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==Media, police, church affirm resolve to keep C. De Oro safe==
*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=727192
*Tuesday, January 20, 2015
:(PNA), CTB /CD/SSC
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 20 (PNA) -– Members of the local media, the police, and the Church here on Tuesday signed a covenant to reaffirm the resolve of keeping the city safe and secure.
Pol. Supt. Faro Antonio Olaguera, head of the Cagayan De Oro City police, Church leaders led by Msgrs. Tex Legitimas, Elmer Abacahin, Rey Monsanto and representatives of the local media organizations, forged the agreement at the Archdiocese Palace here.
The signatories to the covenant agreed to fight together the proliferation of “illegal drugs and other illicit activities involving the powerful syndicate that continues to hound the citizens of Cagayan De Oro City.”
The media organizations also cited the difficulty and overly hazardous in the fulfillment of the media’s avowed role of providing factual information and informed opinions on issues of public concern due to “continued attacks and threats.”
It cited the recent threat received by a radio broadcaster who has been harping on the issue involving summary executions and killings allegedly perpetrated by the law enforcers.
The covenant also mentioned cases of failed targeted assassination attempts on broadcast commentators like Jo Pantoja on October 2007, Nilo Labares on March 2009 and James Licuanan on November 2012 and the recent threats of Junel Ucat of Bombo Radyo here.
The local media asked the Philippine National Police (PNP) to draft safety and security protocols so that journalists are able to carry out their jobs in a safer environment.
“Let us put an end to the wanton threats and attacks that perpetuate a culture of impunity for those who aim to stifle a free and unafraid press,” the covenant stated.
Olaguera said that the local police command is doing everything to resolve cases on threats involving media practitioners and is always willing to extend necessary assistance.
“We advise the media concern to properly report the threat to the nearest police station so that the process of investigation would also commence,” Olaguera said.
==DOT invites Kagay-anons to Tapok 2015 in Vancouver, Canada==
*Source: http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/2611421651988/dot-invites-kagay-anons-to-tapok-2015-in-vancouver-canada
*Monday, January 19, 2015
: (JMOR/PIA10)
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, January 19 (PIA) – The Department of Tourism (DOT) region 10 together with the Cagayan de Oro Association of British Council in Vancouver, Canada invites Kagay-anons to Tapok 2015, a gathering of Kagay-anons living in the Unites States of America and the rest of the world to foster camaraderie, build strong ties and bring in business and investment opportunities.
During a press conference on January 16, 2015, DOT regional director Catalino E. Chan III said that this year Tapok will be held and hosted in Vancouver, Canada on July 31 to August 2, 2015.
There are three purposes for this trip, according to Chan. One is to unite Kagay-anons in the US and Canada; second is to give them good business, (businessmen will be given time to sell their products and services, such as real estate among others); and third is to increase foreign arrivals.
He said that Tapok was created 20 years ago and the reason for starting it in America, specifically North America is because it is the second highest tourist country for most tourist arrival in the Philippines after South Korea.
He said that we campaign for more, and we educate ourselves by visiting other destination.
Meanwhile, Benny Rago, board of director of Cagayan de Oro Associations of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada said that they want to tie up with DOT and invite Kagay-anons not only participants but the business side to come to Tapok 2015.
There is a lot in store for the event including gala night, exhibits, and sightseeing, among others.
He said that since 1997, Vancouver has been one of the most liveable cities in the world. It is beautiful during summer with a lot of parks and fronting Pacific Ocean. Cagayan de Oro and Vancouver have almost the same population. Meanwhile sports like Kayaking and mountain climbing are famous there.
Ann Gora of the CDO Association of British Council on the other hand said that based on past Tapoks, they are expecting 300 people to come. She said for those interested, there is a registration fee of 135 Canadian dollars. She also said that application for visa is individual effort. Meanwhile there is no need to worry because this event is already made known to the Canadian Embassy.
She said on top of everything, Kagay-anons abroad want four things: one is retirement opportunities in Cagayan de Oro; second, they want to know more of opportunities in terms of investments, and safety here; third is adventure where they can promote eco-tourism and; fourth is helping the community (community involvement especially for the youth).
For more information on Tapok 2015 and how you can participate, you may inquire at DOT region 10 office at Pelaez Sports Center, Cagayan de Oro City or call them at 726-394 or 723-696 or visit www.tapok2015.org.
==Youth urged: Go beyond ‘selfie’==
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cagayan-de-oro/local-news/2015/01/18/youth-urged-go-beyond-selfie-387373
*Sunday, January 18, 2015
:By Jigger J. Jerusalem
THE generation of today must go beyond the “selfie” culture and contribute what they can to society even at a young age.
This was the challenge of Tulong Kabataan, a coalition of student and youth groups from all over Northern Mindanao that conducted a feeding activity and play therapy to around 1,000 children in two barangays in Cagayan de Oro City over the weekend.
Glyn Baunillo, coordinator of Tulong Kabataan, said a group around 100 students from the region went to barangays Cugman and Carmen to conduct the outreach program.
Coinciding with the visit of Pope Francis to the survivors of Typhoon Yolanda in Tacloban on Saturday, Baunillo said the group went to communities hit by Sendong and other calamities that followed to do their share in “being with the poor.”
The students were from Xavier University, Mindanao University of Science and Technology, Saint Peter’s College, Mindanao State University (MSU), MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology, and Bukidnon State University.
Called the “Oplan 10,000,” Baunillo said Tulong Kabataan wants to feed 10,000 children in Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, Marawi City and Bukidnon in one month.
She said last Saturday’s feeding and play therapy was just the first wave, as the group will conduct the same activities in the coming weeks.
In Cugman and Carmen, she reported some 1,000 kids were fed with arroz caldo (porridge) and had participated in the play therapy, an activity composed of games aimed at helping the young survivors of the recent calamities cope with trauma.
With today’s technologies and trends distracting the young people and keeping them out of the loop in the present social situations, Baunillo hopes these pro-poor undertakings would awaken the awareness of the youth.
:Get involved
“Today’s students are confined in the four corners of the classroom with all the selfies, puro self na lang ilang gihuna-huna, despite the calamities that happened. What should students do to do their share and help those who are in need? There is now a need for them to get involved,” she told reporters.
Selfie refers to the taking of photograph of oneself, usually using a smartphone and shared via social media.
But, she added, it could also mean being individualistic and uncaring in the face of so much suffering and poverty.
Her call to other youth is for them to join cause-oriented organizations that would help them become an example to others.
“Go beyond selfie and face the social realities. Naay gigutom, naay mga biktima sa kalamidad. It’s time for us to rise and become agents of change,” Baunillo said, adding that an activity like feeding may be a small act but it has a big impact to those who make it happen.
For Noreen Joy Pepito, 17, an AB-International Studes at Xavier University, the feeding of the children was eye-opening.
“The feeding has made me realize that there are so many issues that are happening around us that I would not have known had I stayed in my comfort zone,” Pepito said.
“Daghan diay poor and oppressed pero dili gakakita kay blind kaayo ta,” she said, adding that her eyes and heart have been opened to the marginalized members of society.
“My challenge to my co-students is go and live with poor so you will know what poverty and suffering really mean,” she added.
After the feeding and therapy, Tulong Kabataan, during the program, held a “kalampag,” where some of the volunteers banged on cooking pots as a way of letting others know of the problem of hunger and poverty.
==Mayor: P3.8B budget ambitious for 'momentum year'==
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cagayan-de-oro/local-news/2015/01/17/mayor-p38b-budget-ambitious-momentum-year-387230
*Saturday, January 17, 2015
:By Jigger J. Jerusalem
THE local government has decided on a P3.8 billion budget, because it has been ambitious enough that 2015 is its “momentum year,” Mayor Oscar Moreno said.
When he sat as the city’s new local chief executive in 2013, Moreno said that it was a period of adjustment and transformation since it would take some time before the changes he introduced could be adopted by the people.
“I thought 2013 was the most difficult kay naandan pa ang old culture. The challenge of that year was to let the people understand the culture of reform,” he said, “by 2014, you start doing things, hopefully adjusted na ang kultura.”
That’s why, he added, he proposed P3.8 billion, an ambitious goal, due to that momentum.
But he said the city’s legislative body doesn’t share his vision when the majority bloc trimmed down the P3.8 billion executive budget for this year and even deleted a few of its items, some of which were allocated for services such as the PhilHealth indigency program.
It can be recalled that Moreno provided P240 million for the PhilHealth renewal for some 200,000 residents of the city but was zeroed by the majority members of the council.
“Di nila gusto maningkamot kita kay we will be able to elevate the condition, the welfare of the people to a higher level. Di nila gusto ‘na,” he said, referring to the majority councilors. “Gusto nila permanente pobre, permanente unserved or underserved ang katawhan.”
He said the agenda of PaDayon Pilipino-dominated council is suppressing the present administration “para di makaserbisyo ang city government. Kay nagtuo sila kung di maalaagaran ang katawhan, the people will miss them. But they’re wrong. Nakasabot na ang mga tawo.”
He added the P3.8 billion is achievable, as he noted that other cities of similar size and population in Metro Manila would consider the P5 billion budget as “payat” (insufficient).
Cagayan de Oro ranked second in the "most competitive" cities in the country in 2014.
Moreno said if the city government would only strive to reach its goal, then the executive budget he proposed could be attained.
In a press conference on January 13, city treasurer Glenn Bañez told reporters the city can afford the P3.8 billion budget.
“The budget is your blueprint. If you want to build a house, [for instance like a shanty], mao ra sad na imong buhaton nga blueprint. The choice is yours how much revenues you can generate. It’s up to you if you want to be ambitious or you want to be conservative, or magtinapulan ka,” he furthered.
:Reduction of seniors’ budget
Meanwhile, City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) chief Teddy Sabuga-a lambasted the majority bloc for reducing the budget allotted for the Office of the Senior Citizen’s Affair from P15 million to P5.850 million, P5.500 million of which is for burial assistance.
“The amount approved by the [majority] is only good for the burial assistance to the bereaved families of indigent senior citizens. And that act is obviously not valuing self-worth,” Sabuga-a on his Facebook post said.
He said the senior citizens are not retiring “but they shall retire themselves to continue their passionate undertaking. This is what they need to maintain their self-worth, the attitude of selfless service.”
==Northern Mindanao describes Pope Francis as ‘People’s Pope’==
*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=725788
*Friday, January 16, 2015
:By Aida Raut [(PNA), CTB/CD/AR/EDS]
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 16 (PNA) -– The “People’s Welcome Committee” in Northern Mindanao rejoices the visit of Pope Francis and described the leader of the 1.2 billion Roman Catholics around the world as “People’s Pope.”
The “People’s Welcome Committee” opens here Thursday during the arrival of the Pope Francis and would have a “peoples’ vigil” and daily programs until January 19 at the Freedom Kiosks at Plaza Divisoria, Rev. Father June Mark Yañez, one of the conveners, said on Friday.
He said that the people in the region appreciate the Pope’s sympathy of and solidarity with the Filipino people which truly radiates hope and inspiration to all, especially the poor, Yañez said.
He said that Pope Francis has been a steady symbol of unity, reconciliation and dialogue with and respect for other faiths and religions around the world.
It is no wonder that the people continue to embrace Pope Francis as the “People’s Pope” and “Pope for the Poor”, given his pro-people and peace advocacy, Yañez said.
He said that Pope Francis even declared the year 2015 as “Year of the Poor”, paving the way for the church to engage in open dialogue with and advocating for the peasantry, workers and all marginalized sectors.
Yañez said that the Filipino people should therefore embrace the rare presence of the Pope and make it as opportunity of seeking his intercession so that the hopes and cries of our people will be heard, and more importantly addressed by the leaders of our nation.
Let us appeal to the Pope’s deep sense of solidarity with the basic and marginalized sectors, particularly in the long-time standing problem among our landless farmers, work exploitation among workers, demolitions among urban poor, unchecked cases of grave human rights violation among activists, and lack of basic social services for the majority.
Yañez said that the young people can use this time to echo their experience of deprivation of their rights to education, livelihood, and decent job.
Lastly, let us also seek the Pope’s support in the people’s call for the government of the Philippines resumes peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and to forge “genuine” peace agreements with other groups such as the MILF, Yañez said.
==Oro and Harbin sisterhood ties reconnected==
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cagayan-de-oro/local-news/2015/01/15/oro-and-harbin-sisterhood-ties-reconnected-386915
*Thursday, January 15, 2015
: (CIO)
A DELEGATION headed by Mayor Oscar Moreno left recently to Harbin City in the People’s Republic of China to strengthen the sisterhood ties between Cagayan de Oro and Harbin City.
Several members of local Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and some members of the business community joined with Mayor Moreno on the said foreign trip.
The travel of Mayor Moreno and party came after Harbin City Mayor Song Xibin sent formal invitation to the city government in order to deepen the sister-city relationship between the two cities.
Mayor Xibin likewise wanted Mayor Moreno and the rest of the city delegation to witness the 31st China Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, which can’t be seen in Cagayan de Oro.
On the other hand, Mayor Moreno is thankful and hopeful that the relationship ties between Cagayan de Oro and Harbin will grow stronger and deeper, especially on areas along business and trade, tourism, education and technological sharing on environmental protection and preservation.
As sister city, Harbin government shouldered the delegation’s expenses for food, accommodation and local transportation during their stay in China.
The sisterhood relationship between Cagayan de Oro and Harbin City, China was formally forged in 2005.
==Historical marker acknowledging CDO revolutionary role unveiled==
*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=724920
*Wednesday, January 14, 2015
:(PNA), LGI/CD/ERCEL MAANDIG/JSD
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 14 (PNA) -- The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) unveiled a historical marker here on Tuesday to acknowledge the city government’s revolutionary role in the 1800s.
Ludovico D. Badoy, Executive Director of the NHCP, who led the unveiling of the marker, said that marker depicts the “raising of the revolutionary flag” on January 10, 1899 at the “Casa Real of Cagayan De Misamis.”
The Cagayan De Misamis was later renamed as Cagayan De Oro City.
The marker is located in front of the City Hall building along General Capistrano and Jose Gaerlan Streets.
Among those who witnessed the unveiling ceremonies were the new generation of known native Cagayanon families who were introduced by Catalino Chan, regional director of the Department of Tourism.
==Php 101-M school bldg project breaks ground in Cagayan de Oro==
*Source: http://www.www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=3&rid=724640
*Tuesday, January 13, 2015
:(PNA), RMA/CD/CD/EDS
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 13 (PNA) -– The groundbreaking of school projects worth Php 101 million would start in various barangays here on Wednesday, a lawmaker said.
Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, of Cagayan De Oro City, said on Tuesday that the project involved the construction of seven public elementary and high school buildings here.
He said that the construction of the seven school buildings would have a total of 72 classrooms.
Rodriguez said that the project, funded by the Department of Education, would be implemented by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
The public school division has submitted the proposed school building project in the congressional district, which also endorsed the approval and funding to the appropriate government agencies, Rodriguez said.
==Misamis Oriental sends relief to 10,000 stranded IPs==
*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=724261
*Monday, January 12, 2015
:(PNA), CTB/CD/AR/EDS
MISAMIS ORIENTAL, Jan. 12 (PNA) -– Provincial Gov. Yevgeny Vincente Emano on Monday said that the province has sent foods and medicines to about 10,000 members of indigenous people in the four hinterlands of the province’s east district after losing contacts last Saturday.
He said that he received reports on Saturday that the residents of tribal communities in the hinterland villages of Eureka, Kamanikan, Malibod, and Kalipay have been isolated after strong currents and flash flood destroyed the spillway bridge in Malibod.
Emano said that the provincial disaster risk, reduction and management council (PDRRMC), the social welfare department and the provincial health office have distributed foods and medicines to more than 10,000 families displaced due to storm “Seniang” last December.
According to Emano, the province evacuated more than 44,000 individuals to 139 evacuation centers in the 15 municipal towns due to flash floods and landslides at the height of storm “Seniang.”
Provincial Administrator Edmundo Pacamalan, Jr., said that the problem was exacerbated as intermittent rains occurred last week due to low pressure area (LPA).
The LPA last week destroyed detour bridges which marooned some 10,000 commuters in Balingasag, Misamis Oriental, Pacamalan said.
He said that the Mambayaan Bridge in Balingasag tilted when its middle pier sunk due to rampaging flood waters at the height of “Seniang” last week of December 2014.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) constructed a spillway about 60 meters from the Mambayaan Bridge, the major bridge that connects Cagayan De Oro City and Misamis Oriental’s western district to Butuan City and Agusan Del Norte, as temporary passage, Pacamalan said.
He said that Governor Emano has ordered the provincial capitol’s satellite office in Gingoog City to distribute foods and medicines to residents of the province’s eastern towns, particularly in Lagonglong, Talisayan, Kinoguitan, Gingoog, and Magsaysay since last week.
==Ex-councilor: Budget cut to backfire==
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cagayan-de-oro/local-news/2015/01/11/ex-councilor-budget-cut-backfire-386238
*Sunday, January 11, 2015
:By Butch D. Enerio
WHEN the majority bloc of the City Council decided to reduce Mayor Oscar Moreno’s executive budget for this year from P3.8 billion to P2.08 billion and zeroed some of its provisions, especially basic services, they actually repeated an act that backfired and achieved the opposite of what was originally planned, a former councilor said.
“This whole budget episode unfolding before our eyes at City Hall brings back to mind a familiar setting in the Provincial Capitol after then Governor [Vicente or Dongkoy] Emano’s last term election,” lawyer and former councilor Edgar Cabanlas said in an analysis posted on his Facebook page over the weekend.
Cabanlas used to be Emano’s partymate when the latter was still the governor of Misamis Oriental in the ‘90s.
At the time, the provincial legislative branch was dominated by the opposition headed by the late Vice Governor Danilo Lagbas.
“While Emano won (as governor), the rest of his slate lost except me for the second district and the late Vic Seriña for the first district. Lagbas and the remaining eight board members ruled the Provincial Board with a clear overriding veto power,” he said.
For political reasons, Cabanlas added, Emano and the provincial legislators “could not see eye to eye,” thus, when Emano submitted his executive budget, the board “mangled it beyond recognition.”
One of the changes made by the Provincial Board was Emano’s intelligence fund which, he noted, was reduced to “a mere pittance” -- from P6 million to a measly P300,000.
“The 20 percent development fund was placed under the strict surveillance that Emano could not touch without the [board] flicking his fingers away,” he said.
Except for personal services and statutory obligations, not a single item was left undisturbed -- it’s either reduced or deleted. “Capital outlay remained an empty budgetary parlance. Basic services were totally ignored for reasons of political expediency,” he added.
:Played role well
“But then Emano played his role well,” Cabanlas observed. “He emerged a victim and an underdog. Before the bar of public opinion, he appeared as the battered governor. Dongkoy knew that people love the underdog.”
The sympathy Emano generated from appearing as the oppressed and disadvantaged in the eyes of the general public was translated into votes when he emerged victorious in the mayoralty in 1998, he added.
With the majority members of the present City Council’s slashing the budget and deleting some provisions that are vital to the projects and programs of Moreno, Cabanlas said the same scenario is happening all over again.
“Back to the present, we are seeing the same brutal behavior the majority bloc of the City Council is exhibiting against Moreno's executive budget. The same persecution that Emano experienced in 1995… No amount of denial could erase the perception that he is behind all these unrestrained folly of the majority councilors,” he said, referring to the former mayor.
Among the items in the executive budget the majority bloc had zeroed were PhilHealth Indigency Program with a proposed budget of P240 million; establishment of a sanitary landfill, P30.920 million; social services under the City Social Welfare and Development (CSWD), P35.670 million; assistance to indigents, P8.357 million; “Tabang Medico,” P5 million; and maternal care package, P6.120 million.
:Political backlash
Cabanlas said this ploy of almost depriving the Moreno administration of funds needed for its operations will produce a political backlash that would ensure the incumbent mayor a second term in office.
“Emano, being a seasoned politician, should know from experience that this kind of political beatings against Moreno wouldn’t work. It’s a boomerang in the making,” he said, adding that Emano is “handing the mayorship again to Moreno [on] a silver platter, for sure.”
==US firm to produce medical encoders in Oro==
==US firm to produce medical encoders in Oro==
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cagayan-de-oro/business/2015/01/10/us-firm-produce-medical-encoders-oro-385899
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cagayan-de-oro/business/2015/01/10/us-firm-produce-medical-encoders-oro-385899
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