MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XII, No. 020
Ex-NPA rebels get livelihood aid in AgNor By ALEXANDER LOPEZ
BUTUAN CITY – A total of 114 former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels who surrendered on different occasions this year in Agusan del Norte were provided with livelihood assistance and remuneration for surrendered firearms. The assistance, amounting to PHP10.7 million, was part of the government’s Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (ECLIP) for the former rebels (FRs). The amount was released by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the provincial government of Agusan del Norte on Friday. The release of the assistance was spearheaded by Agusan del Norte Governor Maria Angelica Rosedell Amante-Matba, Agusan del Norte Second District Representative Dale Corvera, and DILG Provincial Director Ellen Vee Chua. In a statement on Saturday, the Army’s 29th Infantry Battalion (29IB) lauded the release of the livelihood assistance to the FRs that will provide support for their families. “Among the 114 beneficiaries, six FRs surrendered to the unit and received a total of PHP65,000 for livelihood, and separate amounts for the remuneration of the firearms they surrendered to the government,” the See GET, page 11
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‘Let’s work on the future of sufficiency’—PBBM By RUFFY MAGBANUA MDN Deputy Editor In Chief
THE Rotary Club of Kalayaan kicked off RY 2022-03 By Mindanao Daily News Network
THE Rotary Club of Kalayaan kicked off RY 2022-23 by distributing hygiene kits and snacks to studnets of Corrales Elementary School in Cagayan de Oro City last July 1. The activity was led by Rotary International District 3870 Governor-elect Gilda Go, Rotary Club of Kalayaan president Lilibeth Layagon, service chair Martin Go-Rafanan, club administrator Dr. Ardel Padayhag, District Governor Elect (DGE) Gilda Go personally club secretary Arlene Buot, PAG Emma Tan and other leads the distribution of hygiene kits and snacks to officers of the club. Corales elementary students during the Rotary Club All over the world today as the new Rotary year is of Kalayaan mission recently.
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Manila — Newly-installed President Ferdinand ‘BongBong’ Marcos Jr. said during his inaugural speech on Thursday that he wants to focus on the future of sufficiency for the country instead of dwelling in the past. Marcos who was sworn in on June 30 as the 17th President of the Republic at the historic National Museum of Fine Arts in Intramuros promises economic transformation and recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. He said that by the end of See WORK, page 11
Camiguin confirms ASF cases, bans entry of pork products By NEF LUCZON
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The province of Camiguin has imposed a temporary ban on pork meat and byproducts from outside the island after the Department of Agriculture-Northern Mindanao (DA-10) confirmed cases of African swine fever (ASF). The announcement of Governor Xavier Jesus Romualdo released late Saturday likewise asked hog
raisers not to engage in swill feeding or the feeding of food scraps and adopt appropriate biosecurity measures. “The public is likewise advised that the slaughter of pigs outside of the municipal slaughterhouses is a criminal offense punished under Republic Act 9296, otherwise known as the Meat Inspection Code of the Philippines, as amended by RA No. 10536,” the an-
nouncement read. Under the said law, selling, transporting, and offering or receiving for sale or transportation in commerce of illegally slaughtered pork are criminal offenses. Illegally slaughtered pork will be subject to confiscation. In an advisory signed by DA-10 Executive Director Carlene Collado, blood specimens submitted by the See CONFIRMS, page 11
LTFRB RFRO-X Regional Director Aminoden Guro (center) expresses gratitude to Northern Mindanao Federation of Transport Cooperatives (NOMFEDTRASCO), represented by Luzminda Escobidal (right), general manager, who presented the Endorsement from NOMFEDTRASCO with Vice-Chairman Valeriano Constantino for his retention as LTFRB Regional Director. Camcer “Cheng” Ordoñez Imam, Information Officer of the Office of Transportation Cooperatives (OTC) joins the press conference, Saturday, 02 June 2022, at Philtown Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City. NOMFEDTRASCO has 45 transport cooperatives as members. photo by gerry lee gorit