MINDANAO DAILY
THE NATION’S ADVOCATE FOR TRUTH, JUSTICE AND PROGRESS Volume XIIl, No. 160
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Saturday, June 3, 2023
Congressmen vow to push Normin Water Summit resolutions By Mike Baños
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egislators from the House of Representatives have vowed to push for the approval of the resolutions for Region 10’s water security passed during the recent Northern Mindanao Integrated Water Security Summit held at the Seven Seas Waterpark & Resort in Opol, Misamis Oriental.
Among these are the regionalization of the functions of the National Water Resources Board (NWRB); additional funding to support water resource security initiatives; revisiting the Executive Order operationalizing the Mandanas-Garcia ruling on irrigation services; supporting House Bill No. 07559 filed during the 19th Promote Normin President Engr. Elpie Paras presents the resolutions approved during the Northern Mindanao Inte- Congress by Cagayan de Oro grated Water Security Summit. See WATER, page 11
Overall grid performance better under NGCP NGCP continues to improve the performance of the power grid since taking over as the country’s transmission service provider in 2009.
NGCP’s overall performance in operating the grid from 2009 to 2022 was significantly better as indicated by improved performance indicators compared to
when the grid was run by the government from 2000 to 2008. Among the key indicators is the Frequency of Tripping (FOT) which mea-
sures the number of times high-voltage transmission lines tripped or experienced forced outages for every 100 circuit kilometers (ckm). NGCP’s performance shows
a significant decrease in tripping incidents across all three major island grids. In Luzon, the average FOT has gone down from 6.4732 in 2000-2008 to 1.3386 in
Ex-President Digong tells Davao police over rape-slay incident: ‘Hang yourselves in shame’
2009-2022, from 6.6530 to 0.9508 in Visayas, and from 8.0788 to 1.3285 for Mindanao. NGCP also improved See NGCP, page 11
By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV DAVAO CITY —Former President Rodrigo R. Duterte told the police in Davao City to “hang yourselves in shame” if they cannot resolve the recent rape-slay incident involving 28-year-old architect Vlanche Marie L. Bragas. During his program “Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa” streamed live over the YouTube channel of SMNI News on Wednesday, Duterte said law enforcers should instead resign and give their positions to other “competent” individuals who are looking for jobs if they cannot properly carry out their duty of protecting the public. He said the people deserved nothing less from the police, whose salaries increased by twofold during his time as President. “Anong trabaho mo? Sweldo matataas dinoble ko sa panahon ko. I doubled your salary, ganito lang ibigay ninyo sa amin? (What is your job? I doubled your salaries during my time, and yet this is all you could give us?),” he said. If they cannot address the incident, Duterte said that he himself would pay police stations a visit to “kick your ass in public.” “Pag maulit pa yan puntahan ko kayo pagsisipain ko kayo.
Manobo tribal leaders gather around Mayor Grace Carmel ParedesBravo, of the municipality of San Francisco in Agusan del Sur, to pray to Magbabaya (Manobo supreme god) to bless her as a new female Manobo leader. She was given the title “Bae Pinintu Maganhon,” which Former President Rodrigo Duterte at SM Lanang translates to “leader filled with love and patience.” Photo courtesy Premier in Davao City. MindaNews photo by of the Municipal Information Office CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS Really. Dalhin ko yung media, tadyakan ko kayong lahat. (If that happens again, I will go to you and kick you. Really. I would bring the media with me, and
kick all of you) Why? For being idiots in the office. That’s the last thing you would want to do—to pay an idiot to stay there, and do nothing,” he said. The former President said the police should look for the suspects who raped and killed Bragas. The young architect was found dead last May 17 shortly after she had gone missing. Her remains were covered with dried banana leaves in a plantation in Barangay Dacudao in Calinan District.
Agusan mayor conferred Manobo ‘Bae’ during opening of Magdiwata Festival
By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews )— The Magdiwata Festival of this municipality kicked off Thursday at the municipal grounds with Mayor Grace Carmel Paredes-Bravo conferred an honorary title as
Manobo Bae or female tribal chieftain during ceremonies early dawn. Manobo tribal leaders led by Bardo “Datu Hag-um” Bando, Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative to the municipal council, performed the Manobo ritual naming the mayor
as “Bae Pinintu Maganhon,” which translates to “leader filled with love and patience.” Another ritual praying to Magbabaya to offer the bountiful resources of Mt. Magdiwata followed the installation of Bravo as a See MANOBO, page 9