Cagayan de Oro Local News
AgSur's Plaza to seek Senate seat
AN AGUSAN del Sur politician has confirmed that he is among those early birds in the race for a Senate seat next year.
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New road links 2 Misamis Oriental towns
MISAMIS Oriental Governor Oscar Moreno inaugurated Sunday a seven-kilometer road linking two hinterland barangays in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental to the national highway.
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Water district board wants acting manager out
HE IS still warming his seat at the troubled Cagayan de Oro Water District (COWD) but acting general manager Engr. Bienvenido Batar is now being forced out by no less than the water firm’s board of directors.
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1. Girl, 9, shot dead
A NINE-year old girl was shot dead just outside her family’s residence in Barangay Taglimao, Cagayan de Oro early morning Sunday, police said.
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Swine flu ‘second wave feared
CASES of the deadly Influenza A(H1N1) have already gone down in Northern Mindanao, but the public should not let its guard down for a possible “second wave” of the disease’s spread.
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Charges set vs cop, 2 others in 'salvaging'
THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 10 is set to file charges of attempted murder anytime this week against three individuals, one of which is a Cagayan de Oro policeman, for a botched “salva
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MILF prepares rescue effort for Sinnott
PAGADIAN CITY--The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has intensified its operation in the search for 79-year-old Irish missionary priest Michael Sinnott in the hinterlands of southern Lanao del Nor
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Teen shot dead, another critically wounded
MOTORCYCLE-riding gunmen shot to death a teenager and fatally-wounded another in Lapas 1, Barangay Lapasan in Cagayan de Oro, around 1:10 a.m. Sunday.
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Mix-up in summon baffles Fabricante camp
THE camp of suspended Patag Barangay Chairman Benedicto Fabricante is puzzled over what appeared to be a slip-up in the delivery of court summons, to which City Hall lawyers justified the absence of o
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NGO sees destruction in Bukidnon mega dam
THE proposed Pulangi V Hydro dam in Bukidnon will submerge not only the lands belonging to the tribal communities but also the ancient burial sites and other heritage spots of the natives, a legal adv
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Kin of slain cop demands speedy trial
THE father of slain cop, PO1 Ashley Villarico, said if there's anything that can ease his sufferings, this would be the speedy and impartial trial of the suspected assailant of his 34-year-old son.
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Emissary sent to Irish priest captors
PAGADIAN CITY - Officials of the Catholic Church had sent an emissary to the kidnappers of Irish priest Michael Sinnott to deliver his medication, a provincial government official said Friday.
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Lack of data delays group's audit on DPWH
LACK of data has bogged a multi-sectoral watchdog from releasing the findings of a survey on the performance of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
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Probable cause found vs cop in colleague's death
PROSECUTORS have found probable cause to press murder charges against a Cagayan de Oro policeman accused of killing his own colleague in the uniform early this year.
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