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==Featured News of The Philippines==
==Featured News of The Philippines==
Updated: November 7, 2021
Updated: November 8, 2021


'''IP rep says justice served following Ka Oris’ death'''.<br>IMPASUGONG, Bukidnon – Justice has been served after the death of Jorge “Ka Oris” Madlos, commander and spokesperson of the National Operations Command (NOC) of the New People’s Army (NPA), in the hinterlands of Sitio Gabunan, Impasugong, Bukidnon on Oct. 30. This, according to Datu Renato Sumbongan, the Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative (IPMR) of Malaybalay City, Bukdinon, in a news release of the Army’s 8th Infantry Battalion (8IB) on Sunday.<br>
'''NorMin top performer in case disposition since 2019'''.<br>
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The Regional Prosecution Office (RPO) 10 (Northern Mindanao) on Monday said it has maintained its position as having the best performing regional prosecution offices in the country for the past two years. During the online flag ceremony of the provincial government of Misamis Oriental on Monday, Regional Prosecutor Merlynn Uy said the public prosecutors have contributed to the filing of criminal cases that were resolved at a rate of more than 90 percent, in the different provinces of Northern Mindanao. "All prosecution offices in the region have performed exceedingly well in the past years, more so, in 2019 and 2020... that is why we were adjudged number one nationwide, (as a) top-performing region," she said, referring to records from the National Prosecution Service, the prosecutorial arm of the Department of Justice.<br>
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'''Ilocos Norte coastal areas band together to protect mangroves'''<br>
'''Benefits pour in for insurgency-cleared Bacolod village'''<br>
LAOAG CITY – A redeveloped mangrove picnic park will be built by the local government unit of Currimao in Ilocos Norte as it enjoins coastal communities to participate in its intensified mangrove rehabilitation project. Located in Barangay Maglaoi Sur, the two-hectare mangrove plantation project was a project of the provincial environment department and other support agencies in 2016. To ensure its maintenance and development, municipal agriculturist and environment officer Ericson Biag designated the Currimao government to be on top of the rehabilitation project, including the development of the picnic park and planting of more mangrove seeds or propagules. "At least 2,000 mangrove propagules were planted at the site on Friday with around 50 participants, mostly locals," he said in an interview on Sunday.
BACOLOD CITY – Residents of Barangay Banago, the lone insurgency-cleared village here, has received various benefits under the Barangay Development Program (BDP) of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). As of Monday, at least 313 were granted medical, burial, and educational assistance from a portion of the village’s PHP20-million funding provided by the BDP -- 202 recipients on Nov. 4, 2021 and 111 during the September 22 payout. Recipients of educational assistance included college, senior high and junior high school students who each got cash assistance of PHP10,000, PHP6,000 and PHP3,000, respectively, according to a statement.
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