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Moreno says Elipe holding public post
By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent / MAYOR Oscar Moreno over the weekend refuted an assertion made by ex-councilor President Elipe that the group managing the sports complex is a private entity that cannot be subjected to civil service and other government rules. Moreno said, “The Misamis Oriental Integrated Sports Council is not a private entity. It has no juridical personality, not having been incorprated or organized as a corporation.
Comelec eyes 2 nuisance bets in Oro, Misor
- Advertisement - By Nitz Arancon Correspondent - Advertisement - THE Commission on Elections offices in Misamis Oriental and Cagayan de Oro City has identified two possible nuisance candidates and would not be included in the ballots for the National and Local Elections next year. Comelec identified the two as Rodulfo Alaan Basadre, Sr., a resident of City Homes Subdivision in Barangay Malanang, Opol town, and Wilson Ceritero Amad, a resident of Bellevue Subdivision in Upper Carmen, this city.
2 slain cop killers grabbed gun: Bahian
mindanao goldstar daily Monday,February 24, 2020 Cagayan de Oro, Top Stories By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent POLICE used a narrative with striking similarities to the December 2019 killing of a cannibal from Talisayan town to justify Friday’s shooting deaths of two suspects in the Monday night shootout that resulted in an officer’s death in Libertad, Misamis Oriental.
While Misor jail guard goes ‘malling,’ prisoner escapes
mindanao goldstar daily Saturday,February 22, 2020 Cagayan de Oro, Top Stories By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent A MISAMIS Oriental Provincial Jail inmate escaped after the prison guard tasked to watch over him brought him to a mall in downtown Cagayan de Oro on Thursday. ACCEPT. Lt. Col. Ricky Canatoy accepts the command of the 58th Infantry Battalion in Claveria, Misamis Oriental on Thursday while 4th Infantry Division commander Maj. Gen. Nemecio Gacal and Lt. Col. Roy Anthony Derilo listen.
Police catch 2nd suspect in Libertad Shootout
Nitz Arancon Friday,February 21, 2020 Libertad, Misamis Oriental, Top Stories By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent AUTHORITIES on Wednesday arrested a second suspect in the Monday encounter in Libertad, Misamis Oriental. But Capt. Rham Camelotes, Libertad Police Chief, declined to identify the suspect for police reasons. He said police were still pursuing the remaining suspects. Camelotes said they arrested the suspect at around 4:20 pm, Wednesday, in Sitio Lirupan, Barangay Poblacion in Libertad town.
CAR ON FIRE
Nitz Arancon Thursday,February 20, 2020 El Salvador, Top Stories A group of men flank a mini-van that caught fire while on display at the Jan Group Trade Corp. property in Molugan, El Salvador in Misamis Oriental, on Tuesday morning. (photo by Nitz Arancon) 60 SHARES Check Also Angry Misor mayor storms barangay hall, scolds lowly village worker A FURIOUS mayor of Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, stormed a barangay hall in his town, yelled and badmouthed a lowly female worker on Valentine’s Day.
Two slain as police, armed group clash
By NITZ ARANCON and JOEY NACALABAN Correspondents A POLICE officer and one of five heavily armed civilians were killed in a shootout at a checkpoint in Barangay Dolong in Libertad town, Misamis Oriental, at around 8:30 pm Monday. Capt. Rham Camelotes, Libertad police chief, identified the fatalities as S/Sgt. Roland Caayupan and one Jephone Fabriga Tinamisan, 33, of Purok 5, Biñadero, Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental. Two others were wounded — M/Sgt.
Goking plans review of school’s permit
mindanao goldstar daily Monday,February 17, 2020 Cagayan de Oro, Top Stories By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent HE chairman of the city council’s trade and commerce committee over the weekend announced an impending review of the business permits city hall issued to Oro Christian Grace School (OCGS) and other private institutions of learning in the city as an offshoot of the Jan. 30 accidental shooting at the Macasandig school.
George wants Oro council to summon Barrientos, 4th ID chief
mindanao goldstar daily Monday,February 17, 2020 Top Stories By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent COUNCILOR George Goking over the weekend called on the city council to consider summoning 4th Infantry Division commander Maj. Gen. Franco Nemesio Gacal and Lt. Col. Odilon Barrientos, the father of the boy who figured in the accidental shooting of a female 7th grader at the Oro Christian Grace School (OCGS) late last month.
Gacal: Military now probing gun mishap
mindanao goldstar daily Saturday,February 15, 2020 Cagayan de Oro, Top Stories By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent THE Jan. 30 accidental shooting of a girl at the Oro Christian Grace School has already reached the attention of Fort Bonifacio and a military investigation is ongoing, said 4th Infantry Division commander Franco Nemesio Gacal yesterday. Maj. Gen.
Carmen cops arrest ‘abusive’ police captain from Butuan
mindanao goldstar daily Saturday,February 15, 2020 Butuan, Top Stories By NITZ ARANCON, and JOEY NACALABAN with JIGGER J. JERUSALEM Correspondents AUTHORITIES arrested a police captain from Butuan City for making sexual advances on a woman, threatening people, and hurting a man riding a bicycle during a chase here yesterday morning. Maj. Jelesis Teves, Carmen police chief, identified the suspect as Capt. Calvin Nario Placer Jr., 35, of Rosewood, Butuan City.
CIDG nabs carnapping convict who escaped 27 years ago
Nitz Arancon Saturday,February 15, 2020 Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental, Top Stories By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent POLICE arrested a convicted criminal who escaped from the Misamis Oriental provincial jail and his younger brother in separate raids in Zone 2, Alae, Manolo Fortich town in Bukidnon, yesterday morning. CUFFED. Criminal Investigation and Detection Group’s Lt. Noel Oclarit (right) handcuffs a seated Rodolfo Bongcaron during a raid in Zone 2, Alae, Manolo Fortich in Bukidnon, yesterday.
Boy coached girl into making up ‘metal rod’ story: victim’s pa
By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent THE 13-year-old girl who was accidentally shot in school was coached by her pistol-wielding classmate to lie about her gunshot wound, the victim’s father told three city council committees during a joint meeting on Tuesday. The girl’s father told councilors that the boy told the wounded child to peddle a fabricated story about the accident. “Gi-ingnan siya sa boy nga, ‘Nagdula ta daplin sa construction site and you were hit (by a) metal rod,” he said.
Bomb joke disrupts classes at Mogchsa
mindanao goldstar daily Tuesday,February 11, 2020 Cagayan de Oro, Top Stories By NITZ ARANCON, JOEY NACALABAN Correspondents and URIEL C. QUILINGUING Contributing Editor A STILL unidentified prankster caused the disruption of classes at the state-run Misamis Oriental General Comprehensive High School (Mogchs) and a traffic jam in downtown Cagayan de Oro as police moved to search a bomb that wasn’t there. Police cars are strategically parked at the Mogchs while officers search the school.
Teen, with throat slit, found dead near church in Tagoloan
Home / Cagayan de Oro / Teen, with throat slit, found dead near church in Tagoloan mindanao goldstar daily Tuesday,February 11, 2020 Cagayan de Oro, Top Stories By SHIELA MAE BUTLIG, NITZ ARANCON and JOEY NACALABAN Correspondents A VILLAGER stumbled on the body of a teenager who was brutally killed apparently after being sexually abused at the back of a church in Barangay Natumolan, Tagoloan in Misamis Oriental, at around 5 am yesterday.
LTFRB okays P.50-hike in minimum jeepney fare - Mindanao Gold Star Daily
mindanao goldstar daily Tuesday,February 11, 2020 Uncategorized By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) approved the increase in minimum jeepney fare in northern Mindanao from P7.50 to P8 effective yesterday. Alan Aminoden Guro, LTFRB regional director, said the mimimum P8-fare covers the first four kilometers, and the fare increases by P1.40 for every succeeding kilometer.
Data: Number of poverty-stricken families in Normin down
By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent THE number of impoverished families in northern Mindanao declined by 17.2 percent in 2018, records of the Philippine Statistics Authority show. According to PSA-10 director Ruben Abano Jr., the figure is considerably lower than the poverty incidence in the region in 2015 which was at 32 percent. Abano presented the findings during the regional dissemination forum dubbed: “Full Year 2018 Official Poverty Statistics at a resort in Barangay Cugman, this city.
City council bodies start hearings on string of Oro suicides
Home / Cagayan de Oro / City council bodies start hearings on string of Oro suicides mindanao goldstar daily Friday,February 7, 2020 Cagayan de Oro, Top Stories By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent THE city council’s committees on women and family relations, education, and social services on Wednesday started hearings into the string of suicides in the city.
Graft plaint filed against Bambi over capitol’s vehicle purchases
Home / Cagayan de Oro / Graft plaint filed against Bambi over capitol’s vehicle purchases mindanao goldstar daily Friday,February 7, 2020 Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental, Top Stories By NITZ ARANCON with SHIELA MAE BUTLIG Correspondents A MAN has filed a complaint for graft against Misamis Oriental Gov. Yevgeny Vincente Emano over the capitol’s vehicle purchases in 2013 and 2014 allegedly in violation of a presidential order and a memorandum from the interior department.
Four patients still under observation in Normin, says task force
Home / Top Stories / Four patients still under observation in Normin, says task force mindanao goldstar daily Wednesday,February 5, 2020 Top Stories By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent HEALTH officials are still observing four people in northern Mindanao who have shown symptoms of novel coronavirus infection, the chairperson of the local Task Force Novel Coronavirus disclosed yesterday.
Four patients still under observation in Normin, says task force
Home / Top Stories / Four patients still under observation in Normin, says task force mindanao goldstar daily Wednesday,February 5, 2020 Top Stories By NITZ ARANCON, Correspondent HEALTH officials are still observing four people in northern Mindanao who have shown symptoms of novel coronavirus infection, the chairperson of the local Task Force Novel Coronavirus disclosed yesterday.
Councilors to probe into girl’s shooting
Pistol-wielding 7th grader also toyed with a grenade By NITZ ARANCON with JIGGER J. JERUSALEM Correspondents COUNCILORS over the weekend called for an investigation into the apparent accidental shooting of a female 7th grader inside a private school in Barangay Macasandig on Thursday. Officials also want school administrators summoned to the city council. A BOY’S GRENADE. A frame from video clip sent to this paper shows a 7th grader showing off and toying with a grenade before other students.
Bloody role play as 13-year-old arms self
By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent A SCHEDULED role play at the Oro Christian Grace School in Macasandig nearly cost a 13-year-old girl her life after a pistol her classmate sneaked into the school went off on Thursday. “They supposedly had a role-playing activity, war games, in their English class. The students brought plastic guns,” said Maj. Duyle Vembu Buenaflor, Macasandig police chief.
Furious Anduyan calls rebels ‘traitors,’ ‘animals’
mindanao goldstar daily Friday,January 31, 2020 Cagayan de Oro, Top Stories By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent CAMP Alagar yesterday ordered law enforcers in Bukidnon to step up operations in an effort to make those behind the ambush of a police convoy on Wednesday answer for what they did. “Kanang mga tawhana, mga traydor na nga mga animal! Unya mo-ingon sila’g isog sila. Ingon an aba diay nang isog!” said a furious Brig. Gen. Rolando Anduyan, police director for northern Mindanao.
Pagasa says transition to dry season begins
mindanao goldstar daily Thursday,January 30, 2020 Cagayan de Oro, Top Stories By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent GET ready for warmer days ahead. The country is now seeing the transition to the dry season, said Luz Mercado, a weather specialist at the Mindanao station of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) in El Salvador, Misamis Oriental. Mercado said the transition period started last week when the wind directions changed.
Doctors trying to save baby dumped in toilet by mother
mindanao goldstar daily Wednesday,January 29, 2020 Cagayan de Oro, Top Stories By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent DOCTORS at the city hall-owned JR Borja Memorial General Hospital are working to save a baby that was dumped in a toilet of a gas station in Barangay Carmen, this city, on Monday night. Authorities said the male infant found in a trash bin inside the restroom of a Petron gas station in Zayas, Carmen at around 9 pm. A towel was used to cover the baby.
Oro dads go ballistic over DOH, FDA snub
By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent COUNCILOR George Goking over the weekend warned that the city council could declare officials of the health department here personae non gratae if they continue to disregard invitations from the city’s legislature.
Police eye politics behind shooting of 2 village dads
By Jigger J. Jerusalem, NITZ ARANCON, and Joey P. Nacalaban Correspondents AUTHORITIES yesterday said they are looking at politics as the probable motive in the shooting death of two village councilors in Bukidnon town on Monday. According to Maj. Silvestre Asiong Jr., Bukidnon provincial police spokesperson, investigators are following several leads in the killing of the local officials, but they are zeroing in on politics.
Man shot dead while waiting for a ride home - Mindanao Gold Star Daily
mindanao goldstar daily Wednesday,January 22, 2020 Misamis Oriental, Top Stories By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent A MOTORCYCLE-RIDING gunman killed a cockfighting aficionado while he was waiting for a ride home in Barangay Lagtang, Alubijid town in Misamis Oriental, at around 7 pm Sunday. Capt. Bernil Alinas, Alubijid police chief, identified the victim as 44-year-old Darwin Roda of Purok 8, Poblacion, Alubijid town.
Man, two teenagers kill selves in Misor, Oro - Mindanao Gold Star Daily
By NITZ ARANCON, JOEY NACALABAN and SHIELA MAE BUTLIG zCorrespondents THREE people decided to call it quits and ended their lives over the weekend — two were minors while another suicide was a vegetable vendor. Capt. Dennis Dano identified one of the suicides as Reydan Pamisa, 49, of Zone 8, Bliss, Poblacion in Naawan town, Misamis Oriental. Dano said Pamisa’s 13-year-old daughter discovered her father hanging in their living room, already lifeless, at 6 am yesterday.
CIDG arrests couple in Balingasag raid
COUPLE IN HANDCUFFS. Couple Ferdinand and Nara Roa contemplate while in cuffs after police arrested them during a court-authorized search in their home in Barangay Isidro, Balingasag, Misamis Oriental, at 5 am yesterday. Police accused the couple of illegal arms and drug possession. (photo by Nitz Arancon) mindanao goldstar daily Friday,January 17, 2020 Top Stories By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent COUPLE IN HANDCUFFS.
NGCP interconnection projects aimed at One Grid Philippines
Home / Money Matters / NGCP interconnection projects aimed at One Grid Philippines mindanao goldstar daily Friday,January 17, 2020 Money Matters In pursuit of its goal of building One Grid Philippines, power transmission operator NGCP continues to embark on major interconnection projects to realize this vision. With over 7,600 islands in the Philippine archipelago, energizing and connecting major islands to the grid was a challenge that confronted NGCP when it took over from government.
By NITZ ARANCON and JOEY NACALABAN
Correspondents, A REGIONAL court found a former barangay chairman in Misamis Oriental guilty of keeping illegal drugs in his home and slapped him with a life-imprisonment sentence. The verdict was handed down on Wednesday, incidentally, hours before authorities arrested a town councilor caught with suspected shabu in Lugait, Misamis Oriental.
‘Barrio Peace-Ta sa Kampo 2020 ribbon cutting - Mindanao Gold Star Daily
mindanao goldstar daily Friday,January 17, 2020 Cagayan de Oro, Money Matters RIBBON CUTTING. Army’s 4th Infantry Diamond division chief, Maj. Gen. Nemesio Franco M. Gacal, Cagayan de Oro City Mayor. Oscar S.
Woman found dead in truck
mindanao goldstar daily Friday,January 17, 2020 Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental, Top Stories By JOEY NACALABAN Correspondent RESIDENTS of Neri Street in Barangay Carmen, this city, were horrified after a woman was discovered dead inside a truck in their neighborhood on Wednesday. Police said the crime scene showed signs that it was a murder case. Chief M/Sgt.
Former brgy chair gets life sentence
By NITZ ARANCON and JOEY NACALABAN Correspondents A REGIONAL court found a former barangay chairman in Misamis Oriental guilty of keeping illegal drugs in his home and slapped him with a life-imprisonment sentence. The verdict was handed down on Wednesday, incidentally, hours before authorities arrested a town councilor caught with suspected shabu in Lugait, Misamis Oriental.
Lady guard accuses cops of stealing her money, jewelry, food
By NITZ ARANCON and JOEY NACALABAN Correspondents A LADY guard yesterday accused a group of police officers of stealing her money, necklace, and bracelet during an operation that resulted in the arrest of her boyfriend in Zone 9, Cugman here on Sunday. Xylie Lou Espinoza, 31, of Malaybalay, Bukidnon, alleged that the officers stole from her P9,500 in cash during an anti-drug operation against her live-in partner in their rented pad.
Pagasa, Phivolcs: All is well in M’nao
By NITZ ARANCON and JIGGER J. JERUSALEM Correspondents TAAL Volcano’s ashfall poses no threat to Mindanao and even if it spews out more, the Amihan would likely serve as its shield, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said yesterday. Pagasa and the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said people in Mindanao have nothing to worry about.
Police kill taxi driver in Bolonsori cemetery ‘entrapment’
By NITZ ARANCON and JOEY NACALABAN Correspondents POLICE yesterday killed a taxi driver who allegedly fired shots at an officer during an alleged entrapment at around 2 am at the Bolonsori cemetery in Camaman-an, this city. Authorities identified the victim as Klyd Bryan Llamis, 32, of Zone 4, Barangay Bulua, this city. Capt. Jason Sto.
Trisikad driver killed by motorcyle-riding gunmen
mindanao goldstar daily Monday,January 13, 2020 Cagayan de Oro, News By NITZ ARANCON and JOEY P. NACALABAN Correspondents MOTORCYCLE-riding vigilantes have struck again in the city killing a trisikad driver and wounding his girlfriend while they were sleeping. S/Sgt. Hernan Abalde, Carmen Police Station investigator identified the fatality as Leonardo Quimbo, Jr., 22, a resident of Agora, Lapasan, this city. His girlfriend, identified only as Nelly, sustained multiple wounds after the gun attack.
Rufus asks House panel to tackle bill on ABS-CBN franchise
Home / Cagayan de Oro / Rufus asks House panel to tackle bill on ABS-CBN franchise Nitz Arancon Monday,January 13, 2020 Cagayan de Oro, Top Stories By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent REP. Rufus Rodriguez of the city’s 2nd District has called on the House Committee on Legislative Franchise to start deliberations on a bill he filed that seeks to renew the franchise of television giant ABS-CBN. Rodriguez filed House Bill 5705 that seeks to give the television network a fresh 25-year franchise.
Camiguin adopts new measures due to influx of tourists
By JIGGER J. JERUSALEM Correspondent ALTHOUGH Camiguin has prided itself as one of the country’s prime tourist destinations, it must ensure that its ecosystem and natural resources remain intact and protected by not overcrowding the island-province with more visitors that it could handle, Gov. Jurdin Jesus Romualdo said.
Alagar on alert vs sympathy attacks
By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent AUTHORITIES here and elsewhere in Mindanao have intensified security and intelligence information-gathering operations despite seeming de-escalation efforts by the US and Iran following the latter’s retaliatory missile attacks on Wednesday. Brig. Gen. Rolando Anduyan, police director for Region 10, ordered law enforcers throughout northern Mindanao to strengthen security measures to thwart a possible spillover of violence and sympathy attacks.
Cañosa orders Mt. Balatukan closed after three trekkers got lost there
Home / Gingoog / Cañosa orders Mt. Balatukan closed after three trekkers got lost there mindanao goldstar daily Thursday,January 9, 2020 Gingoog, Top Stories By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent GINGOOG Mayor Erick Cañosa declared the temporary closure of the Gingoog side of Mt. Balatukan, a popular trekking site. Gingoog city administrator Elvin Restituto said Cañosa ordered key officials of the city to review the protocols pertaining to visiting mountaineers in the city.
Rodriguez to govt: Evacuate OFWs now
By NITZ ARANCON, Correspondent REP. Rufus Rodriguez of the city’s 2nd District on Tuesday called on the Duterte administration to start the evacuation of Filipino workers in Iran and Iraq as tension continued to escalate as a result of a Jan. 3 drone strike that killed top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad on US President Donald Trump’s order.
One of Oca’s trusted men now holds Palace post
mindanao goldstar daily Wednesday,January 8, 2020 Cagayan de Oro, Top Stories By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent THE city’s disaster management and traffic overseer quit so he could hold a key position in the Duterte administration. In his letter of resignation addressed to Mayor Oscar Moreno, dated Dec. 23, 2019, City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Department overseer Mario Verner Monsanto said President Duterte offered him the position of assistant secretary in the Office of the President.
Probers look into killing of Bukidnon tribal leader
mindanao goldstar daily Tuesday,January 7, 2020 Top Stories By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent AUTHORITIES are currently investigating the killing of a tribal leader by suspected members of the New People’s Army at around 9 am on Saturday.
Moreno names new RTA, security chief
mindanao goldstar daily Monday,January 6, 2020 Cagayan de Oro, Top Stories By NITZ ARANCON Correspondent MAYOR Oscar Moreno has named a newly retired police colonel as the city’s new traffic czar and head of city hall’s security group. Appointed to head the Roads and Traffic Administration (RTA) and civil security team of the local government was Rizalino Borlagdatan, a newly retired police colonel who headed the logistics office of Camp Alagar. Borlagdatan.
Alagar raises alert level despite truce
By NITZ ARANCON and JIGGER J. JERUSALEM Correspondents CAMP Alagar yesterday ordered all police units in northern Mindanao to raise the alert level despite the holiday truce between the government and the New People’s Army. Brig. Gen. Rolando Anduyan (photo Nitz Arancon) Brig. Gen. Rolando Anduyan, police director for northern Mindanao, directed key police officials in the region not to take chances, be on guard, and ensure that all police stations and outposts in Region 10 are tightly secured.
Local execs warned vs hosting CPP anniv
By NITZ ARANCON, JIGGER JERUSALEM Correspondents and FROILAN GALLARDO Special Correspondent THE 4th Infantry Division warned local officials against hosting any New People’s Army (NPA) gatherings in their political territories in time for the Communist Party’s 51st anniversary today, saying those who do would be “marked.” Maj. Gen.
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