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Volume III, No. 063
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See story P15.00 on Page 12 August 4, 2014
DA conducts banana tissue culture training in Region 11
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A V A O City––The Department of Agriculture Region 11 High Value Crops Development Program (DA XIHVCDP) has recently concluded the Hands-on Nursery Management Operations Training of banana tissue culture for mass propagation in response to the scarcity of high-quality planting materials for the alternative staple food and addressing the need of banana manufacturing products. See FULL STORY, page 9
Regional Top Stories
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Mayor orders sustained clean-up drive vs dengue u 2 CARAGA
DOH says no worry as dengue death toll rises to 17 in Caraga u 4
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Misamis Oriental Governor Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano together with Lugait Mayor Wellie Lim (center) holds the relocation site development plan for Calangahan. The provincial government has turned over 1.06 hectares of land amounting to P 700 thousand to 180 Alyansa sa mga Biktima sa Demolisyon sa Calangahan (ALBEDEC) beneficiaries on July 30. Also, Governor Emano said that chapel, basketball court and a barangay hall will be constructed in the relocation site soon. capitol photo
Yamaha unveils two new motorbikes for PH market
By Cheng Ordonez Associate Editor
LIMA, Batangas––Motorcycle fans in the Philippines can now add two new motorcycles to their wish lists. Yamaha officially unveiled the XTZ 125 and Serow 250 for the Philippine market at the Yamaha OffRoad Media Day, held last Thursday, July 31, at Lima, Batangas. The event featured different activities, which were
Beneficiaries of housing project in Zamboanga City identified u 8
Guingona: Kaliga Festival fuses cultures for unity and progress
highlighted by the Enduro By Edmar Pabia race, where Spyder provided the goggles for the GINGOOG City––“Banat participants. Gingoog, Ato Ni.” This was Eleven 2-man teams the slogan of the city which raced to win prizes using was emphatically reverthe all-new ZTX 125, at berated by Mayor Marie the race track of Yamaha de Lara Guingona as she assembly plant in Lima, delivered her message durBatangas last Thursday, ing the culmination of the during the Enduro Friendly weeklong 54th Charter Day Challenge. celebration and 35th Kaliga The winners of the race Festival. are Mel Aquino and Chico In her speech, Guingona Garcia (1st place) The winners of Yamaha Motor Philippines (YMPH) Offstressed as the solidifying See yamaha, page 11 Road Media Day.
force of cultures for unity, peace and progress for this Higaonon-founded city in the eastern part of Northern Mindanao. On her second year in celebrating with Higaonon datus and the entire populace, the lady mayor wearing red and black elevated the historical contribution of our sole tribe in commencing a simple barrio of Daan Lungsod which is See kaliga, page 11
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