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Volume III, No. 256
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Ex-cop nabbed for drugs, guns BUTUAN City--A joint police team nabbed a former policeman at a lakeside town in Agusan del Norte for possessing a sizable volume of illegal drugs worth thousands of pesos, a short firearm and explosives, cash believed to be proceeds of the illegal trade and drug paraphernalia on Tuesday morning.
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COUNCILOR L ourdes Candy Darimbang, chair of the City Council committee on tourism, on Monday called for support for the development of the Sinulom Falls in Barangay Tignapoloan as one of the city’s tourist destinations. In her special report during the regular session presided over by Vice Mayor
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Political will, people’s vigilance key in restoring Iponan River
PNP-10 accuses bishop of abducting 5 minors
By BENCY ELLORIN, Editor at large
By MARK FRANCISCO Staff member
See minors, page A11
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Darimbang bats for devt of Sinulom waterfalls
See waterfalls, page A11
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CAGAYAN de Oro City–– The Philippine National Police in Region 10 (PNP-10) has turned the tables on Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) Bishop Raul Amoricillo, this time, accusing him of abducting five minors.
April 24, 2015
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Secretary Neric Acosta, Presidential Adviser on Environment Protection, and Orlando Ravanera lead in the planting of bamboos along the bank of the Iponan River in Cagayan de Oro to mark the Earth Day. Photo courtesy of CDA-10
5 suspects captured in Bukidnon firefight
THE center of this year’s Earth Day celebration is the successful campaign to restore to life the Iponan River in Cagayan de Oro. The reversal of its very high turbid water because of illegal mining upstream is cause for celebration. The turnaround of the turbidity of Iponan River should not be allowed to
pass without recognizing the combined efforts of the multisectoral groups like Sulog, the Task Force Kinaiyahan and the cooperatives through the Regional Cooperative Development Council, and the tireless and courageous efforts of the City Hall lead by the City Local Environment See river, page A11
By CRIS DIAZ, Executive Editor
CAGAYAN de Oro City–– The Bukidnon police captured five armed suspects after a brief gun battle on the outskirts of Malaybalay City’s sugar plantation in Bukidnon, a police officer said Thursday. In a report reaching here, the police reported no casualties or injuries on both sides, but captured five sus-
pects, recovered firearms, and seized 13 motorcycles. The communist New People’s Army (NPA) has not released statements to acknowledge that the armed men are NPA members, the police said. Insp. Jiselle Longakit, spokesperson of the Bukidnon provincial police, See suspects, page A3
GROUNDBREAKING. Rene B. Ronquillo (5th from right), president and COO of Hedcor, Inc. leads the groundbreaking ceremony of Hedcor, Inc.’s P12.5-B, 68.8 megawatt (MW) run-of-river hydropower plants in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon on Earth Day (April 22). Photo by Bong D. Fabe
Hedcor to construct 68.8mw hydro plants in B’non to protect the environment, Hedcor, Inc. held the groundbreaking ceremony M A N O L O F O RT I C H , of its P12.5-B, 68.8 megaBukidnon—Giving em- watt (MW) run-of-river phasis to its commitment hydropower plants yesterBy BONG D. FABE Editor at large
day (April 22), in time for the celebration of Earth Day 2015. Rene B. Ronquillo, Hedcor president and COO, said that “it is normal for
Hedcor” to take care of the environment and the communities it is working in before profit. “We are committed
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