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LAVIÑA OUT Palace expresses regret but accepts Peter Lavina’s resignation By ALEXANDER D. LOPEZ
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N the midst of intrigues hurled against his person, Peter Tiu Laviña on Wednesday quit from his post as chief of National Irrigation Administration.
“Paalam!” was the opening statement Laviña made in his Facebook account “Irrigator Peter: Your Water Boy”. He created the account more than a month ago that served as a channel to update the various sectors on the regular activities, programs and projects of NIA. Laviña said there were efforts to discredit his person recently.
“I have been vilified in the past; my name used, abused and maligned. Recently, there had been efforts to discredit me again,” he pointed out. He added that circulated rumors carried intrigues such as the asking of money from the contractors of NIA. “These are not true!” Laviña clarified. Reports also mentioned of the recent audience made by the regional directors of NIA with President Duterte when and where they detailed the allegations of corruption against Laviña. In recent important gatherings in Davao City, the Pres-
ident, after meeting with the NIA directors already hinted he would fire an appointed official from the city. Laviña was appointed NIA administrator in November last year. During the 2016 election, he also served as the campaign spokesperson of President Duterte. “To spare the President from these embarrassing stories, particularly in these times of intensified attacks on him, I have quietly left government,” he continued in his post. He added that he has neither
personal vested interest in nor ill intent towards NIA and the whole government, which he said, we are trying to reform.
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CPDO survey to pinpoint depressed areas in Davao By JERMAINE L. DELA CRUZ ITY Planning and ed to update the ComprehenD e v e l o p m e n t sive Development Plan. “We will update that Office head Ivan with the intention to incorCortez bared one of the porate the DRRM (Disaster key priority programs Risk Reduction and Manof Davao City govern- agement) plans and also the ment to combat poverty climate change adaptation,” dubbed, “Community he added. Based Monitoring SysThe CPDO head stressed tem (CBMS).” CBMS involves proper data
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Guesting during the bizforum at DermPath SM City Davao on Wednesday, Cortez said CPDO was mandat-
gathering. “Our enumerators or persons on the ground will
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