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Volume IX, No. 236
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Wednesday, March 11, 2020
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Family planning empowers women –POPCOM Region 10 By MARK FRANCISCO Correspondent
THE Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) regional office in Northern Mindanao is taking the lead in the observance of Women’s Month throughout March here. During a press conference held Monday in Cagayan de Oro City, POPCOM 10 director Jeremias Gupit said his agency is mandated by law to lead the observance as provided in Rule IV of the Magna Carta for Women which provides women access to information and services including reproductive health.
“Hence, POPCOM is committed to give women adequate knowledge on their reproductive well beig and
Cops seize P1.3 million “shabu” at a checkpoint in Marawi City By DIVINA M. SUSON Correspondent
ILIGAN CITY -- Operatives of a police checkpoint intercepted Sunday afternoon (March 8) a drug courier onboard a Yamaha motorcycle bearing Plate No. 1017-8076340, while the suspect tried to hurdle a checkpoint in Barangay Tampilong, Marawi City. Colonel Madzgani Mukaram, director of Lanao del Sur police identified the arrested illegal drug courier as Walid Nasser Usman, a 32-year-old resident of Baloi, Lanao del Norte. But his identification card has indicated he lives in Mipaga, Marawi City. Policemen manning the checkpoint also seized from the suspect around 200 grams of illegal drugs known as shabu, with an estimated market value of P1.3 Million, and two identification cards (IDs). During investigation conducted by police investigators, Usman has been a subject of surveillance for a month after the
police confirmed he was involved in illegal drug operations in Marawi City and other areas in Lanao del Sur. Investigation also disclosed that Usman was employed as a jail officer as indicated in one of his IDs. A report from the Public Information Office of the Police Regional Office 10 (PRO) was a jail officer and was tagged as a high valued individual (HVI) as a government employee allegedly involved in illegal drug trade. Prior to his arrest, operatives of the Regional Drugs Enforcement Unit (RDEU) were already pursuing the suspect from Iligan City after confirming the target was transacting and transporting big volumes of illegal drugs “He was under surveillance for one month,” according to Lieutenant Colonel Mardy Hortillosa, information officer of PRO 10. Meanwhile Col Mukaram said the provincial See SEIZE, page 11
the principle of informed pit said. “Moreover, POPchoice and voluntarism in COM through its gender choosing different methods and development program, of family planning,” GuSee WOMEN, page 11
ANTI-CASH SMUGGLING. Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte (left) filed the “Anti-Bulk Cash Smuggling Act of 2020” which mandates that any person must declare through proper reporting the amount of cash or monetary instruments worth PHP500,000 or more that will be transported within and outside the country. House committee on appropriations chairman and ACT-CIS Rep. Eric Yap co-authored the proposed measure. (Photo courtesy of the office of R ep . P aolo D uterte )
Pulong files bill vs. bulk cash smuggling By CHE PALICTE
DAVAO CITY – Amid the controversy of the hundreds of millions of dollars allegedly brought in by Chinese nationals into the country, Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte filed a bill penalizing bulk cash
smuggling into the country. In a statement on Monday, the presidential son said House Bill 6421-- or the “Anti-Bulk Cash Smuggling Act of 2020 -- mandates that “any person shall declare through proper reporting
the amount of cash or monetary instruments worth PHP500,000 or more that will be transported within the Philippines and outside of the Philippines.” ACT-CIS Representative Eric Yap co-authored the measure. The younger Duterte
lamented how travelers to other countries are required to undergo security questioning when they bring more than USD10,000 cash, while travelers entering the Philippines only have to declare it through the declaration form upon arSee FILES, page 11
Lugait municipal police station in Misamis Oriental has started putting on alcohol at their help desk for their clients and personnel as part of their health measures against COVID-19. (Divina M. Suson)