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Lack of power supply plunges Mindanao regions in darkness Volume IV, No. 057 web portal: www.mindanaodailynews.com
By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent and LILIAN C. MELLEJOR of PNA
ZAMBOANGA City is experiencing 9-hour rotating brownouts while other power distributors imposed 2-5 hours blackouts due to lack of power supply from the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP). See prices, page A5
Rufus laughs off ‘treason’ charges By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN de Oro City– –A lawmaker who sponsored the approval of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) on Thursday brushed aside the threat of treason. Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, of the second district of Cagayan De Oro City, said that the lawmakers who pushed for the approval of the BBL are not liable of treason. See laughs, page A11
Rewards await home buyers of Filinvest
THE Filinvest Land Inc. (FLI) is rewarding its home buyers through a raffle promotion dubbed “Filinvest 60 for 60.” The promotion runs from July 3 until September 30, gives 60 lucky Filinvest home buyers of selected Filinvest properties of its Futura Homes, Filinvest and Filinvest Premiere brands a chance to win P60,000. To qualify, the reservation fee of purchased FilinMEDICAL MISSION. Second district Rep. Juliette T. Uy cracks jokes with the some of the beauticians and vest home must be paid in beneficiaries during the recent medical mission initiated by Rep. Uy with the support of her husband, Villanueva full from July 1, 2015 town Mayor Julio T. Uy, through the Panaghiusa Dalan sa Kalambuan. Photo courtesy of Dodo Canoy
See home, page A11
Greening Program target for Lumads declared 2015 is 65% complete: DENR-11 Mindanao solon persona non grata
DAVAO City––The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region XI completed 65 percent of its target for the National Greening Program
(NGP) this year. In an interview Thursday, Forester Gloria Suboan, chief of the Production Management Section and Conservation and Develop-
ment Division of DENR XI, said the agency’s target for this year is 18,810 hectares. The agency is eyeing to plant at least 500 See greening, page A11
By Antonio L. Colina IV of MindaNews
DAVAO City––North Cotabato Representative Nancy Catamco has been barred from entering the Haran Evacuation Center in Davao City after she had been declared persona non grata over her derogatory statement against the lumad evacuees last July 14. In an inter view Wednesday, Kerlan D. Fanaqel, secretary general of the Pasaka Confederation of Lumad Organization in Southern Mindanao, told reporters that Catamco insulted the lumads for calling their children “stinky” and for question-
ing the legitimacy of the datus as leaders. “She can no longer set foot on our evacuation center,” he said. The lumads are in a facility run by the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP). Fanaqel added that Catamco, chair of the House Committee on Indigenous Peoples (IPs), is missing out the whole picture on the real situation of the lumads after military forces entered their respective communities. “For taking side with See solon, page A11