MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XII, No. 014
Pay hikes take effect in all PH regions this June: DOLE
PRIVATE sector workers in all 16 regions of the country will have their salaries hiked following the issuance of orders by their respective regional wage boards which would all take effect this June, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Wednesday. In a news release, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the wage orders that will be effective before the end of June are in Eastern Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Calabarzon, and Caraga. The PHP35 wage hike in the Zamboanga Peninsula will take effect on June 25 while the PHP50 pay hike See EFFECT, page 11
Cops intercept P432.5-K hot logs in Butuan By ALEXANDER LOPEZ
BUTUAN CITY – Illegally-cut logs amounting to some PHP432,500 were intercepted here inside a closed-type truck flagged down at a checkpoint, police said Thursday. Arrested were Neil Bryan Batucan, 27, the truck driver, and Arniel Batucan Jr. 25, the truck helper, both New Corella, Davao de Oro. See INTERCEPT, page 11
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5-day gun ban begins for Sara’s oath-taking By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV MindaNews
DAVAO CITY — A five-day gun ban has been imposed in the entire Davao Region from 12 midnight of June 16 until June 21 in preparation for the oath-taking of Vice President-elect Sara Duterte on Sunday. The spokesperson of the Police Regional Office, lawyer-Major Eudisan Gultiano told the Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR 87.5) on Thursday that suspension of permit to carry firearms outside residence (PTCFOR) will be enforced to ensure the safety and security of the attendees. The event is expected to draw a crowd of around 20,000 from all over the Philippines. She said coordination among security forces in the region has been ongoing for the implementation of the ban. Duterte will take her oath along San Pedro Street, Oro Chamber was recently awarded by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) as most outstanding across the decades-old City NGO nationwide. Receiving the award is (fourth from left) Oro Chamber president Ray Talimio from Science and Hall of Davao, where she Technology Secretary Fortunato dela Peña (second from right). Also in photo is DOST 10 director Alfonso Alamban held office as mayor for (third from left) and members of Talimio’s family.
CdO ‘housing summit’ to address urban dev’t, homelessness By NEF LUCZON
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A housing summit is set to open here on June 22 with a focus on key issues in urban housing and interventions for homeless families, officials said Thursday. Ermin Stan Pimentel, head of the city housing urban development department, said in the last two summits of the city government, they gathered insights into the current state of PCOO sec. Martin Andanar receiving the highest presi- low-cost housing for the underprivileged. dential award from PRRD
“What the mayor (Oscar Moreno) has been saying, it’s about institutionalization. To institutionalize the system of emancipation, that indeed in Cagayan de Oro we not only give them houses but the security of tenure,” Pimentel said in a press briefing. Pimentel noted that social concerns were raised in the previous summit, with the local government expressing concern about providing child See ADDRESS, page 11
See BEGINS, page 11
The Philippine Star and Mindanao Daily Northern Mindanao correspondent Gerry L. Gorit in a posterity photo with outgoing 3-termer Rep. Juliette T. Uy (2nd dist. Misamis Oriental) and husband Atty. Julio T. Uy, titular head of Team Unity-Mis. Or.), during yesterday celebration of 60th Araw ng Villanueva where the party’s winning candidates through out the province took their oath of office.