolve the issue. Poliquit said the night market can be reopened as early as Tuesday next week if the vendors commit to follow the rules set by the city government. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Negotiations between City, Roxas ?street venders set next week 

The City Traffic and Transport Management Office (CTTMO) has scheduled a series of dialogue with street venders of the now closed night market along Roxas Avenue here to resolve the issues between the government and the store owners.

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Read more about the article Taguiwalo demands DSWD 10 to ?explain report on Bukidnon killing incident
DSWD SECRETARY. Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy Taguiwalo, speaks during the first day of the International Conference for People's Rights in the Philippines held at the Brokenshire Convention Center in Davao City on Saturday, July 23. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Taguiwalo demands DSWD 10 to ?explain report on Bukidnon killing incident

Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy Taguiwalo wants a personnel from the DSWD in Region 10 to explain why a suspect of a crime in 2012 became a beneficiary of the CIDSS-NCDDP in 2016.

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