MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XI, No. 083
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Thursday, November 25, 2021
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Sandigan rulings give way to truth telling: Oca’s lawyer T
HE legal team of Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar S. Moreno and his co-accused is ready to present evidences to prove their innocence on the cases in the Sandiganbayan that stemmed from rental of construction equipment by the Capitol when he was still governor. A good governance watchdog however said the cases against Moreno, if placed in proper context, is political harassment. “This recent turn of events is not unexpected. It is a foreseeable outcome of regular and ordinary
judicial proceedings, which concomitantly comes with a plethora of opportunities for different courses of legal action. Ultimately, with the denial of our “Motion for Leave of Court to file Demurrer to Evidence”, the time for us to present our
evidence becomes certain. And when we do, the truth remains to be the strongest arsenal in our favor,” said lawyer Dale Bryan Mordeno, the mayor’s head legal counsel. He added it is just a matter of time for the Sandiganbayan to dismiss the criminal cases against Moreno and key officials of the Capitol when he was governor. The facts and circumstances of the cases are the same with administrative cases which were already overturned by the Court of Appeals in July 2019. “Nonetheless, we re-
main poised to exhaust all the legal remedies that are available for us to utilize.” “The Ombudsman even failed to prove guilt based on a lighter requirement of proof which is substantial evidence in the administrative aspect of this legal action, how much more for the criminal cases which would require evidence of guilt beyond reasonable doubt,” Mordeno explained. In a 33-page decision signed by CA associate justices Victoria Isabel Paredes, Marlene Gonzales Sison, and Maria Elisa Sempio Diy See TRUTH, page 15
Mayor Oscar ‘Oca’ Moreno
Ayala Corp. offers housing, livelihood to gov’t troopers BY CRIS DIAZ, Executive Editor
CAMP EVANGELISTA, Cagayan de Oro City: The Ayala Corporation offered housing units and various livelihood opportunities to military personnel of the army’s 4th Infantry Division here, the Division’s Public Affairs Office (DPAO) said Wednesday. Maj. Francisco Garello, Jr. DPAO Chief, said that A medical team from the Ayala Corp. conducts free medical consultations, distributed the offer was made during free medicines and offers housing units to soldiers assigned at the 4ID in Camp Evangelista, Cagayan de Oro City during the “Saludo sa Serbisyo Caravan” initiated by the the Ayala Corp. “Saludo sa Sebisyo Caravan” in the Ayala Corp. in the milittary camp here this week. contributed photo
4ID in recognition to the sacrifices and heroism of the soldiers in the fight against state terrorism in Mindanao. The 4ID, under the leadership of Maj. Gen. Romeo Brawner, Jr. has decapitated the communist New People’s Army (NPA) in the country following the death of Jorge Madlos a.k.a. “Ka Oris,” commander of the NPA National Operation Command (NOC) in Bukidnon
in late October this year. “I have no idea on the value of the housing unit, but the soldiers would enjoy a big discount apart from sustainable livelihood opportunities,” Garello told the Mindanao Daily News During the caravan, the Ayala management also provided free health and social services, including medical consultations the distribution of free multivitamins to the soldiers and their family members,
See AYALA, page 15
One of the main attractions at the Amaya View adventure park in Indahag Hills, Barangay Indahag Cagayan de Oro is the paragliding where guests can get a glimpse of the city skyline. photo by gerry lee gorit
Man bitten by crocodile in Amaya View now recovering in hospital By GERRY LEE GORIT, Correspondent
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A male guest at the Amaya View mountain resort in Indahag Hills here is now recovering from injuries
inflicted on him by the adventure park’s crocodile, the management said Tuesday. See BITTEN, page 15
Northern Mindanao Medical Center chief of hospital Dr. Jose Chan (seated right), Rotary Club of Timog president Josephus Vicencio (seated left) and Rotary Club of Metro Cagayan de Oro president Ignacio Factura (seated center) sign the agreement for the donation of human milk bank equipment, the first in Region 10. The project is a brainchild of vice president Dr. Ferdinand Miranda (standing center). Also witnessing are other Rotarians led by past president Elpidio Paras (standing right). photo by mark francisco