MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XII, No. 053
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Thursday, September 22, 2022
PBBM lobbies for PH’s UN Security Council bid By RUTH ABBEY GITA-CARLOS
77th UNGA. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. speaks before world leaders at the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 21, 2022 (Wednesday, Philippine time). In his speech, Marcos urged UN member-states to support the Philippines’ candidature to the international body’s Security Council for the term 2027-2028. (OPS photo)
8 frat members in Davao arrested after hazing death By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV MindaNews
DAVAO CITY – Eight members of a fraternity where Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte is a member were arrested on Sunday after a violent hazing that resulted in the death of a fourth year student of the University of Mindanao (UM) and caused serious injury to another. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-Davao, in a statement on Monday, identified the deceased victim as August Ceazar P. Saplot, a pledge of the Alpha Kappa Rho (AKRHO) fraternity. Saplot and his companion were senior students at UM’s College of Criminal Justice Education. Police said the hazing incident took place at Purok Santo Niño, Sison Village, Upper Mandug, Buhangin District. Mayor Duterte, although See ARRESTED, page 15
PRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Wednesday (Manila time) asked the memberstates of the United Nations (UN) to support the Philippines’ candidature to the international body’s Security Council for the term 2027-2028. Marcos made the call in a speech delivered during the 77th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), saying the Philippines’ peace-building efforts make it qualified to be part of the security council. “My country’s experience in building peace and forging new paths of cooperation can enrich the work of the Security Council. And to this end I appeal for See LOBBIES, page 15
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CdO Mayor turns over high-end patrol cars, bikes for CdO police By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Rolando ‘Klarex’ Uy turned over 10 brand new “Fortuner”service utility vehicles for the local police at the City Hall ground here Wednesday morning. The Fortuner SUVs (2022 edition) would be assigned as patrol cars for each of the 10 police stations of the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (COCPO), as an edge in crime prevention campaign in the city of about 800,000 people. In his short remarks during the turnover ceremony, Uy held tears as he reiterated his “personal” commitment to support the local police in the fight against criminality and the illegal drug trafficking here. The teary-eyed city executive recalled the killing Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Rolando Uy formally turns over brand-new 10 unit For- of his eldest son Sherwin tuner SUV (2022 model) vehicles and big bike motorcycles to be assigned each to the “Tawi” Uy by unknown 10 police stations of the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (COCPO) during a simple gunmen in the city’s outskirt turnover ceremony at the City Hall here Wednesday morning. Photos CRIS DIAZ
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DOLE-CDO spearheads 2-day training on employment facilitation CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Promoting full employment facilitation and equality of employment opportunities for all, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) CDO Field Office, together with the Job Placement Bureau-Public Employment Service Office ( JPB-PESO), held the Basic Employment Service Training (BEST), September 15-16, at Deluxe Hotel, here. The two-day training was participated in by the punong barangays and officials from the 80 barangays in the city, JBP-PESO Manager Kathleen Kate Dailo-Sorilla said. In the said event, information and details on the programs and services on employment of DOLE-CDO headed by Emmanuel G. Toledo and JPB-PESO were
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) CDO Field Office, together with the Job Placement BureauPublic Employment Service Office ( JPB-PESO), hold the Basic Employment Service Training (BEST), September 15-16, 2022 at Deluxe Hotel, Cagayan de Oro. (JBP-PESO)
discussed in the hopes of expanding the reach of the department to its clientele to the barangay level. “This was also an advanced move for the Barangays on the proposed Labor Reform Code under the Chairmanship of Councilor Joyleen Mercedes ‘Girlie’ Balaba, who is also the chair for the Committee on Labor and Employment, of which part of the said reform code is the creation of Department of Labor and Employment Regional Director Albert E. Gutib (center) graces the Barangay Employment the Basic Employment Service Training (BEST), September 15-16, 2022 at Deluxe Hotel, Assistance Desk (BEAD),” Cagayan de Oro City to support the government’s efforts in boosting employment in See TRAINING, page 15
the city. (JBP-PESO)