MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XII, No. 098
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Saturday, January 7, 2023
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CdO Mayor Klarex orders status quo of JOs, casuals By JOEL CALAMBA ESCOL Managing Editor
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY Mayor Rolando “Klarex” Uy ordered a status quo of the job orders (JOs) and casual employees at the City Hall. The contract of these employees ended on December 31, 2022, but Mayor Klarex ordered the extension of their services until they are deemed needed by the
City Government. E a r l i e r, t h e m ay or claimed there would be renewal of business permits and other vital activities that would take place especially in the first quarter of the year. The mayor said the City needs these casual and job order employees to augment the workforce especially in the renewal of businesses. PROTECT THEIR
FAMILIES The mayor also reiterated that he wants to protect the families of these temporary workers of the City Government. He said he does not want their families to suffer from hunger if the ‘JOs and casuals’ are terminated because their contracts expired last December 31. But the mayor also challenged these workers to Mayor Rolando “Klarex” Uy
work hard if they are given the opportunity that the City Government would continue to hire them and renew their contracts for another year. “Ato usab nga hagit kanila nga dili magbinulakbol sa ilang trabaho, ilabina kung mahatagan sila sa oportunidad nga i-renew sa City Government ang ilang kontrata,” the mayor said in vernacular.
Bantag accuses DOJ Sec Remulla of ordering the assassination of radioman, files murder charges By JOEL CALAMBA ESCOL Managing Editor
AFP sees more rebel surrenderers in NorMin By NEF LUCZON
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has expressed confidence that more communist rebels will give up arms and surrender in Northern Mindanao in the coming weeks. In a statement Thursday, Lt. Gen. Greg Almerol, See SEES, page 11
MANILA, Philippines - Now it becomes a very puzzling turn of events, as the beleaguered and suspended Bureau of Corrections (Bucor) chief Gerald Bantag filed murder raps and other complaints against Department of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla. In a 15-page complaint filed before the Ombudsman’s Office, Bantag accused the DOJ chief as the alleged ‘mastermind’ behind the murder of broadcaster Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa
on October 3. The suspended Bucor chief in the same complaint also filed grave misconduct and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service and conduct unbecoming of a public official. “Complainant, assisted by counsel, unto this Honorable Office, accuses the respondents for the crime of MURDER and administrative cases of Grave Misconduct, conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service and conduct unbecoming of a public official See ACCUSES, page 11
MORE ARREST WARRANT. Ronald Enriquez Galdiano, 40, an alleged New People’s Army leader, is served with an additional arrest warrant for attempted murder on Dec. 4, 2023, while detained at the Lianga District Jail in Surigao del Sur. Galdiano was arrested on Dec. 8, 2022 in Malolos City, Bulacan for three murder charges. (Photo courtesy of SDSPPO)
Arrest warrant served on jailed NPA leader in Surigao del Sur By ALEXANDER LOPEZ
BUTUAN CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel leader was served with another arrest warrant on Wednesday night while detained at the Lianga District Jail in Surigao del Sur. In a report Thursday, the Surigao del Sur Police Provincial Office (SDSPPO) said police personnel from San Agustin, Surigao del Sur served the arrest warrant for attempted murder on Ronald Enriquez Galdiano, 40. “The arrest warrant, dated November 21, 2019, was issued by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch
28 in Lianga,” SDSPPO said. Galdiano is the alleged commanding officer of the NPA Guerrilla Front 19, Sub-Regional Committee Southland, North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee. He was arrested by the operatives of Lianga police on Dec. 8, 2022 in Malolos City, Bulacan for three counts of murder without bail issued on Feb. 23, 2021. Galdiano is listed as an “NPA priority target” and considered the sixth most wanted person in the Caraga last year. In the latest arrest See SERVED, page 11