No damage from Wednesday’s quake, but ten students fainted

BY RHODA GRACE B. SARON

THE DAVAO City Agriculturist Office (DCAO) and their boats for proper Agricultural technologist John Necor from the Fisheries Division of the DCAO in an interview over Davao City Disaster Radio, said that Davao City has bancas (outrigger boat) but actual population.

“Based sa among data mgacent ang wala narehistro, ang uban wala pa kaadto sa among opisina. Amo gyud paningkamutan sa first quarter ma-rehistro silang tanan (Based on our data, there are more or less yet registered and were not will do our best so that by be registered),” Necor said. damage, the buildings are suitable for occupancy),” he said. their parents on Wednesday night.

CDRRMO head Alfredo Baloran, in an interview with Davao City Disaster Radio on Thursday, Feb. 2, said that the risk assessment team and structural engineers from City Enan assessment at the City Hall and the Sangguniang Panlungsod.

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews) – The proposed waste-to-energy (WTE) project of the local government of Davao is still pending approval by the National Economic Development Authority Investment Coordination Committee (NEDA-ICC), - mental Jay Christopher F. Bawi-in, chief of the Ecological Solid Waste Management section of EMB, told Kapehan sa Dabaw on Monday that the agency would assist the local government in conducting an environmental impact assessment once NEDA-

ICC approves the proposed WTE.

He added that the estimated cost of the proposed WTE project is P6 billion, of which the government of Japan has committed to providing P2.5 billion billion would come from the national government as

“Wala ma’y major damage (There is no major

However, around ten students, seven from Daniel R. Aguinaldo Elementary School and three from Holy Cross of Calinan, were reported to have fainted due to the quake. Baloran said that these students immediately regained consciousness and were fetched by

He said that next for assessment are the minor hairline cracks reported at Jacinto Health Center and Mintal Elementary School, which temporarily suspended occupancy in one of its buildings that sustained a crack.

He said that apart from the registration being mandatory according to the ( /AGRICULTURE’S/11) ( /QUAKE/5) a counterpart fund.

He said Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) conducted of the project, but funding assistance would come from the Japanese government. Various environmen( /CITY’S/11)

Matina Crossing over-

DIGOS City, Davao del Sur (PIA) – All state colleges and universities in Davao Region will promote the ban on single-use plastics on their respective campuses before propagating the practice to the communities.

Dr. Della Grace Bacal- tos, professor of the Davao del Sur State College said they are now focusing on single-use plastic and mangrove management as part of the Regional Center for Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development’s initial plan for the ( /ALL/5)