MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XI, No. 039
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Saturday, August 14, 2021
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Public transport groups want Sara to run for president By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Believing that Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is best suited to be the next president of the country, several Mindanao-based transport groups want her to run in next year’s elections. Both the One Mindanao Transport Association Inc. and Northern Mindanao Federation of Transport Cooperatives have expressed thrown in their support for Duterte-Carpios candidacy should she decide to run in the 2022 local and national elections. Sinawe Mamao, 1Mintra chairperson, said they want Duterte-Carpio to run to continue the good things that her father, Pres. Rodrigo Duterte, has started during his six-year term. Mamao said one of Duterte’s legacies that has benefited the public trans- Public transport group officials in a recent press conference expressing their support for Davao City Mayor port industry is the public Sara Duterte-Carpio as they want her to run in the presidential election next year. From right, Melvin Erederos utility vehicle of Buktramco; Shawiy Omar, vice chairman, One Mindanao Transport Association Inc.; and Sinawe Mamao, See WANT, page 11
chairman, One Mindanao Transport Association Inc.
Maguindanao mayor condemns series of killings, offers P50K bounty By SONY SUDARIA MDNN BARMM News Bureau and OSCAR LEDESMA MDNN BUKIDNON News Bureau
DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao – Mayor Cheryl Mary Rose Ann L. Sinsuat of the municipality of Datu Odin Sinsuat, this province, has condemned the spate of killings that happened recently in her area of responsibility. As chief executive of the local government of Datu Odin Sinsuat, the mayor offered a P50,000 bounty to whoever can provide verified information on the perpetrators of the series of shooting incidents. In a statement sent to the media, Mayor Sinsuat urged the public to be vigilant and to secretly provide information to police authorities, or to the local government, which can help solve Photo shows Datu Odin Sinsuat Mayor the spate of killings in her town. The mayor strongly said: “We do Cheryl Mary Rose Ann L. Sinsuat durSee CONDEMNS, page 11
ing one of her speaking engagements.
Show proof of PhilHealth irregularities: Official By NEF LUCZON
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) on Thursday asked for the public’s help in gathering evidence against hospitals and doctors allegedly changing patients’ diagnosis into See SHOW, page 11
photo by gerry lee gorit
‘Rufus’ is top performer in nationwide job performance By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: House Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez ranked 7th among 300 Representatives in the latest nationwide job performance survey. The public satisfaction survey was conducted by the RP-Mission and Development Foundation Incorporated. Rodriguez earned 67 per cent job performance rating from respondents in the entire Philippines making him No. 7 in the entire country and ranking him the No. 1 Congressman among Mindanao representatives. “I am very honored to be ranked 7th of the Top performing Representatives in the country and No. 1 in Mindanao. I dedicate this recognition to my beloved constituents in Cagayan de Oro City,” Rodriguez said. The other Mindanaonon lawmakers who placed
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HEARTACHE SMILE. In this photo a neighbor in Cagayan De Oro City wears a heartache smile after receiving only P1000.00 cash, purportedly a cash aid from the national government, instead of the promised P4,000.00 for a family of four or more. Wednesday. The city government was distributing the financial aid through volunteers distributed the cash aid based on the payroll listings prepared by the City Social Welfare Dept. When asked why only P1,000.00 contrary to the P4,000.00, the volunteer replied that they only give the amount listed. Another neighbor also found out that somebody already collected the cash aid intended for him. photo by cris diaz