MindanaoDAILY THE PURVEYOR OF TRUTH , JUSTICE, AND DEVELOPMENT
Volume VI, No. 104
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DOE wants Mindanao fuel dealers to explain ‘unusual’ oil petroleum dip By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Department of Energy (DOE) has urged oil industry players in Mindanao to shed light on reports that there is an “unusual” drop in fuel prices in the island. The DOE, through its Mindanao field office, has observed that in a week’s time there was a huge reduction in petroleum rates. The price adjustment of the oil companies in Mindanao from the period [August 30 to September 6, 2016] was a huge PhP3.00 rollback, hence attracting the attention of the agency, DOE said in a statement. While fuel price reduction, as what has been reported in Mindanao, is a welcome development for the consumers, the DOE cautioned that “sudden and sustained huge decreases in oil prices might qualify as an SAND DREDGER. A sand dredger plies across Macajalar Bay on its way to the mouth of the Cagayan de Oro River in Barangay Macabalan. photo by gerry lee gorit
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Artworks of Davao-born Ang Kiukok, IPs and Muslim students featured in SM art exhibit By Digna D. Banzon
DAVAO CITY -- The artworks of Davao-born national artist Ang Kiukok, back to back with the works of Indigenous Peoples and Moro students and professors in the unique project launched by SM Davao on Wednesday evening.
The project, dubbed as My City My SM My Art exhibit is a celebration of Philippine visual arts on painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and filmmaking. It will run until Oct. 3 at the Event Center of the mall. SM’s senior vice president for Marketing Communica-
tions Group Millie Dizon said the campaign brought art and people together by showcasing the works of masters, modernists, and the millennial in roadshow around SM Supermalls. “By advocating art for all, we are working with communities to mount exhibits, workshops, and contests
in key cities around the Philippines,” she said. The project is a joint venture of the mall, the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, the Shell Companies of the Philippines, and the Philippine Star with support from the National Commission for Culture and See exhibit, page A11
City intensifies drive vs dengue TO lessen the increasing number of dengue cases in the city, the City Council headed by Vice Mayor Raineir Joaquin V. Uy through the committee on health, sanitation and health insurance chaired by Councilor Maria Lourdes Gaane urged
the City Health Office in coordination with the barangays to strengthen its campaign against dengue. This, after the committee convened yesterday together with Dr. Fe Bongcas and Ramon Bautista both from See drive, page A11
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