Read more about the article Env’t watchdog alarmed at the sale of mercury-laden skin whiteners in CDO
EcoWaste Coalition chemical safety officer Thony Dizon shows to reporters the various skin-whitening products that the group said are laden with mercury and are being openly sold in Cagayan de Oro, during a press conference Tuesday, June 4. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Env’t watchdog alarmed at the sale of mercury-laden skin whiteners in CDO

The city government will look into the proliferation of imported mercury-laden skin-whitening products being openly sold in public markets here as reported by the environmental and health advocate EcoWaste Coalition.

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Read more about the article Davao City indigent funds now spent better
A city hall employee attends to residents seeking assistance from the city government's Lingap Para sa Mahirap, a health program that gives financial assistance for indigent residents in Davao City. (FILE PHOTO/City Information Office)

Davao City indigent funds now spent better

The city government realized better medical and hospitalization assistance to indigents after it struck out accidents and medical emergencies caused by carelessness and failure to observe basic road safety rules.

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Read more about the article Palace urged to spend unspent funds for Marawi City to ease poverty in evacuation camps
CONGESTED. A total of 172 families or 1,025 individuals, driven away by the continuing war in Marawi City, are staying for more than three weeks now inside the evacuation center in Balo-i town, Lanao del Norte. Congestion and sanitation are among the problems that evacuees confront every day inside the center, situations that authorities fear might lead to more problems such as sickness and diseases. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

Palace urged to spend unspent funds for Marawi City to ease poverty in evacuation camps

Recent report of unspent funds for Marawi City has resurrected the anger and frustration of victims, not only of the Marawi City fighting in 2017, but also of the other victims of calamities where billions of funds have been reported coming in from donor nations and private groups but whose actual assistance remained begging for answers as to where it went.

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