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Poe holds senate hearing in CDO today Office of Sen. Grace Poe
Sen. Grace Poe, chair of the Senate committee on public services, will hold a hearing in Cagayan de Oro today, Jan. 26, on public utility vehicle modernization, and the effects of the tax reform law on public utilities. See HOLDS, page 6
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Bukidnon IP rep wants low-cost ‘Kaamulan Fest’ By MEL MADERA
MALAYBALAY CITY -- A tribal leader who represents the Indigenous Peoples (IP) in the Provincial Board has called for a “low-cost” Kaamulan Festival, Bukidnon’s major cultural event that celebrates the province’s tribal heritage. Datu Laglagengan Richard Macas, the Indigenous People’s Mandatory Representative (IPMR) to the Provincial Board, issued the call on Tuesday as he asked the provincial government
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to review the allocation for this year’s festival. Macas said more municipalities are being dissuaded See WANTS, page 11
Military captures Maute-IS camp in Lanao Sur
By DIVINA M. SUSON Correspondent
MUNAI, L ANAO DEL NORTE -- Maigo town Mayor Rafael Rizalda met for the first time on Tuesday, January 22, Hadji Abdullah Macapaar, also known as Commander Bravo, at his place in Camp Bilal in Barangay Tamparan, here, to talk about their support on the incoming Bangsamoro plebiscite in Lanao del Norte. This after decades of being enemies and having been engaged in armed fight in the past. Together with Rizalda was Salvador town former mayor Johnny Tawan-tawan, who publicly announced that Bravo and his group where his former enemies who wanted to enter his municipality and spread trouble. Munai Mayor Casan Maquiling arranged the
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By DIVINA M. SUSON Correspondent
ILIGAN CITY -- The government forces captured the area in Sultan Domalondong town in Lanao del Sur where remnants of Maute-IS, led by Owayda Benito Marohombsar, also known as Abu Dar, is camping according to the military. But Abu Dar’s group managed to withdraw before the military arrived according to Col. Romeo Brawner, Jr., commander of the 103rd Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army. Former ‘’enemies’ Maigo, Lanao del Norte Mayor Rafael Rizalda (left) and Hadji Abdullah Macapaar, alias Commander The capture of the camp Bravo, commander of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front-Bangsamoro Islamic Action Forces (MILF-BIAF) of the North is the result of after almost Western Mindanao Front, shake hands during a meeting at Bravo’s place in Camp Bilal, Barangay Tamparan, Munai, 24 hours of fighting against Lanao del Norte, January 22. (Divina M. Suson)
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CDO is ‘2018 Good Financial Housekeeping’ passer THROUGH the immense efforts of Mayor Oscar S. Moreno and with the support of the City Council headed by Vice Mayor Raineir Joaquin V. Uy, Cagayan de Oro City has made it to the official list
of “2018 Good Financial Housekeeping” passers as posted in the Department of Interior and Local Government’s official website as of January 15, 2019. DILG’s Bureau of Local Government Supervision
(BLGS) issued the said list of provinces, cities, and municipalities nationwide that passed the agency’s assessment. These are Unqualified or Qualified Commission on Audit Opinion of the
immediately preceding year as well as Compliance with the Full Disclosure Policy of Local Budget and Finances, Bids and Public Offerings such as Annual Budget, Statement of Receipts and Expenditures, Annual Pro-
curement Plan or Procurement List, and Bid Results on Civil Works, Goods and Services and Consulting Services, among others. Moreover, the aforesaid assessment indicates See PASSER, page 11
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