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Read more about the article Disaster aid group slams coal-fired power plant
Balsa Mindanao director Francis Morales (right) talks with survivors in Brgy. San Vicente, Tolosa, Leyte. (contributed photo by Ken Bandayanon)

Disaster aid group slams coal-fired power plant

Allowing the coal-fired power plant to operate in the city will harm local fresh water source and residents, according to aid group Balsa Mindanao.

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Read more about the article Jailed scientist’s research part of Pablo recovery plans – group
Francis Morales of Balsa Mindanao explains that the research of jailed scientist Kim Gargar would guide in them on how to rehabilate Pablo ravaged areas. (davaotoday.com)

Jailed scientist’s research part of Pablo recovery plans – group

The research study by University of the Philippines physicist, Kim Gargar, is supposed to guide a disaster response group on the how to rehabilitate certain Typhoon Pablo ravaged areas in Compostela Valley, a private welfare group said.

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Read more about the article Crafts, furniture makers to face tougher times with ASEAN integration
BUTUAN CRAFT Maylene Cutor of Ivory.07 Arts and Craft from Butuan City, demonstrates how to weave dried water lily into a pair of sandals which they are displaying now in the Mindanao Trade Expo 2013 at Abreeza Ayala Mall until August 25. Cutor said they can produce a maximum of seven pairs of sandals a day. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Crafts, furniture makers to face tougher times with ASEAN integration

Cutor’s story belies the optimism of the expo organizers, the Mindanao Trade Expo (MTE) Foundation, who remained confident that exports of handicrafts and furniture from the island will thrive.

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Read more about the article Eye in the Sky vs. illegal logging
LOGS, EVERYWHERE. Thousands of logs are stored in Baganga town’s port area where the lumber company Baganga Plywood Corporation is also located. Edgar Ladjao, a local of Davao Oriental, said logging has not stopped in the province despite the total log ban ordered by President Noynoy Aquino in February 2011. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)

Eye in the Sky vs. illegal logging

Can drones or the eye in the sky help save our dwindling forests?

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Read more about the article Foreign peace advocates score “neglected” condition in Typhoon Pablo areas

Foreign peace advocates score “neglected” condition in Typhoon Pablo areas

By TYRONE A. VELEZ
Davao Today

“My taxes are sent (here) for military aid. Money should build roads, should be given to health care, decent things for the people, not military aid,” says Ron Gochez of Union del Barro, Los Angeles.

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