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Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-10 regional director Allan Poquita (left) holds a piece of a fossilized giant clam confiscated by police in a checkpoint in Barangay Lumbia on Tuesday. The clams, estimated to weigh 8,000 kilos, are said to have a market value of P48 million. With Poquita is BFAR-10 assistant regional director Teodoro Bacolod Jr. (center). (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

11 charged for transport of fossilized giant clams in Oro

Eleven people caught transporting fossilized giant clams or “taklobo” in Barangay Lumbia here Tuesday dawn are now facing administrative and criminal charges, a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-10 (BFAR-10) official said Wednesday.

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Read more about the article Popcom exec: Teen pregnancy in Normin among highest in PH
Jeremias Gupit, Commission on Population regional director for Northern Mindanao, has urged parents to pay attention to their children to prevent more incidences of teenage pregnancies, after a study found reported that teenage pregnancy in the region is among the highest in the country. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Popcom exec: Teen pregnancy in Normin among highest in PH

Northern Mindanao has ranked second as having the most number of teenage pregnancies among the regions in the country, a Commission on Population-10 (Popcom-10) official said Tuesday.

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Read more about the article LTFRB-10 begins anti-illegal taxi operations
A driver holds his documents while waiting for his taxi to be inspected in Upper Carmen, where the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-10 (LTFRB-10) is conducting a re-checking of units that have been issued with franchise, on Thursday (Nov. 21). (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

LTFRB-10 begins anti-illegal taxi operations

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-10 (LTFRB-10) has started on Thursday (Nov. 21) its three-day inspection of taxis to inventory the units that have been issued the franchise before launching a massive campaign to apprehend unregistered taxi units.

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