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AirAsia returns with twice daily C. de Oro-Cebu flights Volume III, No. 159
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AirAsia Philippines sees tremendous potential for growth and expansion in Mindanao following the launch of its newest route between Cebu and Cagayan de Oro. With two flights daily starting December 12, AirAsia will service this route using Airbus A320s departing Laguindingan International Airport in the afternoon at 2:05PM and 4:20PM to Mactan Cebu International Airport.
6 provinces without power due to ‘Ruby’ By Juzel L. Danganan
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716,000 evacuated due to ‘Ruby’
THE National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Sunday reported that 716,639 persons conducted pre-emptive evacuations due to the effects of Typhoon “Ruby.” NDRMMC, in its 6 a.m. situationer report said 146,875 families or 716,639 persons have been evacuated in safer areas in Regions 4-A (Calabarzon), 4-B (Mimaropa), 5 (Bicol), 6 (Western Visayas), 7 (Central Visayas), 8 (Eastern Visayas) and Caraga Region in Mindanao. It added that 2,459 passengers, 89 rolling cargoes, 689 vessels and three motor boats were stranded in various ports of the country while 92 domestic flights have been cancelled. Power outages were reported in the provinces of Quezon, Iloilo, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Samar, Leyte and Southern Leyte. Media ng Bayan
Bangsamoro Basic. From Left Rep. Vicente Belmonte (Lone District of Iligan), Iligan City Mayor Celso Regencia, Rep. Henry Oaminal, Rep. Rodolfo Biazon (Lone District of Muntinlupa) and Maximo Rodriguez (Abante Mindanao) during the 21st Ad Hoc Committee Consultation on the Bangsamoro Basic Law in Iligan City. Simultaneous with the Iligan consultation presided over by Rep. Oaminal were the conduct of the same in Tubod, Lanao del Norte, and Pagadian City. Mindanao Daily News photo by Gerry Lee Gorit
Iqbal on federalism: ‘MILF will neither endorse nor reject it’ By Keith BacongcO of MindaNews
DAVAO City––Moro Islamic Liberation Front peace panel chair Mohagher Iqbal on Wednesday said the MILF will neither endorse nor reject proposals for a shift to a federal form of government. Mi nd a Ne w s s ou g ht Iqbal’s reaction to Davao
City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s pronouncement on several occasions that he prefers federalism to help address the unrest in Mindanao rather than the proposed establishment of the Bangsamoro. “I respect their view. But the MILF will not endorse it nor reject it,” said Iqbal, who also chairs the Bangsamoro Transition Commission.
SIX provinces are without power due to the devastation of Typhoon “Ruby”, said the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) on Sunday. The provinces without power are Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Sorsogon, Leyte, Iloilo and Bohol. Based on the NGCP’s 3:00 p.m. update, the provinces have been left without power due to the following electric cooperatives in the areas affected by the typhoon -- NORSAMLECO, ESAMELCO, SOLECO, DORELCO, SAMELCO, BILECO, LEYECO 2, LEYECO 3, LEYECO 4, LEYECO 5, ILECO 3, BOHECO and BOHECO 2. The eleco’s 69 kilovolt (kv) and 138 kv transmission lines were affected by See POWER, page A9
On Monday, Duterte reiterated his call for federalism in the country, saying it could be a more suitable solution to the unrest in Mindanao. At least 300 participants attended the Mindanao Leaders’ Summit on Federalism here, a move which organizers said was fueled by the proposed See REJECT, page A9
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