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Reynaldo Digamo (3rd from left), Environmental Management Bureau-10 regional director, takes a look at the mixer, one of the machines used to produce eco-bricks. With him is Norbel Saa (2nd from left), Macabalan barangay chairperson, and Leland George Llamazares (right), terminal operations manager of the Pilipinas Shell Northern Mindanao import facility in Cagayan de Oro. (Jigger Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Fuel firm, ‘green’ group team up in ‘waste-to-brick’ project in Cagayan de Oro

As the volume of garbage continue to mount and threaten the global ecosystem, turning discarded materials such as plastics into something useful has been one of the advocacies of environmentalists and zero-waste management proponents.

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Read more about the article Bakwit school members decry harassment, bribery during detention in Cebu
Teacher Roshelle Porcadilla (L) and Grade 10 student Mikay Haictin, 16, (R) during last week's virtual congressional hearing. (Screen grabs from Tony La Viña's Facebook post).

Bakwit school members decry harassment, bribery during detention in Cebu

Members of the Lumad Bakwit School who were arrested or held in custody after a raid in Cebu told a congressional hearing last week how they were intimidated and bribed in the course of their detention.

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House-to-house food delivery is govt’s task, says community pantry organizers

Community pantry organizers questioned the city government’s latest order that suggests they do house-to-house delivery of food aid to avoid the spread of the coronavirus, as they cite logistic issues and ask the government to address the people’s hunger in the pandemic.

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