Mindanao Daily Westmin (June 6, 2014)

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THE FOUR-WAY TEST of the things we think, say or do

1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIP? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Dipolog gets P10.5m as performance incentive Volume III, No. 015

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Friday

By MARY MAE ABELLON

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Gov’t not doing enough to decongest classrooms

I P O L O G City––The D e p ar tm ent of Agrarian Reform (DAR) through Undersecretary Rosalina L. Bistoyong recently handed a plaque and a check worth P10.5 million to Mayor Evelyn T. Uy, as PerformanceBased Incentive Award to the city government here.

By John Rizle Saligumba of DavaoToday.com

DAVAO City––Teachers slammed the failure of the government’s decongestion program for public schools. “The government has not solved the shortages of classrooms, books and most of all, teachers, ” said Elenito Escalante of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers Davao City. In a speech last February, President Benigno

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Cagayan de Oro citizen’s charter After seven years, the City Government of Cagayan de Oro finally crafted its Citizen’s Charter in compliance to Republic Act No. 9485 or Anti-Red Tape Act, a law which is aimed at curbing graft and corruption in government. Mayor Oscar Moreno recently handed over copies of the Citizen’s Charter handbook to DILG regional director Rene Burdeos, Civil Service

Commission regional director Adams Torres and City DILG director Jane Docallos during simple ceremonies at City Hall. City Hall officials and employees took service pledge and signed a commitment as a show of support to the implementation of the charter that features ‘simplified procedures’ in the delivery of frontline services offered

by various departments and offices of the local government. Public Assistance and Feedback Desks are now strategically placed within City Hall premises, particularly at the lobbies of the Chief Executive House, JV Serina Building and New and Administrative Building, in order to assist the transacting public. City Information Office

Cops nab 15 in raid, confiscate firearms

REP. UY

Lawmaker optimistic on passage of HB 1464

By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent

CAGAYAN de Oro City–– Fifteen people were apprehended and various firearms were confiscated by the Cagayan de Oro police during a raid Thursday around six in the morning on six houses in Barangay Indahag. Sr. Insp. Ivan Viñas, chief

By IRENE ANIBONG and DODO CANOY Contributors

VILLANUEVA, Misamis Oriental--Second district Rep. Juliette Uy has expressed optimism that her sponsored House Bill no. 1464 will be approved by the members of the House of the Representatives. Rep. Uy is confident that the House will approve HB 1464, mandating the Department of Tourism (DOT) to accord priority development in the province of Misamis Oriental by declaring it as a tourism zone, after she attended the recent conference on climate change in Legaspi City. Also attended by President Benigno Aquino III and Environment and Natural

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See raid, page 11

See CLASSROOMS, page 11

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GUNS AND AMMOS. Sr. Insp. Ivan Viñas, chief of police of precinct 3 in Agora,

inspects the guns and ammunitions that he and his policemen confiscated from six houses they raided on Thursday morning in Barangay Indahag in Cagayan de Oro City. Photo by Gerry Lee Gorit of Mindanao Daily News

Plan to dissolve BSU-ESC opposed MISAMIS Oriental––In a move to protect the poor and less-privileged students and constituents of the Province of Misamis Oriental, Vice Governor Joey G. Pelaez, chairman of the committee

on Education of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, took up the cudgels for the 6,000 students of Bukidnon State University-External Studies Centers (BSU-ESC) in the province.

Pel ae z imme di ately called a public hearing to discuss the recommendation of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to stop the operations of See opposed, page 11

Attend our Immigration Seminar to CANADA, UK, USA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND and SCHENGEN Territories. On June 5, 2014 2 pm at INS 2nd Floor Ab. Santiago Bldg. Gaerlan Velez St., Cagayan de Oro City.

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