Economic losses to reach P65B due to power deficiency
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 01:44 a.m.ECONOMIC losses in Mindanao could reach P65 billion if the Mindanao grid will continue to experience power deficiency in most areas in the island.
Engr. Cerael Donggay, Greenergy Development Corp. chief executive officer and project director of Bulanog-Batang and Pulangi 5 hydro projects, said production losses due to machinery breakdowns, export revenue losses, employment curtailments, net profit and taxes reduction will result to billions of economic losses if the Mindanao grid will sustain the 100-megawatt (MW) power deficiency.
Emano mulls filing election protest
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 01:44 a.m.WHILE saying that he respects the decision of the people in the latest elections, Mayor Vicente Emano on Sunday said he is considering filing election protest against mayor-elect Oscar Moreno.
But, he would study first the legality and basis for the filing of his election protest.
Moreno’s wife: ‘I will be the eyes and ears of Kagay-anons’
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 01:43 a.m.IN LESS than six weeks, before he could formally sit as the new mayor, Oscar Moreno has already found a critic -- his own wife, Arlene.
In a television interview last week, Arlene said she will be the first to criticize Moreno if he fails to perform his task as the city’s new chief executive.
Cogon vendors vent sentiments
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 01:42 a.m.THERE were over 100,000 Kagay-anons who voted the newly proclaimed Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno.
The color of “Hapsay nga Pang Gobyerno” will reign in the city for the next three years as promised by Team CDO.
Motorcycle driver shot dead
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 01:41 a.m.A “HABAL-HABAL” (motorcycle for hire) driver was shot dead along Narra St. in Reyes Village subdivision, Barangay Bugo in Cagayan de Oro City Saturday night.
Police Officer 2 (PO2) Lemuel Tecson of the Puerto police station (PS6) identified the victim as Amorsolo Corpus, 34, single, a resident of Zone 1, Sta. Ana, Tagoloan town in Misamis Oriental. Corpus sustained a single gunshot wound in the head.
Military, NPA rebels clash anew in Misamis Oriental
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 01:41 a.m.SOLDIERS belonging to the 402nd Infantry Brigade and some 20 suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) clashed anew at the outskirts of Sitio Tongo, Tingaan village in Salay town, Misamis Oriental, Saturday afternoon, the military said.
Philippine Army’s 4th Infantry Division (4ID) spokesperson Major Leo Bongosia said the gunfight lasted for about 10 minutes but there were no reported casualties on both sides.
4 remaining Oro councilors proclaimed
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 01:40 a.m.THE Cagayan de Oro City Board of Canvassers (CBOC) recently proclaimed the four remaining winning candidates for city councilors both in the first and second district of Cagayan de Oro.
Proclaimed Wednesday last week was re-elected second district councilor President Elipe for the number eighth position.
The People’s Choice
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 07:54 a.m.“THE people have spoken. I respect that.”
Mayor Vicente Emano says this in television news report when asked how he takes the big blow on his political career after he loses the mayoralty bid in the city against Misamis Oriental governor Oscar Moreno in the May 13 elections.
Oro woman tops criminology exam
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 07:53 a.m.TOPPING the recent 2013 Criminologist Board exam never crossed Xian Hilot Gaje’s mind. She is the first woman to top from her school in this male dominated program.
Xian along with Roland Bayangan tied up in the top spot garnering a rating of 90.85 percent.
Rotational brownouts ‘man-made’
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 12:24 a.m.THE rotational brownouts that have been widely experienced in Mindanao because of the looming power crisis are simply man-made, a renewable energy advocate said.
Engr. David Tauli, speaker of the upcoming 2nd Mindanao Congress for Renewable Energy and Rural Electrification & Development (MinCared), said the problem is only artificial as he blamed the errors to the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (Psalm).
Liberal Party-CDO sponsors thanksgiving mass
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 12:23 a.m.WIN or lose, all the Liberal Party (LP) candidates in Cagayan de Oro city attended the thanksgiving mass celebrated at St. Augustine Cathedral early evening Friday.
Leading the slate is LP mayor-elect Oscar Moreno who won against incumbent mayor Vicente Emano.
‘Riding-in-tandem’ strikes in CdeO anew
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 12:23 a.m.BARELY a week after the May 13 midterm elections, one died while two others were wounded as riding-in-tandem assailants in Cagayan de Oro struck anew in Purok 3A, Barangay Gusa, Thursday evening.
Agora police station commander Senior Inspector Evan Viñas said Julius Galon, 30, a native of Villanueva, Misamis Oriental and resident of Gusa, is the latest victim of such crime.
2 NPAs killed in Surigao Norte
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 12:22 a.m.TWO members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in an encounter with the soldiers Friday afternoon in the mountainous area in Barangay Cabugo village in Claver, Surigao del Norte, the military said.
In his report to the Philippine Army’s 4th Infantry Division (4ID), Col. Ferdinand Quidilla, commanding officer of the 402nd Infantry Brigade, said the 30-minute firefight claimed the lives of two NPA rebels.
Man stabbed to death
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 12:22 a.m.A 51-year-old man was stabbed to death by his alleged live-in partner’s brother while on a drinking spree on a roadside in Barra, Macabalan, Cagayan de Oro Thursday afternoon.
Senior Police Officer 1 Camaloding Macmac, police investigator of Macabalan police station, identified the victim as Celso Loque, a native of Carmen, Butuan City, who sustained three stab wounds on the neck, chest and shoulder.
‘Yellow fever’ downs Jalosjos dynasty
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 02:18 a.m.ILIGAN CITY -- The “yellow fever” has caught on the Jalosjos clan during Monday’s midterm polls, frustrating its aggressive appetite for dynastic expansion and trimming its political empire to its motley beginnings in 2001.
As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, only one of 14 clan members managed to clinch an elective seat: Dapitan City councilor Rosalina Jalosjos–Johnson, who won as mayor.
Namfrel needs more ERs to start parallel count
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 02:18 a.m.THREE days after the elections, the National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) has yet to receive more election returns (ERs) from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to do its parallel count.
Namfrel noted a breakdown of eight precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines that resulted in slow canvassing of ERs at Comelec.
Delay in proclamation irks Misamis poll bets
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 02:17 a.m.WINNING candidates from Misamis Oriental especially the gubernatorial and congressional bets are getting impatient with the delay of transmission of the election returns.
As of 3 p.m. Wednesday, Misamis Oriental has not yet proclaimed the winners in the congressional and gubernatorial positions because of the glitches of the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines at Gingoog City.
Poe win in Armm shows official 2004 presidential results
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 02:16 a.m.ILIGAN CITY -- Early results for the senatorial vote from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) appears to be an indictment of the official figures of the 2004 presidential vote that was later exposed to have been rigged favoring former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
As of 10 a.m. Wednesday, Team PNoy senatorial bet Grace Poe-Llamanzares leads the Senate race in the region with 162,128 votes, followed closely by presidential cousin Bam Aquino’s 161,927 votes.
Moreno mulls transition team
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 02:16 a.m.MAYOR-ELECT Misamis Oriental Governor Oscar Moreno will create a “transition team” to determine important issues and problems of Cagayan de Oro City that need immediate attention as he sits as the 28th mayor on June 30.
“First of course is the city hall, dapat usa ka city hall nga mo-function the way it is to be, a city hall that is working in the service of the people,” Moreno said.
Poor signal in Lanao Sur slows transmission of results
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 02:15 a.m.THE transmittal of results for the senatorial lineup from Lanao del Sur to Manila has lagged since Tuesday due to poor communications signal at the Lanao del Sur provincial gymnasium in Marawi City, poll officials said.
As of 10 a.m. Wednesday, only 30 percent of the votes from Lanao del Sur’s 39 towns have been transmitted to the computer servers for the Commission on Elections’ national canvassing of the election returns at the Philippine International Convention Center.
Iligan Comelec proclaims poll winners
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 02:14 a.m.ILIGAN CITY -- Iliganons have spoken.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) city board of canvassers proclaimed lone district Representative Vicente “Varf” Belmonte Jr. of Liberal Party; the newly elected Mayor Celso Regencia, a retired police city director and a former Presidential Anti-Organized Task Force (PAOCTF) officer who ran as an independent candidate; and the newly elected vice-mayor Rudy Marzo.
NPA rebels, soldiers clash anew
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 02:14 a.m.A CLASH between suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels and the soldiers erupted anew in the vicinity of a small village in Kitaotao town in Bukidnon, Tuesday morning.
Major Leo Bongosia, Army’s 4th Infantry Division (4ID) spokesperson in Camp Evangelista, Barangay Patag, said that about 20 armed rebels exchanged fire with soldiers belonging to the 8th Infantry Battalion based in Kitaotao.
Comelec proclaims Moreno, Rodriguez, Uy
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 03:43 a.m.CAGAYAN de Oro city welcomed its new mayor Oscar Moreno with the exaltation of hundreds of supporters waiting outside the City Hall Tuesday, 24 hours after the elections closed at 7 p.m. Monday.
Moreno, the incumbent Governor of Misamis Oriental, won over the city’s incumbent leader, Mayor Vicente Emano by 17,853 votes.
PCOS glitches delay proclamation in MisOr
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 03:42 a.m.MINOR glitches of the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines in some municipalities of Misamis Oriental province have caused the delay of the proclamation of winners in the provincial candidates.
Lawyer Cirilo Nala Jr., chairman of the provincial board of canvasser (PBOC), said the automated canvassing of votes could have been finished on time and winning candidates would have been proclaimed earlier if it not for the technical problems of PCOS machines in some precincts in the municipalities of Salay, Claveria, Sugbongcogon, Manticao and Gingoog city.
Babiera accepts defeat, concedes
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 03:41 a.m.MISAMIS Oriental gubernatorial candidate and incumbent Vice Governor Norris Babiera conceded Tuesday afternoon after his opponent Rep. Yevgeny Vincente “Bambi” Emano of the province’s second district was leading in votes by more than 10,000 as of 11:05 a.m. on Tuesday.
Emano garnered 122,926 votes against Babiera’s 112,328 votes, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
Tension grips Lanao Sur canvassing
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 03:41 a.m.MARAWI CITY -- Entrenched habits in electoral politics are really hard to break.
On Monday evening, as political camps knew of their fates through precinct-level counts, gun shots rung in the air, breaking the serenity of this city’s cold night and threatened the gains of Monday’s exercise, the most peaceful poll conduct in the province since 1987.
Namfrel notes zero election-related violence
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 03:40 a.m.THE National Citizens Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) cited the zero-election related violence for the prevailing peace in the conduct of Monday’s electoral process.
Nestor Banuag, Namfrel CDO-Misamis Oriental chair, credited the peace to the open communication between Namfrel and the Commission on Elections (Comelec), which treated each other as allies in an effort to sustain safe and honest elections.
Police, army continues to secure poll canvassing
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 03:39 a.m.CAGAYAN de Oro Police chief Senior Supt. Graciano Mijares said there were no major incidents during the election day.
“Except on the minor concerns on the PCOS (precinct count optical scan) machines, there were no major incidents reported until now,” Mijares told Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro in an interview on Tuesday.
Team Oca supporters jubilant, vigilant
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 03:39 a.m.THOUSANDS of “Team Oca” supporters, mostly survivors of the Typhoon Sendong, trooped to the city hall early Tuesday morning as Board of Election Canvassers decided to suspend the counting of election returns (ERs) due to the slow result transmission.
Police Senior Inspector Henry Cay-as, chief of Divisoria police station, said some 80 police personnel from the Regional Public Safety Battalion, City Public Safety and Field Training Program were reinforced to maintain peace and order in the area where the supporters of both mayoralty candidates’ converged.
Oca leads city, Bambi in MisOr
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 05:29 a.m.AS of 12:52 a.m. Tuesday, mayoralty bet Misamis Oriental Governor Oscar Moreno is leading the race against incumbent Mayor Vicente Emano with Moreno’s 69,839 votes over Emano’s 57,783. Moreno has been edging by 12, 066 votes.
Results are partial unofficial sourced from transparency server of the Commission of Elections through online media websites.
