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Several small scale miners from Mt. Diwata in Compostela Valley Province protest in front of the Philippine Mining Development Corporation in Lanang, Davao City on Monday, October 23. They are opposing the plan of relocating ball mill operators outside Mt. Diwata. The small scale miners say the relocation would burden them with costlier operations as they will have to transport the rocks going to the relocation site. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano / davaotoday.com)

Gov’t asked to review relocation plan for Diwalwal miners

Almost a hundred small scale miners from Mt. Diwalwal trooped to the office of the Philippine Mining Development Corporation (PMDC) Monday, October 23 to call on the government to reconsider its plan of ordering small scale miners to relocate operations outside Mt. Diwalwal.

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Read more about the article Agri companies told: don’t hire minors
?CHILD LABOR PREVENTION. Local government officials, company executives and other stakeholders join in the ribbon-cutting of the display of products manufactured by companies and entrepreneurs that join the provincial government of Misamis Oriental in its campaign for child labor prevention at the sidelines of the Forum on Child Labor Prevention held in Cagayan de Oro City on Monday, October 23. (Jigger J. Jerusalem / davaotoday.com)

Agri companies told: don’t hire minors

The International Labor Organization (ILO) has urged companies and businesses to observe the non-hiring of minors in their work force as plans to eliminate child labor practice in the country gains ground.

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Read more about the article OPAPP chief: Marawi conflict a ‘wake-up call’ for Filipinos
The area in Lower Dansalan, Marawi City near the lake after President Rodrigo Duterte declared Marawi City liberated from terrorists’ influence last October 17, 2017. (Divina M. Suson / davaotoday.com)

OPAPP chief: Marawi conflict a ‘wake-up call’ for Filipinos

What happened in Marawi City should be a wake-up call not just for its residents, but also for everyone living in Mindanao, a government official said over the weekend.

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