Oro dad seeks help for brother’s ordeal By MDN Online
CAGAYAN de Oro City--Legislators here have expressed mixed reactions after the younger brother of their colleague was stabbed and robbed by a group of teenagers Monday night along the Fernandez-Velez junction. This after Councilor John Michael
Seno reported to his colleagues during the regular session of the City Council that his younger brother was ganged up. The city councilor did not say what happened next to his younger brother. Seno, in his report to the City Council, said the suspects were all
minors and allegedly under the influenced of liquor. Seno, who is ironically the youth representative in the City Council, asked his colleagues if they could do something on the matter in aid of legislation. Along this line, Councilor George See ORDEAL, page 11
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Policeman nabbed for ‘extortion’
GENERAL Santos City-Police operatives arrested one of their colleagues here on Monday afternoon for allegedly extorting from a sister of a police applicant in exchange for favorable results in the required neuro-psychiatric and medical examination. Lt. Col. Aldrin Gonzales, public information officer of the Police Regional Office (PRO)-12, identified the suspect as Master Sgt. Arnel Abellera, 46, a member of the Regional Health Service (RHS)-12 based at Camp Fermin Lira here. He said the suspect was nabbed around 1 p.m. by elements from the Philippine National Police-Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (PNP-IMEG) in an entrapment operation at a Jollibee branch in Crossing Makar, Barangay Labangal. Gonzales said Abellera was caught in the act of mulcting P50,000 from complainant Phoebe Maraguit, sister of a police applicant from Makilala town in North Cotabato. Based on Maraguit’s complaint, the suspect supposedly asked for such payment to ensure that her sister will pass the neuro-psychiatric
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Duterte tells gov’t agencies to shape up • Biz leader: LGUs should also observe Ease of Doing Business Act
See EXTORTION, page 11
DAVAO City––A business leader here agreed with President Rodrigo R. Duterte that the national government agencies should simplify the transaction with clients but that the local government units must also do the same to sustain the existing investors and even attract more. President Rodrigo Duterte during his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday (22 July 2019). Presidential Photo Stephen Antig, executive director of the Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA), said he saw the need for the harmonization of local policies of the LGUs in compliance with Republic Act 110321, also known as Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act. “There should be harmonization of local policies to President Rodrigo Duterte during his fourth State of the Na- the Ease of Business not only tion Address (SONA) on Monday (22 July 2019). to sustain existing investors Presidential Photo
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4th SONA gets positive reactions
Anti-dengue. The City Health Office conducts fogging operation as an anti-dengue measure in Roseville Subdvision, Barangay Angliongto, Davao City on Thursday (July 18, 2019). The Department of Health has declared a nationwide alert following the spike of deaths due to dengue. Mindanews photo
DAVAO City--Individuals from various sectors have expressed positive views on the fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, even as they voiced optimism that the administration’s visions for the next three years would be fulfilled. Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA) executive director Stephen Antig said “the President’s instruction to certain agencies and Department Secretaries are laudable”. “Hopefully improvements will really be introduced” before the President’s term ends in 2022, Antig said. However, Antig voiced reservations on the creation of new agencies such as the Department of Overseas Filipino Workers,
pointing out that the country already has agencies for OFWs such as the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). “Creating a new office might just be a duplication,” he said. Dr. Adrian Tamayo, public relations head of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), described the President’s plans and programs as “viable, practical, and implementable within the remainder of his term.” “In most of his words and statements, his care for his people is evident,” Tamayo said. He added that the President made sure that the public “understands his decisions relating to his policy on the West Philippine See REACTIONS, page 3
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