MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XI, No. 115
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Saturday, February 12, 2022
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Rural Transit holds annual stockholders’ meeting
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By GERRY LEE GORIT, Correspondent
AGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Rural Transit (Mindanao) Inc. (RTMI) held its annual stockholders’ meeting on February 9, 2022 with matriarch Olivia V. Yanson heading the board election.
During the annual meeting, Olivia V. Yanson, Leo Rey Yanson, Ginnette Y. Dumancas, Charles M. Dumancas, Anita G. Chua,
Daniel Nicolas P. Golez and Rey C. Ardo were re-elected as members of RTMI’s board of directors. RTMI is a public trans-
port firm plying major routes in Mindanao. It is part of the Yanson Group of Bus Companies. The newly-elected di-
rectors then held an organizational meeting where Leo Rey Yanson was reappointed as president and
See MEETING, page 11
Newly reelected Rural Transit Mindanao Inc. officials. From left: Charles Dumancas, Ginnette Dumancas, Olivia Yanson, Leo Rey Yanson, Daniel Nicolas Golez on February 9. 2022.
NPA rebs barricaded the highway in Surigao del Sur for 30 minutes By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur—Some 100 New Peoples Army rebels barriThe NPA Guerilla Force 30 that set up a checkpoint along the national highway in Cortes town in Surigao del Sur. caded the national highway in Cortes town in Surigao photo courtesy of netz tv caraga
del Sur at around 8:00 am Thursday and subsequently ransacked the sari-sari store and house of a former Army officer located nearby.
First ever solar-powered desalination machine in Caraga launched in Dinagat PROVINCE OF DINAGAT ISLANDS – The first ever solar-powered desalination equipment in the Caraga region was launched on February 9 by Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). The equipment will address the problem on safe potable water in Barangay Cab-ilan in the municipality of Dinagat, one of the towns in this propvince hardest hit by Typhoon Odette.,. The machine was lent by renewable energy system design company Verdex Engineering Co. through the help of the Department of Trade and Industry-Regional Operations Group.
SAFE WATER. Department of Trade and Industry – Region13 Director Gay Tidalgo (4th from right), together with Vice Gov. Nilo Demerey Jr. (left) and Verdex’s Louie Pacana (3rd from left), leads the launch of a solar-powered desalination equipment in Barangay Cab-ilan of Dinagat town in Dinagat Islands province on Wednesday (Feb. 9, 2022). The equipment will benefit the 270 households in the village, one of the remote barangays in Dinagat town. (Photo courtesy of DTI-13)
“Cab-ilan is one of the many island barangays in the province that has difficulty in accessing clean drinking water. Because of
its geographical location, it Gay Tidalgo. She said that when Veris very challenging for the people living there to obtain dex contacted DTI Caraga potable water,” said DTI for this support project, See MACHINE, page 11 Caraga Regional Director
Lt. Jimel Acuesta, Cortes police chief, said the incident on highway barricade and store ransack lasted for 30 minutes as the rebels took time to talked with former Army Lt. Joven Rivera and
carted away food items sold at the store. Acuesta said the motorists and commuters of public transport were temporarily flagged down by the NPA See REBS, page 11