DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/01 October) — Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has changed tack.
From using strongly worded calls to ban aerial spraying by banana plantations on the basis of precautionary principles, he is now seeking "hard evidence" first on allegations the practice causes health and environmental hazards.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/01 October) — The national government has yet to successfully work out the reentry of Philippine smoked tuna products in Japan nine years after a ban was imposed by Japanese health authorities, exporters here lamented.
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/01 October) — Noting it was not possible that
those who took and passed the June nursing licensure examination in the Visayas and Mindanao benefited from the reported 'leaks' that marred the test, Senator Ralph Recto today said those nurses should not be required to take it again.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/01 October) — Reports saying the mayor allegedly involved in a drug delivery to Davao City was from North Cotabato are not true, Govermor Emmanuel Piñol said in a statement.
