MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XI, No. 144
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‘VolunTurismo’ needed for Siargao Island rehab
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By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV, MindaNews
HE Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) is set to launch next month “VolunTurismo,” a project that seeks to bring in thousands of tourists to Siargao Island to aid in its economic recovery and rehabilitation efforts after it was ravaged by Super Typhoon Odette in December 2021.
Adrian Tamayo, MinDA public relations head, said that the project aims to encourage more volunteer tourists to come to the island and extend support to the locals months after the super typhoon wreaked havoc in
their communities. The soft launch is scheduled on May 5, he said. “The aim is to encourage tourists, as volunteer tourists, to visit Siargao and enjoy the waves and the See TOURISTS, page 11
TESDA-MisOr, PNP-10 beef up community support outreach skills MISAMIS ORIENTAL--In support of the administration's Whole-of-Nation approach in Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)-Misamis Oriental in partnership with the Philippine National Police (PNP)-Misamis Oriental held skills training on Basic Haircutting to the PNP 2nd Mobile Force Company to further capacitate its
personnel on its outreach programs in far-flung barangays in the province. “This partnership with PNP is vital in our TVET [Technical-Vocational Education and Training] interventions and programs in the identified PRLEC priority barangays, through this skills training, TESDA will be able to equip the PNP Misamis Oriental 2nd Mobile Force Company
Houses along the coast of Burgos town in Siargao Island were wiped out by the wrath of Super Typhoon Odette in this photo taken on Monday, 3 January 2022. Odette made landfall in Siargao on 16 December 2021. mindanews photo by roel catoto
Religious group protest arrest of suspected NPA finance officer by JOEL CALAMBA ESCOL, Managing Editor
Filipina Independiente (IFI), together with the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) have protested the arrest of a certain Aldeem A. Yañez by the joint elements of the See OUTREACH, page 11 military and police operatives. The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) arrested Yañez on April 10, 2022 by virtue of a warrant of arrest issued by the court. The Mindanao Bishops Conference of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) and the United Church of Christ in the Philippines has also condemned the alleged continuing church persecution highlighted by SKILLS FOR PEACE. 2nd PMFC Force Commander PLt. Col. Mardy Hortillosa stresses the recent devious arrest of the importance of building trust and community relations as a key factor in countering Mr. Aldeem A. Yanez. CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Two religious groups here have launched a protest against the arrest of one of its known church leaders in Mindanao. The Mindanao Bishops Conference of the Iglesia
the deceptive tactics of the CTG-NPA. (Jeaneth Laluna Cuares)
The church group claimed Yañez is an active IFI church worker known to many people within the ecumenical circle in advocating for a just and peaceful society. “He grew up in a family of religious background actively participating in the life and ministry of the church, with two of his siblings serving as ordained ministers,” the group said in a statement. According to the church leaders, Yañez was vilified for years, together with other church leaders such as the Obispo Maximo Rhee M. Timbang, Mindanao Bishops, and Lay Workers, by troll accounts using the name “Iglesia Filipina Independiente Kontra Komunista Movement”. See PROTEST, page 11
Emano warns of politician claiming projects to gain political mileage By CRIS DIAZ, Executive Editor
MISAMIS ORIENTAL: Provincial Governor Vincente Emao announced Thursday morning the scheduled ground breaking of the P 50 million road canal project in Alubijid, Misamis Oriental. Funding for the project was released by the Office of Senator Bong Go as personally requested by the provincial governor’s office of Misamis Oriental. Emano said that the official capsule laying and ground breaking of the project is scheduled on Friday morning. The governor warned that any groundbreakSee WARNS, page 11