Mindanao Daily Westmin (November 26, 2013)

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Volume II, No. 138

Tuesday

November 26, 2013

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northmin . westmin . caraga . davao Your Mindanao-wide Community Newspaper

PDEA intercepts package of shabu in Zambo airport Mindanao bloc starts call to revive plan to build railway system

By CHRISTOPHER L LOYD T. CALIWAN

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By CRIS DIAZ, Executive Editor with ERCEL MAANDIG, Correspondent

THE influential Mindanao bloc, a group of elected representatives in Mindanao, would lobby for the implementation of the impending Mindanao Railyway System in the island, a local official said on Monday. Before the year ends, Cagayan de Oro Councilor Candy Darimbang said she would file a resolution asking the City Council to favorably endorse the full implementation of the railway system before the lawmakers in the Lower House. Darimbang said that

Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, 2nd District of Cagayan de Oro City, has informed her that the Mindanao bloc was drafting the proposal for the implementation of the Mindanao Railway as a fast and convenient transport system in Mindanao. She also learned from Rodriguez that some lawmakers from Northern Mindanao, Caraga region, and Davao region have expressed their strong support to construct the Mindanao Railway System. Darimbang was project SEE RAILWAY/p.A11

OFW SUMMIT RAFFLE WINNER. Rodolfo C. Angeles, OFW from

Guam, and a native of Candaba, Pampanga, received from Senator Cynthia Villar the ‘symbolic key’ after winning a house and lot from Camella Homes in the raffle held during the 3rd OFW and Family Summit at the World Trade Center, Pasay City, last November 22. The summit, sponsored by Villar SIPAG and GoNegosyo intends to give our OFWs and their relatives sufficient knowledge to start their own business. Thousands of OFWs and their relatives attended the recent summit. Also in picture is GoNegosyo Executive Director Mon Lopez. Photo supplied

Moves to protect Mt. Magdiwata gain ground By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN Regional Editor-Caraga

SAN Francisco, Agusan del Sur–– Moves to widen coverage to protect the endangered Mt. Magdiwata watershed are gaining ground amid an expected rough sailing for the

local ordinance to be passed at the local town council. Sangguniang Bayan member Lerriza de Leon has passed anew the ordinance prohibiting any form of illegal logging and illegal mining activities within the 1,000 meter buffer zone around the 1,658

hectares Magdiwata watershed. The buffer zone would widen the scope of prevention of the watershed declared under President Proclamation 282 in 2003 which is still threatened by indiscriminate cutting of naturally grown trees and small-scale gold tunnel min-

ing operations. Hopes to bring back to life the landmark local environmental law was rekindled after concerned residents from various sector expressed full support for its passage at the town council during SEE protect/p.A11

A M B OA N G A City––Philippine Drug Enforcement Agenc y (PDEA) Director General undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac, Jr. on Sunday said that law enforcement units intercepted a parcel containing methamphetamine hydrochloride, locally known as shabu, during an airport interdiction operation in Zamboanga City. SEE FULL STORY/p.8A

Armed men seize trader; no demand for ‘ransom’ By CRIS DIAZ, Executive Editor with GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent

CAGAYAN de Oro City–– The national government has dispatched the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF) to Lanao provinces to investigate the alleged abduction of the owner of the Misamis Oriental-based lumber company. Sr. Supt. Madid Paitao of the Lanao del Norte police, said on Monday that unidentified armed men reportedly kidnapped Robert Kua, the owner of Vicmar Company in Misamis Oriental and SEE ransom/p.A11

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