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Read more about the article Last batch of Korean trash reshipped to country of origin
Environmental activists from the EcoWaste Coalition, Sustainable Davao Movement, and Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability hold a protest action during the reshipment of the 5,177 metric tons of waste to South Korea at the Mindanao Container Terminal in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, Sunday (Jan. 19). The groups have also called on the government to ratify Basel Ban Amendment to prevent the entry of any imported trash into the country. (Photo by EcoWaste Coalition)

Last batch of Korean trash reshipped to country of origin

With the reshipment of the remaining 5,177 metric tons of mostly plastic trash to South Korea on Sunday (Jan. 19), pro-environment groups have reiterated their call to foreign countries to recycle their own wastes and not dump these to the Philippines.

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Read more about the article Amid legal controversy, Yanson sibling assures riding public
A fleet of luxury buses that ply the Cagayan de Oro-Davao City route, owned by the Rural Transit Mindanao Inc. (RTMI) The company’s sister firm, Mindanao Star Bus Transport Inc., reelected Leo Rey Yanson as president in the annual stockholders meeting held in Barangay Bulua on Saturday (Jan. 18). Yanson is also president of the Yanson Group of Companies, the umbrella corporation that owns RTMI, Mindanao Star, and other bus operators in the country. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Amid legal controversy, Yanson sibling assures riding public

The top official of Asia’s biggest bus company has on Saturday (Jan. 18) assured the riding public in Mindanao and the rest of the country that the service it provides is not affected by the infighting among members of the family that owns it and by the court battle that ensued.

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Read more about the article Bankerohan fire victims lament loss of homes
An estimate of 60 houses were razed by fire in BBaraico, Purok 2, Bangkerohan Riverside, Brgy 5-A, Davao City on Wednesday morning, January 15. (Photo courtesy of Kilab Multimedia)

Bankerohan fire victims lament loss of homes

Ester Dalag, age 64, was on her way home from a medical check-up, worrying about her frail lungs, when she found the house she rented at Baraico Purok 2 Bankerohan Riverside was among the houses burned down Wednesday morning.

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Read more about the article Displaced Lumads slam gov’t resolution seeking sanctuary’s closure
(Photo courtesy of PASAKA-SMR)

Displaced Lumads slam gov’t resolution seeking sanctuary’s closure

A group of Lumad leaders “strongly condemned” the motion of the Regional Peace and Order Council 11 seeking to close down the United Church of Christ of the Philippines (UCCP)’s Haran compound.

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