Agusan solon disowns support to ‘fake’ mining company top exec

By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN

ROSARIO, Agusan del Sur--- Rep. Adolph Edward Plaza, Agusan del Sur 2nd District, has categorically denied he already recognized a certain Joseph Mahusay, claiming to be the new president of Philsaga Mining Corp. (PMC) based in Barangay Bayugan 3 of this town.

The lawmaker’s denial came in the wake of a news report published in a regional newspaper based in Cagayan de Oro City that Mahusay visited Plaza in his congressional office in Quezon City to inform him that he is the new PMC president and that the latter supported him.

Part of the report said: Mahusay’s designation as the newest president of PMC was affirmed by Congressman Hon.Eddibong Plaza,

Representative of District II in the Province of Agusan del Sur, ensuring that all government offices are made aware of the management change.

In the same news report, Mahusay quoted Plaza as saying: “ As legitimate president of PMC, I want to emphasize unequivocally that I wholeheartedly sup - port the current Board and their efforts to date. They have demonstrated unwavering dedication and have proven themselves to be competent and trustworthy custodians of our company’s interests,”

The online news report was taken down on Wednesday morning.

But Plaza denied Mahu- say’s claim and told lawyer Raul Villanueva, incumbent PMC president, through a Viber message he instead told Mahusay that he will not interfere with the issue since it is already a legal case.

“He just laughed off that his name was dragged in Mahusay’s claims,” Vil -

BARMM governors: reschedule barangay, SK polls

By FERDINANDH B. CABRERA

COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 11 June) — Five of six governors of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on Saturday reiterated their call for the postponement of the October 30 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in the Bangsamoro region until after the decommissioning of combatants of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) shall have been completed.

The call, reiterating their February 20, 2023 “urgent appeal” to President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., was made during the Regional Peace and Order (RPOC) meeting held in Maimbung, Sulu on Saturday .

Grandma files case against grandson in killing of police

BY CRIS DIAZ

CAGAYAN DE ORO

CITY: The grandmother of the suspect in the killing of the police officer in Misamis Oriental, on Wednesday, filed the criminal case against her grandson in the local court here.

PMaj. Renz Marion

Serrano, the Villanueva town police chief, said that Angelina, 82, mother of the victim formally filed the parricide case against her grandson, Lorben Larot, 42.

Serrano said that as the case was filed in court, the suspect’s younger brother Police Master Sgt. Lorenzo Larot, Jr. appealed to his elder brother to surren - der peacefully.

Lorben cannot be contacted and has remained at large after hacking his father to death eight days ago on June 7, 2023, Serrano said.

He said the suspect reportedly killed his fafher Lorenzo Larot, Sr., a retired police Major in their house in Balacanas, Villanueva, Misamis Oriental because of marital conflict involving father and mother.

Serrano said that the wife and the siblings of the victim could not file the criminal case for “conflict of interest” prompting the grandmother to formally file the criminal case in the local court here.