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Briefly Smuggled cigars ZAMBOANGA City – Authorities confiscated P2.9 million worth of smuggled cigarettes during an operation in Zamboanga del Sur on Friday that also resulted in the arrest of four suspects. Col. Diomarie Albarico, Zamboanga del Sur Police director, said on Saturday that suspects Ronilo Japon, 25; Ricky Baria, 40; Abdulhaver Kangan, 41; and Jallen Mabuting, 22, all residents of Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur, were arrested at 3:12 p.m. in Barangay Balimbingan, Labangan town. They were in the middle of unloading boxes of cigarettes from two trucks when joint operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and Labangan Municipal Police Station arrived and accosted them.
Masagan program THE National Irrigation Administration (NIA) said four government agencies will work together to support farmers under the Masagana Rice Industry Development Program of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. During the Laging Handa briefing Monday, NIA acting administrator Eduardo Guillen said the program is a convergence effort of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Guillen said the Masagana rice program targets to help Filipino farmers in climate change adaptation and make their farms more resilient to harsh weather conditions.
‘No plate, no travel’ BUTUAN City – The Police Regional Office (PRO) 13 (Caraga) said 7,393 citation tickets have been issued to violators apprehended during the weeklong intensified drive on the “No Plate, No Travel” policy in the region. Of the total number of citation tickets, 7,368 were issued to motorcycle drivers, and 25 to drivers of four-wheeled vehicles. In a statement on Saturday, PRO-13 Director, Brig. Gen. Pablo Labra II, said the intensified drive was conducted from May 31 to June 9 by their units and stations in the whole region.
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HE country’s tuna players have called on the government to reinstate the policy requiring commercial vessels to install monitoring devices to avert a ban on Philippine tuna by the European Union (EU).
In a st ate m e nt , t h e Philippines Tuna Handline Partnership (PTHP) said that the suspension order may affect the status of Philippine tuna, after the industry was recently awarded the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification. “Ours are the first ever fishery in the Philippines to be certified under the MSC standard, an achievement that is in line with President Marcos’ goal of bringing prosperity and self-sufficiency to our nation,” Atenogenes B. Reaso, chairman of the Gulf
of Lagonoy Tuna Fishers Federation, Inc., said. “We are worried that the suspension of vessel monitoring measures to ensure transparenc y in fisheries will put our tuna exports at risk,” he added. The EU requires preferred trading partners to comply with a number of international treaties, including one restricting Illegal, Unreported, and Unrestricted Fishing. The PTHP earned its first MSC certification in FREEZE/PAGE 7
125th INDEPENDENCE DAY Klarex calls for adherence to law and order, tax obligations CAGAYAN de Oro City Mayor Rolando Uy reminded residents here to follow rules and pay their taxes diligently, as it is among the "simple ways" to honor the nation's freedom. Uy and other Northern Mindanao leaders joined Monday the country’s celebration
of its 125th Independence D a y . F o l l o w i n g t h e Philippine independence and the birth of a nation from foreign colonizers, Uy said it has been part of Filipino society to maintain its state of democracy and freedom, which also entails KLAREX/PAGE 7
YELLOWFIN TUNA. This freshly caught 60-kilogram yellowfin tuna sold for P12,000, or P200 per kilo, to a local fish trader in Barangay Kiambing, Maitum town in Sarangani on Monday (12 June 2023). MindaNews photo by BONG S. SARMIENTO
BARMM guvs seek delay of barangay, SK polls COTABATO City — Five of six governors of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on Saturday reiterated their call for the postponement of the October 30 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in the Bangsamoro region until
after the decommissioning of combatants of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) shall have been completed. The call, reiterating their Februar y 20, 2023 “urgent appeal” to President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., was made during the Regional
Peace and Order (RPOC) meeting held in Maimbung, Sulu on Saturday . In a press statement, Basilan Governor Jim Hataman Salliman said he filed a motion during the meeting seeking the creation of a BARMM/PAGE 7
Single-use plastics banned in week-long Naliyagan Festival
DAVAO City — Former Sarangani Governor Miguel Rene Alcantara Dominguez has joined the 60-year-old By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN Alsons Development and MindaNews Investment Corporation NATION-BUILDING. giant Philippine flag is carried SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan (Alsons Dev) as itsAnew by sector representatives director who will oversee in Cagayan de Oro City del Sur – Agusan del Sur on Monday 12,and 2023) during the observation Governor Santiago Cane the business (June strategy of the 125th Independence Day. Local chief Jr. has reminded provincial operations of the premier executives in Northern Mindanao lead their respective government employees that property developer and real Independence Day celebrations, highlighting the single-use plastics will not be estate pioneer City. and democracy in their importance inofDavao freedom allowed during the Naliyagan Alsons Dev is the real estate speeches. (Photo courtesy of Cagayan de Oro CIO) Festival celebration from
June 12 to 17. He a l s o p o s t e d t h e reminder on his Facebook page that bringing singleuse plastic at the Datu Lipus Ma kap andong Cu ltura l Center during the Naliyagan Festival is strictly prohibited. T h e c u ltu r a l c e nte r is lo c ate d in Pat in-ay,
Prosperidad town. He a i r e d t h e s a m e reminder in his speech during the opening ceremonies of Magdiwata Festival on June 1 at the San Francisco Municipal Hall grounds. The governor was elated to learn the local government FESTIVAL/PAGE 7
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