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June 28, 2013
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Robbers cart away P68,716 products from truck CAMP RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ, Libertad, Butuan City – A container truck was ransacked in San Francisco, Agusan del Sur – some P68,716 was then lost. The incident took place while the truck was parked inside Gravia Sur Distributor Inc. compound in Barangay Hubang said town. Gravia was managed by Judith Moreno Finlac, while the truck driver was identified by the police as Dumito Lamaso Almaria, 34 years old, widower and a resident of Barangay Kulit, Nasipit, Agusan del Norte. PRODUCTS | page 11
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Tribesmen receive P10M, lift barricade vs mining firm
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By Roel Catoto of MindaNews
URIGAO CITY - Members of the Mamanwa tribe have lifted their barricade against the Adnama Mining Resources Inc. (AMRI) after they were paid P10 million in royalty fees.
Datu Reynante Buklas, one of the Mamanwa chieftains, said they lifted the blockade at the mine site of AMRI in Barangay Urbiztondo, Claver town in Surigao del Norte after they got their initial royalty payment from the company. AMRI is extracting nickel ore within the 48,679-hectare
ancestral domain of the Mamanwas. The company ships the deposit to China. Buklas said they set up last June 15 the barricade at the mining site, paralyzing the operations of the company, for nonpayment of royalties due to them. In a text message, HARVEST FROM THE SEA. Fishermen unload freshly-caught sardines or ‘tamban’ in Barangay MINING | page 11
Kalibunan, Cabadbaran City on Sunday, June 23, 2013. (MindaNews photo by Erwin Mascarinas/asf)
AguSur finds new place for events AGUSAN DEL SUR - For the first time, the weekly flag raising ceremony of officials and employees of the provincial government of Agusan del Sur was held in the newly-inaugurated Naliyagan Cultural Center at the Gov. D.O. Plaza Government Center in
Patin-ay, Prosperidad town. The transfer of the regular Monday activity from the Capitol ground to the new venue was based on the memorandum circular issued by Governor Eddiebong Plaza, citing that “effective March
CALAMBA City, Laguna -– Senator-elect Cynthia Villar disclosed that the government has conducted an extensive study to address the problem of flooding in the Laguna lakeshore towns and coastal areas brought about by rise in water level of the Laguna Lake. In an interview with newsmen here after the main program celebrating national hero Dr. Jose
Rizal’s 150th birth anniversary, the newly-elected senator expressed her support to whatever possible alternatives resulting from the studies to ease flooding in the lake’s coastal towns and cities. Of Laguna’s 25 towns, four component cities and
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Cynthia Villar pushes gradual yet sure clean-up of Laguna Lake
Villar Foundation extends help to sex-for-flight victims - The Villar Foundation, through its managing director, Senator-elect Cynthia Villar, personally handed the sari-sari store showcase to the three Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who were victims of sex-for-flight. Villar also gave cash assistance to cover the travelling expenses of the OFWs in going back to their respective families. With the ordeal suffered by the three, Villar stressed there is more reason for the coming 16th Congress to push for the creation of the Department of Overseas Filipino Workers (DOFW).
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