MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XII, No. 044
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Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Solon tells Congress: Restore Mindanao’s P22B budget cut By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: Cagayan de Oro Congresman Rufus B. Rodriguez asked Congress to restore the P 22 billion cut in appropriation for Mindanao in the 2023 national budget. Rodriguez questioned the reduction in funds for Mindanao from P650 billion this year to P628 billion next year, or from 13 percent to only 11.9 percent of the proposed P 5.268 billion 2023 national budget. “Mindanao should get its fair share of national resources. Instead of reducing its funding in the national budget, the government should increase it,” he said. Rodriguez, who attended the Development Budget Coordination Committee of the Miss Cagayan de Oro 2022 beauty Newly-crowned Miss Cagayan de Oro 2022 Miss Universe Arimeeting on Friday, called WINNERS anne Galenzoga (no. 5, center) fourth from left Cagayan de Oro-Pilipinas April Angelu Barro; first runner-up, second on House members from runner-up Blanche Nicole Villaluz; Third runner-up Lensyl Patricio; and fourth runner-up Luisa Merry Bingtan on See TELLS, page 11
Saturday night August 27, 2022 at the Atrium, Limketkai Center Cagayan de Oro.
XU accounting graduate is Miss Cag de Oro 2022 By FROILAN GALLARDO MindaNews
CAGAYAN DE ORO — A 22-year-old business accounting graduate of Xavier University who used to sell ice candy at City Hall to help her parents was crowned Miss Cagayan de Oro 2022 on Saturday night. Ar i an ne G a l e n z o g a bested 12 other contes-
tants during the three-hour beauty pageant, the first face-to-face after two years of COVID-19 restrictions. Her response to a pretaped question by movie actor Gerald Anderson about how to be a modern woman wowed the crowd. “A m o d e r n wom an should be someone who inspires younger women
and other women across the universe. She should embody someone who is strong, resilient and one who believes in endless possibilities,” said Galenzoga, who hails from Barangay Balulang. The other winners are Angelu Barro of Barangay Canitoan as Miss Cagayan de Oro-Pilipinas 2022; 1st
DepEd Sec. Sara Duterte joins 85th Charter day of Iloilo city By ASANGAN T. MADALE Contributor
NAKIISA si Vice President Sara Duterte sa lokal na pamahalaan ng Iloilo City sa pagkilala sa mga top taxpayers sa lungsod nitong Huwebes, Agosto 25. “I congratulate your city on its 85th Charter Day. The city has truly gone a long way from being a significant part of our national history to being one of the major economic hubs in Western Visayas, as well as See JOINS, page 11
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runner up Cris Antonet Teano of Carmen, 2nd runner up Blanche Nicole Villaluz of Nazareth, 3rd runner up Lensyl Anne Patricio of Carmen and 4th runner up Luisa Merrey Bingtan of Iponan. Galenzoga said at one point in her life she suffered depression and thought the world had come to an end
Viva Señor San Agustine! !!! Dancers from different barangays in Cagayan de Oro try to outdo each other during the Higalaay Carnival street dancing competition held Friday (Aug. 26, 2022). photo by gerry lee gorit
for her. “It was dark and empty. I thought I could no longer see the light,” she said. But out of her depression, Galenzoga said she saw “something beautiful.” Former Cagayan de Oro information officer Maricel Rivera Casino said Galenzoga used to sell ice candy
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Sultan Ret. Gen. Porcawa Dia
Sultan Ret. Gen. Porcawa Dia assumes chairmanship of FEROSULA
THE Federation of the Royal Sultanate of Lanao, one of the biggest sultanate in Mindanao and a Founding member of the Confederation of the Royal Sultanate in Mindanao and Sulo official register with the SEC Reg. No. CM 20145380, RLA-ARMM Res. No. 619, SP-LDS- Res. No. 09, and SB-MC Res. No. 025 composing the 16 Royal Houses, the 28 Legislative Assembly, the 4 Places that demarcated the boundaries of the 4 Principalities of Lanao together with the membership of the different “Pilipongan a Sultans of Lanao and Marawi City including Baloi and Kauswagan of Lanao del Norte,- has announced the assumption of Sultan & Ret. Gen, former LTO Director and at present the Sultan of Macadar PORCAWA DIA as Chairman of the FEROSULA BOARD OF DIRECTOR by virtue of the rule of succession with trust and confidence of the Federation after the death of Sultan sa Marinaut Monsing Macabando. Sultan Dia is holder of a BSEEd at Jamiatul Philippine Al-Islamia – Islamic University of the Philippine; Master in Public Administration which he completed See ASSUMES, page 11