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Cagayan de Oro City
Wednesday-Thursday Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2012
Yasay airs side on mining report; set to get award from PNoy
State of the Nation
Boy, 6 slain by playmate DAGUPAN City––An 11-year-old boy on Monday accidentally shot dead a six-year-old playmate in Barangay Baug here. Chief Inspector Domingo Eden, said the young suspect was referred to the Municipal Social Welfare Development Office (MSWDO). Initial investigations showed the two boys were playing in the suspect’s house when they found a cal.22 revolver. The suspect accidentally squeezed the trigger and the bullet hit the right side of the victim’s face. The victim was pronounced dead on arrival at the Velazquez Medical Clinic in Mangatarem town. The police is now conducting a follow up investigation to determine who owns the firearm who could also be criminally liable under the law. philippine news agency
‘Backdoor’
OPERATIVES of Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) workers in Tawi-Tawi rescued 25 persons believed to be heading for Malaysia as illegal migrants over the weekend. Chief Supt. Mario Avenido, police director in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao where Tawi-Tawi is a component province, said individuals who were rescued by Tawi-Tawi policemen in a remote port were potential victims of human trafficking. Avenido said the 25 persons were rescued at the Sea Port in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi. Senior Supt. Rodelio Jocson, Tawi-Tawi Provincial Police director, said backdoor | page 10
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By GERRY L. GORIT of Mindanao Daily News
MISAMIS Oriental––Opol is not under the jurisdiction of the local government of Cagayan de Oro City. Thus the reaction of Opol Mayor Dexter B. Yasay in response to Cagayan de Oro Councilor Roger Abaday’s call to invite him and Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal Adiong Jr. to explain to the City Council reports of CAGAYAN de Oro City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano and Opol, Misamis Oriental, alleged illegal mining in their Mayor Dexter B. Yasay give their support to investigation of mining activities along the Iponan River. Yasay said he is amenable to a joint force to monitor respective areas. Abaday’s call came in connecthe mining activities in the hinterlands of the province. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit
tion with Cagayan de Oro Mayor Vicente Y. Emano’s reported allegations that illegal mining operations outside the city were to be blamed for the environmental problem on Iponan River. Yasay, however, said that he is amenable to a joint meeting and will support a joint force of law enforcers to apprehend any illegal miners. “I respect Councilor Abaday’s right to express his opinion,”
Decriminalize, not legalize, prostitution
MINING | page 10
By RUEL V. PELONE of Mindanao Daily News
AS calls for the legalization of prostitution in the country snowballed, another group is proposing for its decriminalization instead. The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), the government’s policy-making body on gender equality and women’s empowerment, is rather calling for the decriminalization of persons in prostitution as it opposed the proposal to legalize the sex trade in the country. PCW Executive Director Emmeline Verzosa said the commission viewed prostitution as an exploitative system that commodifies and dehumanizes women, men, and children who are being victimized within the system. “We are advocating for the decriminalization of prostituted persons so that they will no longer be arrested, treated, and fined
like criminals, but we are not in favor of legalizing prostitution,” said Verzosa in a statement. Earlier, the militant women’s group Gabriela and members of the Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) are opposing the United Nations proposal to legalize the prostitution. In a recent report it released titled “Sex Work and the Law in Asia and the Pacific,” the UN said the Philippines should legalize prostitution so sex workers can be given access to basic rights. It likewise said the deGIANT CLAM criminalization of sex trade This Tacbobo shell, weighing 3-and-¼ kilo is now sold in the market at P280 per kilo, since will help control the spread this is good material for earrings, rings, necklaces and a lot more. BFAR should look into of sexually transmitted this proliferation of giant clam in Misamis Oriental so that illegal marketing of this can be legalize | page 10
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