MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XII, No. 155
www.mindanaodailynews.com
Thursday, May 19, 2022
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Resiliency, Innovation moved Mindanao Daily to its 11th year By ALLAN MEDIANTE, EIC
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Unfazed by the challenges of the times, the roaring Covid-19 pandemic, the inanities of politics and the political circus that pervaded the Filipino life in this “interesting times”, Mindanao Daily is celebrating its eleventh year of existence as a media platform, not only for Mindanao, but also the whole country, and its global communities of readers and followers, at its zenith. At the onset of the pandemic and until today, we perceived MDN was the “last man standing”, because MDNN president Dante Sudaria in a meeting with Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Dr. as observers said MDN is Maria Lourdes Monteverde at Acacia Hotel Davao during the SoKor-Mindanao Business to Business meeting with See MOVED, page 11
MDNN VP Dodoy Ruffy and MDNN Davao Bureau Chief Norma Nantin Pacheco.
Customs in CdO receives two new patrol vessels By MARK FRANCISCO
THE Bureau of Customs at the Port of Cagayan de Oro led by district collector Atty. Elvira Cruz received two new patrol boats on Tuesday to strengthen their anti-smuggling operations. Running on four outboard engines at 150 hp
each, the boats can run at a maximum speed of 45 knots and will soon be mounted with a .50-cal machine gun each. They comprise part of the 20-strong new fleet of patrol vessels purchased by the Bureau of Customs nationwide as the Duterte
administration nears its end. BOC Water Patrol Division head SP/Maj. Danilo Gonzales personally turned over the two patrol boats to Cruz in a ceremony Tuesday morning at the port of Opol in Misamis Oriental. See RECEIVES, page 11
Unruffled
Ruffy Magbanua
Mindanao Daily’s TJP
(Editor’s note: Today marks the 11th year anniversary of Mindanao Daily, the only regional newspaper that had survived the Covid-19 pandemic. This piece is dedicated to the men and women of MDN who toiled the rigors of newspapering through thick and thin) Cagayan de Oro —TJP means Truth, Justice and Progress. These are the mantra of Mindanao Daily, one of the country’s surviving See MORE ON, page 4
SSS runs after CDO employers with P7.2-M unpaid contributions By NEF LUCZON
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Social Security System (SSS) here served notices to 11 employers who failed to remit around PHP7.2 million worth of contributions. In a statement Monday, SSS senior vice president for Mindanao operations group Edwin Alo said the move is part of the Run After Contribution Evaders (Race) initiative. Alo said similar written notices are also being preUpper photo shows Bureau of Customs district collector pared for other delinquent Elvira Cruz disembarking from one of the boats while companies or commercial lower photo shows the two vessels on their maiden patrol. establishments with the PHOTOS BY MARK FRANCISCO
same problem. “Our Race (written notices) is to let all employers be informed that there is a program they can avail of; if they intend to participate, there will be a condonation of penalties for past contribution dues,” he said. In one of the firms, the agency disclosed that 214 employees were affected due to their employer’s nonremittance SSS contributions for a certain period. Alo said employers with unpaid contributions from March 2020 can choose to See RUNS, page 11