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DTI-Lanao Norte raises the bar on 2015 gains Volume IV, No. 226 web portal: www.mindanaodailynews.com
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March 2, 2016
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AFTER a stellar performance in 2015, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Lanao del Norte provincial office will focus on implementing two more Negosyo Centers (NC) in District 2, (Kapatagan and Lala) and the implementation of an additional 17 more Shared Service Facilities (SSFs) across the province. In a media briefing for plishments of the province 2015 Accomplishments of done through the assistance Region 10 held Decem- and intervention of DTI ber 11, 2015 at a hotel in Lanao del Norte Provincial Cagayan de Oro, DTI Lanao Office. “Foremost among these del Norte Business Development Division Chief, Nancy were the twenty seven (27) G. Echavez, (reporting for Shared Service Facilities Provincial Dir. Ruel Paclipan projects that were implewho was not available) also mented with a total See GAINS, page A11 shared the major accom-
AT the 8th Ayala-UPSE Economic Forum held in UP Diliman on February 11, 2016, Dr. Joseph J. Capuno of the UP School of Economics examined the fiscal decentralization program under the country’s 25-year old Local Government Code, particularly in financing devolved functions, fragmentation of public services, and revenue conflicts between LGUs and the national government. In his paper entitled “Tugs of War: Local Governments, National Government”, Dr. Capuno said continued urbanization, rapid adoption of ICT, and climate change should be considered in the review of the existing decentralization program. The Ayala-UPSE Economic Forum aims to raise the level of public debate on issues and potential solutions concerning the Philippine economy. (Inset) Atty. Dante Gatmaitan of the UP College of Law and Ma. Veronica Hitosis, Policy and Legislation Officer of the League of Cities of the Philippines also sat in the panel as discussants.
For journalists, retirement is a taboo By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
(A tribute to the Philippines News Agency on its 43rd anniversary)
The CYNOSURE
It all started in my college days in Cebu City circa 1978. Henry K. Redula, then the regional bureau chief
By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN de Oro City--A suspected assassin of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) was killed in a “chance” encounter with government troopers in Bukidnon, a police report reaching here said. Police identified the fatality as Nardo Balite, a.k.a “Kumander Bugsong,” believed to be the team leader of the NPA Sparrow Unit of Front 55. The Sparrow Unit, is the dreaded assassin team of the NPA that operates on specific target personalities. The ‘Sparrow’ became known in the 80s, See KILLED, page A11
The 8th Ayala-UPSE Economic Forum
Housewives in Barangay Malingao like Myrna Unabia (left) now earns bigger income by weaving coco coir geomats through MCOCO, a DTI SSF beneficiary.
NPA ‘assassin’ killed in Bukidnon
of the Philippines News Agency (PNA) in Cebu, invited me to string for the news wire service. It was during one of the seminars-lectures on
campus journalism that Redula issued the challenge to budding campus writers in Cebu. As Editor-in-Chief of “Landiwa,” (it is still cir-
culating today), the official college publication of the University of Cebu (formerly Cebu Central Colleges), Redula’s See taboo, page A11
Doctors perform first uterus transplant SURGEONS at the Cleveland Clinic have performed the first uterus transplant in the United States, using the uterus from a deceased organ donor, the hospital said this week. The 26-year-old patient -- who is not being identified publicly -- was in stable condition after a nine-hour surgery on Wednesday, the Cleveland Clinic said in a statement. The hospital said it would attempt a total of 10 transplants in women with uterine factor infertility, See UTERUS, page A11
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