Mindanao Daily NEWS
Volume II, No. 147
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December 6, 2013
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Newly elected officers of the Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro (Mother Club) pose for posterity following their election at the Seda Centrio 5 December 2013: (L-R) Sonny Tiro, secretary; Popo Juarez, vice president; President Elect Luigi Sarraga; Norman Makapugay, treasurer; Dante Sudaria, Dodie Lagrosas, and Neil Que, directors. Also in photo are RC CDO Pres. Ferdie Bernasor (right) and PP Caloy Gorospe (left). Mindanao Daily News photo by Mike Baños, NPM
1 killed, 2 injured during demolition in Misor town By FROILAN GALLARDO of MindaNews
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UGAIT, Misamis Oriental––One was killed while two others were injured here yesterday when policemen clashed with homeowners whose houses were being demolished on the strength of a Supreme Court order. See FULL STORY, page 2
Benasa elected RCCDO presindent for RY 2014-2015
Communications Executive Alvin d. Benasa has been elected president of the Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro for Rotary Year 2104-2015. Also elected during the regular weekly fellowship of the RCCDO were the following: Paul Clarence R. Juarez, vice president; Sonny Tiro, secretary; Norman Makapugay, treasurer and the following as members of the Board of Directors: Dante M. Sudaria, Dufel
Lagrosas, Michael Mendoza, Neil Que and Paul Ferrer. Benasa is a long-time resident of Cagayan de Oro and started as sales head for Bayan Telecommunications before eventually rising through the ranks to become regional sales head for ABS-CBN Convergence, Inc. He is currently serving as the club’s vice president for Rotary Year 2013-2014. Inducted as a member of the RC CDO in 2008, Rtn. Benasa gained prominence
as the Team Building Facilitator of TEAM EXCEL. During his first year to the club, he became a Chairman /Co-Chairman/and Active Committee Member of different signature projects of the club including Career Guidance, Workplace Tour and others, winning the 100% Attendance Award during his first two years with the Club. He was awarded as Rookie of the Year of RCCDO
Landowner snubs Bambi in Lugait By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
LUGAIT, Misamis Oriental -- Lawyers and administrators of the Achondoa Agro-Industrial Company on Thursday snubbed Misamis Oriental Governor Bambi Emano’s initiative to peacefully settle the bloody standoff between the company and informal settlers there. A settler was killed while four others were See snubs, page 11
See ELECTED, page 11
Tension eases at demolition site By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
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CAGAYAN de Oro City–– Following the death of one resident Wednesday at barangay Calangahan in Lugait, Misamis Oriental, tension between the protest-
ers and the police subsided Thursday as negotiations by government officials continue. Nixon Tungao, 35, was killed by a gunshot wound at the height of a clash between the protesters and the policemen.
Supt. Sandy Vale of the provincial police office said they have yet to release the findings of their investigation as to the perpetrator. One other resident and two policemen were injured. Some 300 houses of See site, page 11
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