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Turnover of Lumbia airport to LGU gets House nod Volume IV, No. 212 web portal: www.mindanaodailynews.com
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February 12, 2016
CAGAYAN de Oro City--The House of Representatives has approved a bill transferring the ownership of the Lumbia airport here to the city government, a lawmaker said Wednesday.
Postpone the October 2016 Barangay polls by two years
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Ombudsman to probe local officials for illegal dump sites THE Office of the Ombudsman is set to investigate close to 600 local government executives in the 13 administrative regions for violations of Republic Act No. 9003 (Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000). In 50 complaints filed by Romeo Hidalgo of the Ecowaste Coalition, it was reported that “field investigations reveal that the officials committed violations of RA 9003 and its implementing rules and regulations.” According to the complainant, mayors, vicemayors and Sanggunian members have “the mandate to establish policies and having control over the funds of the city” and that “they conspired in committing the violations of R.A. No. 9003
within their jurisdiction.” Under R.A. No. 9003, “no open dump sites shall be established and operated, nor any practice or disposal of solid waste by any person, including LGUs, which constitutes the use of open dumps for solid wastes, be allowed after the effectivity of this Act, every LGU shall convert its open dumps to controlled dumps.” It will be recalled that in 2013, the Environmental Ombudsman program, in collaboration with the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), launched a threeyear nationwide campaign to increase awareness of, and promote voluntary compliance with R.A. No. 9003. See probe, page A11
The Makahambus Eagles Club in cooperation with the Rural Transit Mindanao Inc. (RTMI) and the Upsilon Phi Sigma Cagayan De Oro holds a bloodletting activity at the RTMI main office at J.R. Borja Ext. on Feb. 7 2016. President Robert Dy, of the Makahambus Eagles Club-EY 2016, said that club conducts a year round socio-economic projects that benefit, mostly the indigents in the community. PHOTO SUPPLIED
THERE is a move in the House of Representatives seeking to reset the coming Barangay elections slated on October 10, 2016 to October 8, 2018. Pasay City Rep. Emi G. Calixto-Rubiano filed HB 6420 which seeks to amend Republic Act No. 9340 and postpone by two years this year’s barangay polls. “Considering that there will soon be nationwide elections this coming May 2016, it would be prudent and advisable to reset the next barangay elections this October 2016 to October 2018,” the author said. According to the author, it is noteworthy that the See polls, page A11
New Davao biz chamber prexy says Mindanao should resolve power woes to sustain growth By Antonio L. Colina IV of MindaNews
DAVAO City--The new president of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Inc. (DCCCII) said on Tuesday that
Mindanao has to improve its power supply to sustain the growth of the businesses and attract new investors. During Tuesday’s business forum at the Dermpath in SM City, DCCCII
president Bonifacio T. Tan said that the business sector has been bogged by the lack of power and attacks on transmission facilities in the island. He said that officials
from the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, Department of Energy, and Mindanao Development Authority were invited to a meeting Thursday last week See resolve, page A3
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