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Volume IV, No. 8
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August 3-9, 2013
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Mayor Oca offers P2M reward for bombing suspect’s arrest SP implements full CCTV law
CITY Mayor Oscar S. Moreno on Friday announced the city government’s offer of P2-million reward money to any individual and group that could provide vital information leading to the arrest of the perpetrator/s of the brutal bombing incident, last July 26, at Rosario Arcade in Limketkai Center, Cagayan de Oro.
Main Photo: Mayor Oscar Moreno leads various groups during ““Walk for Peace” held a week after the bombing. (Counter clockwise) Mother, wife and daughter of the late Misamis Oriental provincial board member Roldan Lagbas take a last look before his burial Friday; students use black armbands to signify rage over the bombing incident; CDO For Peace lead convenor Dr. Art Surdilla during the organizational meeting; Police Supt. Michael John Deloso of COCPO shows the computerized sketch of the suspect; Teachers and students join the “Walk for Peace” in Cagayan de Oro City on Friday, August 2. The march was spearheaded by doctors and medical representatives who want justice for the eight persons who were killed and the 48 others who were wounded in the July photo credits : froilan gallardo of mindanews , mike baños and gerry lee gorit 26 Limketkai Arcade bombing.
Mayor Moreno clarified that the reward money will be shelled out from the discretionary funds of the City Mayor’s Office or the so-called ‘intelligence funds.’ “We are more than willing to give P2 million to any informant who could help us solve this crime by giving important information on the suspect or suspects’ identities and lead to his or their arrest. The perpetrators must be put behind bars in order to bring justice to the victims and their families, and also to Cagayan de Oro and Northern Mindanao, and put an end or closure to this atrocious act,” the mayor said. The city mayor, however, cautioned would-be informant
to be extra careful in giving out information to authorities, so as not to jeopardize the speedy investigation and put basic human rights freedom at risk. Mayor Moreno is apparently referring to any ‘fall guy or guys’ who will be innocently tagged by the informant as potential suspect/s of the bombing incident. “As much as we tried our best to solve this crime, we must also be cautious and sensitive enough on the person’s basic rights,” Mayor Moreno stressed. The announcement came even as investigators of the Rosario Arcade inter-agency task force are now zeroing in on the identity of reward/PAGE 7
M’dnao youths gather for Greeneration Summit By Irene Joy B. Dayo
STUDENT-participants from different schools in Mindanao trooped to Cagayan de Oro City to attend the Greeneration Summit, a gathering for youth empowerment on climate change, on August 2, 2013, at Capitol University Gymnasium. The summit was centered on the theme, “Generation towards a Greener Nation.” Sec. Lucille L. Sering, vice chair of the Climate Change Commission
(CCC) was the main speaker. She explained to the youth what climate change is all about. She also said that Tropical Strom Sendong is one of the disasters caused by climate change. “We will not allow it to happen again,” she said. A l ong w it h S e r i n g w e re “Greeneration Ambassadors” that include Ms. Anna Rosario Remulla Oposa, “chief mermaid” and cofounder of Save Philippine Seas
Movement. She discussed on youthled Climate Change Initiative. She also talked on how she began on being an environmentalist and also her experiences for being one. “I invented the ‘Chief Mermaid’ title for marine conservation to be hip, young and fun,” she said, stating how she loves the marine environment. Oposa also reported that there are five to10 shark attacks a year, but youths/PAGE 7
From left: Mayor Alfredo Matugas Coro II of Del Carmen, Siargao Islands, Surigao del Norte, Sec. Lucille L. Sering of Climate Change Commission, Ms. Anna Rosario Remula Opos, chief “mermaid of sea,”Save Phils. Seas Movement, Mayor Maria Carmela Alvarez of San Vicente, Palawan, during the press conference at Capitol University on Aug. 2, photo by rolando sudaria 2013.
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