MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XII, No. 043
www.mindanaodailynews.com
Sat-Sun, August 27-28, 2022
P15.00
Lawmaker laments P 3.3B budget cuts for UP, PGH By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: A lawmaker lamented the P 3.3 billion budget cut for state universities and government hospitals while pleading Congress to restore the budget reduction in the 2023 national budget. Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez on Thursday disclosed that based on the proposed P5.268-trillion 2023 national budget, the University of the Philippines (UP) would suffer a budget cut of P2.5 billion, while funding for the PGH is reduced by P 893 million. “Instead, we should have increase the budgetary allocations of state universities and colleges (SUCs), which are the poor student’s schools of choice, and the government hospitals to improve basic services to the poor,” Rodriguez said in a statement released to the Mindanao Daily News. He said that the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. would be sending the wrong signal if it insists on cutting funding for UP and the PGH. See LAMENTS, page 11
GO SUPPORTS SHIFT TO FEDERALISM: Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, who virtually attended the hearing of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes Tuesday, August 25, 2022, says that while the Constitution embodies the fundamental regulations and principles as well as maintains law and order in the country, certain provisions under the Philippine Constitution are outdated and do not address the country’s most pressing concerns. He said development under a federal form of government would be faster because local governments would have access to a larger portion of income derived from their resources. He said local government officials would also be more in control in solving their problems and the delivery of basic services would be faster. “I am one with our chairman, Sen. Robinhood Padilla, in his call to shift to federalism because greater benefits of a stronger local government are ensured and lives of Filipinos are prioritized. The goal and beauty of federalism is to preserve regional liberties by distributing and allocating the powers of government so that one department or group may not dominate all powers and ensures that true participation and decision-making happens on the ground,” Go said. (Screen grab/Senate PRIB)
B’non sugar firm executive denies product hoarding By H. MARCOS C. MORDENO, MindaNews
MAL AYBAL AY CIT Y — An official of Crystal Sugar Milling Company vehemently denied that the company was hoarding thousands of bags of sugar, which some sectors have blamed for the reported shortage of the commodity in local markets. In a press conference Thursday morning streamed live on Facebook, Javier Sagarbarria, resident manager of the Maramag, Bukidnon-based company said most of the stocks in their warehouse had been sold to traders but were
not yet withdrawn. The press conference was held two days after authorities inspected Crystal Sugar’s warehouse in Maramag and reportedly found 466,142 bags of sugar. The inspection was done by intelligence agents of the Bureau of Customs (BoC). The Office of the Press Secretary, in a news release on Wednesday, called the BoC’s action in Maramag a raid versus hoarders ordered by President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. See DENIES, page 11
Under the scorching heat of the sun, workers carryloads of sugar cane stalks on board a truck in Lantapan town, Bukidnon noon on Friday (8 March 2019) for transporting to the sugar mill. MindaNews file photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
Press Statement Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (CdeO, 2nd District) August 26, 2022 CdeO Lawmaker sees creative industries law help boost PH economy. A bill seeking to provide for the development and promotion of creative industries in the country lapsed into law on July 28, 2022. Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, one of the authors of the law, said that RA 11904 or the Philippine Creative Industries Act mandates the formulation of long-term plans to develop and promote the creative industries of the country. “The development of these industries will bring a much-needed boost to our economy and grant additional opportunities for Filipinos to be recognized for their talents and potentials internationally,” Rodriguez stated. The law defines the creative industry as “those persons that produce cultural, artistic, and innovative goods, products, and services which originate from individual creativity, skill, and talent and have potential to generate wealth.” This includes a very wide range of See STATEMENT, page 11