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China’s Top Flower Market Kunming Sees Robust Trade Growth

KUNMING, China, June 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kunming, the capital city of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, saw a booming trade in its flower markets in 2021 and tops the country’s trade of fresh-cut flowers, according to the Kunming Municipal Government. A total of 10.26 billion stems of fresh-cut flowers were sold in the Dounan […]

PDEA-BARMM declares 76 villages ‘drug-free’

Seventy-six villages in Lanao del Sur province have been declared free of illegal drugs, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency – Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) said Monday.“This came about after the Regional Oversight Com…

CA junks suspension of Customs officer who contested reassignment

The Court of Appeals (CA) has reversed the one-year suspension without pay imposed by the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) on a customs officer who refused a reassignment.The CA’s Second Division granted on June 13 the petition of Bureau of Customs (BOC) …

382 Ilocos Norte villages now ‘drug-cleared’

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Ilocos Region (PDEA-1) announced Monday that a total of 382 villages in Ilocos Norte have been cleared of illegal drugs.PDEA-1 agent Farlyn Sheen Vinluan said this accounts for 74.42 percent of the total 52…

PDEA-CAR hopes next admin to continue PRRD’s anti-drugs drive

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in the Cordillera on Monday hoped that the next administration will keep among its top priorities the anti-drug program of outgoing President Rodrigo R. Duterte.”It is our mandate to rid the country of ille…

CA upholds 2-year jail term on village chief for gun ban rap

The Court of Appeals (CA) convicted a former village chief in Manila for illegal possession of firearms during the election gun ban in 2004.The CA on June 13 said there is “no compelling reason” to reconsider its Jan. 25, 2021 ruling that sentenced Gui…

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