MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume IX, No. 392
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Mon-Tue, February 8-9, 2021
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CDO Ex-lawmaker says he is innocent By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Following his conviction along Janet Napoles and several others over the P10 billion pork barrel scam by the Sandiganbayan, former congressman Constantino Jaraula said Saturday he is innocent of any wrongdoing. Jaraula said he will file a motion for reconsideration to reconsideration to Sandiganbayan. Jaraula, 83, who served as this city’s congressman for three terms from 1998 to 2007, insisted he has no participation in the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam. Napoles was said to be the mastermind of the PDAF scam where public funds were pocketed in cahoots with senators and members of the House of Representatives and other public officials and private
Constantino Jaraula
individuals. The former legislator said he was not involved in the pork barrel controversy, but recalled he was dragged into the scandal when he proposed three projects for his district shortly before his last term as congressman ended. In 2007, during his last six months in office, Jaraula said he submitted three project proposals to the House of Representatives’ appropriations committee MINDEX Treeplanting. Led by Chairman Dante Sudaria, the Mindanao Daily Express Transport Cooperative group for the acquisition of two of operators and members conducted a joint treeplanting at Malasag Forest Reserve in Cugman, Cagayan de Oro
Guro cites role of LTFRB in BARMM See INNOCENT, page 11
in compliance with LTFRB directive requiring all transport operators to undergo treeplanting activity.
DAVAO CIT Y — Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Regional Director for Northern Mindanao Aminoden Guro cited the role of LTFRB in streamlining the agency’s operations in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). In its 4th regulatory board meeting held here, LTFRB has passed the creation of the Memorandum of Agreement for the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board completion of turning over (LTFRB) Regional Director for Northern Mindanao Aminoden of LTFRB power, functions, Guro
assets and properties to the BLTFRB – BARMM. The coordination meeting was attended by the LTFRB and the Ministry of Transportation and Commu n i c at i ons ( MO TC ) BARMM. LTFRB 11 Regional Director Nonito Llanos III, who is also the OIC – RD of LTFRB RFRO 9, welcomed their special guests: Minister of the MOTC – BARMM Gen. Dickson Hermoso (Ret.), LTFRB Chairman Martin See CITES, page 11
Mindex members plant trees in Malasag CAGAYAN DE ORO — About 300 indigenous tree seedlings were planted by member-operators of Mindanao Daily Express Transport Cooperative (Mindex) at Malasag Forest Reserve in barangay Cugman this city over the weekend. Mindex Chairman Dante Sudaria said the treeplant-
ing activity was in compliance to the new directive of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) requiring all member-operators for franchise application. The treeplanting directive was contained in LTFRB Memorandum Circular See PLANT, page 11