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. 207
Tagoloan shooting: 3 killed, 1 wounded By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
of Esperanza.
CEB receives its 3rd ATR 72-600 aircraft THE Philippines’ leading carrier, Cebu Pacific Air (PSE: CEB), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Cebgo, received its third ATR 72-600 High Capacity aircraft last Friday, February
3, 2017. This aircraft is the first ATR 72-600 delivered for this year, bringing the airline’s total fleet to 58. This brand-new ATR 72-600 will be utilized for the two new routes CEB will
Dads to probe CSWD over January 16 flooding By MARK FRANCISCO Correspondent
CAGAYAN de Oro City-The City Council committee on social services is set to probe next week allegations that families from three barangays in the city that were affected by the January 16 flooding never received assistance from the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO).
Wednesday
By FROILAN GALLARDO of MindaNews
TAGOLOAN, Misamis Oriental--Three alleged illegal drug suspects, one wounded, were killed by unidentified masked men in this province Monday evening, the police said. The police identified the victims as Rolly Ello, Mark Lester Dacubor and Carlo Dacubor. A certain Eduardo Caculba, 28, was reportedly wounded in the attack. He was undergoing treatment in a hospital. Police investigators said that the unidentified armed men approached the makeshift shelter of Rolly Ello Monday evening before they opened fire on the victims who scampered to various directions. The victims were all inside the house of Ello when the suspects opened fire on them, the police said. Rescuers of Esperanza town in Agusan del Sur fish out “The victims believed the body of Donaire Noja, 3, who was found floating along that the unidentified Oro Lake. Photo courtesy of Municipal Information Office See shooting, page 7
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be launching this February 15, 2017: Manila to Masbate and Manila to Tablas. “We are glad to take delivery of another brand-new ATR 72-600, especially since this is the first to have the titanium seats from Expliseat installed. This aircraft therefore combines reduced seat costs while optimizing comfort for passengers,” said Alexander Lao, President and CEO of Cebgo. “Furthermore, this latest order allows us to fulfill our commitment in increasing inter-island connectivity, while offering our unbeatSee receives, page 7
New provincial jail compound to rise in Initao
Councilor Reuben Daba, committee chair, said that his committee will summon on a still to be scheduled date next week city social welfare and development officer Teddy Sabuga-a to shed light on the issue. It was Councilor Leon Gan who raised the matter before the weekly plenary session of the councilors last
CAPITOL COMPOUND, Misamis Oriental -- The construction of a new provincial jail in Initao town with basic amenities and livelihood training facilities is a top priority this year. “The congestion of 700 detention prisoners packed in a compound built for 200 is to say the least,
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CAGAYAN de Oro City-An alleged bomb-making expert of the New People’s Army (NPA) and his wife were arrested by a joint police and Army team as they were about to board a ferry in Ozamiz City last Saturday, police said.
February 8, 2017
Sr. Supt. Jaysen de Guzman, Misamis Occidental police director, said Lito Elmedolan and his wife, Ma. Bella, were arrested at the Ozamiz Seaport in Barangay Triunfo last Saturday, February 4. De Guzman said Elmedolan’s wife, Ma. Bella, is also on top of the wanted
list as member, allegedly, of the NPA’s Mindanao Finance Commission. The couple’s arrest came a day after President Rodrigo Duterte lifted the unilateral ceasefire, he declared last year, before the first round of formal peace talks with the National Democratic
recovered last week in separate locations. Mi cha el S ab a c aj an , Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Officer here, said the victim, Donaire Noja was retrieved by rescuers of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office of Esperanza, in Lake Oro five days after the tragic incident. Sabacajan said nine fam-
ily members who were on board a pump boat took the risk of going back downstream to the evacuation center on the night of January 29 even the rising floodwaters was turbulent and without knowing a whirlpool was already developing from distance. Six others, including the 13-year-old surviving
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Rescuers retrieve cadaver of boy drowned by flood whirlpool By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN Contributing Editor
TALACOGON, Agusan del Sur--The body of a 3-year-old boy who drowned to death after the pump boat they were riding was swooped down by a whirlpool at the height of flashfloods was recovered by rescuers in another town on Sunday afternoon. His parents’ remains were also
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