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See story on Page A1 12 December 18, 2014 P15.00
NPA commander with P2.5m bounty on his head arrested Volume III, No. 168
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2015 Aquino journalism fellow is a Mindanawon
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AVAO City–– The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group detained Jordan Reyes Donillo, to whom the military claimed as a New People’s Army commander, who was nabbed Sunday afternoon in a checkpoint at Brgy. Magnaga, Pantukan, Compostela Valley.
By Jesse Pizarro Boga of MindaNews
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Solon seeks probe on exorbitant fees collected by schools REPRESENTATIVE Terry L. Ridon (Partylist, Kabataan) has called for an inquiry into the failure of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to regulate the dubious and exorbitant fees being collected by some public and private institutions in the country. Ridon, author of House Resolution 1640, urged the House Committee on Higher Education and Technical Education to investigate the rampant imposition of unjust, redundant, arbitrary and exorbitant fees in schools nationwide. Ridon asked the House body to invite the officials of CHED and private and public institutions to shed light on the matter. “The collection of miscellaneous fees is a mechanism to extort money from students and their parents because these fees don’t need the approval of CHED and do not have to undergo consultation before its implementation,” Ridon said. R i d on cite d C HED Memorandum Order No. 3 (CMO-32012), which prohibits the imposition, collection and increase in tuition fees, and other schools fees unless it is See solon, page A9
RELIGIOUS NIGHT. From right, Villanueva town Mayor Julio T. Uy and Misamis Oriental second district Rep. Juliette T. Uy join the participants in celebrating the Religious Night 2014, one of the highlights of the annual town fiesta of Villanueva town that started from December 8 until December 13, 2014. The Religious Night 2014, organized by the religious sector, depicting the life of Moises, was done in honor of the town’s patron, Ma. Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe. Photo courtesy of Dodo Canoy
Marielle Achacoso: A girl who died with her dreams on Bus 2640 By Walter I. Balane of MindaNews
M AL AY BAL AY Cit y-“Happiness is a positive cash flow” and “nothing is impossible” said two of the stickers placed by 17-year old Marielle Achacoso, a first year accountancy student in her dream board -- a project for one of their subjects in her first semester in Central Mindanao University in Musuan, Maramag, Bukidnon. Another sticker said “push yourself because no one else is going to do it for you,” and yet another said “if it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you will find an excuse.” She wanted to become a lawyer, she wanted to achieve a lot, and she was also the siblings’ achiever, Lechelle Achacoso, a sixth year veterinary medicine student of CMU said of her sister. “She wanted to do it because she wanted to pay back our parents’ sacrifices.
DAVAO City––Journalist and editor Amalia B. Cabusao has been chosen as the journalism fellow of the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Fellowship for Professional Development, a program established by the United States Embassy. US Ambassador Philip S. Goldberg said that Cabusao was selected for her “fine work in strengthening a free and responsible media in Mindanao through journalism training programs for budding journalists.” An award ceremony in her honor, with members of the Aquino family attending, has been scheduled at the embassy’s Charles Parsons Ballroom February next year. Goldberg and a member of the Aquino family will co-present the journalism award. Cabusao helms Mindanao Times in Davao City. She is also the training director of the Mindanao News See fellow, page A9
Napolcom official faces graft charges
ACHIEVER. Marielle Achacoso, 17, a student of Central Mindanao University who was among those killed in a bus bombing on December 9 outside the school. MindaNews photo by Walter I. Balane
Our parents came from poor took RTMI deluxe bus 2640 five CMU students who families, she wanted us to be to go home in Malaybalay. died with five other persons when an improvised bomb out of poverty,” she added. She did not make it. Marielle was one of the On December 9, Marielle See dreams, page A9
ZAMBOANGA City––The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed on Monday criminal charges against a ranking government official who was arrested in an entrapment in this city. Charged for two counts of violation of Republic Act 3019 otherwise known as the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and two counts of direct bribery is Atty. Macapado Guro, National Police Commission (Napolcom) regional director for Region 9. See GRAFT, page A9
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