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Difference between revisions of "General Santos City News October 2011"
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Now, how do you do that? (Edwin G. Espejo writes for www.asiancorrespondent.com) | Now, how do you do that? (Edwin G. Espejo writes for www.asiancorrespondent.com) | ||
==Bamboo project== | |||
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/336836/bamboo-project | |||
*October 6, 2011, 4:29pm | |||
:by Joseph Jubelag | |||
October 6, 2011, 4:29pm | |||
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines — Some 200 members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) have undergone a one-day training on bamboo production conducted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources at the MNLF headquarters in Koronadal City. | |||
DENR Regional Director Alfredo Pascual said the MNLF members coming from the various regions in Mindanao were lectured on how to raise bamboo plantations not only as means of their livelihood but as well as to help mitigate soil erosion and climate change. | |||
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In June last year, the provincial government of South Cotabato adopted an environmental code that includes a ban on open-pit mining, a method being considered by SMI for its proposed commercial operations. | In June last year, the provincial government of South Cotabato adopted an environmental code that includes a ban on open-pit mining, a method being considered by SMI for its proposed commercial operations. | ||
President Aquino earlier sent a team to negotiate for the lifting of the open-pit ban but South Cotabato officials, led by Gov. Arthur Pingoy, have stood pat on their decision to implement the mining prohibition in the province. (Allen V. Estabillo/MindaNews) | President Aquino earlier sent a team to negotiate for the lifting of the open-pit ban but South Cotabato officials, led by Gov. Arthur Pingoy, have stood pat on their decision to implement the mining prohibition in the province. (Allen V. Estabillo/MindaNews) | ||
==Army engineers to help in SouthCot projects== | ==Army engineers to help in SouthCot projects== | ||