Cagayan de Oro

By LITO RULONA Correspondent . Around 2,000 applicants have taken the Armed Forces of the Philippines Service Aptitude Test (AFPSAT) examination at the 4th Infantry Division, Philippine Army, Camp Evangelista, Barangay Patag, this city, last week. The examination was conducted as part of the 3-day AFPSAT and AQE/SWE examination from ...

By Nitz Arancon Correspondent . COMMITTEE on public utilities chairman Teodulfo Lao, Jr has ordered Barangay Puerto chairman Ian Achas not to implement his “no sticker, no entry” rule for tri-cabs, motorized sikad, and other tri-wheeled passenger vehicles just yet. Lao issued the order to Achas during a meeting of ...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-10) reiterated that only indigent senior citizens are qualified to receive the social pension provided for by Republic Act 9994 or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010. Social Pension refers to the monthly stipend amounting to P500 to augment the daily subsistence ...

By LITO RULONA Correspondent . At least 26 local governments in Northern Mindanao are the beneficiaries of the program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-10) in implementing program on Climate Change and Risk Resiliency. This was disclosed by DSWD-10 Social Marketing Unit in-charge Charmaine Tadlas to the ...

By LITO RULONA Correspondent . Mindanao’s Indigenous People Youth Organization (MIPYO) leaders asked the President Rodrigo Duterte to “save” their tribe from being victimized by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army. This was the call made by MIPYO political officer Datu Suhan Dante Tumanding during their peace assembly ...

By Jigger J. Jerusalem Correspondent . PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte made good on his promise to City councilor-elect Joyleen Mercedes “Girlie” Balaba, a former TV personality and a known friend of Duterte and members of the First Family to lead the oath-taking if the latter wins. Balaba said the President promised ...

By JOEY P. NACALABAN Correspondent . OPERATIVES from Cagayan de Oro Police Office scored anew when they arrested two persons in a buy-bust operation yesterday morning at Barangay Gusa, this city. The suspects were surprised upon seeing the police forcibly entering their rented pad at San Pedro in Gusa at ...

City Mayor Oscar Moreno lauded two of Cagayan de Oro City’s finest boxers who displayed splendid performance in a recent international boxing tournament held in Shanghai, China dubbed as Belt and Road China International Boxing Tournament. In a courtesy call yesterday, 23-year-old flyweight Marvin Tabamo proudly presented his silver medal, ...

By LITO RULONA Correspondent . The regional office of the National Food Authority (NFA-10) has reportedly exceeded the target for buffer stocking on rice for any disaster relief operation handled by the Department of Social Welfare and Development. This was report submitted by NFA-10 regional director Genaro Nuñez, Jr. to ...

THE 18th City Council during its regular session Monday presided over by Vice Mayor Raineir Joaquin Uy adopted a resolution returning to the barangay council of Camaman-an for implementation its ordinance covering its supplemental budget for 2019. This covers the amount of P89,754, which will be utilized for the personal ...