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Volume IX, No. 059
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40 firms to join 6th NorMin ‘Tinagboan’ food festival By ERCEL MAANDIG
C AG AYA N D E O R O CITY--A total of 40 food processors in Northern Mindanao are expected to exhibit their products in the “Tinagboan” Food Festival 2019 to be held at the Limketkai Rotunda here on August 2-4. Event convenor and Vjandep Pastel of Camiguin owner, Dr. Viel Jose, said the food festival, organized by the Food Processors Association of Northern Mindanao (Fopanormin), aims to showcase local food products that every tourist wants to bring home as
tinagboan (a gift brought home from someone’s travel). In a press conference on Thursday, Fopanormin president Nenita Tan underscored the organization’s role in helping small food processors improve and sell their products. “Whether as an association or as individual companies, we were able to share inputs with each other our own business experiences,” Tan said. She identified the local exhibitors as 4CS, Coycoy’s Lechon, AM Natures, BAPPCO, Best Friend Goodies, See JOIN, page 11
TINAGBOAN. Members of the Food Processors Association of Northern Mindanao put up a display of locally made food products inside the Vjandep building in Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City on Thursday (July 25, 2019). A total of 40 firms are set to join the 6th Tinagboan Food Festival on August 2-4. (Photo by Ercel Maandig)
Bomb retrieval continues in Marawi’s ground zero By DIVINA SUSON
MARAWI CITY--The retrieval operations for unexploded explosives are ongoing inside the “most affected area” (MAA) here following the discovery of an aerial bomb near a residential area, an official of the National Housing Authority (NHA) said Thursday. NHA’s Roderick Ibañez, head of Marawi Project Management Office, said the “unexploded ordnance” or UXO was accidentally discovered by the clearing team on Tuesday (July 23) amid the ongoing rehabilitation works in the area. Ibañez said the bomb was confirmed by a follow-up verification using groundpenetrating radar (GPR) and sniffing dogs, with the help of the Explosive and OrdSee RETRIEVAL, page 11
Army soldiers excavate a portion of the most affected area in Marawi City to retrieved an unexploded ordnance detected using a ground penetrating radar (CPR) as demolition and clearing operation, to prepare for the rehabilitation and rebuilding in Marawi, is going on. Photo courtesy of NHA Marawi Project anagement O ffice
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