MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XII, No. 086
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Tuesday, December 13, 2022
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Gov to Comelec: Vigilance needed during voters’ registration on Dec. 12 to Jan. 31 By RICHEL V. UMEL MindaNews
ILIGAN CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) must be vigilant during the voter’s registration from December 12, 2022 to January 31, 2023 to prevent non-residents and minors from registering as voters. Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal Adiong, Jr. urged Comelec to establish stringent procedural requirements to “prevent
non-residents as well as minors from registering for the 2023 Barangay election and SK election.” “This will help ensure that the elections next year will be fair and honest,” he said. The Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections are scheduled on October 30, 2023 while the mid-term election is in May 2025. Adiong noted that it has been a recurring problem See NEEDED, page 11
MinDA boosts partnership among PH Ambassadors By CHE PALICTE
DAVAO CITY – To provide a strong partnership with relevant institutions, especially with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) welcomed on Friday the BIG CROWD. A big crowd of registrants wait outside the town hall of Taraka in Lanao del Sur where the registration 17 newly designated and confirmed Philippine Amof voters are conducted. MindaNews file photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
bassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary here. In a statement Saturday, Secretary Maria Belen Acosta said the gathering paved the way for advancing popular growth and development in Mindanao. The Ambassadors visited the city as part of their See BOOSTS, page 11
307 firearms ‘demilitarized’ in Maguindanao Step up security, Klarex tells police as Christmas shoppers swell MANILA – Armed Forces of By PRIAM NEPOMUCENO
the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vicente Bacarro on Friday led the “demilitarization” of 307 firearms that the 6th Infantry Division in Maguindanao has confiscated, recovered, or surrendered to them. The activity was one of DEMILITARIZED AFP chief-of-staff Lt.Gen. Bartolome the highlights of Bacarro’s Vicente Bacarro inspects one of the 307 firearms that visit to the 6th ID were “demilitarized” in Maguindanao last December 9. See DEMILITARIZED, page 11
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C I T Y Mayor Rolando “Klarex” Uy reminded the Cagayan de Oro City Police (Cocpo) to step up security measures of the city, especially since more Kagay-anons are out shopping for Christmas. “Kinahanglan alerto gyud ang atong kapulisan. Gani, mismo makita naman ninyo ang atong mga See TELLS, page 11