MINDANAO DAILY MINDANAO’S LEADING NEWSPAPER
Volume VII, No. 065
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August 7, 2017
Mindanao solons back budget for Marawi rehab By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
CAGAYAN de Oro City--Some Mindanao lawmakers have expressed their support for the rehabilitation of the besieged Marawi City through allocation of funds as the Lower House has started deliberating the budget for next year. The Lower House has begun
scrutinizing the proposed national budget for 2018 in the amount of P3.767 trillion, which is dubbed as “The Budget that Reforms and Transforms,” last August 1, said the House of Representative on its website. The proposed budget was handed in by President Rodrigo Duterte to House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and Senate President Aquilino
Judge shot dead, wife badly hurt
Rep. Juliette Uy
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Martin Pimentel III during his second State of the Nation Address last July 24. In the budget, the education will get the biggest share with a proposed funding of P691.1 billion. But for Rep. Juliette Uy, of the Misamis Oriental 2nd district, a bigger chunk of 2018’s budget is needed to rebuild school buildings that were damaged due to the heavy
See SOLONS, page 11
‘Maute’ fighters slacken resistance
By CRIS DIAZ, Executive Editor
AGAYAN de Oro City--An unidentified gunman shot and killed Judge Godofredo Abul Jr., 68, and his wife Bernadette, as the couple was about to leave home in Alviola Village, Baan in Butuan City Saturday morning, the police report said. A police report from the Butuan City Police Station 4 in Ampayon released to The Manila Times here, said that Judge Abul died on the spot while his wife
fighting between the government forces and armed extremists in Marawi. Uy said the legislators, especially the representatives from Mindanao, have agreed to approve the proposed budget of the education sector so portions of it could be used in rebuilding school buildings and classrooms destroyed
Bernadette, 65, who was wounded in the shooting was rushed to a hospital in Butuan City in serious condition. Witnesses told the police
that the motorcycle gunman about 5’3” in height was wearing a black shirt and a black bul l cap waited for the couple to come See badly, page 11
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A monitor lizard is caught by a local resident along the highway of Barangay MJ Santos, Butuan City. This reptile is among in the “red list” of endangered species in the Philippines. Photo by Jun Ayensa for Mindanao Daily News
Remnants of the Maute terrorist group, now pocketed in two villages in Marawi City, have slackened resistance, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla said Saturday. Padilla based the assessment on reports from ground commanders who claimed that volume of return fire from the terrorists have considerably slackened compared to the first days of the campaign. “They are still fighting back but their return fire is much lower compared to the early days of the campaign,” Padilla said in Filipino. This is indicative See fighters, page 11
Where is the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law? Senate President and House Speaker, and 10 days after the President’s second State of the Seventeen days after it was Nation Address, where is the submitted to President Rodrigo draft Bangsamoro Law (BBL)? Duterte in the presence of the As of August 3, it’s not yet By CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS MindaNews
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