2 THE BIG NEWS EDGEDAVAO
VOL. 6 ISSUE 164 • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2013
DPWH has alloted P1.7 B for Region 11 By eJ DOmInIc FernanDez
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CONSUMERS COOPERATIVE. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte poses with officers and members of the Barangay Callawa Women Consumers Cooperative during the culmination program of the Cooperative Month celebration at Vales Beach Resort. The cooperative is one of the beneficiaries of the Livelihood Loan Assistance Program of the City Cooperative Office. [CMO Photo]
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HE e Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region 11 allocated P7.1 billion for 162 projects for 2014, in line with their advanced preparation detailed engineering procurement activities. DPWH 11 regional director Mriano R. Arquiza, in their monthly press conference yesterday at their 2nd regional district office, Tugbok, said, the 162 projects are still under the procurement process under the regular infrastructure projects, which means they all must be bid before the end of 2014, and 53 of those projects has already been advertised. Of the P7.1 billion budget, P3.7 billion will go to the regional office, and the rest of
the 3.4 will go to the district offices. Davao City will get the lion’s share with P719 million, followed by Davao del Sur with 697 million, then Davao City DPWH 2nd district with 626 million. Arquiza said, DPWH’s priorities are the national, primary, and secondary roads and bridges. As of October 2013 DPWH 11 has implemented a total of 957 projects, for a total budget of P7.8 billion, with 459 finished projects, 425 on-going and the rest are yet to be started. In 2012, DPWH 11 has implemented 508 projects, for a total budget of P5.1 billion, with 388 projects completed, 92 on-going, and 28 are yet to be started.
Police can provide ‘Lili’ 22 distresed OFWs temporary protection arrive from Saudi RTC judge on leave
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OLICE will provide limited protection to a lady candidate for kagawad who’s seeking court protection from a losing re-electionist barangay captain in the first legislative district of Davao City, who she claims to be her common-law husband. This was the statement of Supt. Vicente Danao Jr., Davao City Police Office director, referring to the case of alias “Lili,” who
requested media not to identify her for her own protection. Lili, who said she was a divorcee, earlier complained that copies of her photo performing fellatio were circulated during the barangay election campaign, particularly in Barangay 10-A where she ran for kagawad and lost. She charged that Barangay captain Roberto Olanolan of Bucana, also known
Serge: Kapunan’s resignation to weaken defense of Napoles
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ENATOR Sergio Osmena III on Wednesday expressed belief the reported resignation of lawyer Lorna Kapunan as counsel of Janet Lim Napoles in the serious illegal detention case would weaken Napoles’ defense. This is in connection with the case filed against her by pork barrel scam whistle blower Benhur Luy. ”It’s not good when you are abandoned by your lawyer. That means that you’re not united in the strategy to be carried out and that’s probably the reason why Atty. Lorna Kapunan resigned,” Osmena said in interview. Osmena, however, clarified that he was just assuming that there is some disagreement in the strategy between Kapunan and Napoles, the alleged
mastermind in the P10 billion priority development assistance fund (PDAF) scam. ”I am only guessing. You just told me that she resigned. I would assume that there is some disagreement in the strategy,” he said. For his part, Senate President Franklin Drilon hesitated to comment on the report that Kapunan did not only resign in the illegal detention case but as counsel in the plunder case against Napoles in the Office of the Ombudsman. ”Perhaps, I should not comment on that. We have no comment. That’s a private matter,” Drilon said. The Senate blue ribbon committee is currently preparing for the November 7 Senate probe where Napoles has been subpoenaed to testify on the pork scam. [PNA]
as Barangay 76-A, had something to do with the black propaganda. Olanolan vehemently denied he had anything to do with the photo’s circulation, saying he had no reason to do it. However, he admitted having a romantic relationship with the woman in the past. Lili likewise claimed that she has a child sired by the barangay captain. Danao, however,
clarified the police could only provide temporary and limited protection to the woman. Assisted by lawyer Ranelo Leonar, Lili went to the Ninoy Aquino Hall of Justice last Tuesday afternoon to file a petition for the “issuance of a permanent protection order (PPO) and plea for issuance of temporary protection order under R.A. 9262” against Olanolan.
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total of 22 undocumented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) arrived Wednesday in the country from Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after they availed of the government’s repatriation program, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) said. The OWWA Desk at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) said the 22 OFWs made it home just before the Saudi government imposed a deadline on
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November 3 wherein foreign workers there must secure the proper documentation or they face jail terms. The OFWs arrived at 10:55 a.m. via Gulf Air flight GF-154 which landed at NAIA Terminal 1. Vice President Jejomar Binay appealed anew to the Saudi king to extend the Nov. 3 deadline so that undocumented Filipinos working there could still have more time to process their respective documents. [PNA]
DUSTY ROADS. Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) personnel spray water onto the road to prevent the accumulation of dust due to the agency’s undergoing road projects in the border of Davao City and Davao del Sur causing inconvenience to residents of the area. Lean Daval Jr.