Mindanao Daily NEWS
Volume II, No. 198
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February 20, 2014
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Ordinance localizing garbage collection undergoes review C AG AYA N d e O r o City––The local august body here is studying the localization of garbage collection through the creation of the Barangay Solid Waste Management Committee (BSWMC). Vice Mayor Ian Acenas on Wednesday said that the city council is now re v i e w ing Re publi c Act 9003, also known as the “Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000” to ensure the effective implementation of solid waste management programs in the barangay level here.
Gov’t troops start hunt vs. foreign terrorists in M’nao
CAMP Evangelista, Cagayan de Oro City––The military in Mindanao has launched a manhunt against foreign terrorists, including two Malaysian terrorists who reportedly slipped recently to the island via the back door, a senior military official said on Wednesday. Col. Dickson Hermoso, spokesman for the army’s 6th Infantry Division, was reported as saying that the military is monitoring reports of the presence of two unidentified Malaysian bomb experts in Central Mindanao. Intelligence reports circulating in Cagayan de Oro said the Malaysians
were in addition to the four Jemaah Islamiyah members in the region who served as trainers for the Abu Sayyaf Group in Basilan and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Central Mindanao. Three Indonesians and a Singaporean who were reportedly members of the Jemaah Islamiyah have reportedly come ahead to Mindanao to train the Abu Sayyaf and BIFF, the military said. The military report named the Singaporean as Commander Mawiya Husayfa who carries a US $1-million reward
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LIVELIHOOD ASSISTANCE
Villanueva town Mayor Julio T. Uy of Misamis Oriental and Municipal Social Welfare Development officer See hunt, page 11 Ms. Celsa Calis hand over two checks to Self-Employed Assistance (SEA) Kaunlaran Associations in Barangay Dayawan for its livelihood projects. The first beneficiary are the 30 members of the Achievers Villanueva SEA Kaunlaran Association that received P300,000 for their roasted corn and food processing project. Mayor Uy and Calis also hand over some P250,000 to the 25 members of Sewing Centers Villanueva SEA limits to the rights of evKaunlarang Association for their rags-making project. eryone, right?” he added. Text and photo by Irene Roa Anibong He further said that it and Dodo Canoy was even taught in school that “your rights end where they impinge on the rights of others.” Although President Aquino said he has yet to entirely review the Supreme Court decision, he thought it fair to have libel for media -- whether print or online. “If you switch to another
President Aquino: Online libel provision not meant to restrain freedom of expression By Azer N. Parrocha of Philippine News Agency
President Benigno S. Aquino III on Wednesday said the decision of the Supreme Court last Tuesday to penalize online libel had no intention to restrain freedom of expression. During an ambush interview after the inauguration of the Estero de San Miguel Micro Medium-Rise building in Sampaloc, Manila, the President stressed there are
also limits to people’s rights. He also said that he saw no reason for the public to be upset. “Will it restrain freedom of expression? I don’t think that was the purpose (of the provision),” President Aquino told media in Filipino. “You, as responsible journalists -- you have rights, but there are also President Aquino
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Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez leads the ribbon cutting ceremony during the turnover of the Ramonal Chapel renovation for Marissa Dulalas, head of the church association, which cost P180,000 using his personal funds. The officers and members of the congregation were so thankful for Cong Rufus’ donation.KENDICHAVES
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