MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume X, No. 126
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Fri-Sat, March 12-13, 2021
MDNN Digital launched Politicians, gov’t leaders, vloggers, bloggers and media personalities gather on MDNN Digital Grand Launch at Centro Ayala Mall
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By MDNN Staff
HE Business Week Mindanao and Sudaria Group of Companies’ recent grand launching of its newest digital network and MDNN teleradyo, was successfully held at Centrio Ayala Mall Events Center, participated in by famous personalities, bloggers, vloggers, government leaders and the media.
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Eco-tourism, agro-forestry launched In Misamis Oriental ‘s Mt. Balatukan By CRIS DIAZ
CLAVERIA, Misamis Oriental: The Mt. Balatukan Cluster, a 30-year intensified eco-tourism and agroforestry development plan is launched here Thursday primarily to protect the mountain range and developed the area into a sustainable agro-forestry livelihood for the adjoining towns in the province eastern district. Provincial Governor Yevgeny Vincente Emano who led the unveiling of the Mt. Balatukan Convergence See LAUNCHED, page 11
The majestic Mt. Balatukan, mountain range that straddles the province of Misamis Oriental toward Agusan Del Norte, one of the highest peak in Northern Mindanao, is covered by thick fogs even at noon. Mt. Balatukan is declared as a national reservation area and is the only remaining watershed that serves the City of Gingoog and 11 other municipal towns in the eastern coast of Misamis Oriental. photo by cris diaz
Agusan farmers will no longer sell palay to traders, middlemen By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN
Jamil P. Amatonding Jr., Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II of Agusan del Sur showed Agrarian Reform Secretary John Castriciones the milled rice from the multipass miller. The milled rice will be transferred to to a mist polisher to produce a high grade commercial rice letting farmers command a higher market prices. chris v. panganiban
TRENTO, Agusan del Sur – Agrarian reform farmers in four towns of this province will no longer sell their palay at the lowest farm gate prices to exploitative traders and middlemen. This was realized after the P21 million Rice Processing Plant was formally inaugurated here on Tuesday (March 9) where the cluster of agrarian reform benefi-
ciaries (ARBs) groups will process their harvested palay into high grade commercial rice and sell it directly to the market. Leomides R. Villareal, Deparment of Agrarian Reform (DAR) regional director, said the farmers will be liberated from the cudgels of middlemen and unscrupulous traders since See FARMERS, page 11
The grand launch signalled the renewed commitment of President and Publisher Dante M. Sudaria of the Sudaria Group of Companies, to offer to the people the company’s newest brands in the airwaves such as the regular airing of its teleradyo programs, as well as its digital transformation to compete with the industry players in this era of digital technology. City Councilors Girlie Balaba, Edna Dahino, Suzette Magtajas Daba and Dr Malou Seriña Gaane graced the occasion, which
was also attended by other personalities in the government sector. The presence of former ABS CBN anchor Mylene Sison, current manager of Limketkai Luxe Hotel and other corporate heads were also felt during the fitting ceremony. The Sudaria Group of Companies is proud to announce its newest teleradyo segment programs that will surely give entertainment, leisure and education to its growing number of subscribers and followers now See FULL STORY, page 12