MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XI, No. 148
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Tuesday, May 3, 2022
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JoJo Binay: Action Man in the Senate Makati —The platform of Jojo Binay in the Senate in mainly centered on the pandemic response, providing assistance to displaced workers, supporting affected micro, small and medium enterprises, and alleviating poverty and hunger. Binay also supports subsidizing social and health services in line with his pioneering projects in the City of Makati. Binay is running under the United Nationalist Alliance, which he founded in 2016 for his unsuccessful presidential bid. He is a guest candidate in the senatorial slates of Senators Panfilo Lacson and Manny Pacquiao and Vice President Leni Robredo. Jojo Binay, 79, is a veteran politician, who served as the 13th vice president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. Before entering politics, he was a prominent human rights lawyer and political Misamis Oriental gubernatorial bet Juliette Uy (L) of Team Unity in a light moment with detainee during the Martial Atty. Angel Lim who is seeking a seat in the provincial board, and husband Atty. Julio T.
MINDEX serves LTFRB’s service Contracting program in CdO
See BINAY, page 11
Uy, candidate for congressman in the province’s second district. photo by gerry lee gorit
Only 20% of Davao candidates show concern for environment By CHRISTINE CUDIS
DAVAO CITY – An advocacy group has expressed disappointment over the low turnout from among the 55 local candidates on a survey that seeks to rate their level of concern for the environment. “We have various environmental problems in our city that need to be resolved such as waste in watershed areas, deforestation in uplands, clogged drainages, fight for additional green spaces, and wetlands
protection, Mark Penalver, Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS) executive director, said Friday. Penalver said the IDIS’ Green Vote survey only gained some 20 percent feedback from the 55 candidates it invited to participate. “We hope that the next leaders of the City will tackle these issues as soon as they take their offices on July 1, 2022,” he said. See CANDIDATES, page 11
By MARK FRANCISCO
SIXTY one jeepney units of the Mindanao Daily Express Transport Cooperative have been awarded by the government through the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) as part of its service contracting program. According to LTFRB 10 project evaluation officer Nahara Sacar, drivers and
operators of public utility vehicles will receive a onetime payout and weekly payments under the service contracting program depending on the amount of distance traveled per week and regardless of whether they had passengers or not as compensation to the free rides they provide to commuters. See SERVICE, page 10