WEATHER UPDATE AT 4:00 a.m. yesterday, Typhoon “GENER” was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 180 km East Northeast of Basco, Batanes (21.1°N, 123.7°E). Maximum sustained winds of 120 kph near center and gustiness of up to 150 kph. It is forecast to move North Northwest at 7 kph. Mindanao will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms. Moderate to strong winds blowing from the southwest will prevail over Central and Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao and coming from the west to southwest over the rest of Northern Luzon. The coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. SOURCE : PAGASA
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53 teachers poisoned GENERAL Santos City––Health authorities in South Cotabato are now investigating alleged food poisoning case that downed at least 53 teachers attending a conference in nearby Koronadal City over the weekend. Dr. Rogelio Aturdido Jr., South Cotabato health officer, said Monday the victims were separately rushed to the Doctor’s Clinic and Hospital in Koronadal City on Saturday afternoon after suffering from severe stomach ache, loose bowel movement and other food poisoning symptoms. The teachers were among the estimated 200 participants of the Missions Partnership Conference that was held Saturday at the Notre Dame of Marbel University (NDMU), he said. “The suspected cause was the food served at the conference that was delivered by a caterer from Surallah town,” he said. Of the 53 victims, Aturdido said 18 were admitted at the hospital due to signs of severe gastroenteritis and
dehydration. As of Monday morning, two of the victims remained confined and still undergoing treatment at the same hospital. The health official said he has dispatched personnel from the province’s sanitary inspection unit to Surallah town to check on the operations of the caterer. He said they also sent samples of the rectal swab taken from the victims to the Cotabato Regional Medical Center in Cotabato City for laboratory testing to determine the real organism that triggered the poisoning. Last Sunday in Davao City, about 100 students, and two top school officials were hospitalized after taking their lunch while attending the student leaders gathering.
ATTEMPT to dredge the disputed old waterway of Tagpuangi Creek had started after Cagayan de Oro Mayor Vicente Emano ordered the demolition of illegal structures but did not materialize as shown in the right photo above. Photos supplied
Illegal structures remain standing despite Emano’s order for demolition By ED N. MALIZA Correspondent
THE order of Cagayan de Oro Mayor Vicente Emano to demolish the illegal structures on the disputed Tagpuangi Creek in Zone 1 in Barangay Agusan was never implemented, a trader complained.
Jimmy Uy, Silver Swan Manufacturing Company representative, even accused Emano of repeatedly ignoring his own demolition order by allegedly allowing the settlers to stay put on the disputed waterway. The order dated April 11, 2011 docketed as Memorandum No. 892-2011 which
ordered police Sr. Supt. Gerardo Rosales and Supt. Antonio Montalba to demolish the illegally constructed structures within the creek, was issued allegedly just to comply the order of National Water Resources Board dated 15 September 2010, lamented Uy. “Nahibaloan ra gyud
nako nga trabaho ra gyud kini ni Emano kay ngano nga dili man niya gaipaimplementar ang mao niyang order ug ngano nga hadlok man si Montalba ug mga kauban pag-assist sa DPWH aron mahuman na ang paghinlo sa Tagpuangi Creek,” he said adding, STANDING/PAGE 11
Authorities seize P.205-m ‘Shoot to forest products in one day kill order’ By PAT SAMONTE, Regional editor-Caraga and JOEL PORTUGAL, Correspondent
BUTUAN City––Department of Environment and Natural Resources and police personnel in Caraga seized some P205,570 worth of forest products on Monday as the government has intensively continued its campaign against illegal logging in the region. The no-nonsense campaign was launched following the June, 2012 apprehension of not less than P10 million worth of logs along the Agusan River in Barangay San Mateo here which passed several monitoring stations in Agusan del Sur. The incident caught the attention of DENR Secre-
tary Ramon Paje and Local Government Jesse Robredo. Subsequent timber and lumber smuggling incidents led to the sacking of local environment officials including Caraga regional executive director Leonardo Sibbaluca. Relieved were police officials, namely, Acting Agusan del Sur director Senior Supt. Rodolfo Dasmariñas, and police chiefs, namely, Senior Insp. Ronnel Bangalisan of Esperanza, Senior Insp. Joel Liong of San Luis, Senior Insp. Ephraim Detuya of Talacogon, Senior Insp. Wilson Corpuz of Loreto, all of Agusan del Sur, Insp.
Jesse Rey de Gracia of Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte and Senior Supt. Pedro Obaldo, Jr. of Butuan City. Caraga police director Chief Supt. Reynaldo Rafal has been relieved of his post Monday. Philippine National Police chief Director General Nicanor Bartolome said, “I am relieving him to give him time to explain and answer (in an investigation) why illegal logging activities remain unabated in his region.” At around 5 pm along Marga River in Barangay Pantukan, Carrascal, FOREST/PAGE 11
vs jailbirds in Ozamiz By PJ TREMEDAL Correspondent
OZAMIZ City––Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog ordered authorities to shoot and kill any of the inmates who bolted the city jail Sunday if any of them would resist arrest. Parojinog issued the “shoot to kill order” after 12 inmates escaped by cutting the iron bar of prison cell number 4 Sunday night. Out of the 12, the police managed to arrest four of them. They were SHOOT/PAGE 11
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