MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XII, No. 096
www.mindanaodailynews.com
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Duterte out, Duterte in; still ‘all in the family’ in M’danao By CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS MindaNews
DAVAO CIT Y — The country’s first Mindanawon President, Rodrigo Roa Duterte, stepped down after a six-year term on June 30, 2022, the same day his daughter Sara, started her six-year term as Vice President, his youngest son Sebastian his first threeyear term as Davao City Mayor and his eldest son Paolo, his second term as Representative of the first congressional district of Davao City. The 44-year old Sara, three-term mayor of Davao City and running mate of the UniTeam’s Ferdinand Sara Duterte, 15th Vice President of the Philippines, with parents Elizabeth Zimmerman and President Rodrigo Duterte. Supreme court Justice Ramon Paul Hernando Romualdez Marcos, Jr.,
BOMBO RADIO TOP LEVEL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
The Convergence of New Media in Radio!
BOMBO RADYO Philippines, reinforces its claim as the NUMBER 1 AND MOST TRUSTED RADIO NETWORK IN THE COUNTRY by holding its Top Level Management Conference 2023 in the cradle where it was founded, Iloilo City. The five (5) days of strategic planning session as applied to the present times is headed by its President and Chief Executive Officer, MS. MARGARET RUTH C. FLORETE. Bombo Radyo Philippine has consistently been in the forefront of industry, constantly transforming itself to be of better service to its audience. Fresh from an equipment and logistics upgrade costing PESOS: ONE HUNDRED MILLION (P100,000,000.00) prior to the pandemic, it has markedly increase its digital footprint with Digital Bombo Radyo goaded by the need to touch base and interact with its audience during the height of Covid 19. The avid followers of Bombo Radyo Philippines can be assured that the Network is aware of the
Tampakan mines: ban on open pit mining lifted, vetoed See STILL, page 11
administered her in Davao City on 19 June 2022. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
By BONG S. SARMIENTO MindaNews
KORONADAL, South Cotabato — Outrage gripped South Cotabato in May as the Sangguniang Panlalawigan lifted the controversial ban on open pit mining, removing the decade-long thorn in the throat of the $5.9-billion Tampakan project, Southeast Asia’s largest untapped coppergold minefield. Without objection or dissenting opinion from the SP members present, the plenary approved the amendment of the 2010 Environment Code of South Cotabato on May 16, particularly the removal of the prohibition on open-pit mining. Marbel Bishop Cerilo Casicas described as “parang may betrayal” the decision of the provincial board to lift the ban, noting, among others, that results of the public consultation in Marbel Bishop Cerilo Casicas addresses the crowd during the solidarity march against the lifting of the ban on openSee BAN, page 11
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pit mining in South Cotabato on Thursday, 19 May 2022, in Koronadal City. MindaNews photo by BONG S. SARMIENTO
FLORETE needs of its audience. The strategic planning conference is meant to review performances, identify good practices as applied to all areas of operations, jettisoning those that are not responsive to the radio audience these times. As the march of technology continues to be made available, Bombo Radyo Philippines and Digital Bombo will continue to make use of these developments so as to be of better service to its audience. This is your Bombo Radyo Philippines, the Most Trusted and Number One Radio Network in the Country!
Department of Budget and Management Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (File photo )
Put faith in Marcos’ leadership as PH ushers in 2023: DBM chief By AZER PARROCHA
MANILA – Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman on Sunday urged Filipinos to put “faith and confidence” in the leadership of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. as the country ushers 2023. In her New Year’s Day message, Pangandaman acknowledged that the past few years have put the nation to the test but Filipinos have managed to soldier on. “We were confronted with the pandemic, as well as calamities and challenges here and abroad. But, in the See PUT, page 11