MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XI, No. 092
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Thursday, December 16, 2021
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Klarex files 22 counts of cyber libel vs Ocon By JOEL CALAMBA ESCOL, Managing Editor
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AGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Congressman and now mayoralty candidate of this city, Rolando “Klarex” Uy, has filed 22 counts of cyber libel against incumbent City Coucilor and radio blocktimer Zaldy Ocon yesterday at the City Prosecutor’s Office.
Earlier, a concerned citizen Mr Julie Candia also filed 15 counts of libel against the radio commentator. The cyber libel case stemmed from Ocon's alleged attacks during his block time radio program first aired at Magnum Radio, in which Ocon said the congressman was a drug lord. Ocon alleged that Rep Cagayan de Oro City 1st District Rep. Rolando “Klarex” Uy has filed 22 counts of cyberlibel against City Councilor Uy was on the narcolist but PDEA 10 denied Ocon's alZaldy Ocon. photos courtesy of marites caballero
legations, saying there was no name of the congressman in their previous lists since last year. Candia in an interview with the media said no one took action against Ocon's baseless allegations against the Uy family. He said he was hurt when Ocon pinpointed Rep Uy as among the number 45 in the reported narco list. "Gisakitan ko sa iyang allegations nga drug lord si See LIBEL, page 11
Unvaccinated gov’t workers in Agusan Sur told to submit negative swab results every 2 weeks By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur--- Gov. Santiago Cane, Jr. has warned Covid-19 unvaccinated government workers at the provincial capitol that they will be required to submit a negative result of reverse transcription- polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)
every two weeks at their own expenses or they will not be allowed to report to work. The governor issued this warning after realizing that there are still some 66 government workers who are not yet vaccinated against Covid-19 the most
number of it were from the Provincial General Services Office with 38 and 12 from the provincial governor’s office. The provincial government employs about 2,667 workers including regulars, casuals, contract of services, and job orders. In his memorandum dated December 12, Cane emphasized the government workers who are eligible for vaccination but remain unvaccinated along with those partially vaccinated are required to undergo RT-PCR every two weeks at their own expense and present the negative result before entering their workplace until completing a full vaccination status. He told department heads at the provincial capitol to advise their employees to get fully vaccinated to boost immunity against the mutating Covid-19 virus now that the provincial See SWAB, page 11
Agusan del Sur Gov. Santiago Cane, Jr. being vaccinated by a nurse of D.O. Plaza Memorial Hospital in April this year. Photo courtesy of Provincial Public Information Office-Agusan del Sur
Elders of the Bukidnon, Higaonon and Talaandig tribes perform a ritual before proceeding to the summit of Mt. Kitanglad in Impasugong, Bukidnon. The mountain is sacred to the Lumads or indigenous peoples. mindanews file photo by h. marcos c. mordeno
‘Cultural sanctions’ eyed vs climbers who entered Mt. Kitanglad without permit By H. MARCOS C. MORDENO, MindaNews
MALAYBALAY CITY – The 26 climbers and their seven local guides who entered Mt. Kitanglad via Sitio Intavas, Brgy. La Fortuna in Impasugong town, Bukidnon last week without a permit may have to face “cultural sanctions” by the tribal leaders in addition to the court cases filed against them. Datu Makapukaw Adolino Saway, chair of the Kitanglad Council of El-
ders, said on Wednesday the climbers violated their culture by entering the mountain without getting the consent of the tribes through a ritual. Saway, also a member of the tribal affairs committee of the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) of Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park, said “this is not just about money and the law, Mt. Kitanglad is a sacred
area.” He said he will convene both the Council of Elders and the committee next week to agree on what action to take against the climbers, who were mostly from Luzon and Metro Manila. The three tribes inhabiting the communities around Mt. Kitanglad – Bukidnon, Higaonon and Talaandig – consider several sites in the mountain range as sacred. They have erected a See SANCTIONS, page 11