Read more about the article Town councilor suspect to doctor’s killing yields to police
CRIME SCENE. Scene of the crime operatives check the vehicle of Dr. Raul Winston Andutan, who was waylaid by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Barangay Nazareth Thursday morning. (Jigger Jerusalem)

Town councilor suspect to doctor’s killing yields to police

A town councilor has surrendered to authorities Sunday for allegedly masterminding the assassination last December of a medical director in Cagayan de Oro.

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Casino in Opol probed for lack of local permit

The Misamis Oriental provincial legislative board has started its investigation Tuesday, January 11, into the operation of the Grand Imperial casino in Barangay Taboc, Opol town, as it questions if the gambling establishment have complied with the requirements of the local government units.

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Read more about the article Stop red-tagging church missions for the poor, bishops appeal to gov’t
Filipina Independiente Bishop Felixberto Calang along with more than a dozen persons and four groups were included in a list being distributed in Cagayan de Oro City red-tagging them as communists and supporters of the New People's Army. (Photo from Bishop Felixberto Calang's Facebook Account)

Stop red-tagging church missions for the poor, bishops appeal to gov’t

“We request that the Duterte administration fully respect the Churches’ efforts to serve the [‘anawim’] including its partner organizations, in both paper and practice, in order to continue the 500-year work here in the Philippines,” said the Ecumenical Forum for Peace and Human Rights.

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Read more about the article Groups, colleagues condemn killing of doctor in Cagayan de Oro
CRIME SCENE. Scene of the crime operatives check the vehicle of Dr. Raul Winston Andutan, who was waylaid by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Barangay Nazareth Thursday morning. (Jigger Jerusalem)

Groups, colleagues condemn killing of doctor in Cagayan de Oro

On its Facebook page, the Council for Health and Development said it “condemns in the strongest possible terms the senseless killing” of Andutan.

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