MISAMIS ORIENTAL, Philippines (Apr. 18, 2015) — The illegal drugs trade in the city of Gingoog here has flourished so that the rivalry among syndicates has resulted in 28 deaths in the past two years, anti-drug law enforcers told local officials in a briefing this week.
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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines (Apr. 16, 2015) — The nearly 1 million residents of Cagayan De Oro City are stumbling in the dark after the Cagayan De Oro Power and Light Company (CEPALCO) implemented its load shedding program.
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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 17 Dec) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 on the Richter scale shook the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan and the provinces of Misamis Oriental and Lanao del Norte Wednesday afternoon.
December 3, 2014 — Weekend floods believed caused by bad weather from a low-pressure area destroyed four houses and two waiting sheds in Naawan town in Misamis Oriental last weekend.
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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 26 Nov) – Authorities here ordered the preemptive evacuation of pregnant women, children, the elderly and persons with disability as Tropical Depression “Queenie” intensifies as it nears landfall in Surigao del Sur early Wednesday night.
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VILLANUEVA, Misamis Oriental, July 24 — Community leaders and stakeholders in Villanueva town, Misamis Oriental have bound themselves to aggressively pursue no nonsense Disaster Risk Reduction Management Program in the light of heightened vulnerabilities to both man-made and natural hazards and calamities.
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NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews/ 11 May) — On February 27, 2014, at around 3 a.m., the whole island of Mindanao was swept by a massive unannounced brownout that lasted for hours.
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/09 May)—The Department of Agriculture (DA) has placed eight provinces and two cities in Mindanao in the list of areas vulnerable to the El Niño or dry spell.
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KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/09 May)—A Magnitude 5.7 earthquake of tectonic origin rocked parts of Mindanao on Friday afternoon.