Closure of old Velez, DV Soria streets caused heavy traffic

April 26, 2008

FINALLY! The ’worst ever-potholed’ national road is now being repaired. The project is made possible with the help of Second District Cong. Rufus Rodriguez. But the lack of coordination among contractors, the Roads and Traffic Administration (RTA), DPWH, etc. resulted to a monstrous traffic for a full 2-day period.

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Jaraula’s Scantel charges can spell trouble for Emano, Padayon dads

April 26, 2008

atty. frederico gapuz LAWYERS LEGALESE. Opposition lawyers Frederico Gapuz (above) and Rogelio Bagabuyo disclosed that Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Constantino Jaraula exposes Vice-Mayor Vicente Emano and other PaDayon Pilipino city councilors to risks of getting slapped with graft charges the moment the mayor files charges against Scantel for the P49 million botched Barangay Telephone System. Read more

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City Council asks Jaraula to ‘retract’ orders

April 26, 2008

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TAKE IT BACK TINNEX. This was essentially the message of the City Council after opposition city councilors Zaldy Ocon, Roger Abaday (above photo) and Bong Lao reported that how Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Constantino Jaraula ordered the City doctors not to attend Cong. Rolando Uy’s medical outreach program. Read more

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Emano, Calingasan face 32 counts graft charges for City Hospital scam

April 26, 2008

emano Former Cagayan de Oro city mayor now vice-mayor Vicente “Dongkoy” Emano, former City Health czar Dr. Jerry Calingasan and their cohorts are having a hard time answering the P20 million medicine scam complaint slapped against them at the Office of the Ombudsman. Read more

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Jaraula’s Scantel raps can hit Emano also – Ombudsman lawyer, opposition

April 26, 2008

SURROUNDED BY THE OPPOSITION. Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Constantino Jaraula’s promise to file charges against telephone firm Scantel can also hit on his PaDayon Pilipino leader Vice-Mayor Vicente Emano and other partymates. It has now raised questions on whether the move is actually calculated for a future split with Emano or just motivated by mere self-preservation .

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CDO barangay captains to help in NFA rice distributions

April 26, 2008

aaron neri TO THE RESCUE? As hordes of people continue to flock to Cogon Public Market and other authorized retail stores to buy rice from the National Food Authority (NFA), barangay officials here in Cagayan de Oro City and Misamis Oriental are now being tapped to help in the distribution of rice but at a limited kilo per person per week. Read more

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Cogon, Carmen vendors incur losses due to NFA rice buyers

April 26, 2008

Vendors from Carmen Public Market and Cogon Public Market are now trooping to City Hall to complain as to how buyers of rice from the National Food Authority (NFA) are now flooding their business areas and affecting their livelihood daily. Read more

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Iligan radio broadcaster, RSP-10 seek frustrated murder reinvestigation

April 25, 2008

Local Regional State Prosecutor Office (RSPO-10) is now looking into the possibility of asking for a reinvestigation of the frustrated murder of radio broadcaster Jose “Jo” Pantoja to now include the mastermind behind the incident. Read more

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363 affected families receive disturbance pay to get out of Laguindingan airport site

April 23, 2008

A TOTAL of 363 affected structure-owners at the Laguindingan International Airport site are entitled to disturbance allowance or the so-called Settling-in Allowance of P10,000 per affected structure-owner.
    This was bared by Misamis Oriental Governor Oscar S. Moreno during a recent press conference held in Cagayan de Oro City to update the public via media outfits of the status of the Laguindingan Airport Development Project (LADP).
    Moreno said the Department Of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) already identified the beneficiaries and delegated the provincial government of Misamis Oriental to distribute the initial disturbance compensation to 45 affected structure-owners in the 2nd week of April, 2008.
    He also reported that the site development of the relocation sites of the affected families situated in Barangays San Isidro and Tubajon, Laguindingan town.
    The transfer of affected families to the two resettlement sites is primarily undertaken by the Resettlement and Relocation Office of the municipal government of Laguindingan, in coordination with the DOTC, National Housing Authority, Department of Agrarian Reform, Provincial Government, and the Ayala Corporation.
    As of April 2007, at least 75 affected families were relocated to Phase 1 relocation site, which can accommodate 248 lots with provision of housing units to be constructed under the Gawad Kalinga (GK) program, the LADP report stated.
    It also stated that there are now 12 affected families relocated to Phase 2 resettlement site in Barangay Tubajon and another batch of 16 affected families were transferred in the second week of April, 2008    .
    Phase 2 relocation site can accommodate 425 lots, with 218 housing units undergoing construction.
    Governor Moreno said the site development activities of Phase 2 started in April 22, 2007 and set to be completed on May 10, 2008.
    A total of P25 million was allotted by the national government thru the NHA to finance the house construction component of Phase 2 resettlement site, where 109 duplex housing units are to be constructed, he explained.
    Of the 109 duplex housing units, 37 duplex houses are currently constructed at the site.
    Meanwhile, Gov. Moreno revealed that works at the airport site in Laguindingan include clearing operations, earthwork activities, and construction of access roads, among others.
    He said of the 387.68 hectares of land to be utilized for the airport development, a total of 289.97 hectares were already acquired from various land owners.
    A total of 3.32 hectares is set to be acquired from small landowners, while Ayala Corporation’s second donation comprising of 94.39 hectares, is still awaiting for the approval of the petition for land use conversion, from agricultural to industrial/commercial by DAR in Manila, he further said.
    Moreno said Ayala Corporation earlier donated two parcels of agricultural lands for the airport site–one parcel is 84 hectares while the other is 94.39 hectares.
    However, he said, the documents for the 2nd donation of 94.39 hectares has been delayed due to the requirement of the government for the Ayala Corporation to post a performance/surety bond as required in the land conversion.
    Gov. Moreno also reported that the Laguindingan International Airport will be completed as scheduled on or before 2011.
    Once completed and operational, he added, it is expected to create more job opportunities or employment, boost tourism industry, boost agri-business potentials, and improve the economic activities in Misamis Oriental, neighboring cities and municipalities in Northern Mindanao and the Mindanao Super Region, as a whole.
    He also said he is very thankful to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for fast-tracking the implementation of this very big project that is currently included in the administration’s Mindanao Super Region.
    The Laguindingan International Airport is one of the four flagship projects under President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s “Super Regions” development strategy for Northern Mindanao.
    The other three Super Region infrastructure development projects being implemented in Northern Mindanao are the P173-million Ozamiz City Airport Development Project, the P572.87-million Cagayan de Oro Port Development Project, and the P2.670-billion Panguil Bay Bridge Project of Misamis Occidental.
    The Panguil Bay Bridge would connect Tangub City in Misamis Occidental to Tubod town in Lanao del Norte. (Babes Jacob-Rebultan/PIA-MisOrOccCam)

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City Hall continues to scrape money for BOT deals

April 23, 2008

By Lizanilla J. Amarga

CITY Hall is scraping out whatever is of its coffer’s savings just to come out with millions of pesos to pay off UKC Builders, Inc. as “sharing of revenue” for the Cogon and Carmen public markets which are supposedly covered by Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contracts. Read more

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