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Read more about the article Waste materials from Australia not illegal, says Customs official
A Bureau of Customs personnel checks the trash from South Korea before it was shipped back to its point of origin recently. Just this week another shipment of waste materials which came from Australia was put on hold by the Customs at the port in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Waste materials from Australia not illegal, says Customs official

The close to a dozen container vans that arrived from Australia early this month were not toxic garbage but processed materials which will be used as fuel for a cement company’s manufacturing plants, said the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Thursday.

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Read more about the article 7th Dabaw Lunhaw Awards to carry theme on environmental awareness

7th Dabaw Lunhaw Awards to carry theme on environmental awareness

As the city is gearing for the 7th Dabaw Lunhaw Awards, its organizers said this year’s event, unlike in the past presentations, will carry a different theme that will help increase the awareness of the constituents on the most challenging environmental problem Davao City faces nowadays – the garbage.

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Read more about the article Caap confirms Cebu Pacific cancels flight for Manila
A Cebu Pacific airplane lands at the tarmac of the Laguindingan Airport in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental, in this recently taken photo. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Caap confirms Cebu Pacific cancels flight for Manila

An airline has canceled two of its flights Wednesday to reboot its system, said the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (Caap) at Laguindingan Airport in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental.

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Read more about the article Paramilitary forcing Lumad evacuees to go home, group claims
(Photo courtesy of PASAKA-SMR)

Paramilitary forcing Lumad evacuees to go home, group claims

The Lumad group PASAKA slammed the military and paramilitary group Alamara for forcing Lumad evacuees to return to their communities amidst the height of intensive and continuing military operations in the hinterlands.

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