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Volume IX, No. 007
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Monday, May 27, 2019
Greenpeace Philippines lauds BOC-10; hits Holcim By RUEL PELONE and CRIS DIAZ Mindanao Daily News
GREENPEACE Philippines has lauded the Bureau of Customs, Region 10 (BOC10) after it managed to intercept the nine container vans of waste from Australia at the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental last May 7, 2019. “We laud the Bureau of Customs for practicing due diligence and vigilance to these kinds of illicit transactions,” said Abigail Aguilar, campaigner for Greenpeace Southeast Asia - Philippines in a statement. “This might not be the last of these waste importation scandals, which is why Greenpeace has been consistently calling on the Philippine government to ratify the Basel Ban Amendment,” added Aguilar. Just weeks ago, she said the Basel Convention was amended to prohibit the importation of mixed, unrecyclable and contaminated plastic waste without prior informed consent of developing countries. “However, ratifying the Basel Ban Amendment will plug the loophole that allows the shipment of other forms of hazardous waste under the guise of “recycling,” See LAUDS, page 11
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Holcim statement on alternative fuels held at Misamis Oriental port
Editors’ Note: We are publishing the statement of Holcim 10 EMB Director Reynaldo Digamo if the importation of processed engineered fuels (PEF) requires an which was posted on its website in toto Importation Clearance from the EMB Central office The EMB Central Office letter adds that the maTHE Central Office of the Environment Management Bureau has sent an official letter to Bureau of Customs terials conform to Section 4 of DENR Administrative Port Collector John Simon dated May 21, 2019 stat- Order 2010-06: Guidelines on the Use of Alternative ing that it has no objections to the importation and Fuels and Raw Materials in Cement Kilns which is the use of PEF (processed engineered fuel) as alternative basis for the acceptance criteria of Holcim Philippines fuels in cement kiln since it is declared as a product for such materials. We are hoping that this clarifies the confusion that underwent processing prior to shipment to the regarding this matter. Our company maintains Philippines. See STATEMENT, page 11 This is in response to Mr. Simon’s inquiry to Region
Waste materials from Australia not illegal: BOC exec By JIGGER JERUSALEM and ERCEL MAANDIG Philippine News Agency
CAGAYAN de Oro City-The nearly dozen container vans that arrived from Australia early this month were not toxic garbage but processed materials that will be used as fuel for a cement company’s manufacturing plants, an official of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) 10
(Northern Mindanao) said Thursday. Lawyer Roswald Joseph Pague, BOC-10 deputy customs collector, said the contents of the nine container vans were declared by the importer as “processed engineered fuel” and arrived at the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental on May 3. Allaying fears that
See WASTE, page 11
Philippines turning into a landfill of rich countries THE furor about the shipment of imported “waste materials” to the Philippines continues. The latest is the reported “waste materials” from Australia, which was unloaded in the industrial estate of Tagolo-an in Misamis Oriental. More on /p.4
Social media: Boon or bane SOCIAL media – facebook, twitter, youtube, instragam – is today’s most popular medium of communication that is turning the world upside down. But is its presence a boon or bane to this age? More on /p.4
Dreams are but shadows?
PHOTO COURTESY OF BOC
I DREAM of a better world. A world without war and only peace. Without hunger and thirst. Daydreams. More on /p.4
Iligan to play host to 28th MinBizCon By DIVINA M. SUSON Correspondent
May 13,2019 Binidayan,Lanao Sur Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Election Officer Farhan Mangondaya proclaimed newly elected Mayor Hon. Sodais Sual Dimaporo as official winner in the mayoral candidate (third from left), (COMELEC) Election Officer proclaimed newly elected Vice-Mayor Hon. Fanny Benito Datumulok together with newly elected municipal councilor Hon. Alibsar, Salal Boniara Hadjisocor, Satar Pangandamun Macoro, Omar Sharief Datumulok Radia, Khalil Sarip Hadjigaffor, Ashary Macapanton Hadjimalik, Huzaifah Noh Usman, Aliosop Ramos Mulok.(Photo by: Yana Sunga BARMM MDN)
ILIGAN City––The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation of Iligan, Inc. (CCIFII) launched on Wednesday (May 22) the hosting of the 28th Mindanao Business Conference (MinBizCon) scheduled on September 12-14, this year. At a launching ceremony held at Robinsons Place Iligan in Barangay Tubod, Reggie Punongbayan, CCIFII president and MinBizCon 2019 chairman, said more than a thousand of business guests, from around 50 business chambers in
Mindanao, are coming during the three-day event with President Rodrigo Duterte as keynote speaker. United States Ambassador to the Philippines, Sung Kim, and dignitaries from other countries like Japan, China, Malaysia and Indonesia are expected to come and visit Iligan. MinBizCon, an annual business event organized by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), has been a venue for discussions on economic concerns and opportunities. “This is also where business sectors in See HOST, page 11
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