MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XI, No. 034
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Tuesday, August 3, 2021
BOC-10 keeps tight watch on illegal products entering local ports By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
C AG AYA N D E O R O CITY – The Bureau of Customs-10 (BOC-10) is keeping a tight watch on imported products that enter local ports following the confiscation and
destruction of P50 million misdeclared cigarettes from China recently. “We are always keeping an eye on every shipment that enter our ports in the region so we can confiscate those that are illegally brought and have cheated
the government of rightful taxes,” said Oliver Valiente, chief of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) in Northern Mindanao. He said they were able to intercept the imported cigarettes due to their coop-
During the CORDS-X Podcast with Communications Sec. Martin Andanar (left), July 31, DILG-10 Regional Director Agabe (right) says PNP-10 established border controls between Cagayan de Oro and nearby towns citing that the existence of Delta variant in CDO and Gingoog is very alarming. (CORDS-X)
ug kaangay nga direktiba ug kini sila gatabang sa atong mga local government units sa atong istrikto nga pagpatuman sa atoang minimum health standards,” DILG-10 Regional Director Arnel Agabe said. (our Police Regional Office 10 just to ensure that our police personnel are given the right directives and for them to help our local government units to strictly implement the minimum health standards) During the CORDS-X Podcast with Communications Sec. Martin Andanar, See MEASURES, page 11
See WATCH, page 11
Customs burns P50-M contraband cigarettes By MDNN CDO News Bureau
DILG-10: Beefed up measures, apt aid needed in ECQ areas CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Noting the adverse effects of the Delta variant present in Cagayan de Oro and Gingoog City, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)-10 calls for a stricter implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ), and speedy distribution of relief goods and financial aid. “We have been coordinating closely with Director Gen. Rolando Anduyan ang atoang Police Regional Office 10 just to ensure nga ang atoang mga kapulisan kini sila nahatagan gihapon
eration with other Customs intelligence organizations in other countries. The contraband, declared by the importer as pieces of office furniture, arrived at the Mindanao Container Terminal port in Tagoloan,
Bureau of Customs-10 officials inspect various brands of imported and misdeclared cigarettes estimated to be worth P50 million before these were destroyed at a site in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon on Wednesday. Taking part in the destruction are, from left, Elizabeth De Las Llagas, BOC-10 deputy district collector for operations and Atty. Elvira Cruz, BOC-10 district collector. photo by gerry lee gorit
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - An estimated P50 million worth of misdeclared cigarettes were burned by the Bureau of Customs in Cagayan de Oro City Wednesday in barangay Mantibugao, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon. The burning of contraband cigarettes was made possible in Manolo Fortich town, particularly inside the property of Terra Cycliq Corporation in Brgy. Mantibugao, it was learned. Ac c ord i ng to B O C Cagayan de Oro’s report, the shipment of misdeclared See BURNS, page 11
BARMM releases cash aid to pandemic affected folks By SONY SUDARIA and OSCAR LEDESMA, MDNN BARMM/Bukidnon News Bureau
BARMM Region – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has given cash aid to the covid affected and the marginalized sector in this province greatly affected by the attacks of the dangerous coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19). As this developed, some 500 folks, including single parents, orphans, persons with disabilities (PWD) from the towns of Binidayan, Madalum, Bacolod-Kalawi, Picong, Malabang, Ganassi, Madamba, Lumbayanague, Lumabatan, and Butig, ben-
efitted from the project. The financial assistance, based on information obtained by MDNN, came from the two members of the Bangsamoro Transitional Authority (BTA). Maisara DandamunLatiph, a member of the parliament said yesterday that the assistance package was sourced out from the Transitional Development Impact Fund (TDIF) of her office. It is also with the help of MP Said Shiek, in partnership with the BARMM’s social services See RELEASES, page 11
GOVT SUPPORT. Photo shows the three beneficiaries of the “ayuda” receiving financial aid from the two solons from the BARMM region. 500 students benefitted from the program, including persons with disability from Lanao Sur’s 10 towns, orphans, single parents and students.