MINDANAO DAILY The Purveyor of Truth, Justice and Development
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Volume IX, No. 123
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Friday, October 11, 2019
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The Sun Crew cleans up Siargao DavNor town inaugurates P5.9-M rice processing complex By CHE PALICTE PNA
DAVAO CITY -- In a bid to modernize farming in the province and help local farmers improved their productivity, a PHP5.9million rice processing complex located in New Visayas village, Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte was inaugurated on Wednesday morning. The Gravity Irrigators Service Association, Inc., (GISACO) a farmers’ cooperative, was the beneficiary of the rice processing complex. See COMPLEX, page 11
By MIKE BAÑOS Editor at Large
SIARGAO, Surigao del Norte--A community based group has been cited by Coca Cola Philippines for its efforts to keep the Surfing Capital of the Philippines free from The Plastic Scourge. Coca Cola Philippines recognized Coke Barkada Awardee, The Sun Crew, with a P30,000 grant personally awarded to The Sun Crew Co-founder and Manager Wemar Bonono by Coca-Cola PH Corporate & Regulatory Affairs Director Atty. Jorenz Tañada during the kick-off for the 25th Siargao International Surfing Cup last October 5. According to its website, The Sun Crew are fighting poverty and plastic pollution on Siargao Island. “We use surfing and education to empower women and children to rise out of
poverty and be the leaders in the fight to preserve their communities and protect the environment.” “Our aim is to ensure the children have the skills and opportunities to overcome poverty and play a key role in protecting their island and local communities.” (haranasurf.com) “We started this in 2017 as a means of keeping kids from idleness and roaming around looking for mischief,” Bonono said. “I was also like them when I was young and I don’t want them to end up like me who did not finish my education but instead think ahead about their future.” Bonano and his Australian girlfriend Hannah Boyer came up with the idea to organize Sun Crew to teach children how to surf in exchange for cleaning up the beaches. Those who See CLEANS, page 11
The Sun Crew at Barangay Pacifico
Six Mindanao CORDS converge in Cagagayan de Oro for summit By MARK FRANCISCO Correspondent
THE Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) in Northern Mindanao hosted a Mindanao-wide summit for all the six Cabinet Officers for Regional Development and Security (CORDS) today (Thursday, October 10). Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno does the Duterte salute with Sen. Bong Go The regions covered during the during the inauguration of the 44th Malasakit Center at the JR Borja General Hospital daylong summit which was held at yesterday. Go has allocated some P5 million for the center.
photo by gerry lee gorit
See SUMMIT, page 11
photo by mark francisco