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Emano orders filing of charges against inmate Volume VI, No. 102
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By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
MISAMIS ORIENTAL Provincial governor Yevgeny Vincente Emano has ordered the filing of additional charges against an inmate at the provincial jail found to have illegal drugs in his detention cell. Emano issued the order a day after commending the jail personnel for reporting a “drug free” provincial jail during “Operation Greyhound” last week. The “Greyhound” operation covered the month of August until Sept. 15, 2016. A combined elements of the local police and provincial jail authorities conducted “Operation Galugad” last Monday and recovered six sachets of illegal “Shabu” (Methamphetamine Hydrochloride) in the detention cell of one of the inmates. SAFETY ACHIEVEMENTS: Employees of power producer STEAG State Power Inc. (SPI) launched a company-wide Safety Consciousness Week Dominador Tagarda, the drive with the traditional “safety walk” and to celebrate the company’s safety performance. Since start of its operations ten years ago, SPI has provincial jail warden, idenachieved more than five (5) million safe man hours with ZERO lost time due to accident. Through the years, SPI have implemented policies and programs as well as measures and procedures designed to ensure the workers safety and health.
Groups seek Palace-led war vs. waste By Catherine J. Teves of PNA
ENVIRONMENT groups are urging President Rodrigo Duterte to wage a war against waste nationwide to help protect public health and the environment. The groups raised urgency for such presidential action, noting studies show the country’s problem on See led, page A11
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Locusts hound sugarcane farms in Bukidnon By Mark D. Francisco
MALAYBALAY CITY – Department of Agriculture (DA) officials sounded alarm bells earlier this week over the reported surge of locust infestations in two municipalities and one city of Bukidnon recently. At the sidelights of the 23rd Annual Northern Mindanao Agricultural Research Showcase Days, Regional Crop Protection Center senior research associate Grego-
rio L. Orboc reported that locusts have been sighted terrorizing sugarcane farms in Valencia City and in the towns of Don Carlos and Maramag. So far, six hectares of farmland have been affected already but Mr. Orboc feared that the figure would increase if the problem would not be dealt with immediately. “We estimate that by December, the locusts will develop into a swarm and
will fly spreading devastation not just in Bukidnon but in neighboring places. They are migratory kasi, they will be everywhere,” he said. Because of that, DA’s Regional Crop Protection Center is handing out chemicals to the three local government units (LGUs) affected by the onslaught so their respective local agricultural offices could immediately distribute them to the farmers for spraying.
Even then, this is not enough. “We don’t have enough supplies. It must be the LGU which must purchase commercially for the chemicals,” Mr. Orboc said. Momentarily, the Regional Crop Protection Center is also cultivating two fungi - metarhizium and beauveria – to capture the locusts plague. These two fungi envelop locusts’ bodies and mummify them, rendering them disabled and
dead. DA will also distribute these to the affected farmers who will deploy the fungi either through broadcasting, spraying or irrigation. But Mr. Orboc suggested that spraying would be the most efficient way. There was no information yet on how many farming communities have been affected because DA is still validating the details. Mr. Orboc added that locusts will usually group See farms, page A11
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