WEATHER UPDATE
INSIDE TODAY
AS of 2 p.m. yesterday, Tropical Storm “CARINA” was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 420 km north northwest of Basco, Batanes (23.7°N, 119.0°E) with maximum sustained winds of 75 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 90 kph. It is forecast to move northeast at 30 kph. Meanwhile, a Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 750 km east of Eastern Visayas (11.0°N, 133.5°E). Southwest monsoon affecting Northern and Central Luzon. Eastern Mindanao will have mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.
DA releases P10m for rubber expansion in South Cotabato
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Education in N. Mindanao: improving or declining?
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June 21, 2012
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Editor, 3 reporters get death threats THE editor-in-chief of a local daily in Cagayan de Oro City and one of the paper’s correspondents have reported receiving threatening text messages after printing a story on the seizure of hot logs in Butuan City, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) reported. Mindanao Gold Star Daily editor-in-chief Edilberto “Herbie” Gomez said he received the text message early morning yesterday, June 19, which reads “Apil apil ka Herbi sa tarantado nimu nga tao ninyo sa Ginoog. I apil ka namo ibahog ka namo kang Lolong. Nagtuo ka na d mi kakuha inyo number tanan. I apil pa namo si Mr. Chu. Otrohon namo inyo bday. Taga Cabantian ni” (You are just like your stupid correspondent in Gingoog City. You think we can not get all your numbers. We will feed all of you to Lolong including Mr. Chu. We will kill all of you. This is someone from Cabantian.) “Mr. Chu” refers to the paper’s publisher, Ernesto Chu. Cabantian is a village in Magsaysay town, Misamis Oriental. Magsaysay is a town near Ginoog City. Gomez said the paper’s Gingoog City correspondent, Edwin Iyo, had re-
ported receiving a similarly-worded threat after the paper came out with a banner story last friday, June 15, 2012 titled “Robredo: Probe Cenro in Gingoog.” The story reported that Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo wants charges filed against businessman Roger Edma who allegedly moved the questionable lumber to Butuan City from Barangay Cabanti-an, Magsaysay, Misamis Oriental. The paper also reported Robredo’s ordering of the investigation and suspension of several officials of the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) of Gingoog City following reports of illegally-cut logs being moved to Butuan City from Agusan del Sur thru the Agusan River. The paper had qouted local officials of Butuan City as saying that some 10,067.5 board feet of hardwood seized in Butuan City last June 2, 2012 were said THREATS/PAGE 7
PHOTO BY GERRY L. GORIT A maya bird is sold to pupils of an elementary school in Cagayan de Oro for P5. Although quite common in some areas, this species are seldom seen now in highly urbanized centers. The vendors capture this bird in scores and tie each one for the sale.
Armed men abduct school head in Misamis Oriental HEAVILY-ARMED men abducted the officer-incharge of Hinigdaan National High School in El Salvador, Misamis Oriental Wednesday morning. Chief Supt. Jufel Adriatico, Northern Mindanao Regional Police District director, said the victim Erwin
Respito, officer-in-charge of Hinigdaan National High School, of Barangay Hinigdaan, El Salvador, Misamis Oriental was heading to the school when armed men blocked his way. “Respito was dragged at gunpoint and was shoved to an unmarked Suzuki
minivan at about 10:50 a.m. Wednesday,” Adriatico said. “We still don’t know the motive of the abduction, but police authorities are investigating this case. We will assist the police in locating the victim if necessary,” Major Eugenio ABDUCT/PAGE 7
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Govt men seize 160 ‘hot’ logs By PAT SAMONTE Regional editor-Caraga and JOEL PORTUGAL Correspondent
BUTUAN City––A joint team of mayor’s office, police, military and Department of Environment and Natural Resources personnel confiscated 160 pieces of Lauan logs abandoned in Barangay Anticala here Tuesday. In compliance with City Mayor Ferdinand Amante, Jr.’s “systematic and intensified campaign against logging ban defiers and our natural resources and environment defilers”, the operation was launched in Purok 3 in Sitio Tagubon where the team found the logs beside the barangay road at around 7:30 in the morning. Forest Ranger Generoso Mandras said the logs measured 8,000 board feet with an estimated market value of P160,000. Ronnie Azura of the Mayor’s office said the owner of the timber products was yet to be identified. The logs were secured in Purok 1B, Barangay Pianing here for transport to DENR office. The team was composed of the Mayor’s office special operation unit led by Azura, Butuan City Safety Company led by Police Chief Insp. Ferdinand Dacillo, Army special forces led by Corporal Arthur Cinches, Police Station 4 members led by Police Chief Insp. Gaudioso Cajutol, and DENR personnel led by Madras.
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