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3 of Davao’s employment service offices bag awards Volume III, No. 135
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hree of the country’s best Public Employment Service Offices (PESO) are in Davao Region. In the recently concluded 14th National PESO Congress held in General Santos City, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) awarded the PESO Offices of Davao City, Tagum City and University of Mindanao-Tagum Campus. See FULL STORY, page A2
28 people in Caraga infected with HIV
SURIGAO City--Twentyeight persons tested positive of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Caraga Region during the first eight months of this year, according to the regional office of the Department of Health (DOH). Based on a report obtained Friday from DOHCaraga’s Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, all of the 28 individuals are males. Eleven of them are from Agusan del Norte, six from Agusan del Sur, six from Surigao del Sur, four from Surigao del Norte, and one is from Dinagat province, the report said. The number of people See people, page 9A
Mindanao Daily’s NM Journalism Awards. Mindanao Daily News Editor In Chief Mr. Allan Mediante holds the actual writing and photo-journalism contests for campus writers in Bukidnon in line with Mindanao Daily’s NM Journalism Awards for high school and college students, government offices and private companies. More than 60 participants join the first leg of the competitions held at the Bukidnon National High School on October 29, 2014. Photo courtesy of Girlie Bagaporo
Muslim cultures will soon be included Group tells as elective subject in college curriculum Hataman By Jazmin S. Camero
THE House of Representatives unanimously passed on third and final reading last week a measure providing for the inclusion of Moro History, Culture and Identity Studies as an elective subject in the higher education curriculum. House Bill 4832, to be known as the Moro History, Culture and Identity Studies Act, was authored by Deputy Speaker Pangalian
M. Balindong (2nd District, Lanao del Sur). It mandates all tertiary educational institutions to offer Moro History, Culture and Identity Studies as an elective subject, highlighting the positive relations among the tri-peoples, especially between Muslims and Christians, including shared origins and other points of commonality even before the arrival of Islam and Christianity. “While Filipino and
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Muslim cultures may have differences, it is a fact that they are bound by a common heritage, the land they call Philippines, and they have a lot in common, on top of which, is the clamor for peace,” Balindong said. Under the measure, agencies concerned shall consult recognized experts on Moro History, Culture and Identity course as well as recognized resource persons on the Mindanao peace See COLLEGE, page 9A
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Lawmaker seeks accounting of P68b ‘sin tax’ income By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN de Oro City––A lawmaker has filed a House Resolution to compel the government institutions in charge of collecting and disbursing some P 68 billion revenues derived from the Sin Tax Law to submit a detailed expenditures report to the House Oversight Committee. Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez, Rodriguez of Cagayan De Oro City, passed to determine if the said on Tuesday that the objectives of Republic Act See income, page 9A House Resolutiion 1591 is
What is sin tax? To raise revenue for tight government budgets, legislators sometimes attempt to raise revenue by imposing unusually high excise taxes on cigarettes, liquor, gambling, and so on. This type of charge, often called a “sin tax,” appeals to voters who view it as a way of discouraging consumption of certain objectionable products. Critics of sin taxes cite the following as reasons against imposing a sin tax: • It reduces the income of the buyer. • It lowers profits for the seller, and leads to reduced investment, wages, and jobs. • It is not likely to seriously discourage consumption habits when those habits are intensely desired. • It may eventually decrease government revenue, especially as people move their business
to the informal sector. • It encourages people to turn to harder substances to feed their habits at the same price. • It creates underground markets, which tend toward corruption and violence, and fosters disrespect for the law. • It sets up a moral hazard for policy makers, who vacillate between wanting to discourage undesirable behavior and wanting to encourage it for revenue purposes. The goods that sin taxes are imposed on vary by state, so local laws should be consulted. Typically, when sin taxes are imposed, they are imposed on items that are discouraged for health, moral, and other reasons, for example, cigarettes, gambling, soda pop, beer, wine, hard liquor, topless bars, snacks, and other items. source : definitions . uslegal . com
THE Suara Bangsamoro (Voice of the People) yesterday cautioned Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) governor Mujiv Hataman in his all-out war announcement against the Abu Sayyaf in Basilan. Amirah Ali Lidasan, national president of Suara Bangsamoro, issued the statement for fear that civilians will be targeted in the military assault. Earlier, Hataman, who hails from Basilan, has recommended an all-out military offensive against the Abu Sayyaf Group that ambushed and killed six government soldiers, including a young lieutenant, in a remote village in Sumisip, Basilan which the governor was visiting Sunday. “I am recommending an all-out offensive against these terrorist groups,” he said. But Lidasan said such policy is prone to abuse of power by the authorities and would lead to more cases of human rights See easy, page 9A
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