Read more about the article Food packages, single-use plastics pollute Davao City water source
Most of the 1,713 pieces of waste materials collected in the Panigan-Tamugan Watershed were food packaging, plastic bottles, and household products packaging. (Photo from IDIS Facebook page)

Food packages, single-use plastics pollute Davao City water source

A cleanup in one of Davao City’s potable water source revealed thousands of single-use food packages, sachets and bottles of house items have been dumped in the area.

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Read more about the article Militia leader, ‘mastermind’ of Lianga massacre killed in NPA ambush
Hawudon Jomar Bucales, Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative of Lianga town, Surigao del Sur in an interview last September 2015. (Photo courtesy of Froilan Gallardo)

Militia leader, ‘mastermind’ of Lianga massacre killed in NPA ambush

The alleged leader of a paramilitary group in Surigao del Sur tagged in the 2015 Lianga massacre of a Lumad school administrator and two community leaders was among those killed in an ambush staged by the New People’s Army on October 4.

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Immigration eyes probe of Chinese nationals working in Misamis steel plant

The presence of several Chinese workers alleged to be working without work visas in a steel factory in Barangay San Martin, Villanueva town, Misamis Oriental has caught the attention of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) which is now investigating this matter.

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