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Volume III, No. 233
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Tuesday
March 24, 2015
Recto says free public Wi-Fi must help farmers, not Farmville AS government rolls out free Wi-Fi hotspots in 967 towns, Metro Manila, and 14 key cities this July, Senator Ralph Recto who sponsored the project’s P1.4 billion funding in the 2015 national budget urged its implementor to ensure that the project will get “more bytes and benefits out of the buck.” Recto who sponsored the amendment to the national budget bill that the Free Internet Connectivity in Public Places Project’s budget be raised by P1 billion,
Usec Pama to join Q1 meeting of RDRRMC in Region 10 By Christine H. Cabiasa Associate Editor
CAGAYAN de Oro City–– Civil Defense Administrator and National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Executive Director Undersecretary Alexander P. Pama will join the first quarter meeting of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) on March 25 (Wednesday) here. According to Civil Defense Regional Director Ana C. Cañeda, Pama’s presence is very significant as
By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
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Police recovered this blue Honda Jazz car bearing plate KOB 240 abandoned and peppered with bullets coming from AK 47 and .45 pistols around 5 p.m. on March 19 at purok 7, Barangay Labinay in Ozamiz City. The body of a 45-year-old Reynante Bandillo, a resident of Catadman, also in Ozamiz City, was also found. Bandillo, according to the police, is one of the alleged suspects in a series of robbery victimizing the MLhuiller GaisanoPagadian, MLhuiller-Molave, and MLhuiller-Ozamiz on January 15, 2015. Mindanao Daily News photo by John D. Simborios
said the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) must choose installation areas which will yield the greatest public benefit. He said “hospitals, schools, transport hubs and libraries must be prioritized.” “We would like these Wi-Fi areas to create value, promote education, help trade and travel, and be a lifeline to those who are in distress,” he said. “That’s why I have told the DOST
5 Chinese, Filipino ship captain nabbed See public, page A11
a Filipino ship captain for alleged sand dredging in the coastline of Tagoloan in Misamis Oriental, 2 p.m., Sunday (March 22, 2015) and holding at bay the ship CAGAYAN de Oro City-- with which they were loadThe Tagoloan police arrested ing sand. See FULL STORY, page A3 five Chinese nationals and By CHENG ORDOÑEZ Associate Editor with MARK FRANCISO Staff member and GERRY GORIT Correspondent
Bakwits now 125,302
Grandmas say they are too old to evacuate
See join, page A11
Deles, Iqbal, Ferrer lead XU grads ceremony
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By Carolyn O. Arguillas of MindaNews First of a two-part series
TOO OLD TO EVACUATE. Sisters Saria Namawog (left) and Cartiquia Cartin
(right) of Barangay Elian, Datu Saudi Ampatuan, have lived a life of never-ending evacuations. “We’re too old to evacuate,” they said. The sisters sought refuge in a neighboring school where some of their children and grandchildren are also temporarily sheltered. The military’s “all-out offensive” against the BIFF, now entering its fourth week, has displaced 125,000 residents from 14 towns in Maguindanao. MindaNews photo by Carolyn O. Arguillas
DATU Saudi Ampatuna, Ma g u i n d a n a o – – T h r e e generations of families of sisters Cartiquia Cartin and Saria Namawog are among 125,302 residents who fled their villages in Maguindanao following the
“all-out offensive” waged by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) nearly a month ago. Cartiquia, who claims to be 90, and her sister Saria who estimates she is 80, See too old, page A11
CAGAYAN de Oro City-Members of the government and Moro peace panels lead the graduation rites of a By Cheng Ordonez, Associate Editor, with PJ Tremedal, and Gerry LEE Gorit, Correspondents Jesuit-run university in this Municipal Police Station seaport capital this week, a CAGAYAN de Oro City- umbrella of Zulkifli Bin by operatives of the Misa- afternoon. -A suspected bomber and under Police Inspector MoThe suspect, Abdulmalik mis Occidental Provincial Hir, alias Marwan, who top university official said member of the Alkhobar was killed in Mamasapano, Police, Saturday (March Serapica Salik was arrested hammad Ridhwan Monday. See bomber, page A11 See grads, page A11 terrorist group, under the Maguindanao, was arrested 21), at around 5:30 in the by operatives of the Panaon
Marwan-trained bomber arrested in Misamis Occidental
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