Mindanao Daily NEWS northmin . caraga . davao Your Mindanao-wide Community Newspaper
Volume II, No. 064
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Wednesday
August 15, 2013
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US to help Pablo-affected banana growers in Comval COMPOSTELA Valley–– Banana growers in this once thriving agricultural province are still struggling to get back on their feet months after Typhoon Pablo swept about 40 percent of their production areas and plantations. Exporters are having difficulty meeting delivery commitments to prime markets and have delayed banana shipments to the U.S. for almost half a year. FULL STORY, page 2
Smuggled rice shipment seized off Zambo City ZAMBOANGA City––Joint Navy and Coast Guard operatives yesterday intercepted an estimated P3 million worth of smuggled rice off this city. The confiscation was the fourth after Mayor Ma. Isabelle Climaco-Salazar called on the Bureau of Customs (BoC) to prevent the entry of smuggled rice in this city saying it unjustly competes with the produce of the local farmers. See SMUGGLED, page 11
TOO RISKY. Motorists plying the Cagayan de Oro-Tagoloan route have complained over the unfinished road project near the Tagoloan bridge in Misamis Oriental. It has become too risky for those motorists who are unfamiliar with the place especially in the evening as no warning signs are in place. When will the Department of Public Works and HIghways (DPWH) do something about it. Mindanao Daily News photo by Rolando “Baby Lando” Sudaria
GenSan bans backpacks during Tuna festival GENERAL Santos City––As part of the intensified security measures for the annual Tuna Festival and the city’s 45th founda-
tion anniversary, the city hit parts of Mindanao. At a press conference government announced Wednesday a ban on back- here, city hall and security packs in response to the officials appealed to the bomb attacks that recently See FESTIVAL, page 11
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