Mindanao Daily News (January 17, 2013 Issue)

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Tail-end of a cold font affecting Visayas. Northeast Monsoon affecting Luzon. Eastern Visayas and the provinces of Bohol, Camiguin, Dinagat Island, Surigao Del Norte, Surigao Del Sur, Agusan Del Norte and Misamis Oriental will have cloudy skies with occasional moderate to heavy rains which may trigger flashfloods and landslides. Moderate to strong winds blowing from the northeast will prevail throughout the archipelago and the coastal waters will be moderate to rough. source : pagasa

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BY PAT SAMONTE AND schools. Citing figures received JOEL PORTUGAL from the City Engineer’s OfBUTUAN CITY – The Sang- fice and City Agriculturist’s guniang Panlungsod yesterday Office, Amante said that P2.6 (January 15) declared this million in infrastructure and city under a state of calamity 1,200 hectares of farmlands in the wake of the destruc- or P20 million were damaged tion wrought by flashfloods in the agricultural sector by spawned by continuous heavy the floods. Fortun said with the decrains. Vice-Mayor Lawrence laration of a state of calamity Lemuel Fortun said the city in the city, a contingency plan council unanimously approved will be implemented along Resolution No. 085-2013 based with the release of a calamity on a recommendation by Mayor fund for the rehabilitation of the affected sectors. “It will Ferdinand Amante, Jr. and BUTUAN | page 10 situational assessment by the

Kidapawan journalists receive text messages on plan to assassinate colleague Two Kidapawan City journalists have reported receiving separate but similar text messages detailing a supposed plan to assassinate a colleague after the May 2013 elections. Malu Manar, chairperson

of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP)-Kidapawan City Chapter and former program director of Notre Dame Broadcasting Corp’s DxND-AM is Kidapawan, said she and another jour-

Jailed suspect in girl- rape faces charges By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN

Flooded Market

A vendor sells vegetables even if the flood waters reach her stall in Butuan City on Jan. 11, 2013. Tropical depression “Bising” has affected at least 1,628 families or 5,962 persons in Butuan City. “Bising” so far has affected 13,000 families in three Mindanao regions. MindaNews photo by Erwin Mascarinas

nalist received a text message early yesterday morning (Sunday, January 13, 2012) coming from a supposed gun-for hire warning that a contract has been put out for the planed killing of a fellow Kidapawan City-based

journalist, Joy Francisco. Manar said the texter identified himself as a member of a gun-for-hire group which is suspected to be involved in the 2011 murder of Italian priest plan | page 10

Mangaoang replaces Castigador

SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur- Police formally filed yesterday charges of rape with homicide against one of the suspects of the gruesome rape and murder of the eight-year-old school girl on Monday in Bayugan 2 this town. Senior Inspector Ephraim Detuya, local police chief, said inquest proceedings for the charges against Roque Eliot who is detained at the municipal jail was already filed yesterday afternoon at the Provincial jailed | page 10

By GERRY LEE GORIT CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Port of Subic x-ray inspection project chief Lourdes Mangaoang has been reassigned back to the Port of Cagayan de Oro, replacing Bureau of Customs district collector Anju Nereo Castigador who has been transferred to the Office of the Commissioner. Castigador and Mangaoang were among the 19 top officials reshuffled by the BOC in a January 10 order from BOC Commissioner Rufino Biazon. “The reshuffling has replaces | page 10

Rape suspect Roque Eliot behind bars. Pic by CHRIS PANGANIBAN

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