Mindanao Star (January 17-23, 2015)

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MindanaoSTAR THE PURVEYOR OF TRUTH, JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT

Volume II, No. 36 Weekly guide on the 3-digit game of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). SEE PAGE 7

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NBI giimbestigahan ang hulgang pagpatay batok sa magsesebya/2

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Preserve family, Pope Francis tells Filipino devout/3 n

Opinion | Veteran journalist Ben Emata’s views on extrajudicial killings /4

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(The) Life of Dr. Hilario Camino Moncado/5

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Dad calls on public to take extra care v ‘sore eyes’

ALAR MED over reports that many are suffering from “sore eyes,” Councilor Dante Pajo advises Kagay-anons to always observe proper hygiene, wash hands and keep it away from dirt. “Wearing of sunglasses can also be one of the protective gears,” Pajo told The Power. The councilor also encourages patients affected with sore eyes to consult a doctor or health worker for proper medication and avoid “traditional “ treatments to avoid complications. In a related development, Pajo reiterated his appeal to everyone to keep the environment clean and not to allow venues for dengue carrier mosquitoes. “Sa miaging semana, kanunay ang pag-ulan, kinahanglang siguradoon nga walay tubig nga na stocked sa mga lata, rubber tires ug uban pa,” Pajo added even as he urges barangay officials See care, page 7

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‘The Pope was stabbed! Someone hit the Pope!’ By FROILAN GALLARDO of MindaNews

CAGAYAN de Oro City–– Retired police Supt. Rodolfo Mañoza could still remember vividly the morning how he wrestled Bolivian painter Benjamin Mendoza who attacked Pope Paul VI with a 13-inch dagger. “It was early in the morning. Mendoza was taller and bigger. We wrestled and I tried so hard to tackle him. I could hear the shouts of anguish from the crowd,” the 70-year-old Mañoza

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recalls struggle with Bolivian painter who tried to kill Pope Paul VI in 1970 Manila visit narrated. Mañoza, who was with the Philippine Constabulary Metropolitan Command (METROCOM), was on special detail assignment with Civil Aviation Authority chief Federico Ablan at the Manila airport. On the night of November 26, Mañoza said he and five other PC soldiers were

called to a meeting by Gen. Martin Luther Custodio, chief of the Aviation Security Command, who told them to report early next morning. Mañoza recalled that no reason was given why they were to report early on the morning of Nov. 27, 1970. “We were just told to

LOOKING BACK. Retired police Supt. Rodolfo Ma-

ñoza holds a copy of the defunct Philippine Journal, which published a photo of him and his colleagues dragging away Bolivian painter Benjamin Mendoza, who attacked Pope Paul VI with a long knife. [He is the constabulary with a crew cut.] The newspaper, however, pointed to the late President Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Imelda, as responsible for saving the Pope’s life. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo

Malasag eyed as ‘camp site’ See pope, page 7

By RUEL V. PELONE Editor in chief

CAGAYAN de Oro City–– Local officials have finally sealed the agreement making the 20-hectare out of the 899-hectare Malasag Reforestation Project in uphill Barangay Gusa here as campsite of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP). Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez of the second district of Cagayan de Oro last Thursday (January 8, 2015) signed the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Regional Executive Director Ruth M. Tawantawan of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Region 10 (DENR-10), and Lawyer Hilario Roy P. Raagas, also the council chairman of BSP-Cagayan de Oro, to carry out the plan for the establishment of BSP campsite See CAMPSITE, page 7

CLOSING THE DEAL. Rep. Rufus B.

Rodriguez (right) of the second district of Cagayan de Oro City, Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP)-Cagayan de Oro Council Chairman Hilario Roy P. Raagas (second from right), and Regional Executive Director Ruth M. Tawantawan of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 10 sign the memorandum of agreement (MOA) on the use of 20-hectare within Malasag Reforestation Project as BSP Camp Site. Community En-

vironment and Natural Resources Officer Aldrich Resma (left) of the DENR, and City Schools Division Superintendent Elena M. Borcillo (not in photo) of the Department of Education (DepEd) in Region 10 signed as witness. Also in photo are Cagayan de Oro Councilor Teodulfo Lao Jr. (standing, 4th from left) with other BSP-Cagayan de Oro Council officials and Chief of Forest Resources Development Division Forester Fidel Gamos Jr. (standing, 3rd from right), also of the DENR. Photo supplied

Pag-asa is now 23 years old T H E Philipp i n e E a g l e named Pag-asa photo credit: turned 23 philstar.com years old Thursday. Pag-asa was hatched in 1992 and became the first case of successful breeding of a Philippine Eagle in captivity, according to Dennis I. Salvador, executive director of the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF). Pag-asa is reported in good health and the foundation hopes “he can produce another chick in the next breeding season.” Salvador said there are only 400 pairs of Philippine Eagle remaining in the wild. davaotoday.com

Closure of road maroons hundreds of Oro residents

CAGAYAN de Oro City–– Hundreds of families in an urban subdivision here have been isolated after a developer deprived them of See closure, page 7

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