Category: Northern Mindanao, Philippines

Supervisor gikawatan sa gika-check-in

DALING misibat ang duha ka mga menor de edad sulod sa usa ka motel dihang nakatulog ang usa ka lalaki niadtong Biyernes, Marso 10, sa kaadlawon sa Barangay Consolacion, dakbayan sa Cagayan de Oro. Ang biktima usa ka supervisor kinsa kasamtangang nagpuyo sa Capistrano Street ning dakbayan ug apan lumad nga taga Davao City.

55 out of 80 Oro villages active in fight vs drugs

FIVE villages in Cagayan de Oro City have put in place measures to treat and rehabilitate as well as educate drug users in line with a Department of the Interior and Local Government’s order directing villages to actively take part in the government’s war on drugs. Ben Calibre, an official of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency -Northern Mindanao, said the move to encourage greater participation of village officials in the anti-drug campaign is not new as shown by a DILG memorandum circular that has been in effect since 1998.

Amnesty International urges public to drop death penalty

INTERNATIONAL human rights group Amnesty International Philippines is urging the public to pressure the Senate to drop the possible re-imposition of the death penalty. Ritz Lee II, AIPH chairperson said in Cagayan de Oro, they have so far gathered signatures and some 500 letters from residents addressed to Kagay-anon Senate President Koko Pimentel to oppose death penalty.

Planting, nurturing, growing tourism

THE relatively new regional director of the Department of Tourism, Camiguin-born Catalino Echaves Chan III, is no stranger to Cebu. Chan is the son of the late retired Judge Ceferino Chan and his wife Mercedes Echaves and is named after his uncle and grandfather, Catalino Jr. and Sr. He came to Cebu for his college studies at the University of San Carlos where he was a member of the university dance troupe, becoming its president in his senior year.

10-hour blackout hits Oro

A 10-HOUR power outage will be implemented by Cagayan Electric Power & Light Co. Inc. today, February 26, affecting several commercial and other establishments and major streets in Cagayan de Oro.

In the know: Can oarfish predict earthquakes?

AGUSAN. An oarfish was found ashore in Barangay Rojales, Carmen, Agusan del Norte, on February 15. DAYS before and after the 6.7-magnitude earthquake that devastated Surigao City and its nearby provinces, multiple sightings of giant oarfish in Mindanao were reported.

Death toll in Surigao quake rises to 6

Six people, including a four-year-old boy, have been confirmed dead while 202 were injured after a powerful magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck near Surigao City in Caraga Region, Mindanao at 10:03 p.m. Friday, February 10, the local disaster mitigation agency said. A report by the Caraga Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council as of 11 a.m. Saturday also said a bridge collapsed, some roads sustained cracks and were not passable, and residential houses and some commercial buildings were damaged.

Palace assures flood victims of government aid

“Government is doing everything to ensure that things go back to normal, especially now that the weather is improving and roads are again passable,” Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said in a statement. The Cagayan de Oro City Government has declared a state of calamity after heavy rains triggered massive flooding on Monday evening.