MINDANAO DAILY
THE NATION’S ADVOCATE FOR TRUTH, JUSTICE AND PROGRESS Volume XII, No. 115
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Thursday, February 16, 2023
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Senators back PBBM declaration Cha-cha not priority By WILNARD BACELONIA
MANILA – Senators welcomed on Tuesday President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s pronouncement that he does not see Charter Change
Maguindanao Sur election officer killed in ambush By FERDINANDH B. CABRERA MindaNews
COTABATO CITY—The election officer of the municipality of Sultan sa Barongis in Maguindanao del Sur was killed in an ambush while on his way home Monday afternoon. Election officer Haviv Macabangen Maindan died after he suffered multiple gunshot wounds, according to lawyer Udtog Tago, provincial director of the Commission on Elections in Maguindanao. The ambush took place 2:30 p.m. in Purok Libas, Barangay Pinguiaman, Lambayong, Sultan Kudarat province. Lambayong, although in another province, is situated between the municipalities of Sultan sa Barongis and Buluan (where
(Cha-cha) as a priority even as several lawmakers push to amend the Constitution. Senate Majority leader Joel Villanueva said there are laws already in place to
attract more foreign investors and the Senate itself is doing more work to improve the country’s economy. Villanueva said the senators need to study the effects
of amendment to the Retail Trade Liberalization Act, Foreign Investments Act, and Public Services Act to encourage more foreign direct investments.
“Tuloy lang po tayo sa trabaho dito sa Senado at kasama po dyan ang mga pagdinig sa (We just continue the work here in the Senate and this includes
hearings on) Committee on Constitutional Amendments,” he said in a statement. Meanwhile, S enator
IBP National Convention to boost Davao tourism See BACK, page 11
By RUDOLPH IAN ALAMA
DAVAO CITY (PIA) - The Integrated Bar of the Philippines 19th National Convention which will be held on Feb. 16-18, 2023 at the SMX Convention Center in Davao City will boost tourism in the city and the other localities in Davao region. “Definitely the national convention is good for domestic tourism kasi lahat ng hotels natin even yung boutique hotels puno na siya (all our hotels, even the boutique hotels are all
See AMBUSH, page 11
See BOOST, page 11
Vloggers of seized wild birds in SoCot DHSUD-Davao conducts seminar workshop yet to be charged with criminal raps on risk-sensitive comprehensive land use By Mindanao Daily News Network
By BONG S. SARMIENTO MindaNews
KORONADAL CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Region 12 (DENR-12) has yet to file criminal charges against several vloggers in South Cotabato who allegedly hunted or trapped wild birds for content creation on social media, an official One of the wild birds allegedly caught by vloggers in Tampakan, South Cotabato. said Monday. See SEIZED, page 11
Photo from DENR-12 Facebook page
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development, Region XI (DHSUD XI) conducted the first seminar workshop on risk-sensitive comprehensive land use on February 6-10, 2023, at the Fair Crown Suites, Aguho St., Davao City. The said activity was also made possible with the support by the Environmental, See CONDUCTS, page 11