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Environmental groups during the send-off ceremony at the Mindanao International Container Terminal (MICT) for the third batch of illegal South Korean waste shipments that were re-exported on February 16. (Photo taken from Ecowaste Coalition's Facebook page)

Green group hopes final reshipment of Korean trash will bring closure to waste trafficking in PH

Post author:JIGGER J. JERUSALEM
Post published:February 16, 2020
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Environmental group EcoWaste Coalition has expressed optimism that the last two batches of imported trash from South Korea expected to be reshipped on Sunday (Feb. 16) and on Feb. 23 will be the last trafficked wastes from another country that will be dumped into the Philippines.

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PNP, LGUs tapped to prevent spread of ASF in NorMin

Post author:JIGGER J. JERUSALEM
Post published:February 15, 2020
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The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) in Northern Mindanao has tapped the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the local government units in ensuring that the African Swine Fever (ASF) will not spread to the region.

GROUFIE. OBR Global Director Monique Wilson (fifth from left) and activist-performer Mae "Juana Change" Paner (third from left) pose with lumad women during the 2020 One Billion Rising Solidarity in Davao City. (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)

One Billion Rising 2020 unites Davaoeños versus all forms of violence

Post author:MARA S. GENOTIVA
Post published:February 15, 2020
Post category:Headline Human Rights
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A day before Valentine’s Day, women's rights advocates in the city organized the local leg of One Billion Rising (OBR) - a global campaign that seeks public attention on gender-based violence through flash mobs.

YULETIDE HARVEST. Farm-workers harvest rice in Pigkacawayan, North Cotabato to catch-up with traditional Christmas feasts and save-up for next year. Farmers say they will have difficulty finding farm-work for the next six months as the area will suffer water supply shortage for the first half of 2015. (Kenette Jean Millondaga/davaotoday.com)