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Briefly Biodiversity A N AT I O N A L B i o d i ve r s i t y Strategy and Action Plan 2020 (NBSAP 2020) consultation is set in the city on September 18-20, to validate and enrich identified national targets. Theresa Mundita Lim, national director of the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) noted that the NBSAP 2020 is still anchored in the Strategic Plan for Biodiversit y 2011-2010 and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets adopted during the conference of Parties and Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) held in Nagoya, Japan last October 2010. A consultation-workshop to draft a National Invasive Species Strategy and Action Plan (NISSAP) is also integrated in the three-day event. NISSAP is envisioned by PAWB to be integrated in the NBSAP.
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Mining firm frees farmers from loan sharks By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN, Regional Editor
ROSARIO, Agusan del Sur -- For many years, Norma Martinez, a housewife who tends a small rice farmland in Bayugan 3 here, has been under the bondage of loan sharks whom she and their neighbourhood have been heavily indebted to finance their farm inputs every planting season. Practically, the farmers in this village have to pay 30 percent interest for every P21,000 they borrowed from these loan sharks that they did not have the chance to recover from their impoverished economic condition no matter how hard
they toiled on their farms. “Lisud gayud kaayo kay dako man ang interes niini ug mao ni ang hinungdan nga nalubong mi sa utang (It has been hard for us because of this big interest that is why we are buried in debt),” said Martinez. Not anymore after Philsaga Mining Corporation through their Mindanao Philsaga Foundation came to their rescue and offer the lowly farmers zero interest “Plant Now-Pay-Later” which benefitted mining/PAGE B11
BREAKING AWAY FROM LOAN SHARKS. A farmer woman in Bunawan, Agusan del sur winnows rice she recently harvested from their farm
Napocor tackles debts of M’nao power coops T
HE National Power Corp. (Napocor) has stepped up its efforts to address the mounting debts of several power distributors in Mindanao as these adversely affect the operations of the state-run firm.
Smoke-free OZAMIZ City -- The SmokeFree Ordinance of Misamis O ccidental, Ordinance No. 05-12, will now be strongly enforced to safeguard public health and ensure the wellbeing of all the constituents of the province. The move aims to protect the people from the harmful effects of smoking and tobacco consumption, as well, as minimize the risk of exposure to se c o n d - ha n d s m o ke by intensif ying the awareness campaign on the dangers broug ht ab out by smok ing and imposing corresponding fines and penalties, as set by the ordinance, Dr. Rachel T. Micarandayo of the Misamis Occidental Provincial Health Office (MOPHO) said. Enacted by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) on May 4, 1912, Ordinance No. 15-12, prohibits smoking in any part of any enclosed or partially enclosed public place, workplace, including bars and restaurants, any form of public conveyance or public outdoor space, except in designated smoke areas.
By IRENE DAYO, Reporter
In a press statement Friday, Napocor said it “sat down with key government agencies, local government units (LGUs) and concerned electric cooperatives (ECs) as part of its efforts to find a solution to the mounting debts of ECs in Mindanao.” Newly appointed Napocor President Ma. Gladys Cruz Sta. Rita said that one of her priorities is to improve the collection-eff iciency rate, particularly in the
Autonomous Reg ion i n Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) The ECs’ outstanding obl igat ions to Napocor already reached P4.43 billion, as of end-June, with ECs in Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi accounting for 77.41% or P3.43 billion, the firm said. She proposed t he i m me d iate pay ment of outstanding receivables from the ECs for the period of January to June 2013 and power/PAGE B11
DA encourages farmers Surigaonons mull civil disobedience to increase production DEBT-RIDDEN POWER COOPS. A lineman repairs an electrical line. Debt-ridden electric cooperatives in Mindanao are now given options to lessen their burden with the National Power Corp. (Napocor). mindanews photo by ruby thursday
over widespread rotating brownouts By ROEL CATOTO, MindaNews
SURIGAO City – Rotating brow nouts t hat hit t his c it y for over a mont h now have brought serious economic problems to small
businessmen here as residents said that if this will continue, some will be calling for civil disobedience. L aw yer A l fonso S.
Casurra, former city mayor, said over the radio that he is calling for civil disobedience if the problem will not be addressed by the Surigao del mull/PAGE B11
Mindanao Daily NEWS
By BUTCH D. ENERIO, Correspondent
TO help attain the annual Food Staple Suf f icienc y Program (FSSP) production t a rge t i n 2 012-2 016 i n northern Mindanao and the country in general, the Department of Agricultural (DA) regional f ield unit
(RFU) 10 has encouraged rice farmers to increase their production. L e a l y n R a m o s , DA regional executive director for northern Mindanao, s a id t hat s t r ate g ie s i n increase/PAGE B9
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