MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XI, No. 117
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Rescued hawk-eagle released back into habitat By ALEXANDER LOPEZ
BUTUAN CITY – A juvenile Pinsker’s hawk-eagle was released back to the wild on Monday following its rescue last week in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur. The release was spearheaded by Bishop Raul Dael of the Roman Catholic
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31 areas in Mindanao now on Alert Level 2 By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV MindaNews
DAVAO CITY -- A total of 31 areas in Mindanao have been placed under Alert Level 2 beginning February 16 until the end of this month after the reported downtrend in the number of COVID-19 cases following the Omicron variant surge, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said. But Zamboanga City, Davao de Oro, Davao Occidental and South Cotabato will remain under Alert Level 3 as the surge persists. Based on Nograles’ See AREAS, page 11
‘Power bloc’ party-lists throw support to VP Leni By CHRIS PANGANIBAN Contributing Editor
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur -- The party-lists ‘power bloc’ lawmakers in Congress are supporting the presidential bid of Vice President Leni Robredo in the May 9 elections. Rep. Presley de Jesus of Philippine Rural Electric
Cooperatives Association (Philreca) party-list has Senatorial candidates pays CDO Mayor Oscar Moreno a visit at city hall Cagayan de Oro on Wednesday (Feb. 16, 2022). From left: Mayor Moreno, Sen. Joel Villanueva, JV Ejercito, Sen. Migz Zubiri, and Sen. Win Gatchalian. photo declared in an online via by gerry lee gorit Zoom press conference on Monday afternoon that the four party-list colleagues in the House belonging to the energy sector have decided to rally behind Robredo’s presidential candidacy. See SUPPORT, page 11
Ambush in Maguindanao that killed 9 linked to unsettled ‘rido’
Cops nab 3 persons involved in selling fake vax cards By JOEL CALAMBA ESCOL Managing Editor
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Police authorities in Cagayan de Oro City arrested on Monday three persons who were suspected of making and selling fake vaccination cards for Covid-19. Arrested during an entrapment operation along Chavez and Pabayo Streets in Barangay 3 were Faisodin Dimakuta Comacasar, 32, a resident of Marantao, Lanao del Sur; Acmad Macapaar Musa, 28, and Jamaloden Ampaso Pacasum, 36, both residents of Marawi City. Police said the three were
believed to be behind the proliferation of fake vaccination cards in the city and nearby areas. Recovered from their possession were seven pieces of Php500 bills, three lap-
tops, two printers, seven pieces of fake Covid-19 vaccination cards, and a bundle of blank white cards. They are now temporarily detained at Police Station See NAB, page 11
By JOEL CALAMBA ESCOL Managing Editor
MAGUINDANAO - The recent ambush in one of the remote villages in this province has been linked to an unsettled ‘rido’ between feuding cousins who are both commanders of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces, the police reported. The Maguindanao police, in its initial investigation, disclosed to the media that the killings were between two commanders of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces-Moro Islamic Liberation Front (BIAF-MILF). One of those who died was a certain Peges Lentagi Mamasainged, also known in the muslim rebels as Black Magic. Based on reports, he was a BIAF commander. While the alleged suspect, See LINKED, page 11