MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XI, No. 021
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Vehicles from Japan worth P5M confiscated by CIIS, BOC-10 By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Bureau of Customs in Cagayan de Oro, through the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) in Northern Mindanao, has confiscated Mazda Scrum mini-vans and a military jeep estimated to be worth P5 million at the Mindanao Container Terminal in Tagoloan town, Misamis Oriental, Customs official said on yesterday. According to CIIS chief for Northern Mindanao Oliver Valiente, the imported items from Japan were discovered to be “misdeclared” when they examined the contents of the container van. He said the cargo, which arrived at the MCT sub-port in the first week of June this year, was declared as “used truck parts” but upon examination by BOC-10 authorities, it turned out that the items were disassembled Mazda Scrum mini-vans. Valiente said the decision of the CIIS to conduct a spot check on cargo was based on the profiling of shipments. A military jeep, Valiente
Dev’t programs, activities pushed for Normin’s socio economic recovery
Valiente
said, was also placed inside the container van, an item that needed a separate special permit. Prior to the examination, Valiente said he requested lawyer Elvira Cruz, newly installed BOC-10 district collector, to issue an alert order. He said his office also reported their findings to deputy commissioner Raniel Ramiro and CIIS director Jeoffrey Tacio for appropriate action. It can be recalled that the BOC-10 destroyed P21 million worth of imported jeeps on June 18, the day
See VEHICLES, page 11
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- After the contraction of the region’s economy by 5.2 percent in 2020 due to the disruption of the coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 pandemic, the Northern Mindanao Task Force (NMTF) for COVID-19 Recovery Cluster carried out development and supervision activities to assist not only enterprises and business establishments, but also the whole of northern Mindanao three months after the declaration of a public health emergency. “The Northern Mindanao Regional Development Council in consultation with various stakeholders particularly with the then COVID-19 Economy Task Group, recalibrated the region’s economic targets in anticipation of an economic decline due to REALIGNING ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES. The Northern Mindanao Task Force (NMTF) for COVID-19 Recovery Cluster, spearheaded by the National Economic and Develop- the COVID-19 pandemic, ment Authority (NEDA)-10 presented the current economic situation of Northern Min- which disrupted our lives, danao and ways forward towards socio economic recovery during the 1st semester societies, and economies,” 2021 NorMin Socioeconomic Media Forum. (PIA-10)
See PROGRAMS, page 11
Yuan’s health Solon asks Duterte, recall Baby condition worsens, Bacarro as SOLCOM cmdr says sis-in-law By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: Deputy House Speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez on Thursday asked for the recall of Maj. Gen. Bartolome Vicente Bacarro’s appointment as commander of the military’s Southern Luzon Command (SOLCOM). Rodriguez made the appeal in a letter to President
Rodrigo Duterte citing that “Mr. Bacarro was one of those responsible for the death by hazing of Philippine Military Academy (PMA) cadet Darwin Dormitorio on Sept. 18, 2019. He said that the Baguio City police case filed criminal charges against Bacarro and then PMA Supt. Lt. Gen. Ronnie Evangelista, but the city prosecutor’s of-
fice dismissed the Generals while several underlings were charged in court. Rodriguez recalled that at the time Dormitorio died of hazing, Bacarro was commandant of cadets and has direct responsibility over the activity that resulted in Dormitorio’s death. “The family of Dormitorio expressed surprised on Bacarro’s appointment and
brought the plaints to the Office of the House Deputy Speaker,” Rodriquez said. The Dormitorio family contended that the appointment of Bacarro as SOLCOM commander was a grave injustice to our late constituent, his family and the people of Cagayan de Oro City, Rodriguez said. Duterte signed the former PMA official’s appointment Monday, June 28.
By JOEL C. ESCOL and OSCAR LEDESMA MDNN B’non News Bureau Chief
MALAYBALAY CITY - This is a very sad news as Baby Yuan’s aunt has confirmed yesterday that the fourmonth-old baby’s health condition is now on critical stage, and Yuan continues to vomit blood. Jessa Atillo, Yuan’s aunt See HEALTH, page 11
Baby Yuan