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Volume IX, No. 145
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Group cites Duterte stance vs foreign waste import URGES PRESIDENT TO FORMALIZE POLICY TO PROTECT PH FROM WASTE TRADE
THE waste and pollution watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition lauded President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s unequivocal position against foreign waste dumping into the Philippines and Southeast Asia as it urged the chief executive to formalize such stance into a robust policy. On Monday, Duterte, speaking at a Special Lunch on Sustainable Development held on the fringe of the 35th ASEAN Summit hosted by Thailand, scored developed countries for shipping garbage marked as “recyclables” to Asian countries, particularly to Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. “The president has repeatedly deplored See IMPORT, page 11
CARP farmers in Agsur venture in processed foods By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN Contributing Editor
SAN Francisco, Agusan del Sur--Agrarian reform farmers in this province are now producing processed food products which are already sold in the local and global markets. The products which were publicly displayed during the media launch held at the Gaisana Grand Mall here on October 28 highlights different food products harvested from their farms and made mostly by women of agrarian reform beneficiaries cooperatives. Taking center stage are products already sold in the local and even global markets after getting licenses from the Food and
Gunman kills two workers, hurt another
Drug Administration. These include the indigenous Kisum Kaong Vinegar by the RAM Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi Purpose Cooperative (RARBEMCO) in Rosario town and the MAM-C Pure Cacao Tableya by Magkiangkang Multi Purpose Cooperative (MAMPC) from the highland mountain village of Magkiangkang in Bayugan City. 11 other products were developed by Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) organizations in the province of which are still awaiting FDA license approval. The other FDA certified product is the Virgin Coconut Oil of Kaagap Development Multi Purpose Cooperative of this town. Kisum Vinegar extracted nfrom the indigenous sweet Jamil Amatonding Jr., Provincial palm is already making waves at the local market. DAR See FOODS, page 11
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By Divina M. Suson Correspondent
ILIGAN City––Two construction workers were killed while another was wounded after an unidentified gunman shot them on Thursday night in Barangay Emmie Punud, Marawi City. The crime scene is near Area 1 of the transitory shelter site in Barangay Sagonsongan where more than a thousand of families displaced during the Marawi siege are temporarily See WORKER, page 11