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Solon: Coops helping address power problem in Mindanao Volume III, No. 162
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By Mike Baños Editor-at-Large
Electric cooperatives are actively helping address the power shortage in Mindanao contrary to earlier allegations by energy officials that they are partly responsible for bringing it about. See full story, page A3
Former rebels get financial assistance
OFFICIALS of Barangay Ane-i led by Punong Barangay Nelly O. Casiño visit Misamis Oriental second district Rep. Juliette T. Uy to express their gratitude for the P40 million concreting road project that they received recently. Casiño said this is the first time in memorial that they were given a big amount of infrastructure project for the development of their barangay.
By RENE ARIAS and BOBBY MAHINAY MDN-Davao Region
DAVAO City--At least of 39 rebels, who surrendered to the government, are recipients of the cash assistance from the Comprehensive Local Integration Program (CLIP) as part of the “Balik Gobyerno” strategy to help the rebels meet their needs for a new life. CLIP is the program of the Local Government of Davao City in partnership with the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). THE rebels surrendered to the different battalions under the area of responsibilities (AOR) of the Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom. Some of these former rebel combatants surrendered to the 1003rd Brigade based in Sto. Tomas, under the command of Col. Harold Cabreros, others to the 69th Infantry Brigade based in Paquibato District, under the command of Col. Intal and to 84th Infantry Brigade in Baguio District under the command of Col. Bernardo. Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, assisted by DILG Director Limbaro, and CSSDO director Malou Bermudo, handed over the check worth P50,000 to each of the See rebels, page A9
Pag-ibig allots P1.5b in funds for calamity loan of Ruby victims
BOMBED. A crowd gathers around the Rural Transit bus bombed early Tuesday evening in Maramag, Bukidnon, where 10 people died and 42 others were injured. A number of students were among those who died and injured because the bus stopped at the main gate of Central Mindanao University to pick up students eager to go home. Contributed photo for MindaNews by Rachel Barrientos Singuay
Military official: Bombing in Maramag, BIFF’s test mission for its new graduates Police release list of names 42 people wounded in the attack By Lilian C. Mellejor of the PNA with RUEL PELONE MDN-Northmin and GERRY GORIT MDN-Correspondent
THE bombing that killed 10 people and wounded 42 others in Maramag town in Bukidnon province was the
handiwork of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighter (BIFF), Brig. Gen. Alexander Balutan, deputy commander of the Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom), said yesterday. This as Balutan identified a BIFF commander as behind the deadliest bomb attack in
Northern Mindanao this year involving one of the buses of the Rural Transit Mindanao, Inc. (RTMI). He identified the suspect as a certain Garnet Lintang, reportedly the commander of the BIFF operating in Central Mindanao.
The bomb attack that killed 10--six of them were students of Central Mindanao University (CMU) in Musuan--of the passengers and wounded 42 others was the result of the test mission conducted by the BIFF’s new graduates, See test, page A9
THE Pag-IBIG Fund has set aside P1.5 billion as calamity loan fund for members who were affected by Typhoon Ruby, Vice President Jejomar C. Binay said on Tuesday (December 9). “We have allocated an initial amount of P1.5 billion to ensure that we have sufficient funds for our members who will apply for a calamity loan. We are exerting all efforts to alleviate the financial burden of our members living in areas ravaged by Ruby,” said Binay, who heads the Pag-IBIG Fund Board of Trustees in his capacity as Chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC). The Pag-IBIG calamity loan is available to members living in areas that have been declared under a state of calamity. As of 8 a.m. of December 9, the local government units (LGUs) of the provinces of Camarines Sur, Albay, Cebu, Masbate, Catanduanes, Aklan, Samar, and the City of Tacloban have declared their areas as See allots, page A9
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