MindanaoDAILY THE PURVEYOR OF TRUTH , JUSTICE, AND DEVELOPMENT
Volume VI, No. 067
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Military, police new role: ‘environment protectors’ ENVIRONMENT Secretary Gina Lopez hopes to put the image of the military and the police on a more positive light with their new role as “protectors of the environment.” Lopez said the country’s security forces play a crucial role in the newly created anti-environmental crime task force led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), which will go after environmental offenders and ensure strict implementation of environmental laws and regulations. The DENR recently signed a memorandum of COOKING ADD HERBS. A store-keeper in one of the Ayala malls in Cagayan agreement (MOA) with other key de Oro City shows huge red cabbage, onion leak and green bell pepper imported from
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Thailand for their store daily kitchen use. Mindanao Daily photo by Gerry Lee Gorit
9 killed, 8 hurt in drug war in Norcot MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato––Nine persons were killed and eight others were wounded in an anti-drug operation at dawn Sunday in a remote village of this town, an Army official said. Col. Noly Samarita, commander of the 602nd Infantry Brigade said a firefight erupted when troops went to Barangay Nabalawag to serve an arrest warrant on Moks Masgal alias Commander Mabrook were greeted with a volley of See KILLED, page A7
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7 govt agencies formed alliance to fortify fight vs large-scale environmental offenDers SEVEN government agencies have joined forces to form a task force that would go after large-scale environmental offenders, and ensure full and strict implementation of vital laws and regulations on
environmental protection. These agencies include the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of National Defense (DND),
Department of Transportation (DOTr), Philippine National Police (PNP), Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Present in the signing were Environment Secretary
Gina Lopez, L o c a l Government Secretary Ismael Sueno,
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GINA LOPEZ
Supporters of jailed Iligan City mayor oppose transfer plan anew By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
CAGAYAN de Oro City-Detained Iligan City Mayor Celso Regencia’s supporters are optimistic that he will be freed soon as they block authorities from transferring him to a jail in Bicutan, Taguig City over the weekend. Led by Vice Mayor Jemar Vera Cruz, more than 5,000 Iliganons barricaded themselves in front of the Vice Mayor Jemar Vera Cruz backed by more than 5,000 Iliganons barricaded anew the gate of the city jail in Barangay Tipanoy to prevent jail authorities from transferring city jail in Barangay Tipanoy, Iligan, so personnel from detained Mayor Celso Regencia. Mindanao Daily photo Gerry Lee Gorit
the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology could not take him out. Vera Cruz said they are questioning the order of the Supreme Court to transfer Regencia from Iligan to Taguig prompting them to block the road leading to the city jail. “If we look at the case from the very start, we believe the evidence linking Regencia were all fabricated,” Vera Cruz said. An order from the Supreme Court through
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