MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH. JUSTICE. PROGRESS.
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Volume IX, No. 187
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Wednesday, January 8, 2020
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2 mayors deny not complying with ‘road clearing’ operations By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
MAMBAJAO, Camiguin-Two town mayors in this province yesterday denied allegations that they did not comply with the order of President Rodrigo Duterte to clear roads of obstruction. Mayors Joseph Uayan of Sagay and Mayor Helenio Abecia of Guinsiliban were among an initial list of 10 mayors facing administrative charges for gross neglect of duty and grave misconduct before the Office of the Ombudsman, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said on Sunday. The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) issued Memorandum Circular 2019-121 in July last year, which gave local government units 60
days to reclaim public roads from private use. Uayan said road clearing operations were conducted in his town. He said they trimmed trees along the road, towed parked cars and relocated a house built on the sidewalk. Uayan said he was surprised to be included on the list of mayors facing charges, noting that they complied with the requirements set by the DILG. Abecia said the municipal government of Guinsilban also complied with the DILG order. He said they cleared streets of illegal vendors and removed a basketball court. Abecia and Uayan said they are ready to answer the complaints filed against See DENY, page 11
Sara urges gov’t workers to adopt ‘Davao way’ in serving public By CHE PALICTE PNA
DAVAO CITY -- Mayor Sara Z. Duterte encouraged fellow public servants to practice the “Davao brand” of public service. “Our Davao brand of service should be the kind that we want to be served if we are part of the general public. Our brand of service should be friendly and accommodating, responsive, proactive, and fast and efSTREET LIGHT IN CLAVERIA. While the DILG, DPWH, and other government agencies ficient,” Mayor Sara told the are busy implementing the road clearing operation along main roads and national members of the Association highways for the road widening program here comes the street light project at Sitio of Regional Executives of Bangonbangon, Barangay Patrocino, Claveria, Misamis Oriental where the posts are installed beside the road shoulder.
Provincial Gov. Yevgeny Vincente Emano (center front row) leads the opening of the 7th Kuyamis Festival in Misamis Oriental during the formal cutting of the ribbons at the Capitol ground this morning. Assisting Emano is Tourism Regional Director May Salvaña Unchuan, of Northern Mindanao, (left) and Rep. Peter Unabia, now Gingoog City Vice Mayor and members of the provincial board at the 2nd row. In another photo, the Provincial Tourism Office presented a street dance with the “kuyamis” coconuts as the main attraction. Kuyamis is a sweet variety of coconut that thrives only in Misamis Oriental. Kuyamis is the etymological origin of the word Misamis - later known as Misamis Oriental. Photo supplied
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Moreno names retired PNP colonel as new RTA chief CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY Mayor Oscar Moreno the other day named PSSupt. Rizalino R. Borlagdatan as acting head of Roads and Traffic Administration (RTA). The retired PNP Officer was also named by the City Mayor as the concurrent acting head of Civil Security Office (CSO). In a press statement issued by the City Mayor’s Office, Moreno said Col See NAMES, page 11