MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XII, No. 025
Pandemic bares need for MSMEs ICT interventions: DTI By NEF LUCZON
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) have brought out some entrepreneurs from micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) who required help with information and communications technology (ICT) skills. This was the observation of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) 10 (Northern Mindanao) based on the agency’s two-year experience collaborating with MSMEs in the region. Julie Nieve, DTI-10 spokesperson, said in a media forum Thursday that at the height of Covid-19’s series of community quarantines and the high number of cases, the agency turned to digital platforms to continue its service. “We oriented MSMEs about the importance of having an online presence of their businesses. Some of us may be familiar in using social media, but we have to recognize that some MSME entrepreneurs have yet to learn the online platforms like Facebook,” Nieve said. She said this is true for some farmer-entrepreneurs in rural communities who
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By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAMP ALAGAR, Cagayan de Oro City : Multiple murder charges were filed against five suspects in the killing of four victims, including two minors, in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental, the regional police command said Friday. Brig. Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr., police regional director for Northern Mindanao, said that the charges were filed with the
Illegal drug deal behind killing of 4 in MisOr CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: Unsettled “illegal drug” transaction was the motive in the killing of four person in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental, a senior police officer said Thursday. PCol. Raniel M. Valones, Misamis Oriental Provincial Police Director, said that the four victims that included two minors, were gunned down in the outskirt of Villanueva on July 12, 2022. He said that several witnesses were able to provide information about the killing that actually transpired after one of the victims – the woman – failed to remit the proceeds of the illegal
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Multiple murder raps filed vs 5 suspects in MisOr killing
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By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
Saturday, July 16, 2022
provincial prosecutors office in Misamis Oriental on July 12, 2022. Acorda said that the five suspects were reportedly on-board a service utility vehicle (SUV) that happened to be the same vehicle sighted by witnesses at the place of the incident, which were also corroborated by other witnesses. Acorda, who did not disclosed the identities of the suspect, assured the family of the victims to bring the perpetrators to justice. “Our investigation will not stop here until the suspects will be placed behind bars so that justice will be served,” Acorda said Four victims, including two minors, were gunned down in an outskirt in Villanueva on July 10, 2022 in what investigators believed to be drug related pullout. The victims were identified as Noel Bado, 26, taxi driver, of Acmac Iligan, Joey Sumalpong Canoy 36, of Tawan-tawan, Initao, Misamis Oriental, (not a woman as reported earlier), Mark Rounin, 15 and his younger brother Miller Rounin 6, all minors, of Katipunan, Hinaplanon, Iligan City.
Brig. Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr., Police Regional Director in Northern Mindanao announces the filing of multiple murder charges against five suspects in the killing of four victims, including two minors in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental on July 10, 2022. Photo By Cris Diaz
Surigao mayor gives away sacks of rice to 8,000 families in his town
drugs. According to Valones, the car driver who was also shot dead and his car torched on the highway in Naawan, Misamis Oriental, was a collateral victim. “The driver was neither part nor engaged in the illegal drug deal. His car was rented by the woman who brought along two minors aged 15 and six while allegedly collecting drug proceeds in Initao, a neighboring town of Naawan, “ Valones said. Valones did not provide the identities of the victims, but said that the woman was listed as among high A father happily carries on his shoulder his share of a sack of rice given by Mayor valued target in the illicit Vicente H. Pimentel III at a warehouse. Photo courtesy of Mayor VJ Hotchkiss Pimentel See BEHIND, page 11
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By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN Contributing Editor
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur- The mayor of Carrascal town in Surigao del Sur gave away 8,000 on Thursday sacks of rice, one for each family to make good on his promise during the campaign period for the May 9 elections. Mayor Vicente H. Pimentel III, son of the late long-time Surigao del Sur Governor Vicente Pimentel Jr., who is in his third term, started distributing thousands of sacks of rice valued at P17 million at the Barangay Poblacion. The distribution of rice See GIVES, page 11