MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XII, No. 101
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Saturday, January 14, 2023
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10th Kuyamis Festival sets history with PAGLAUM MisOr-RISE CDO Cup
Supreme Court upholds inclusion of Cotabato City in Bangsamoro region
By JAN ALBERT K. ARAÑA
By BONG S. SARMIENTO MindaNews
KORONADAL CITY – The Supreme Court En Banc has upheld the inclusion of Cotabato City in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The ruling was made last January 10 but made public only today, Thursday. During the plebiscite on January 21, 2019 for the ratification of Republic Act 11054 or the Organic Law for the BARMM, majority of the voters in Cotabato City, then a part of Soccsksargen or Region 12, voted yes to be part of the new Bangsamoro region. Based on the Certificate of Canvass of Votes, 38,682 individuals voted in favor of Misamis Oriental Governor Peter Unabia and Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Rolando Uy light the friendship cauldron See UPHOLDS, page 11
to signal the start of the PAGLAUM MisOr-RISE CDO Cup. (Explore MisOr)
MISAMIS ORIENTAL (PIA)–The 10-year celebration of the Kuyamis Festival set history as the provincial government of Misamis Oriental and the city government of Cagayan de Oro City worked together to celebrate the festivities through sports activities from January 9 to 13. For the first time since the Kuyamis Festival began, the City Government of Cagayan de Oro City helped the Provincial Government of Misamis Oriental celebrate this year’s Kuyamis Festival and 93rd Charter Day Anniversary by launching the first PAGLAUM MisOr-RISE CDO Cup. “Kaning sport activities, kani siya ang sinugdanan sa atong mahimong paghinagalaay; sa atoang gilantaw na harmonious relationship dinhi magsugod ang atoang panag-uban with the City of Cagayan de Oro through See SETS, page 11
Volunteers against crime says Miss Kuyamis 2023 is Miss Zhydelle Langala of El Salvador City Ong of Naawan - 3rd Runner Up no to courtesy resignation -Shenalyn A. Lauron of Gingoog By JOEL CALAMBA ESCOL Managing Editor
By JOEL CALAMBA ESCOL Managing Editor
MDNN NATIONAL – A top official of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) said he prefers to charge the PNP officers involved in the drug trade rather than asking for mass courtesy resignation. The VACC top official said the said move spearheaded by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the PNP will only demoralize the organization. Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr and Secretary Benhur Abalos of the DILG have yet to give their reactions on the VACC statement. Earlier, the Philippine National Police (PNP) chief
MISAMIS ORIENTAL - Miss Zhydelle Anor G. Langala from El Salvador City is this year’s Miss Kuyamis grand winner! Aside from her crown as Miss Kuyamis 2023, Langala also took home other minor and major awards, including “Best in Kuyamisinspired Cocktail Attire, Miss MADC Dental Clinic, Miss Amaya View, and Miss Photogenic.” Other winners are: Mary Love Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Rodolfo Lopez of Talisayan - 1st Runner Up -Kriztine Claire O. De Guzman of Azurin Jr. Opol - 2nd Runner up -Eri Rose R. Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. told the media that he wanted to weed out the PNP organizations with those known as “scalawags in uniform.” In a press briefing at Camp Crame, the police top brass said, PNP is now tainted with cops allegedly involved in the drug trade See SAYS, page 11
City - 4th Runner up During her speech, the beautiful and dazzling lass said: “I can show that there is PAGLAUM in tourism because we faced a lot of difficulties and challenges, such as the pandemic. A lot of things have changed, but there is always a silver lining. Despite the darkness, there is beauty, there is light, and there is love, and I believe that there is no pandemic or any other new challenges that we cannot overcome because, as one Misamison, we are See KUYAMIS, page 11