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‘No car smuggling in Oro port, report erroneous’ Volume III, No. 151
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By GERRY LEE GORIT, Correspondent
CAGAYAN de Oro City––The district collector of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in Northern Mindanao has denied reports of car smuggling at the port of Cagayan de Oro. See FULL STORY, page A3
Forum: Can IMEM dampen brownouts during summer? By Mike Baños, Editor-at-Large
LAST November 20, a new bunker fueled power plant was inaugurated in General Santos City that would ensure no brownouts for the Socsargen region during the upcoming Christmas season and on through the hot summer months and beyond. The 20.9MW peaking power plant of Peakpower Socsargen Inc. (PSI) will supply the peaking power Mayor Marie Guingona (standing third from left) of Gingoog City in Misamis Oriental with Punong Barangay Rog- needs of South Cotabato II elio Pajaron of Barangay 18 and Day Care Worker Helen Tagupa show the check as part of Gawad Kalasag Award Electric Cooperative (SOfor Best in Early Learning Center for Northern Mindanao. Photo courtesy of Ronan G. dela Cruz COTECO II) in General
BOC-10 confiscates 16 brand new dump trucks
By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
CAGAYAN de Oro City–– The Bureau of Customs in Northern Mindanao has seized a total of 16 brand new dump trucks imported from China. District collector Atty. Ruby Claudia Alameda said a warrant of seizure was issued against the importation because of misclassification. Alameda said the misclassification was in the rate of duty which showed only three percent instead of the correct 20 percent. She said the consignee will have to pay the See TRUCKS, page A11
An indigent woman feeds a kid with food given by Congresswoman Juliette T. Uy who has been looking after the poor people in the second district of Misamis Oriental. The congresswoman holds various outreach programs benefiting women and children. Mindanao Daily News photo by Gerry Lee Gorit
A total of 16 brand new dump trucks imported from China are held by the Bureau of Customs District 10 in Cagayan de Oro City awaiting payment in full by the consignee. The BOC seized the vehicles due to misclassification, according to the district collector. Mindanao Daily News photo by Gerry Lee Gorit
Santos City, the municipalities of Glan, Malapatan, Alabel, Makungon, Kiamba, Maasim and Maitum in Sarangani and Polomolok and Tupi in South Cotabato. “This means that the people of Gensan and those within the franchise area of SO COTECO-II will be able to hopefully have zero brownouts this coming Christmas,” said PSI President Roel Z. Castro. Dr. Walter W. Brown, PSI Chairman, said the plant See summer, page A10
Miriam hits ‘minefields’ in savings, pork barrel SENATOR Miriam Defensor Santiago said that the 2015 budget suffers from two “dangerous minefields”: the redefinition of “savings;” and the retention of pork barrel funds. Santiago delivered a privilege speech on Monday urging a return to the old definition of savings; and a provision under Section 91 of the general provisions to compel the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to submit a compliance with See pork, page A11
Dads endorse bill creating new town in Sarangani GENERAL Santos City–– The Sarangani provincial board has endorsed the immediate passage of a proposed bill at the House
of Representatives that seeks the creation of another municipality in the province. In a resolution, the board expressed its full support
to House Bill (HB) 5090 Malungon, Sarangani into authored by Sarangani Rep. a municipality. Board member Cyril Yap, Emmanuel Pacquiao that pushes for the conversion chair of the board’s See TOWN, page A11 of Barangay Malandag in
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