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BPI heightens alert on contaminated apples Volume III, No. 203
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February 12, 2015
By PAT SAMONTE Regional Editor-Caraga and JAN DACUMOS Contributor
BUTUAN City–– The Bureau of Plant Industr y (BPI) has heightened its measures to prevent the entry of apples cont a m i n ate d w i t h Listerosis bacteria from the US. See FULL STORY, page A5
P17.3T in investments expected in Davao region
PRAYER FOR PEACE RALLY. Aqakhan “Binladin” Sharief, chairman of the Bangsamoro National Movement for Peace and Development (BNMPD), tells the reporters about the intention of the prayer for peace rally in Marawi City on Tuesday where thousands of Bangsamoro people attended and called on the government to continue the peace accord with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and swift passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). Photos by Sonny V. Sudaria/Mindanao Daily-ARMM/Region 12
Prayer for peace rally on BBL gathers thousands By SONNY V. SUDARIA ARMM/Region 12
DAVAO City––Invest ments worth P17.3 billion are expected “to be on the ground” in Davao Region this year, according to data from the regional office of Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Data from DTI in Region 11 (DTI-11)said these came from the investment leads that the department recorded last year, where 28 companies committed to set up projects. The biggest project was the P9.9 billion-oil and gas venture being planned in Davao del Sur. The oil and gas project was followed by the P5 billion-real estate development and transportation services projects which would cost at least P1 billion.
MARAWI City--Thousands of bangsamoro supporters trooped to Bangulo Cabili Plaza here on Tuesday to attend the simultaneous prayer for peace rally where they called on the government to continue the peace accord with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the swift passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) to end the decades-old conflict in Mindanao. Aqakhan “Binladin” Sharief, chairman of the Bangsamoro National Movement for Peace and Development (BNMPD), spearheaded the rally which was attended by multi-sectoral groups. Sharief told Mindanao Daily News that the
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Cop who killed two superiors surrenders By CHENG ORDOÑEZ Associate Editor and GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
CAGAYAN de Oro City–– The policeman who killed his two superiors -- a chief of police and his deputy -surrendered to town officials in Bukidnon last night. PO1 Gorospe Cairo, 34, single, resident of Barangay Balila, Lantapan, Bukidnon, lobbed two grenades inside a police station in Bukidnon Monday night, killing Senior Inspector Crisanto Molina, chief of police of Kabanglasan town, and his deputy commander, Inspector Dexter Garcia. A civilian aide, identified as Mariel Taduay, was also injured in the attack. Taduay, 15, is high school student of Cabulohan-Paradise National High School. Cairo, who is assigned at Lantapan municipal police station, was found See cop, page A9
Stop rice, log, sugar smuggling
SMUGGLED RICE. Laborers unload the alleged part of the 67,600 sacks of smuggled rice from a container vans inside the Mindana International Container Port Terminal (MICPT) in Tagoloan town in Misamis Oriental. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) in Region 10 forfeited in favor of the government some 130 container vans after its consignees––EC Peninsula and New Dawn Enterprises––have abandoned the cargoes. The cargoes arrived at the port of Tagoloan in November and December last year. Photo by Gerry Lee Gorit/Mindanao Daily
A lady-lawmaker has initiated a congressional inquiry into the reported rampant entry of smuggled rice, logs and sugar in Zamboanga City. Rep. Lilia MacrohonNuño (2nd District, Zamboanga City) has filed House Resolution 1828 directing the House committee on Agriculture and food and the Committee on Food Security to immediately conduct an investigation and introduce appropriate measures to stop said smuggling activities. See smuggling, page A9
BOC-10 keeps an eye on 2 Oro firms By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
CAGAYAN de Oro City–– The Bureau of Customs in Region 10 (BOC) is now keeping an eye on two business establishments here over its alleged involvement in smuggling activities. Atty. Roswald Joseph J. Pague, acting chief of the administrative division of BOC-10, said the BOC-10
will now be watching the activities of EC Peninsula and New Dawn Enterprises, both consignees of the confiscated 130 container vans. Pague said the BOC-10 managed to confiscate 130 container vans loaded with glutinous rice (malagkit) and other agricultural products worth P80 million to P100 million. He said the abandoned cargoes were intercepted at
the Mindanao International Container Port Terminal (MICPT) in Tagoloan town in Misamis Oriental that arrived in November and December last year. The BOC-10, at the presence of some concerned government agencies, 70 container vans were opened in December last. Pague said the 70 container vans were loaded with 36,400 sacks of rice.
In January, Pague said another 60 container vans were opened and were found to be loaded with 31,200 sacks of rice. He told reporters during yesterday’s press conference––also attended by the Chief iof the Assessment Division of MICPT Nash Guro and MICPT Collector Samson Pacasum––that the smuggled glutinous See firms, page A9
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