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Herbal cure could be herbal curse

March 5, 2008

The Bureau of Foods and Drugs (BFAD) in Southern Mindanao has warned the public against herbal medicine marketted as cure-all potion.
But even against the backdrop of massive media advertisement selling herbal medicines, BFAD admitted helplessness in curbing the practice in violation of medcial ethics.  

BFAD officer Arnold Alindada however said his agency is not the agency with control [...]

North Cotabato eyeing P1 billion annual revenues

December 9, 2007

Tribal lands
eyed for palm oil
By ROGER M. BALANZA
About 10,000 hectares of ancestral lands in North Cotabato are to be planted with palm oil that could generate P1 billion in annual revenues for the province.
Vice Governor Manny Piñol said tribal communities holding title to the ancestral domain have given the go-signal for the project dubbed as [...]