Author: Marinduque News

The Department of Health (DOH) – MIMAROPA (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) initiated the Ceramic Water Filter Pot Production Project in Barangay Poctoy in Torijos, Marinduque to provide households with safe drinking water. “This project will ensure access to potable drinking water in island areas of the province where the source of water has contaminants such as microorganisms which can cause the spread of water-borne diseases and high salt content due to the adjacent sea,” Regional Director Eduardo C. Janairo stated.…

Irresponsible mining must stop as it is destroying the land of promise, the incoming President Rodrigo Duterte said in his speech during the “One Love, One Nation #DU31 Thanksgiving Party” evening of Saturday, June 4. Speaking before an estimated 300,000 people who attended the Saturday night party at the Davao Crocodile Park, Duterte dared the mining industry players in Davao to “shape up,” otherwise he will force them to shift to other businesses. “I have a big problem with mining companies, they are despoiling the land, they are destroying Mindanao,…