MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XII, No. 105
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Tuesday, January 24, 2023
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Klarex: Senator Zubiri to fund half billion for City Hall transfer plan By JOEL CALAMBA ESCOL Managing Editor
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY MAYOR Rolando “Klarex” Uy said during his radio program that Senator Miguel Zubiri assured him of his support should he plan to transfer City Hall to a bigger location. In his radio program on Friday over Magnum Radio, the mayor reiterated that
5 nabbed, P5.5-M smuggled cigarettes seized in Zambo City
during last year’s campaign period he had a chance to talk to Senator Zubiri, and one of the details of their talks was the supposed transfer of City Hall. The mayor revealed that Senator Zubiri has pledged to allocate P500 million as initial funds to start the relocation plan of City Hall to fully serve the growing clients of the City Govern-
ment. Mayor Uy said he made the disclosure to support the special report of City Councilor Edgar Cabanlas during a City Council session last January 9. He said his administration is now seriously considering the said transfer because of the growing clamor of their clients who were always having prob-
lems where to park their vehicles during business licensing periods. The business owners also complained that they have to spend two hours just to find parking space for their vehicles. The city mayor noted the congestion of vehicles everyday at the City Hall premises of the city from See FUND, page 11
By TEOFILO GARCIA, JR.
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities have arrested five people and seized some PHP5.5 million worth of smuggled cigarettes near an island village here early Saturday. Col. Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Western Mindanao, said the suspects were on a motorboat when apprehended at around 6:32 a.m. Saturday near Barangay Tigtabon. Verceles identified the five suspects as skipper Saham Sahisa, 40; and his crew, Nasri Hussam, 40; Alnasri Mawadi, 25; Usman Samla, 51; and, Alkimar Mijan, 25, all residents of Barangay Arena Blanco. RESIDENTS of the southern uptown portion of Cagayan de Oro City organized a fun run The 2nd Zamboanga last Sunday, January 22 to drum up support for their cause to create a new barangay. See NABBED, page 11
PHOTO COURTESY OF ATTY. ANGEL LIM Jr.
CONTRABAND. A cop inspects the boxes containing PHP5.5 million worth of smuggled cigarettes that were confiscated from five suspects on a motorboat in Barangay Tigtabon, Zamboanga City on Saturday (Jan. 21, 2023). The shipment reportedly came from the town of Jolo in Sulu province. (Courtesy of 2ZCMFC)
Mayor Rolando “Klarex” Uy
Uptown CdO residents drum up support to create new barangay By MARK FRANCISCO
RESIDENTS of 16 gated communities in the southern uptown part of Cagayan de Oro City encompassing four existing barangays are lobbying for the creation of a new separate barangay. The 16 subdivisions w h o s e re s i d e nt s h ave banded together are Vista Verde Village, Golden Glow Village, Golden Glow Village North 1, Golden Glow Village North 2, Xavier Heights, Xavier Estates,
Morning Mist Village, San Agustin Valley, Forest View Homes, The Courtyards, West Woods, B ellevue Homes, CDO PhilamLife, Camella Homes, Hillsborough Pointe and Pueblo Golf Estates. Together, they have organized a group called the Federation of Uptown Villages Homeowners Associations to form a barangay that they decided to name as barangay Masterson. See SUPPORT, page 11
‘Illegal miners’ strike again in Agusan Sur in the year of Rabbit BUTUAN CITY-- An environmentalist group in Caraga has expressed deep concern about the proliferation of what they called “illegal rabbit miners” in the gold rush village in Rosario town in Agusan del Sur extracting the precious metal without safety and proper procedures and the
lack of government permit to operate. The group fears that the persistent rains since last month may imperil the lives of illegal miners operating in the hazardous tunnels in Purok Banbonon, Sinug-ang, Bayugan 3 in the said town that may cave in at any moment in time.
“Our concerned agencies, particularly the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) must address the problem in Sinugang before the catastrophic incident occurs, particularly the lives of people of this wanton destruction of the environment,” said a concerned environmentalist,
who requested anonymity. The environmental group in Caraga noted the alleged “snail-paced action of the DENR, particularly the Provincial and Community Environment and Natural Resources Offices (PENRO, CENRO) in the area. See STRIKE, page 11