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A vendor of “ukay-ukay” (used clothing) falls asleep while waiting for customers on Tuesday evening (April 22, 2014) at Surigao City boulevard. MindaNews photo by Roel N. Catoto
Cool and Clean
These locals try to beat the summer heat with a trek to a woody site in Pal-ing, Malaybalay City on Wednesday, 23 April 2014. MindaNews photo by H. Marcos C. Mordeno
Cheap
Watermelons for sale at P10 a kilo are displayed along the highway in Maguindanao on Tuesday, April 22, 2014. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo
For Weary Souls
The chapel inside the Teresian Carmelite Monastery in Pal-ing in Malaybalay City offers an excellent place for meditation and prayer. Located some 400 meters from the national highway and surrounded by trees and hills, only the chirping of birds can be heard in the place (23 April 2014). MindaNews photo by H. Marcos C. Mordeno
Food for Fire Victims
Nuns belonging to the Missionaries of Charity distribute food to fire victims at the Magsaysay Park in Davao City on Tuesday, 22 April 2014. Some 200 Badjao families are still staying on tents at the Magsaysay Park after they were displaced by a fire in Isla Verde along Quimpo Blvdd last April 4. Mindanews Photo by Keith Bacongco
Earth Day Rally
At least 8,000 people from all over Caraga Region attended the Earth Day protest rally in front of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) regional office in Surigao City on Tuesday (22 April 2014). The rallyists condemned the operations of big mining companies, which they said have adverse effects on the environment. MindaNews photo by Roel Catoto | Read story
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COMMENT: Brownouts Exploited
By Patricio P. Diaz on March 16 2014 4:56 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/16 March) — Brownouts or power outages are bad. However, what’s worse is the exploitation of brownouts to raise the price of electricity in the spot market.… »