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DAR lawyer denies owning ‘shabu’ found in his house By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor

CAGAYAN de Oro City-The agrarian reform lawyer has denied ownership of the alleged illegal drug recovered during a search of his residence here Wednesday morning. Lawyer Mario G. Pelago, the Chief legal counsel, of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Northern Mindanao, has denied ownership of the three sachets of Shabu, an illegal drug, allegedly recovered from his trouser during the search Wednesday. Armed with a search warrant, agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the PICKET. The local chapter of PISTON known as Starex or Solidarity of Transport in Region 10 executes a picket local police swooped down outside the LTFRB 10 office in Patag, Cagayan de Oro City Wednesday, January 24. The Land Transportation Franon the residence of Pelago chising and Regulatory Board isn’t taking chances though - it prepared vehicles for free passenger transport in See denies, page 11

case the situation escalates into a full-blown transport strike.

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SC orders govt to comment on petitions against new tax law

THE Supreme Court (SC) ordered various government officials to comment on the petition filed by militant lawmakers and an advocacy group seeking to halt the implementation of Republic Act 10963 or the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act. SC spokesman Theodore Te, in a briefing, announced the directive was issued following Tuesday’s regular en banc session of the magistrates. The high court gave See orders, page 11

2,500 drivers in Oro feared displaced in PUV modernization By MARK FRANCISCO Correspondent

CAGAYAN de Oro City--Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) 10 director Aminoden Guro said that to mitigate the effects of the government’s PUV modernization program, public utility drivers must be members of transport cooperatives. Guro said that once the government implements the PUV modernization program starting in 2021, it is targeting transport cooperatives which will avail of the financing program to loan out e-jeepneys and solar jeepneys. He said that based on their records, half of the transport operators and drivers in Cagayan de Oro alone will be displaced. That constitutes around 2,500 drivers since there are around Liga ng mga Barangay - Cagayan de Oro secretary Jerico Goldmar Ebabacol speaks in behalf of the hun- 5,000 jeepneys plying in the city, dreds of barangay officials from Caraga, Northern Mindanao and ARMM expressing their strong desire to according to Guro. postpone the May 14 barangay elections, thereby continuing their terms during the public hearing con- Along this line, Guro said ducted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on the matter last January 23. Cagayan de Oro City. that these individual PUJ operaphoto by gerry lee gorit

tors will still have three years to decide in joining cooperatives in their respective routes to avail of PUV financing. In an interview yesterday, Guro said that both LandBank and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) have already finalized their financing guidelines for transport cooperatives who wish to avail of the said PUV financing. Guro also said that the Department of Transportation’s own Office of Transport Cooperatives will be assisting these transport cooperatives nationwide. For regionwide concerns, he said transport cooperatives will need to coordinate with the regional LTFRB office. Earlier in the day, the local chapter of PISTON called Starex or Solidarity Transport Association of Region X (Starex) held a picket in front of the LTFRB regional office calling the See feared, page 11

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