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Gan says CA‘reso’ only consolidate cases sans TRO By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor

CAGAYAN de Oro City-Dismissed City Mayor Oscar Moreno failed to obtain a restraining order from the Court of Appeals, but a resolution approving the “consolidation” of the Ombudsman’s case, City Councilor Leon Gan said. A former village official also urged Interior Secretary Eduardo Año to vigorously implement the dismissal order against the city mayor while warning banks against releasing funds bearing Moreno’s signature.

House okays August 30 as ‘National Press Freedom Day’

THE House of Representatives, voting 210-0, approved on third and final reading House Bill 6922 declaring August 30 of every year as “National Press Freedom Day“ in honor of Marcelo H. Del Pilar, the father of Philippine Journalism, who wrote under the pen name Plaridel. The bill mandates all government agencies and instrumentalities, See PRESS, page 11

Gan said that the February 7, 2018 resolution did not explicitly grant the motion for the issuance of the temporary restraining order, the writ of preliminary injunction or the “status quo ante” order. The councilor clarified that the resolution issued by the CA-Cagayan De Oro Station on Feb. 7, 2018 was an approval of the petition for the consolidation of the Ombudsman case OMB-M.A. -16-0172, in accordance with the CA en banc resolution dated Nov. 28, 2017. The DILG regional office served the dismissal order

against Moreno and three other city officials with a penalty of perpetual disqualification to hold public office on Feb. 5, 2018 with copy furnished to Moreno’s lawyer and Vice Mayor Raineir “Kikang” Uy. “What the CA has approved was the petition for the consolidation of the case OMB-MA-16-0172, which found Moreno guilty of grave misconduct, serious dishonesty, and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service,” Gan said. He said that the CA did not issue a resolution granting the TRO in connection with the Ombudsman

dismissal order dated 12 December 2017 to Moreno, otherwise the CA would explicitly issue a separate resolution to that effect. According to Gan, if Moreno trusts Vice Mayor, a party mate, he should step down from office and give way to his party mate while his motion is being heard by the CA in Manila. “Out of delicadeza, Moreno should understand that the DILG has already recognized Vice Mayor Rainier “Kikang” Uy as the city mayor after the dismissal order was served on Feb. 5, 2018,” Gan said. Howe ve r More n o’s

Mindanao Daily columnist and Vice President for Business Development and newlyelected Cagayan de Oro Press Club, Inc. (COPC) President Ruffy Magbanua (left) and Vice President Ritchie Salloman (right) show thumbs up sign after winning the election Saturday (February 4, 2018) held at the Philtown Hotel in Cagayan de Oro City. Photo by Gerry Lee Gorit for Mindanao Daily

lawyer , Dale Bryan Mordeno explained that the CA resolution was received past 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, which grants their petition and motion to include the latest case against Moreno in the consolidated case in November last year. Mordeno said that on November 28, 2017, the CA issued a resolution granting the petition to consolidate the 23 anti-graft cases against Moreno. The November 28, 2017 CA resolution said that the court would no longer issue a TRO and Writ of Preliminary Injunction (WPI) of the same nature

in the future. He said that the CA’s resolution Wednesday affirmed that the last and the 24th case , decided by the Ombudsman, which ordered the dismissal of Moreno from service was part of the Nov. 28, 2017. Mordeno said that there was no need to get another TRO for the 24th case anymore because the CA has confirmed, in a resolution Wednesday, that the dismissal order against Moreno was already covered with the TRO issued last November 28, 2017. Former village chief

By GERRY LEE GORIT and MARK FRANCISCO Correspondents

as one of the assassins of Dr. Ricardo Rotoras, then president of University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP), who was killed last Dec. 2. The murder complaint was filed because Gamanay, who was from Zamboanga del Sur, admitted during the unrelated case interrogation that he killed someone in Cagayan de Oro last December. Wit h t he ar re st of Gamanay, the Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) Rotoras has considered

See AGREES, page 5

Rotoras case closed

CAGAYAN de Oro City--A suspected gun-for-hire was tagged as one of the hitmen who shot to death the head of a state-run university last December, police said on Friday afternoon. Police identified the arrested person as 33-year-old Johnreal Gamanay. He also goes by the names Junrell Gamanay, Alejandro Ceniza, and Jun Putot. He was charged with murder. According to the Cagayan de Oro City police office, Gamanay was identified

See case, page 2

Surigao Norte mining firms bring US doctors to treat poor patients By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN Contributing Editor

PLACER, Surigao del Norte--After months of being bedridden due to severe burns in his entire body, 9-year-old Troy Ehapon could now walk normally after a successful surgical repair by US-based doctors on a three-day medical outreach mission here last week. Troy was among the 110 indigent patients coming from the neighboring towns of this province who availed

of the free health treatment of the Medical Surgical Mission at the Provincial Hospital here jointly organized by Taganito HPAL Corporation and Taganito Mining Corp. (TMC). Now on its seventh annual event, the medical outreach were participated by at least 57 volunteer specialist physicians, surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses all the wayfrom the US to diagnose and provide life-saving surgeries to selected poor patients needing immediate medical treatment. Marites Nasayao Tero, community

organizer of THPAL’s community relations department, said both their company and TMC shared all the financial expenses of the three-day medical mission including air fares from the US of the volunteer doctors , hotel accomodations, medical supplies, meals and transport of patients being fetched from their homes. Among the illnesses being attended by the doctors this year were hernia, thyroid, mass tumors, cleft lips, TVH The 9-year-old Troy Ehpaon whose entire body was severely burned in a fire last year resting in bed while repair, hemorrhoid, MRM, See mining, page 5

waiting for his operation.

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