Mindanao Daily Northmin (November 18, 2014)

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By GERRY LEE GORIT, Correspondent

CAGAYAN de Oro City––Police investigation continues over the discovery of two burned bodies found in a Cagayan de Oro City subdivision last Saturday amid speculations that the two were victims of extrajudicial killings. See FULL STORY, page A5

PH agriculture grows in first nine months of 2014

By PAT SAMONTE Butuan News Bureau

BUTUAN City––Philippine agriculture managed to expand by 9.55 percent in terms of value and by 0.33 percent in terms of volume for the first nine months of the year, all despite considerable damage caused by successive typhoons to the industry, a report from the Philippine Statistics SUNSET. A group of youth in Balingasag, Misamis Oriental, enjoys a sunset over Macajalar Bay. The municipal Authority (PSA) said. According to the report, government has opened a night café event every Friday evening serving food and entertainment to patrons. This regular activity has been drawing visitors from neighboring towns in the province. national agricultural output Mindanao Daily News photo by Gerry Lee Gorit grossed by P1.1 trillion

Kin of Ampatuan massacre victims set awareness drive

GENERAL Santos City–– Relatives and colleagues of media workers who were slain in the gruesome November 23, 2009 Ampatuan massacre are set to launch a series of awareness campaigns in connection with the commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the killings. Emily Lopez, chair of the Justice Now Movement, said Monday they will visit schools and local communities this week to inform the public about the progress

of the cases that had been filed against the suspects in the massacre that killed 58 people, including 32 media workers. She said they want the people to know the latest developments on the case, especially the status of the continuing trial against members of the Ampatuan political clan of Maguindanao who have been tagged as masterminds of the carnage. The move also aims to get wider support from See drive, page A11

at current prices on the back of better prices paid to food producers in the crops, livestock and poultry subsectors. Palay production reached 11.41 million tons from January to September, translating to a 0.41 percent increase from last year’s output. Meanwhile, the harvest of corn production inched up by 0.07 percent to 5.93 million metric tons during the same period. See GROWS, page A11

SP supports BSP venture

THE 17th City Council headed by Vice Mayor Caesar Ian E. Acenas during its regular session last week presided over by Councilor Ramon Tabor enacted Ordinance No. 12865-2014, exempting the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP)Cagayan de Oro from payment of amusement tax for the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Games between Alaska Aces and Globalport on November 22, 2014 at Xavier University Gym in Cagayan de A float depicting the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines joins the parade on Oro City. Wednesday afternoon (November 12) in Surigao City marking the 75th year of the Diocese of Surigao of the Roman Catholic Church. MindaNews photo by Roel N. Catoto

See supports, page A7

Review selection process for college scholars, govt agencies told GRANTING financial aid to poor but deserving students to enroll in college is not enough. Government must help ensure these grantees finish their education through a proper selection process. These were the recommendations presented by the latest study released by

state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). Authored by PIDS consultant Denise Valerie Silfverberg, the study “How should income-based grantees in tertiary education be chosen?” is a preliminary review of the Students Grants-In-Aid Program

for Poverty Alleviation (SGP-PA) of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). As a “form of affirmative action”, SGPPA provides financially constrained but deserving students the opportunity to

obtain college degrees and “break the cycle of poverty”. A related PIDS study published in 2013 found that the higher a person’s educational attainment, the better are his chances to get employed and earn higher wages. See AGENCIES, page A11

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