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BOC offers P1-million outright reward to tipster Volume IV, No. 158 web portal: www.mindanaodailynews.com
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November 27, 2015
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By GERRY LEE GORIT, Correspondent
CAGAYAN de Oro City—The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will be giving P1-million reward to tipsters in an effort to intensify the agency’s campaign against smuggling, a customs official said yesterday. See full story, page A5
Normin log processers shackled by DENR policy By MARK FRANCISCO Staffmember
THE 67-strong Northern Mindanao Tree Planters and Wood Industry Federation, Inc. is calling on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to relax a provision of its Executive Order No. 23 restricting the log processers from getting their raw products within their accredited suppliers. “We are bound by law to abide by the order requiring us to present a five-year log supply contract from our sources. But most tree plantations here in Region 10 are small farm hold-
ings which cannot meet the minimum five-year volume requirement as stipulated in EO 23,” Northern Mindanao Tree Planters and Wood Industry Federation, Inc. president Prudencio T. Plaza Jr. said. In a dialogue with Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 10 regional executive director Ruth M. Tawantawan last Monday, Mr. Plaza admitted that most of the logs they are sourcing from are of inferior quality as a result. The Northern Mindanao Tree Planters and Wood See log, page A11
PMTL Sept. 15 launch at Club Filipino. Veritas 846 photo
Christian groups unite for 2016 polls Dad urges biz firms: SAN Juan, Metro Manila-Over 300 leaders of various Christian faith-based groups from the various Catholic, Protestant and Evangelical Communities gathered together recently in the historic Kalayaan Hall of Club Filipino in Green Hills to launch their collective action for the 2016 national elections. The Pilipino Movement for Transformational Leadership (PMTL) is the convergence of many simultaneous consultative processes that came together to consult and guide Christian voters of various denominations in choosing the right lead-
ers who can transform the Philippines into a major player in the world stage. The movement aims to muster a “Christian Vote” bloc of at least 10 million votes nationwide, according to Bishop Ruben Abante, secretary general of Bible Believers League for Morality and Democracy (Biblemode) and Bishop of Lighthouse Bible Baptist Church. PMTL’S Goals “We have come together as Christian faithful seeking to establish God’s reign in our beloved country by electing into office Godcentered and competent
servant leaders who are committed to the welfare and empowerment of the Filipino people,” said Atty. Alex Lacson, lead convenor and official spokesperson of the PMTL during the Sept. 15 launch at Club Filipino. “Ultimately, it is about giving people the power to make a discerned choice in electing leaders who truly have the interests of their countrymen as their reason for seeking public office,” Lacson added. “So we will give them a process, and a guide to make this a reality,” Lacson said. The People’s Primary A selection process called
the People’s Primary will be undertaken by the PMTL convenors. Through this process, prospective aspirants for the position of President, Vice President and Senator will be endorsed by their member organizations to the PMTL convenors, who will short-list the candidates based on the GABAYKRISTO. The short-listed candidates will be invited to present themselves to the membership of the PMTL in a National Convention which will be undertaken by a separate entity called See groups, page A11
Hire security guards By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN de Oro City--A local official here urged businessmen to hire private security guards in compliance with the Ordinance of the city government. City Councilor Edna Dahino, chair of the city council committee on trade and commerce, said that City Ordinance No. 128412014 mandates all high-risk business establishments to hire or engage the services of duly license security guards. “While everybody’s excited and preparing about
celebrating the Christmas season, all money couriers, those that cater to remittances, money changer shops, and others should consider the security of their businesses,” Dahino said. Dahino said that everybody must be on guard because in a condition where people are living in squalid poverty, the lure of money is so strong. “It is our duty to keep the would-be-criminals at bay not because of being tempted to commit a crime, See hire, page A11