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DAVAO City — The Indonesian-flagged vessel Gloria 28 has resumed the cargo service calling at General Santos and Davao as well as the port of Bitung in Sulawesi. The vessel, which provides both charter and cargo services, was scheduled to arrive in General Santos on Dec 4, then make a stop in Davao before returning to Bitung on Dec. 7. Bitung is about 44 kilometers from Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi.
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By ALEXANDER LOPEZ, PNA
U T UA N C i t y – The Phi lippine Statistics Authority in Caraga Region (PSA13) said the area registered a 5 percent economic growth in 2019.
SRP on meat, vegies THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it has expanded the list of basic commodities subject to a suggested retail price (SRP), including more types of meat and vegetables following the series of lateyear typhoons that hit the Philippines. In an administrative circular, Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar issued the new pricecontrol list applicable to wet markets and supermarkets in the National Capital Region. “These events have resulted in the tightening of supply, resulting in the declaration of a state of calamity in Luzon,” Mr. Dar said.
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LAKE HOLON. Campers enjoy the scenery at Lake Holon in T'boli, South Cotabato, one of the popular tourist destinations in Soccsksargen or Region 12. mindanews photo by bong s . sarmiento
New RE projects to raise electricity bills By MYRNA M. VELASCO, Contributor
WHILE renewable energy (RE) developers are br and i sh i ng t h at t he i r
technologies are already the cheapest in the market, the National Renewable Energy
The agency said Caraga’s growth performance last year moved at a slightly “slower pace” compared to 2018 when the region registered a 5.2 percent growth. Of the three major industries in the region, only the services sector expanded last year, with the Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishing (AFF) sectors suffering declines in growth, the agency said “The Services sector continued to expand with 11.0 percent while GROWTH/PAGE 7
Board (NREB) ironically dropped the bomb that the programmed RE projects in the country will increase PROJECTS/PAGE 7
Mindanao universities among Asia’s best By MINDANEWS
DAVAO City — Four of 14 Philippine universities that made it to the annual listing of top Asian universities by
the United Kingdom-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), are in Mindanao. Mindanao State
University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT), the lone Mindanao university that made it to the 2019 QS list, was joined by three other BEST/PAGE 6
PRICES DOWN. Due to abundant harvests but lack of shipment, papayas are being sold at only three pesos per kilo along the national highway in Tupi, South Cotabato. Previously, the fruit fecthes P20 per kilo. mindanews photo by bong s . sarmiento
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