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Gov. vows fight vs.
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Oceana Gold faces administrative,
criminal raps
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BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya: Gov. Luisa Lloren Cuaresma
announced through local
radio station dwRV that she and all the provincial officials are
“not intimidated” by the fatal shooting on Thursday of barangay
(village) chief Paulino Baguilat of Didipio barangay, Kasibu town,
the site of the controversial Didipio Gold and Copper mining
project. The project is being undertaken by Australian firm Oceana
Gold Philippines Inc.
Calling the death of
Baguilat as an injustice to Didipio residents, Cuaresma asked
authorities “to conduct a thorough investigation” of the
shooting and to determine whether the incident was caused by a
supposed rift between sectors supporting and opposing the mining
project.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Calabarzon wage
hike takes effect today
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The Department of Labor and
Employment said the new P12 to P20 minimum wage hike granted by the
Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board in Region IV-A (Calabarzon)
takes effect today, June 1.
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‘Bunkol’ for
the best ‘dinorado’ rice
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LIGAO CITY, Albay: On top of
Kawa-Kawa hill in this city, upland farmers use bunkol in planting
seedlings of dinorado, a
variety of palay (unhusked rice)
that produces aromatic and expensive rice
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‘Chayote’ town
chooses coffee as primary crop
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KIBUNGAN, Benguet:
This town, the biggest producer of chayote, or sayote, has
opted for native Arabica coffee as its contribution to the
government’s “one town-one product” program.
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