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News In Focus
thursday | febrUARY 28, 2013
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Region 10 campus journalists prepare for national contests By URIEL C. QUILINGUING Contributing Editor
n Camiguin, Ozamiz City School Divisions emerge as regional CAGAYAN de Oro City–– overall champions Campus journalists from Northern Mindanao are now preparing for the annual National Schools Press Conference (NSPC) in Ormoc City on April 7-12, this year. This, after the Department of Education regional office 10 confirmed the list of NSPC qualifiers in a Regional Memorandum dated Feb. 21, 2013 that DepEd 10 Regional Director Allan G. Farnazo issued. To prepare for the region’s participation in the NSPC, Farnazo called for a planning conference on March 1, 2013 to be attended by division superintendents and division journalism coordinators. The newly-installed DepEd 10 regional head graced the closing and opening ceremonies of the Regional Schools Press Conference (RSPC) at La Salle University Integrated School, Ozamiz City last Jan. 24-26, this year. He personally awarded the trophies and medals to the top performing schools divisions and campus journalists who competed in individual and group writing and non-writing journalistic competitions. This year’s RSPC was participated in by 2,528 campus journalists from public and private elementary and secondary schools who were among top four winners in their respec-
tive journalistic fields in the schools division level competitions. As stated in the DepEd 10 memorandum, the RSPC top three winners in individual contest categories and the first-place winners in group contest categories will represent region 10 in the NSPC. Individual contests included editorial, feature, news and sports writing, copy-reading and headline writing, editorial cartooning and photojournalism while the group contests were on radio broadcasting and collaborative publishing. During the awarding program, the Schools Division of Camiguin and the Schools Division of Ozamiz City were both declared overall champions since they garnered identical total points, according regional journalism coordinator Mala Epra B. Magnaong. TOP SCHOOLS DIVISIONS The Schools Division of Camiguin, which was last year’s RSPC overall champion, produced 27 NSPC qualifiers since she topped the secondary level’s collaborative publishing in both English and Filipino, four first-placers, six second-placers and three third-placers in individual competitions. Also, she got additional points from prepare | page 10
Anti-Carnapping Bill Approved
Congressman Rufus B. Rodriguez raises his proposals for amendments to the substitute bill proposing amendments to the Anti-Carnapping Act. He proposes to increase the penalties for carnapping with the aim of deterring these carnappers. The House Bill was approved by the Committee on Revision of Laws. The picture also shows Congressman Pedro Romualdo of Camiguin.
3 rebels killed, 3 wounded in Bukidnon armed clashes
CAMP ALAGAR, Cagayan de Oro City––An arrested rebel suspect of the New People’s Army (NPA) on Tuesday confessed that three of his comrades were killed while three others wounded in an encounter with pursuing troopers in Bukidnon on February 23, 2013. Police Supt. Ronnie Cariaga, spokesperson of the regional police command here, said that police operatives collared Valeriano Anonsaon, Jr., a.k.a. ‘Junior’ the farming village of Silipon, Libona, Bukidnon Tuesday evening. A n ons a on w a s on e among rebel suspects who stormed the main camp of Del Monte Philippines, Inc. at Camp Phillips in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon on the night of Feb. 19, 2013, Car-
iaga said. He said that the suspect has a pending warrant of arrest with attempted homicide issued by the Municipal Trial Court of Bukidnon. Police traced Anonsaon’s whereabouts on a tip from an informant of his presence in the area where he was reportedly hiding in a relative’s house. During the initial investigation, the suspect disclosed that their group figured in an encounter with pursuing government troopers on Feb. 23, 2013 killing three of his comrades and wounding three others, Cariaga said. He said the management of Del Monte started to coordinate with the local police in Manolo Fortich for filing of an arson case against Anonsaon.
Some 150 NPA rebels stormed DMPI’s main pineapple camp on the night of February 19, 2013 while another group simultaneously attacked a satellite camp in Sumilao and Impasugong where the Dole Phil. (Stanfilco) has a banana plantation. The rebels burned DMPI’s heavy equipment at the main camp, ransacked the administration building, killed a company guard and wounding three others, torched the warehouse in Sumilao and banana plan-
tations in Impasug-Ong, Bukidnon. Cariaga said that Anonsaon was the third rebel suspect to fall as law enforcers continue to pursue the NPA accused of various atrocities in Bukidnon. He said police arrested two other fleeing suspects in barangay Kihare, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon the night the rebels stormed the pineapple and banana companies in the province. Cargo said charges were already filed against the two suspects arrested earlier.CD
Local LP candidates snub unity covenant CAGAYAN de Oro City––Local candidates of the administration’s Liberal Party (LP) snubbed the walk in unity and the proposed signing of covenant on Tuesday to ensure the peaceful conduct of the May elections here this year. The unity walk and proposed signing of the covenant were spearheaded by the local Commissions on Elections (Comelec) and the church-based Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) here. Gubernatorial candidate Yevgeny ‘Bambi’ Emano, of the NP-UNA-Padayon Pilipino coalition in Misamis Oriental, slammed the administration candidates for hypocrisy and warned the electors that the local LP candidates might be cooking something come May elections. ‘The local LP bets asked us to sign a peace covenant that they (LP) did not sign. The arrogance of being aligned with the administration’s political party already manifests in the attitude of local LP candidates here,’ Emano said. He warned the people of Misamis Oriental and Cagayan de Oro of the local LP candidates’ plan of railroading the May elections through fraud and instability and all forms of anarchy in the province and city. The candidates from the province of Misamis Oriental, except Liberal Party candidates, joined together Tuesday in walk in unity toward the Bishop Palace here in a show of unity where they forged a covenant of peace come May elections this year. Archbishop Antonio Ledesma spoke from the Palace’s portico urging the people ‘to vote for candidates who would work for the betterment of the community’ and reiterated his ‘my vote is not for sale’ campaign slogan. Provincial elections supervisor Cirilo Nala told candidates that the Comelec would tap teachers in the coming May elections for their competence and experience in the handling of local and national polls. CD