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Briefly Call to ban POGO SURIGAO del Nor te Rep. Robert Ace Barbers on Tuesday lauded the stance taken by a Filipino-Chinese anti-crime group for its strong support to ban Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) in the country due to their huge tax revenue shortfall and involvement in crimes. Barbers’ long-held crusade against POGOs started way back in November 2019 when he assailed the online gambling firms for undermining the government’s war against illegal drugs, graft and corruption, prostitution, human trafficking, money laundering, and gambling-related crimes. In a statement, Barbers, who is also chair of the House Committee on Dangerous D r u g s, s a i d t h e " m u c h ballyhooed" claim by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) that POGO operations would provide at least PHP37 billion annually in much-needed tax revenues is a "complete or total failure from start to present".
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Wed-Thur | September 28-29, 2022
TOURISM WEEK
MisOr pushes products from MSMEs, farmers T
HE Misamis Ori enta l provincial tourism office joined Monday the national celebration of Tourism Week by providing a platform to lo c al entrepreneurs and farmers. Lawyer Jeffrey Saclot, provincial tourism officer, said the week-long celebration also coincides with the International Tourism Day on Sept. 27 in time for the province’s revival of food exhibits dubbed "Pagkaon Sa MisOr Unlimited." "This will showcase again the local food products made by the micro, small, and medium enterprises in the province, and the produce from our agriculture sector," Saclot said. Saclot said this year's tourism activities are also aligned with Governor Peter Unabia's agenda on "goal- GRAND MOSQUE. A woman wearing a hijab walks past the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque in Tamontaka, oriented tourism" that encourages Cotabato City before the Salat al-Jama’ah or congregational prayers on Friday, September 23, 2022. The agriculture productivity in the mosque, among the largest in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia, was donated by Sultan Haji Hassanal
Bolkiah of Brunei in 2011 and constructed on a five-hectare land donated by the Dilangalen clan. Mindanews
FARMERS/PAGE 7 photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
Zambo’s first flyover ZAMBOANGA City — Mayor John Dalipe led the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the first flyover in Zamboanga City on Friday, Sept. 23. The P361-million project is located at the junction of Sta. Cruz and Gov. Camins Ave. and is expected to ease traffic congestion in the area. Construction is in two phases – right-of-way acquisition and building of approaches. The contractor, Frey-Fil Corp., has 504 days to complete the infrastructure and promised to complete the project before the deadline.
BARMM priority bills COTABATO City – Lawmakers in the 2nd Bangsamoro Transition Authority of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BTA-BARMM) are rushing deliberations of 12 reintroduced bills and an addition of four new proposals. Among the pending legislative measures, the Bangsamoro Electoral Code (BEC) and the Bangsamoro Local Governance Code (BLGC) are the priority bills stated in the Bangsamoro Organic Law as urgent. BARMM Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim said he remains committed to enacting the BEC and BLGC by the end of the year or the first quarter of 2023.
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SMUGGLED CIGARETTES. Authorities seize some P1.1 million smuggled cigarettes as they arrest one person in Barangay Old Labangan, Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur Thursday, last week. The contraband was being unloaded when seized by a team of police officers and soldiers. (Photo courtesy of Area Police Command-Western Mindanao)
Private sector supports MisOr PDLs neglected by family: official THE pr ivate s e c tor in Cagayan de Oro City is supporting Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) at the Misamis Oriental Provincial Jail (MOPJ) who are either abandoned or neglected by their relatives, an official bared Monday. In a radio interview, MOPJ chief warden Robert Roy Bahian said some PDLs have no friends or relatives who visit them since their incarceration at the facility, which is why some of them depended only
on the food rations of the facility. "Our food (rations) are budgeted, it's limited. So whatever budget is available for food, that will be their meal (for the entire duration of the ration)," he said. There are about 640 PDLs at the MOPJ. With the budgetary limitations, Bahian said some civic organizations and cooperatives are providing additional food supplies to the PDLs. On Monday, a total of 15 sacks of rice SECTOR/PAGE 7
P1.1-M smuggled cigars seized in Zambo del Sur
Z AMB OANGA City – Aut hor it i e s n abb e d a suspected smuggler man while another eluded arrest during the seizure of more than PHP1.1 million worth of contraband in Zamboanga del Sur, a top p ol ic e official said Friday. Col. Richard Verceles, Area Police Command-Western Mindanao operations chief, said Adsar Buhari, 29, was arrested in an anti-smuggling operation Thursday in Barangay Old Labangan,
Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur. Buhari’s companion, Mohammad Yasser Nakan, eluded arrest. Verceles said a team of police officers and soldiers in coordination with the Bureau of Customs (B O C) and Bureau of Internal Revenue went to Barangay Old Labangan after receiving information that smuggled cigarettes were being unloaded in the area. Verceles said upon inspection, Buhari failed to present any document
of the cargo while Nakan fled upon sensing the arrival of authorities. Buhari yielded at least 34 smuggled master cases of San Marino cigarettes with a market value of PHP1,190,000. Also seized were a four-wheel vehicle, a wallet containing PHP30,000 cash, a driver’s license and identification cards. The contraband and four-wheel vehicle were turned over to the custody of the BOC for proper disposition. (PNA)
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