Volume II, No. 137
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Green groups lead dialogue against coal-fired power plants By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
CDO’s proposed P 2.6 billion 2014 budgets elicit fireworks
Sulog, an umbrella organization of environmental groups in Cagayan de Oro City, spearheaded on Friday a multisectoral dialogue on the impact of an additional coal-fired power plant in Misamis Oriental.
The dialogue sought to thresh out issues of global warming in general and the environment in the province which would be hosting three coal-fired power plants. These plants are the existing Steag State Power at Phividec, the Filinvest plant that broke ground on Wednesday also at Phividec and the Minergy plant in Balingasag. “Steag is enough,” said Nixon Baban, convenor of Bangon Cagayan, one of the green groups who participated in the dialogue along with representatives from the academe and religious sector. There were also delegates from Iligan City who brought their concern of another coal-fired power plant planned for nearby Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte. Baban stressed the need See dialogue, page 7
Bangong Cagayan convenor Nixon Baban blackens his face with charcoal during a multisectoral dialogue on the environmental impact of additional coal-fired power plants in Misamis Oriental. The dialogue on Friday morning held in Cagayan de Oro City was participated by environmental groups, the academe, religious representatives and other stakeholders in the region. photo by gerry lee gorit
RDC-X endorses 2013-2016 Dev’t Plan for NorMin The Regional Development Council of Northern Mindanao (RDC-X) endorsed the updated Regional Development Plan (RDP) for the years 2013-2016 during a special RDC-X meeting on
November 21, 2013 at the Marco Hotel in Cagayan de Oro City. RDC-X Vice-Chair and NEDA-X Director Leon M. Dacanay, Jr. presented the updated plan which out-
lines the major thrusts and priorities which the region shall pursue until 2016 in its bid to become the most competitive, efficient and attractive transshipment hub in Southern Philip-
pines. In asserting its role as the major GATEWAY and industrial core and trade center in the south, strategic actions shall be pursued on Good governance; Access,
By JENNY D. LAGUNAY
of Arts in Philosophy. He then initially studied at the San Beda College of Law for two years and eventually transferred to the University of the East College of Law when he started working to finance his Law Studies. He graduated in 2003 and took the dreaded Bar Examinations in 2005 which he successfully passed. His work experience is also exemplary. Like Vice Governor Pelaez, Atty. Buboy also worked in the Department of Education (DepEd) for eighteen (18) years. He started in 1995
See plan, page 7
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The City Councilors here, during a committee hearing last Wednesday, took turns in intensely questioning the basis of the projected revenues that would qualify a P 2.6 billion budget in 2014. City Councilor Candy Darimbang questioned the finance committee created by Mayor Oscar Moreno on how it comes up with a P 2.6 billion proposed budget with an actual revenue collection that collected only a little over 10 percent of its projection. Darimbang was referring to the miscellaneous income presented by the city treasurer Glenn Banez in the amount of P 42 million for 2014. Banez presented an estimated amount of P 33 million for the second semester of 2013 and a total amount of P 35 million until the end of 2013. With the projected income, the city government expects See budgets, page 7
Vice Governor Pelaez appoints new provincial board secretary
M I S A M I S OR I E N TA L – Vice Governor Joey G. Pelaez recently appointed the new Provincial Board Secretary in the person of ATTY. ERNESTO R. SOTTO, JR. He assumed office last November 15, 2013. Atty. Buboy, as he is fondly called, is a consistent honor student in his elementary and high school days. He graduated Cum Laude MISAMIS ORIENTAL – Atty. Ernesto “Buboy” Sotto, Jr. takes his oath of office before in 1991 at the Saint CaVice Governor Joey G. Pelaez. Atty. Buboy will serve as the new Secretary to the millus College – Seminary with a degree of Bachelor Sangguniang Panlalawigan
as a Consultant in the then Department of Education, Culture and Sports. In 1998, he was promoted as Project Development Officer III in the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Education. He again rose from the ranks when he was appointed last November 2012 as the Officer – in – Charge of the Center for Students and Co – Curricular Affairs of DepEd. But due to the exigency of public service and to find fulfillment in developmental work, he accepted Vice See appoints, page 7