A STATE auditor has assailed allegations that the Commission on Audit (COA) had singled out an opposition figure by recommending the latter’s immediate prosecution, while going easy on a City Council member who is allied with the administration.

OFFICIALS in downtown Barangay 26 in Cagayan de Oro are scouring for more victims in a suspected food poisoning case that already downed three people in the village.

A POLICEMAN accused of threatening a witness in the Nilo Labares attempted murder case has come out to deny the accusations against him, saying he neither tailed nor accosted the witness.

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has announced that Misamis Oriental has 695,420 registered voters as of July 20, 2009.

FIREARMS and landmines were found in a rebel encampment in Bukidnon shortly after it was overrun by government troops over the weekend, a military spokesman said.

THREE persons in a neighborhood in Cagayan de Oro were rushed to the hospital after coming down with symptoms of food poisoning.

OFFICIAL in Lanao del Norte are crying foul over reports that Irish priest Father Mekael Sinnott are being held captive by his abductors in the province.

RESIDENTS near the Bitan-ag Creek in Barangay Lapasan should get used to more flooding unless a solution is found to solve the overflowing of creek, an official said.

TWO Commission on Audit (COA) officers and a Cagayan de Oro councilor have been slapped with various administrative and criminal charges before the office of the Ombudsman Mindanao.

NORTHERN Mindanao has 116,556 new registrants, as of July 20, 2009, said Renato A. Magbutay, regional director of Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the region.

THREE weeks after a rejuvenated anti-crime campaign, crime incidence in the city has reportedly declined according to statistics furnished by the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (Cocpo).

ENGINEER Isidro G. Borja, officer-in-charge of the City Planning and Development Office (CPDO), said projects to lessen flood incidence are in the works.

THE 100-MVA transformer at National Grid Corporation of the Philippines - Tagoloan Substation experienced a technical problem Wednesday evening that caused brownout in some parts of the city.

THE Department of Health in Northern Mindadano (DOH-X) has warned pharmacies from operating despite the lack of registered pharmacists to assist their salespersons.

LOCAL officials should lead in strictly enforcing the law and engage the public through consultations, the regional head of the Interior department Thursday said.