MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XI, No. 130
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Saturday March 19, 2022
Surigao del Sur Vice Gov, wife nabbed for estafa By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN Contributing Editor
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur -- Police operatives arrested Surigao del Sur Vice Gov. Librado Navarro and his wife Maylene in Bislig City on Thursday for estafa charges.
A joint police operation by the Bislig City Police Station and 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company apprehended Navarro,64, and wife ,47 in their residence in Ericson Subdivsion in Bislig City. The arrest stemmed
from a warrant of arrest for the crime of estafa with criminal case nos. 2523-M (2022) and 2525-M (2022). Regional Trial Court, 10th Judicial Region, Branch 42 in Medina, Misamis Oriental, issued no bail bond. Based on reports, May-
lene Navarro is a resigned Sanggunian Bayan member in the municipality of Talisayan in Misamis Oriental. “There is no such thing as groups or companies guaranteeing high returns on investment in a short period. PNP Caraga has always
warned our citizens about investment scams, advising them not to be enticed and never become involved. Caraga police will pursue and apprehend perpetrators regardless of your title, as long as you have culpability See NABBED, page 11
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Military retrieves body of dead rebel, 6 surrender By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: Six rebels of the outlawed New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to state forces as government troopers retrieved the decaying body of another rebel killed in a clashed in Bukidnon. Maj. Lemuel D. Bacarro, See RETRIEVES, page 11
BFP tallies fire damages this year By MARK FRANCISCO
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Bislig City Police Station
THE Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has already tallied a total of 133 fires this year alone in Northern Mindanao, causing P16 million in structural damages and the death of four persons. This was disclosed by BFP 10 spokesperson Engr. Noli dela Rita during a briefing at the Cagayan de Oro Press Club last Wednesday in the heels of the yearly observance of Fire Prevention Month every March. Yet dela Rita said that the Covid-19 pandemic
Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) 10 spokesperson Engr. Noli dela Rita (right) and host Philip Ken Jaudian (left).
has provided respite of fire incidents in the past two years. For 2020 and 2021 when the pandemic was at its height, there were only 600 average fires recorded
by the BFP as compared to 1,600 fires that occurred in 2019. For this year, the theme of Fire Prevention Month is
See TALLIES, page 11
Radio announcer found dead in Lanao del Norte
MSU holds turnover ceremony for new university president
ILIGAN CITY -- A radio announcer in Lanao del Norte was found dead Thursday morning, March 17, in her house in Barangay Poblacion, in Bacolod town, Lanao del Norte. LtCol. Salman Saad, information officer of Lanao del Norte police, identified the victim as Audrey Gaid Estrada, 59, widow, commentator of a community radio, 101.3 Grace Covenant FM. Saad said around 6:45 in the morning when Bacolod police received a call from a concerned citizen informing them about stabbing incident. Upon responding, police saw the victim lying on the second floor of her house that was immediately carried by the family to a nearby community hospital.
OUTGOING University President Dr. Habib W. Macaayong hands over the university mace a Key of Responsibility to incoming President Sultan Atty Hassanul Basari Dimakuta Mapupuno in a simple rites ceremony held at the Office of the President’s Conference room of late Senator Domocao Alonto Hall recently, Top university officials said. The historic and memorable ceremony formally proclaimed veteran Provincial Prosecutor of Lanao del Sur Sultan Atty Hassanul Basari D. Mapupuno The Mindanao State University System (MSUs) held recently the historic and symbolic turn over ceremony for the new university president at the Office of the President Conference of late Senator Domocao
By DIVINA M. SUSON
See FOUND, page 11
By ASANGAN T. MADALE Contributor
(In photo L-R) 2nd outgoing system president Dr. Habib W. Macaayong formally handed over the mace of the university which symbolizes power and authority to incoming President Sultan Atty Hassanul Basari Dimakuta Mapupuno held at OP Conference late Senator Domocao Alonto Sr. Hall recently. While his close relatives witnesses the See HOLDS, page 11 ceremony.(Contributed photo)