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. 245
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March 23, 2017
3 years after Yolanda, over 100 families still no decent houses By Roel T. Amazona of PNA
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In Focus 'Earth Hour'
THE Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) urged the faithful to participate in the worldwide and annual celebration of Earth Hour, by turning off essential lights for 60 minutes on March 25. "We your bishops ask all Catholics in the Philippines -- and wherever they may be -- to join in observance of earth hour. This way, we will also be reminding ourselves of how needlessly wasteful we can be -- of electric energy, water,
BASEY, Samar--More than three years after super typhoon Yolanda pummeled this coastal town, more than a hundred families remain in bunkhouses, which were built as emergency shelters after the 2013 disaster.Each family lives in a room with a standard area of 8.64 square meters, similar to the size of two table tennis or “ping pong” tables. Jap Cabuboy, whose family has been living in a bunkhouse in Canmanila village for three years, said they envy other Yolanda-hit
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IMPORTED CIGARETTES.
Intelligence Officer II Alvin Enciso (left), acting chief of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service of Cagayan de Oro port and sub-ports, and Atty. Teddy Raval (2nd from left), deputy commissioner for Intelligence Group, inspect the cigarettes technically smuggled into the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, along with personnel from the Customs Police led by Roman Moscoso (2nd from right) during the media viewing, Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at the Designated Examination Area of MCT. Photo by Gerry Lee Gorit for Mindanao Daily
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Women in Maguindanao urged to fight éxtremism’/p.2 n
See HOUSES, page 7
By GERRY LEE GORIT, Correspondent
AGAYAN de Oro City--Hundreds of boxes of imported cigarettes placed inside a 40-foot container van with estimated street value of P15 million were seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) sub-port in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, the agency’s officials said Wednesday.
ANTI-COAL
See coal, page 7
expressed the same sentiment for the dilapidating bunkhouses. “Some of our friends have decided to return back to our old places along river banks and coastal communities, classified as danger zones,” Eracho said. “I hope President Rodrigo Duterte will check our condition so he can help us.” The bunkhouse built by the Department of Public Works and Highways in Yolanda-hit provinces in Eastern visayas in late 2013 is divided into 24 rooms to accommodate more families. The bunkhouses are
Imported cigarettes worth P15-m seized
See earth, page 7
A FLOATING banner was unfurled on March 18 near the site of the proposed Ludo coal-fired power station by a stand-up paddling group, to convey Cebuanos’ strong opposition to the project. The demonstration was part of a string of protest activities led by communities to call for a coal-free Cebu, and to stand in solidarity with the global movement to Break Free from fossil fuels. “The global fossil fuel industry knows that it is
families who have already transferred to permanent houses “It’s our dream, and we have been waiting for it. We are willing to wait until the time when the government tells us to transfer to our new home. Most of us here feel bad on the very slow response of (concerned) government agencies,” said Cabuboy, whose wife works as an Overseas Filipino Worker. The bunkhouses are located along the national highway in a local government-owned lot. Melissa Eracho, who shares a room with a friend,
Teddy Raval, deputy commissioner of the BOC’s Intelligence Group, said the shipment declared by the consignee was disposable diaper. “The manifest reflects [the cargo] containing disposable diaper but when we took the second and third layer, [we found boxes of cigarettes],” Raval said, adding the items came from Singapore. The seized cigarette
CBCP gives lawmakers 3 arguments v. kill bill IN an effort to dialogue with lawmakers on the issue of death penalty, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) wrote to the senators, presenting three ultimate reasons why the said bill should be rejected. More on page 3
brands were Septwolves and Farstar. The Septwolves have red packs and were marked with Chinese characters, while the Farstar cigarettes are contained in light green packs and have English markings. Raval said it’s likely the seized cigarettes are not for the Filipino consumption. According to the information provided by the BOC to the media, the See seized, page 7
Letters from Davao n Leni, how could you?/p.6