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Volume IX, No. 053
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Friday, July 19, 2019
CLI pours in P1.26b investments in Normin
• Cebu Landmasters expands presence in Northern Mindanao with two new residential projects LEADING property developer Cebu Landmasters Inc. (CLI) boosts its presence in Northern Mindanao with the recent launch of its two residential projects valued at P1.26 billion. Casa Mira Towers CDO is a P824 million, two-tower condominium development offering 986 units ranging from 20 square meters studios to 36 square meters one-bedroom units in Barangay Kauswagan. The construction will be completed in the fourth quarter of 2022. On one hand, the P437 million Velmiro Uptown CDO offers 396 houseand-lots in a 14-hectare gated subdivision in the rapidly developing Upper Canitoan area of Uptown Cagayan de Oro with 80% open spaces. Velmiro is set
for turnover to clients by the fourth quarter of 2021. CLI chairman and CEO Jose Soberano III said: “We focus our projects in VisMin and serve the diverse needs of the region’s property markets.” Soberano added: “Cagayan de Oro is the second largest economic driver of Mindanao and Cebu Landmasters is rapidly expanding to serve the evolving real estate market needs in the area.” CLI’s popular housing brand Casa Mira, for example, has sold close to See POURS, page 11
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Father, son yield to military By DIVINA M. SUSON Correspondent
ILIGAN City--A father and his son, believed to be sympathizers of Dawlah Islamiya Lanao group turned themselves in to the military, 5 pm on Monday, July 15, in Barangay Matitikop, Tubaran, Lanao del Sur and yielded two caliber 45 handguns. Lt. Col. Ian Noel Ignes, commander of the Army’s 55th Infantry Battalion, said the father was former barangay chairmen of Matitikop while the son is the incumbent chairman who won in the last 2018 barangay elections. The two voluntarily turned in to the military to clear their names after they were suspected as supporters of the Dawlah Islamiya because of the sightings of the extremists in their barangay that resulted in the first encounter with the government forces in March 11, this year. Three days after that encounter, four DI members were killed in nearby boundaries of Pagayawan and Sultan Domalondong, See YIELD, page 11
Group seeks govt aid for PWD cards By SUSAN PALMES-DENNIS Columnists
A BREAST cancer awareness advocacy group sought assistance from Cagayan de Oro City Hall’s Social Services Office to secure Persons with Disabilities (PWD) cards for their members in the city. Khessa Louise F. Lluch (Karen Lluch), president of the breast cancer aware-
ness advocacy group Thrive Cagayan de Oro, said they met with Councilor Suzette Magtajas-Daba for this purpose. Councilor MagtajasDaba, whose mother Anita Magtajas succumbed to breast cancer, said she will address the group’s concern to Acting City Administrator Teodoro ‘Teddy’ See SEEKS, page 11
Velmiro Uptown CDO perspective
Xavier Ateneo seeking Jesuit approval for campus of the future XAVIER UNIVERSITY Ateneo de Cagayan is seeking approval from the Jesuit central leadership in Rome to develop a new campus for XU Higher Education Colleges on 21 of its 63-hectare Manresa property in uptown Cagayan de Oro (CDO).
As part of the process of seeking approval, Xavier Ateneo is conducting stakeholder consultations with parents, students, faculty & staff, alumni of XU; and CDO civic & government leaders. The objectives of the See APPROVAL, page 11
Taken on July 9, this year, this building inside the most affected area (MAA) in Marawi City, where Landbank was situated before the siege, tilts after a 500-pounder bomb found inside was detonated on June 26 at where it was discovered. The demolition of structures inside the MAA which was damaged during the five-month war is ongoing. (Divina M. Suson)
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