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Volume VI, No. 126
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Village councilman in alleged shabu trade gunned down October 29, 2016
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By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN
OSARIO, Agusan del Sur—A village councilman allegedly involved in shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) trade was gunned down after he engaged in a shootout with raiding police operatives in his house late Thursday night. Chief Inspector Bonifacio Estrella Jr., local police chief, said the slain suspect, Barangay 3 Kagawad Potifar Canonigo, 56, who was chairman of the peace and order committee in the village council, has been
target of police operation for continuing his illicit drug trade despite several warnings in the past. Joint operatives of the Provincial Public Safety Company and the local See shabu, page A7
KAAGAPMUCO’S FLAGSHIP PRODUCT MEDIA LAUNCH. (From left) Board Member Edilberto Bastareche, DAR Regional Director Julita Ragandang, Mr. Honorato Roperos of San Francisco town Mayor’s Office, and Kaagap Multi-Purpose Cooperative General Manager Maximino Robles during the media launch of the cooperative’s flagship product, the Amoma Care Virgin Coconut Oil. (Photo by Joie Ceballos)
Coop’s virgin coco oil gets license to operate Wage Board conducts
Police investigators examine the shabu paraphernalia and the caliber 38 revolver taken from slain village councilman Potifar Canonigo of Bayugan 3 village in Rosario, Agusan del Sur. (Photo courtesy of Rosarion Municipal Police Office)
By JOIE CEBALLOS
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur – The Provincial Agrarian Reform Office of Agusan del Sur announced that the Amoma Care Virgin Coconut Oil of the Kaagap Multi-Purpose Cooperative (KAAGAPMUCO) has received its License to Operate (LTO) from the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA). In a media launch held last October 21 in the Activity Center of Gaisano
Grand here, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) said this is the first food product assisted by DAR in Region 13 to have its LTO. During the activity, DAR Regional Director Julita Ragandang congratulated KAAGAPMUCO in acknowledgement of the effort it underwent in processing the LTO. “I understand the hard-
ships you went through, but this is a manifestation that if we only cooperate and pursue, we will reach our dreams,” she added. Ragandang expressed support for the cooperative’s development and business plans through DAR’s loan program for ARB cooperatives under the Agrarian Production Credit Program (APCP). DAR also said that the release of the LTO would allow KAAGAPMUCO to
bring the product to bigger markets not only locally but also internationally. KAAGAPMUCO General Manager Maximino Robles said that the cooperative is now receiving good business offers from local and international markets. “But the FDA-LTO will surely bring us more,” he remarked. Robles thanked all the agencies that helped them in the entire endeavor. “But See operate, page A7
seminar to 32 DOLE livelihood beneficiaries By PAT SAMONTE
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur – The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Caraga, in coordination with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)Surigao del Sur Provincial Office, conducted on October 18, 2016, a Productivity
Enhancement Seminar for DOLE Integrated Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (DILEEP) beneficiaries. Held at Villa Maria Luisa Hotel, here, some 32 DILEEP beneficiaries associations from different See seminar, page A7
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