MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XII, No. 106
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Thursday, January 26, 2023
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Mayor Uy announces opening of city college in Sept. By JOEL CALAMBA ESCOL Managing Editor
CAGAYAN de Oro City Mayor Rolando “Klarex” Uy announced the other day, that the City College for poor but deserving students in the city, will be opened in
September, this year. The mayor revealed to the media that the said college will be constructed in the 46-hectare land located in barangay Dansolihon, which is a donated property to the City Government.
“Makasiguro ko labing dugay sunod tuig pero paningkamutan nako sa second semester karong tuiga. Silbi karong school year second semester, makasugod ta sa city college, bisa’g walay building dinhi,” Mayor
Klarex Uy said. “Nagpasalamat ko kay nagsaad pud ang DepEd nga aduna sila’y building nga pahulaman, aron nga makasugod ta sa atong city college,” he added. Mayor Uy said he became
emotional as he heard that the donation was from a group of “lumads” in the said barangay. “Mapasayon unya ang pagtukod sa dakbayan sa maong city college kay
BOC-CDO foils smuggling of cigarettes Dabawenyos to pay 20% more for water By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV MindaNews
DAVAO CITY – The second tranche of the water rate adjustment of 20% will be implemented within the year, according to the Davao City Water District (DCWD). DCWD spokesperson JC Duhaylungsod said during Kapehan sa Davao on Monday that the documents and other requirements submitted by the water utility for the rate increase are currently being reviewed by the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA). Duhaylungsod said that the DCWD could not give a specific month as to when the additional price hike would take effect as it would go through the evaluation of the regulatory agency. “We would prefer to
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By Mindanao Daily News Network
THE Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Cagayan de Oro has foiled an attempt to smuggle two containers of cigarettes valued at P160 million after a spot-check examination at Mindanao Container Terminal Port, PHIVIDEC Compound, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental on January 18. The shipments arrived on December 16, 2022, from China. The consignees declared the shipment as “personal effects.” It underwent spotcheck examination after a joint request from Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS CDO and Surigao Field Station) led by lawyer Justin Geli and Enforcement and Security Service CDO (ESS CDO) led by S.P./Capt. Abdila Maulana Jr. The spot check examination led by the assigned customs examiner and
have it in the first semester because we have numerous projects that are in the pipeline that we would want to implement this year, and we need additional 20% to fund all of these projects so that implementation will be on schedule,” she said. Duhaylungsod added that the LWUA would look into the affordability and practicability of the rate increase before it would approve the additional rate adjustment. LWUA approved in July 2022 the proposal of the DCWD to increase water rate by 60% to raise funds to support the agency’s 10year development program. To cushion the adverse impact of the water rate hike on local consumers, the water rate adjustment
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DOT-10 fosters strengthened, sustainable dive tourism By GLACETENE KAYL N. DABA
The Department of Tourism-10, with its NorthMin Dive Program, participates in the Salon de la Plongee Sous Marine 2023 in Paris, France, January 6-9, 2023. The Paris International Dive Show (Salon International de la Plongee SousMarine) is France’s biggest and most important dive consumer show. (DOT-10)
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PIA)-In celebration of Best Dives Philippines Week, January 8–14, the Department of Tourism (DOT)-10 continues to conduct activities that aim to improve diving tourism in northern Mindanao, including programs and initiatives to boost environmental preservation and sustainable tourism. “Dili lang ni diving ang atong gina-highlight, ang food and destinations, but also our Filipino brand of service and the hospitality of northern Mindanao,” DOT Regional Director, Marie Elaine S. Unchuan See FOSTERS, page 11
Sen. Cynthia A. Villar was the guest speaker during the Kilusang Pagbabago 1st Regional Farmers Summit held at the Corpus Christi Gym, Macasanding, Cagayan De Oro City. During the summit, the senator spelled out the laws she authored and sponsored to help Mindanao, of which one-third of its land has been allocated to agriculture. To the left is the local organizer of the event Edna Jangao, regional chapter president of Kilusang Pagbabago. PHOTO SUPPLIED