CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A local church leader here has warned priests and parishioners of a group calling itself as the Order of Apostolican Missionaries (OAM) whose members are going around the city soliciting money. Archbishop Jose Cabantan, head of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro, said his office got hold of a solicitation […]
Alleged mastermind in doctor’s killing surrenders to the police
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The suspected mastermind in the killing of Dr. Raul Winston Andutan surrendered to the police om Monday, January 24. Major Evan Viñas, the spokesperson of the City Police identified the alleged mastermind as Richard Gepte, 51, and a resident of Balingoan town in Misamis Oriental. Gepte is an incumbent councilor […]
Customs confiscates P16m worth of smuggled cigarettes
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Bureau of Custom on Friday confiscated loads of smuggled cigarettes from China. The Customs uncovered that the container earlier declared as used furniture turned out to be smuggled cigattes. The Customs is a statement said the shipment, estimated to be worth P8 million, was intercepted at the Mindanao Container […]
PDEA destroys P14m expired meds, illegal drugs
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Authorities here destroyed more than P14.145 million worth of confiscated illegal and expired medicines on Friday, December 3. In a cermAt the drug destruction ceremony, PDEA-10 said more than two kilos of “shabu” or crystal meth and marijuana, along with various expired medicines, were incinerated at the crematorium. These drugs […]
Medical director killed in Cagayan de Oro City
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A medical doctor was shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen in broad daylight in Barangay Nazareth, this city, Thursday morning, Dec. 2 while on his way to the hospital from his residence in Barangay Macasandig. Police identified the victim as Dr. Raul Winston Andutan, a urologist was a medical director at […]
‘Lanzones Festival’ kicks off in Camiguin Island
MAMBAJAO, CAMIGUIN – Despite the threat of the coronavirus disease and the scarcity of the sweet lanzones fruit, the provincial government opened the annual Lanzones Festival here via online on Sunday October, 24, 2021. Camiguin Governor Jurdin Jesus Romualdo said they celebrate the event “to show the people of Camiguin that there is still hope […]
Cong Rodriguez unfazed by grenade-throwing incident
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The grenade-throwing incident in his family’s ancestral house on Wednesday will not deter House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez to pursue his bod to join the mayoralty race here come 2022 national and local elections. Rodriguez issued the statement after a still-unknown assailant lobbed a grenade on his family’s ‘ ancestral […]
Over 1k PMA aspirants take PMA entrance exam in NorMin and Caraga
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The threat brought about by the pandemic did not hinder the 1,221 young men and women from Northern Mindanao and Caraga regions to take the annual Philippine Military Academy (PMA) entrance examination in the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Bayugan last week, the Army’s 4th Infantry Division (4ID) said […]
Customs seizes P5M imported ‘chop-chop’ vehicles anew
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY –The Bureau of Customs here confiscated 13 knocked-down mini-vans and a military jeep from Japan. Oliver Valiente, chief of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) in Northern Mindanao, on Thursday July 1, estimated the value of the vehicles at P5-million, said vehicles are now stored at the Mindanao Container Terminal […]
New BOC-10 collector orders destruction of P21 million imported vehicles, parts
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Just a few hours after she was installed as the new Bureau of Customs-10 (BOC-10) district collector, lawyer Elvira Cruz’s first order of business was to lead in the destruction of imported vehicles estimated to be worth P21 million Friday, June 18. Cruz, who replaced John Simon, took her oath […]
Farmers’ group leader accuses Bukidnon envi official of brokering CBFMA land deal
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A farmers’ group leader has accused an environment official and two others of brokering a deal, that would allow a multinational company to utilize a huge tract of land currently being occupied by residents under the government’s community-based forestry management agreement (CBFMA) in Bukidnon. In a statement, Leonardo Montemayor, Federation […]
BOC-10 seizes cigarettes worth P30M from China
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A shipment of cigarettes from China estimated to be worth P30 million was confiscated by the Bureau of Customs-10 authorities, the agency said Monday, May 24. According to Oliver Valiente, Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service field station chief based here, they were informed beforehand that a contraband is set to […]
PDEA-10 destroys P61M illegal drugs in local crematorium
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – More than P61 million worth of illegal drugs weighing 9.043 kilograms were destroyed by the Phil. Drug Enforcement Agency-10 (PDEA-10) at a mortuary Monday afternoon. PDEA-10 said the total value of incinerated drugs in Monday’s destruction was pegged at P61,493,563.76. According to Benjamin Recites III, PDEA-10 assistant regional director, most of the illegal […]