MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XI, No. 121
North Mindanao RDC sectoral committees push for P246-B FY 2023 funding
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Fri-Sat, February 25-26, 2022
More ‘friendship routes’ to open in BARMM: LTFRB
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The Regional Development Council (RDC)-10 sectoral committees vetted a total of P246.03 billion to fund the programs and projects of participating government agencies, instrumentalities, and state universities and colleges during the series of FY 2023 budget hearings cum 1st Quarter 2022 meetings, February 15-18. Said proposed budget more than doubles the amount approved in the General Appropriations of Act of 2022, which allotted P108.59 billion for Region 10. The Infrastructure sector has the biggest share of the allocation at P113.63 billion (46%). The Social sector follows with P97.53 billion (40%), while the Economic and Macro sectors share P26.55 billion (11%) and P8.32 billion (3%), respectively. The budget review exercise for FY 2023 prioritizes four areas: (1) poverty reduction, resiliency, and security; (2) funding and implementation of catalytic infrastructure, renewable energy, and innovation; LTFRB-10 Regional Director Allan Guro (left) with LTFRB Chairman Martin Delfra III during the inauguration of the (3) expanding economic ‘friendship route’ in Marawi City on Wednesday (Feb. 23, 2022). at the Rizal Park, IsIamic City of Marawi, Lanao del See PUSH, page 11
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CHR - X confirms NPA recruitment of minors By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
By NEF LUCZON
C AG AYA N D E O R O CITY – More “friendship routes” will be opened in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), the head of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said after the launch of the Davao-Marawi route for public utility vehicles (PUVs) in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur on Wednesday. During the event, LTFRB chairman, lawyer Martin Delgra III said they are working closely with the BARMM’s Ministr y of Transportation and Communications, and its regional LTFRB offices to establish the identification of the routes. “We have talked initially with (Marawi City) Mayor (Majul) Gandamra about these partnerships, and now we can see that we can already see (heavy) traffic, and it’s not just about (improving) traffics, we are also going to improve the routes (for PUVs),” he said. See OPEN, page 11
Police official, 2 civilians hurt in shootout By JOEL CALAMBA ESCOL Managing Editor
CLAVERIA, Misamis Oriental – The military on Thursday claimed that the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Northern Mindanao confirmed allegation of recruitment of minors as combatants of the NEW people’s Amey (NPA). The military quoted reports of Reynaldo M.Saligan, Photo shows minor combatants of who were recruited of “Sulong Peace,” that cited to join the outlawed New People’s Army (NPA) at ages two cases, reported to the 16. The military release the photo of the minors who sur- CHR-X, about Grave Child
COTABATO CITY – A shooting incident occurred in a densely populated commercial district here on Tuesday, which left a police official and two other civilians wounded. Injured in the brief shootout were Major Elexon Bona, commander of City Police Station 2, and civilians Hubert Concepcion and Fitzgerald Patagan. Bona sustained a superficial bullet wound while the condition of the two
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rendered to the army’s 58IB in Claveria, Misamis Oriental. contributed photo