Police ready for two-day feast of Black Nazarene in Oro By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
CAGAYAN de Oro City--The police regional office on Thursday said they have already made preparations ahead of the Feast of the Black Nazarene next week. “It’s all systems go for the Feast
of the Black Nazarene on January 8 and 9,” Chief Supt. Agripino Javier said after attending a security coordinating conference held Thursday afternoon. Javier said the Philippine National Police in Region 10 (PNP-10) is in coordination with the city government and other
law enforcement agencies in ensuring the annual feast goes smoothly. “We will be mobilizing over 800 PNP personnel in key areas and public assistance centers to provide security to the two-day religious activity,” he said. Javier said the PNP has part-
nered with the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine Coast Guard in providing security for the devotees who will participate in the procession or the “Traslacion” around the city’s downtown area. “All possible countermeasures to eliminate reported threats to
public safety are being undertaken by joint security forces. Our EOD-K9 teams from the PNP, AFT and Philippine Coast Guard will be utilized. Covert security and intelligence operations were already stepped up,” said Supt. Surki Sereñas, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office 10.
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Bayan Muna holds protest in front of Neda, opposes economic managers’ refusal to subsidize the poor, questions billions in DBM budget subsidizing rich corporations By RUEL PELONE Managing Editor
HELPLESS.
An elderly weeps as the members of the Roads and Traffic Administration (RTA) confiscate her merchandise during a clearing operation in Cogon market, Cagayan de Oro City on Wednesday (January 4, 2017) afternoon. Photos by Gerry Lee Gorit for Mindanao Daily
FORMER Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares slammed the economic managers blocking the P2,000 Social Security System (SSS) pension increase for saying that the government should not subsidize the pension for senior citizens during yesterday’s protest action. “These economic managers actually allocated billions in the current budget for big private corporations,” said Colmenares in a press statement. Last year’s budget, he said contained subsidies for rich corporations citing the P30 billion Risk See GROUP, page A7
Leader of armed group sympathetic to ISIS killed
UPDATE ON PEACE PROCESS.
National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace panel consultant Alfredo ‘Ka Paris’ Mapano shares updates on the “peace process” during a convergent conversation between Tulay Kami Network and LGA’s held January 4, 2017 at the Archbishop’s House in Cagayan de Oro City to establish community peace mechanisms. Photo by Mike Baños for Mindanao Daily
GENERAL Santos City––Joint government operatives killed a notorious leader of an armed group sympathetic to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and arrested three of its alleged members, one of them a woman, in an operation early Thursday in Kiamba town in Sarangani Province. Sr. Supt. Leonardo Suan, Police Regional Office-12’s deputy regional director for operations, said fugitive suspect Mohammad Jaafar Sabewang Maguid alias “Tokboy” was killed in an encounter past midnight at the Angel Beach Resort in Barangay Kitagas, Kiamba. Maguid was the founder and leader of the Ansar AlKhilafah Philippines (AKP), which had been blamed over a string of terror attacks in Sarangani and neighboring areas these past years. Suan identified the arrested suspects as See KILLED, page A7
Chili pepper an effective weapon vs cancer: Study Recent research conducted by German scientists has revealed that the active component in chilies, capsaicin, can cause cancer cells to self-destruct.
Capsaicin is the com- from its fiery taste, it could also be used to cure pound that various types of gives chilcancer, including ies t heir special kick, but while it can that of the breast, colon or easily make some people cry pancreas.
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Scientists from RuhrUniversity, in Bochum, Germany, carried out experiments to find out how human samples of breast cancer reacted when affected
by the spicy molecule. It was determined that capsaicin can attach itself to the membrane of a diseased cell and switch on See STUDY, page A7
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DTI urges businessmen to renew business name early TRADE and Industry Development Specialist Jill Marie Tadlas yesterday said some 73 new business name registrants applied through the Negosyo Center of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Region 10 alone from January 3 and 4 this year. This initial volume of business name applicants says it all: it is not advisable to submit requirements on the last minute, the trade department said in a press statement. On one hand, DTI-10 Consumer Welfare Division Chief and Lawyer Fel Lester Brillantes urged “businessmen to renew their Business Name Registration early at DTI to avoid getting caught in the rush to beat the January 20 deadline set by local government units for the renewal of Business Permits.” The trade department’s business name registration is one of the requirements needed by business owners to complete their business permit. Entrepreneurs also need not to worry about long queues days before the deadline. Brillantes assured business owners that the “renewal of DTI Business Names can now be acquired in a span of only thirty minutes.” New business name applicants need to submit duly accomplished application form and to present one (1) valid government-issued Identification card (ID) complete with the registrant’s name, photo and signature. Varied fees also apply to different categories. For Barangay level, registrants need to pay 200 pesos; 500 pesos for City/ Municipality level; 1,000 pesos for Regional level; and 2,000 pesos for businesses which extends up to the national level. Applicants also need to pay 15 pesos for the documentary stamp. press release
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