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Lawmaker: Recall polls not solution to Oro problem

SAN Juan Representative Joseph Victor Ejercito said the effects of Tropical Storm Sendong in Cagayan de Oro City is not the fault of Mayor Vicente Y. Emano

Ejercito said recall election is not the solution to what is happening now in the city after the storm, which left thousands dead and thousands more homeless.

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Lawmakers want probe on massive logging in Lanao

TWO lawmakers are proposing to investigate local officials, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the police and military in Lanao del Sur on massive logging.

This after noting that logging operations in the province aggravated last year’s flash floods in some parts of Northern Mindanao that killed more than a thousand people and left...

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Agents nab ‘drug dealer’ in Bukidnon

AGENTS of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Northern Mindanao arrested a watch-listed drug personality in Bukidnon during a buy-bust operation on Monday dawn in Valencia City.

In his report to PDEA Director General Jose S. Gutierrez Jr., PDEA Regional Director Roberto S. Opeña identified the suspected illegal drug dealer as Razil C. Abergas, 27, a...

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Oro court gets commendation on illegal drug trader's conviction

SENATOR Vicente “Tito” Sotto III congratulated the Cagayan de Oro City Prosecutor’s Office for handing down a verdict on alleged illegal drug trader Sammy Mohammad Yusop on Thursday.

Yusop was ordered to serve life imprisonment and pay a fine of P500,000 by Cagayan de Oro City Regional Trial Court (RTC) branch 25 Judge Arthur L. Abundiente

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Country News

Prices of flowers to double starting today

GIVING of flowers is the best gift that romantic partners could get during Valentine’s Day celebration. Most lovers express how they love each other through flowers. That’s why flower vendors could not be blamed to take advantage of raising the prices of their display unlimitedly and...

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Opinion

Speak out: Is education democratic in our country?

IT HAS been said that education plays a crucial role in the preservation, sustenance and improvement of the society. One main tasks of education in a democratic society is the proper preparation of young citizens for the roles and responsibilities they would be taking when they reach maturity....

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Entertainment

Lovi joins rock legends in Red Horse Beer Muziklaban

FANS will surely look forward to the upcoming Red Horse Beer Muziklaban grand finals on January 28 at the Aseana City in Macapagal Boulevard, Parañaque City with the recent addition of sexy young actress Lovi Poe to San Miguel Beer’s roster of popular celebrity endorsers.

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Sports

Dimakiling rules 1st RR-AbaMin chessfest

INTERNATIONAL Master Oliver Dimakiling ruled the 1st Congressman Rufus Rodriguez and Abante Mindanao Partylist Open Chess Tournament, which ended Monday night at SM City Cagayan de Oro.

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Feature

Vesagas: The story of a company that CARES

EXPERIENCES tell that after “Sendong” ruthlessly ravaged Northern Mindanao and some parts of southern Visayas like a Grinch on a Christmas week that displaced thousands of families, stories of heroism flourished among the survivors and witnesses of the tragedy.

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Lifestyle

Owwa: Aiding me through education

MY PARENTS had been so anxious months before my high school graduation. They did not know where to send me for college. Or even if they could send me to college, they would be facing with scanty financial resources.