MINDANAO DAILY T H E P U RV E YO R O F T R U T H , J U S T I C E , A N D D E V E LO P M E N T
Volume VI, No. 162
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December 13, 2016
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Normin cops wont tape gun muzzles on holidays By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
CAGAYAN de Oro City-There will be no sealing of firearm muzzles of law enforcers in Northern Mindanao during the holidays, the police regional office said Sunday. The order came after police regional director Chief Supt. Noel Constantino sought the permission of the Philippine National Police (PNP) leadership who approved of his plan during a conference in Camp Crame last week. But PNP-10 spokesperson Supt. Surki Sereñas said Constantino has a deeper reason to forego the annual tradition of sealing their weapons’ during the holidays. YULETIDE-INSPIRED. Motorela drivers, disguise as Santa Claus, wait for passengers to board their Colorful Sereñas said Constantino and well-decorated motorelas, yesterday in downtown Cagayan de Oro City, as part of a competition launched for ordered a stop to the the most decorated Yuletide-inspired motorela, a four-cycled public utility vehicle plying selected thoroughfares See HOLIDAYS, page A7
and communities in the city. Photo by Gerry Lee Gorit for Mindanao Daily
Emano elated over Japan’s interest to pour in projects By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
MISAMIS Oriental--Provincial Governor Yevgeny Vincente Emano, of Misamis Oriental, described the meeting with the members of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) here as “fruitful” and “en-
couraging.” Emano said that the JICA representatives met with stakeholders in Misamis Oriental last week to discuss various opportunities in the province particularly in the infrastructure development. JICA a government agency that coordinates official development as-
sistance (ODA) for the government of Japan, has expressed interest in extending assistance to Misamis Oriental, Emano said. He said that the JICA representatives were interested in extending projects that would enhance the infrastructure development See PROJECTS, page A7
Opinion
Reminder: what not to eat this Christmas 2016
“PROCESSED MEATS TOO DANGERKakampi OUS FOR HUMANS”: In the interest mo ang batas of public service, as the Filipino nation embarks on Christmas 2016 parties with a lot of food, we are reprinting here parts of an article published by www.realfarmacy.com on May 29, 2013, which is headlined “processed meats too dangerous for human consumption”. Atty. Batas Mauricio more on a4
80,000 informal settlers to flock Oro in 10 years By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN de Oro City–– About 80,000 informal settlers would flock to this seaport capital in the next 10 years and the city government needs a housing department that would respond to the burgeoning population, a city councilor said here. City Councilor Zaldy Ocon, chair of the City Council Committee on Urban and Rural Poor and Housing Development, said that the department would serve as an umbrella task to resolve the housing problems in the city. Under the Urban Housing Act, the local government unit is mandated to implement the housing programs as a basic service in line with social justice, Ocon said. He said that for the past five years, the city government has implemented initiatives to come up a study See SETTLERS, page A7
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