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Volume IX, No. 120
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Tuesday, October 8, 2019
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Nellys Pimentel (Puerto Rico), Anais Payet (Reunion Island), Titania Tiara Monic Matekuolava (Tonga) and Hoang Thi Hanh (Vietnam). It was learned that the 85 Miss Earth candidates were grouped according to the elements – the Fire and Air Groups were dispersed in other provinces elsewhere. During their two-day ecotour here, the 14 candidates will do a mangrove planting at Tubajon Aquamarine Park in Laguindingan municipal-
ity this morning (October 8), followed by an appreciation of the Initao-Libertad Protected Seascape, the only forest in the Philippines which traverses the national highway. Fresh from winning the prestigious 2018 Pearl Award for Best TourismOriented LGU first runner-up, Misamis Oriental provincial tourism officer Atty. Jeffrey Saclot added another laurel to his laurel
14 Miss Earth 2019 beauties visit Misor for 2-day eco-tour By GERRY LEE GORIT and MARK FRANCISCO Correspondents
MISAMIS Oriental Governor Yevgeny Vincente “Bambi” Emano welcomed the 14 candidates of the 19th edition of Miss Earth 2019 pageant during the regular flag-raising ceremony held at the Capitol grounds in Cagayan de Oro City on Monday (October 7). The 14 of the 85 contestants of Miss Earth 2019 are
on a two-day visit in Misamis Oriental from Monday (October 7) to Tuesday (October 8).. The fourteen candidates who are part of Water Group are Melanie Gassner (Austria), Maria Batistela (Brazil), Hu Wentian (China), Nera Nikolic (Croatia), Tejaswini Manogna (India), Letizia Percoco (Italy), Susan Kirui (Kenya), Georgia Bemah (Liberia), Alexia Tabone (Malta), Jociani Daysi Repossi (Paraguay),
See VISIT, page 11
Misamis Oriental Governor Yevgeny Emano
Roads within Capitol exempt from clearing ops, MisOr says By JIGGER JERUSALEM PNA
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY-The provincial government of Misamis Oriental on Saturday maintained that the roads within the provincial Capitol should
not be subject to clearing as these are exempted from the order of President Rodrigo Duterte. Florito “Carlo” Dugaduga, provincial information officer, said the roads See EXEMPT, page 11
Armed Forces on heightened alert By DIVINA M. SUSON Correspondent
ILIGAN City--The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is now on heightened alert after a British national and his wife were abducted by unidentified armed men, past 6 p.m. on
Friday (October 4) in Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur. Victims Allan Arthur Hyrons, 70, and Wilma Paglinawan Hyrons were forcibly taken to two waiting motorized bancas and fled to unknown directions See ALERT, page 11
Misamis Oriental Gov. Yevgeny Vincente Emano (center) poses with the Miss Earth 2019 candidates (from left) Melanie Gassner (Austria), Maria Batistela (Brazil), Hu Wentian (China), Nera Nikolic (Croatia), Tejaswini Manogna (India), Letizia Percoco (Italy), Susan Kirui (Kenya), Georgia Bemah (Liberia), Alexia Tabone (Malta), Jociani Daysi Repossi (Paraguay), Nellys Pimentel (Puerto Rico), Anais Payet (Reunion Island), Titania Tiara Monic Matekuolava (Tonga) and Hoang Thi Hanh (Vietnam). Shepherding them at leftmost is reigning Miss Philippines Air 2019 Ana Monica Tan. The Miss Earth 2019 candidates belonging to the Water Group are here on a two-day eco-tour prior to their October 26 coronation. Miss Earth is one of the four top prestigious beauty pageants in the world. photo by gerry lee gorit