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Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-10 agents help inspect the buses at the Agora bus terminal during a joint operation conducted Monday morning in cooperation with the regional field offices of the Land Transportation Office and Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Gov’t agencies inspect bus terminals in CDO in time for Holy Week

Government agencies have started its round of inspection in public areas of convergence starting Monday to make sure that those who are going back to their homes for the holidays are safe while traveling.

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Read more about the article INFOGRAPHICS: 13 things to consider for a ‘greener’ Holy Week
PALM SUNDAY. Crowds hold their crosses made of palm fronds as a Catholic priest blesses them with holy water on Palm Sunday, April 9 at the Immaculate Conception Parish in Mintal, Davao City. Palm Sunday marks the first day of the Holy Week, with the palm crosses representing the palm leaves scattered by the crowd on the roads of Jerusalem as Jesus Christ rode into the city. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

INFOGRAPHICS: 13 things to consider for a ‘greener’ Holy Week

The environmentalist group EcoWaste Coalition has called on the public to observe a "greener, trash-free" Holy Week.

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Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno (davaotoday.com file photo by Jigger J. Jerusalem)

CDO mayor maintains sports complex not private

The local government-ran sports facility here can never be considered private property despite the ruling of the Office of the Ombudsman upholding the argument of two public officials whose nepotism and graft charges were dismissed by the anti-graft body, according to Mayor Oscar Moreno.

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Read more about the article No signs of softening as Sumifru workers vow to carry on the fight for rights
PROTEST. Militant organizations staged a protest action in front of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 11 here on Friday, October 12 to denounce the violent dispersal of banana plantation workers who went on strike against Sumifru in Compostela, Compostela Valley province after the banana firm failed to enter in a new collective bargaining agreement with the workers' union NAMASUFA. (Ken E. Cagula/davaotoday.com)

No signs of softening as Sumifru workers vow to carry on the fight for rights

Red flags are still waving high as hundreds of banana workers remained on strike against the giant Japanese banana firm for its unfair labor practices and the company’s push for government’s immediate intervention on different attacks against the striking workers.

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