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Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro's front page for May 20, 2013

laureenjean — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:26:31 +0000

Luczon: Dawn of the new Thinking Class?

jybanez — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:25:53 +0000

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THE success of Mayor-elect Oscar Moreno in thrashing the empire created by Vicente Emano in Cagayan de Oro is just one of the few developments in the local elections in Mindanao, as a greater picture, and how possibly the majority of the people think and decide whom to vote in this age of much recent technology.

Vugt: Happy birthday to the Church!

jybanez — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:25:32 +0000

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ON SUNDAY, May 19, we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost, the coming down of the Holy Spirit over the Apostles and the entire church of Jerusalem. It was the birthday of a new church, the Church of Christ, the Christian Church.

Happy birthday to our Church! The Holy Spirit has been inspiring me also to write my columns in Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro under the theme of “The living Spirit.”

So happy birthday also to my columns!

In the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2, 1-11) we can read about the wonderful and miraculous happening of that first Pentecost day.

Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro's front page for May 19, 2013

armiesheila — Sun, 19 May 2013 00:02:27 +0000

The People’s Choice

armiesheila — Sat, 18 May 2013 23:54:10 +0000

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“THE people have spoken. I respect that.”

Mayor Vicente Emano says this in television news report when asked how he takes the big blow on his political career after he loses the mayoralty bid in the city against Misamis Oriental governor Oscar Moreno in the May 13 elections.

Emano has been in the public service for more than three decades and finally, he has met the hardest blow in his political career as he trailed behind Moreno by 17, 853 votes. Moreno garnered 109,853 votes while Emano got 92,033 votes.

Oro woman tops criminology exam

armiesheila — Sat, 18 May 2013 23:53:28 +0000

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TOPPING the recent 2013 Criminologist Board exam never crossed Xian Hilot Gaje’s mind. She is the first woman to top from her school in this male dominated program.

Xian along with Roland Bayangan tied up in the top spot garnering a rating of 90.85 percent.

The board exam in criminology was held in different cities around the country on April 7, 8, and 9. Only 5,701 out of 13,484 examinees passed the board exam and Xian topped it.

Van Vugt: A plea to our new Mayor Oscar Moreno

armiesheila — Sat, 18 May 2013 23:52:00 +0000

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I CONGRATULATE Oscar Moreno for his winning as mayor of Cagayan de Oro City.

Finally we got rid in our city of a political kingpin and a notorious vote-buyer. I myself could not cast my vote in the elections because I am still considered to be a foreigner despite my having worked in the Philippines for over 50 years for the welfare of our nation.

But I did campaign for Moreno, as I did also in the 2010 elections for Noynoy Aquino as president.

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jsclamohoy — Sat, 18 May 2013 10:15:21 +0000

Mayor-elect Oscar Moreno at thanksgiving mass in St. Augustine Cathedral

jmbudlat — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:36:46 +0000

CAGAYAN DE ORO. Mayor-elect Oscar Moreno is thankful as he prays together with his wife Arlene and the rest of the slate of the Liberal Party during a thanksgiving mass at the St. Augustine Cathedral on Friday. (Bobby Lagsa)

Rotational brownouts ‘man-made’

jmbudlat — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:24:38 +0000

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THE rotational brownouts that have been widely experienced in Mindanao because of the looming power crisis are simply man-made, a renewable energy advocate said.

Engr. David Tauli, speaker of the upcoming 2nd Mindanao Congress for Renewable Energy and Rural Electrification & Development (MinCared), said the problem is only artificial as he blamed the errors to the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (Psalm).

Liberal Party-CDO sponsors thanksgiving mass

jmbudlat — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:23:50 +0000

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WIN or lose, all the Liberal Party (LP) candidates in Cagayan de Oro city attended the thanksgiving mass celebrated at St. Augustine Cathedral early evening Friday.

Leading the slate is LP mayor-elect Oscar Moreno who won against incumbent mayor Vicente Emano.

‘Riding-in-tandem’ strikes in CdeO anew

jmbudlat — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:23:18 +0000

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BARELY a week after the May 13 midterm elections, one died while two others were wounded as riding-in-tandem assailants in Cagayan de Oro struck anew in Purok 3A, Barangay Gusa, Thursday evening.

Agora police station commander Senior Inspector Evan Viñas said Julius Galon, 30, a native of Villanueva, Misamis Oriental and resident of Gusa, is the latest victim of such crime.

2 NPAs killed in Surigao Norte

jmbudlat — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:38 +0000

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TWO members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in an encounter with the soldiers Friday afternoon in the mountainous area in Barangay Cabugo village in Claver, Surigao del Norte, the military said.

In his report to the Philippine Army’s 4th Infantry Division (4ID), Col. Ferdinand Quidilla, commanding officer of the 402nd Infantry Brigade, said the 30-minute firefight claimed the lives of two NPA rebels.

Man stabbed to death

jmbudlat — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:06 +0000

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A 51-year-old man was stabbed to death by his alleged live-in partner’s brother while on a drinking spree on a roadside in Barra, Macabalan, Cagayan de Oro Thursday afternoon.

Senior Police Officer 1 Camaloding Macmac, police investigator of Macabalan police station, identified the victim as Celso Loque, a native of Carmen, Butuan City, who sustained three stab wounds on the neck, chest and shoulder.

Alamon: Survey says

jmbudlat — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:06:50 +0000

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NOW that the elections are over and we have the official results for the city's mayoralty race, it would be timely to go back to the Xavier University survey released just several days before the elections.

Montalvan: Writings on the wall

jmbudlat — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:04:42 +0000

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THE story amazed me for its candor. An old acquaintance from an urban poor community in the city admitted that he voted for Oscar Moreno. What was unusual was that he was one of the community leaders for Vicente Emano in his neighborhood. He was buying votes in behalf of his master the mayor. It makes us more curios to ask - how many of Emano’s leaders did the same?

‘Yellow fever’ downs Jalosjos dynasty

jmbudlat — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:18:47 +0000

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ILIGAN CITY -- The “yellow fever” has caught on the Jalosjos clan during Monday’s midterm polls, frustrating its aggressive appetite for dynastic expansion and trimming its political empire to its motley beginnings in 2001.

As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, only one of 14 clan members managed to clinch an elective seat: Dapitan City councilor Rosalina Jalosjos–Johnson, who won as mayor.

Namfrel needs more ERs to start parallel count

jmbudlat — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:18:00 +0000

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THREE days after the elections, the National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) has yet to receive more election returns (ERs) from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to do its parallel count.

Namfrel noted a breakdown of eight precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines that resulted in slow canvassing of ERs at Comelec.

Delay in proclamation irks Misamis poll bets

jmbudlat — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:17:24 +0000

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WINNING candidates from Misamis Oriental especially the gubernatorial and congressional bets are getting impatient with the delay of transmission of the election returns.

As of 3 p.m. Wednesday, Misamis Oriental has not yet proclaimed the winners in the congressional and gubernatorial positions because of the glitches of the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines at Gingoog City.

Poe win in Armm shows official 2004 presidential results

jmbudlat — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:16:42 +0000

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ILIGAN CITY -- Early results for the senatorial vote from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) appears to be an indictment of the official figures of the 2004 presidential vote that was later exposed to have been rigged favoring former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

As of 10 a.m. Wednesday, Team PNoy senatorial bet Grace Poe-Llamanzares leads the Senate race in the region with 162,128 votes, followed closely by presidential cousin Bam Aquino’s 161,927 votes.

Moreno mulls transition team

jmbudlat — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:16:04 +0000

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MAYOR-ELECT Misamis Oriental Governor Oscar Moreno will create a “transition team” to determine important issues and problems of Cagayan de Oro City that need immediate attention as he sits as the 28th mayor on June 30.

“First of course is the city hall, dapat usa ka city hall nga mo-function the way it is to be, a city hall that is working in the service of the people,” Moreno said.

Poor signal in Lanao Sur slows transmission of results

jmbudlat — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:15:23 +0000

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THE transmittal of results for the senatorial lineup from Lanao del Sur to Manila has lagged since Tuesday due to poor communications signal at the Lanao del Sur provincial gymnasium in Marawi City, poll officials said.

As of 10 a.m. Wednesday, only 30 percent of the votes from Lanao del Sur’s 39 towns have been transmitted to the computer servers for the Commission on Elections’ national canvassing of the election returns at the Philippine International Convention Center.

Iligan Comelec proclaims poll winners

jmbudlat — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:14:54 +0000

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ILIGAN CITY -- Iliganons have spoken.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) city board of canvassers proclaimed lone district Representative Vicente “Varf” Belmonte Jr. of Liberal Party; the newly elected Mayor Celso Regencia, a retired police city director and a former Presidential Anti-Organized Task Force (PAOCTF) officer who ran as an independent candidate; and the newly elected vice-mayor Rudy Marzo.

NPA rebels, soldiers clash anew

jmbudlat — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:14:23 +0000

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A CLASH between suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels and the soldiers erupted anew in the vicinity of a small village in Kitaotao town in Bukidnon, Tuesday morning.

Major Leo Bongosia, Army’s 4th Infantry Division (4ID) spokesperson in Camp Evangelista, Barangay Patag, said that about 20 armed rebels exchanged fire with soldiers belonging to the 8th Infantry Battalion based in Kitaotao.

Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro's front page for May 16, 2013

daryl_anunciado — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:19:57 +0000

Libot: Triumphant

jybanez — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:37:48 +0000

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DID Oscar Moreno really win?

If you go by the figures, he already earned majority with 109,886 votes. 17,853 more than his rival Vicente Emano. And with the Comelec proclamation, it’s a done deal.

Next up would be his oath taking. But see, democratic elections are not a means to itself. For Moreno, his triumph against Emano is just the first step. His three years will be critical as Kagayons will see him unravel into either the hero they think he is, or the grim his rivals portrayed him to be. For Moreno the battle has been won, but an even greater war is upon him.

Ravanera: Co-op Ville

jybanez — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:37:20 +0000

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IT HAS been said that we can live without food for 40 days, without water for eight days and without air for eight minutes. But we cannot live even for three seconds without love!

Without that love, some 300 families, who were all rendered homeless by Tropical Storm Sendong, would still be shelter-less. Thanks to the kindred spirit, thanks to the cooperatives that have exemplified the 7th cooperative principle, which is “Concern for the Community,” to the highest degree.

Emata: The hidden wealth

jybanez — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:36:50 +0000

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I CANNOT figure out if the Philippine government is really innocent about hidden wealth of government employees, or just quietly working on it to pinpoint later who are possessing millions worth of property scattered in foreign lands more particularly in the United States of America.

Faith in Kagay-anons restored

jmbudlat — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:46:28 +0000

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WHAT happened last Monday was perhaps the beginning of the Purple Empire’s fall and a manifestation that the power is still in the hands of the people. The 38,000 voters’ signature more or less, who petitioned to have a recall election against the incumbent mayor last year maybe a failure, but it succeeded in this year’s elections.

Probably God heeded the prayer of the many. And then one morning, Cagayan de Oro City is a little sunnier, after 15 years of being overshadowed by smog of fear and ignorance. Today, Kagay-anons have regained their pride and dignity, for breaking from a spell that was going to killing them in the end.

Emata: Vote buying remains the king

jmbudlat — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:45:12 +0000

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THE notorious art of Philippine politics surfaced clearly in majority of the places in the country immediately before and during elections day, it was learned. It is an illegal exercise that surprisingly never sent a politician, a leader or just anyone to jail despite its practice every election season. It is a system that made many politicians successful in their campaigns and also electorates who made money out of their votes.

This thing cannot be stopped. The reason is, a lot of candidates engaged on this system of vote-buying to win and the matter is perhaps one of the most difficult things to prove. After its elections, people and the government forget everything about it and go on their normal style of living.