KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/21 April) – Rice retail outlets that will soon be opened by the Diocese of Marbel here and the neighboring areas will not be selling supplies imported by the National Food Authority (NFA) from the United States due to their possible contamination with genetically modified organisms or GMOs, Bishop Dinualdo Gutierrez said.
IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay (MindaNews/21 April) – A fire that raged for four hours early dawn Monday reduced to ashes a private school here.
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/21 April) – The National Food Authority (NFA) has dispatched an additional 20,000 bags of imported Vietnam rice here over the weekend to augment the agency's continuing rice distribution program in the wake of rising prices of commercial rice in the local markets.
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/21 April) – Approving the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) will mean the death of local manufacturing even if the treaty promises to bring P365 billion in investments, an economic think tank today said in a statement.
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY (MindaNews/21 April) – “See you in Davao Del Norte Region XI for the 2010 Palarong Pambansa: From Gov. Rodolfo P. Del Rosario,” said the message written on colorful streamers hung in vital establishments and key streets in this city.
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY (MindaNews/21 April) – Northern Mindanao Athletic Association (NMRAA) dribblers and batters won their opening matches Monday in the 2008 Palarong Pambansa.
DAVAO CITY (Pasaka/21 April) — “On top of the food crisis suffered more severely by the impoverished farmers and lumads in the rural areas, militarization is making life much harsher,” decried Kerlan Fanagel, secretary general of the PASAKA Confederation of Lumad Organizations in Southern Mindanao.
SULU, Philippines (Sulu Media Desk/21 April) – Muslim villagers joined US and Filipino troops in a coastal clean-up campaign during the World Earth Day celebration Monday in the southern province of Sulu.
A Statement on the Occasion of International Earth Day Celebration
DAVAO DEL SUR (CAUSE Davao del Sur/22 April) – April 22, 2008, environmental advocates from different groups and from all sorts of interest will raise calls to defend Mother Earth from all environmental threats. Common calls will include slogans about global warming or climate change, conservation of water, recycling, tree planting, and the more specific ones which include calls to stop illegal logging, banning of aerial spraying and mining.
