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A MOTORCYCLE driver was apprehended along J.P. Laurel Avenue for defying the rule against allowing backriding passengers to comply with the social distancing protocol under the community quarantine. BING GONZALES

• Number of positive COVID-19 patients in Davao City soars to 40

BY SAMANTHA T. BURGOS

DAVAO CITY now has 40 patients who tested positive for the coronavirus disease. It is the highest so far in Mindanao.

Based on the data as of March 29, the city The number was 10 released by the Department tallied four deaths and four more than the previously of Health XI (DOH XI), recoveries. ( / RISING / 15)

LGU offers free bus rides for stranded vital workers

BY WARREN ELIJAH E. VALDEZ

EMPLOYEES who are affected by the community quarantine can take the free bus rides implemented

by the City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO).

The CTTMO yesterday

started the “Libreng Sakay” program to accommodate individuals (

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DCPO ready for possible lockdown

BY RHODA GRACE B. SARON

GOVERNMENT workers install a tarpaulin in front of San Pedro Cathedral as part of the information drive to counter COVID-19. BING GONZALES

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THE DAVAO City Police Office (DCPO) assured that they are prepared for any situation that may arise in case of prolonged

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community quarantine. personnel of Civil Disturbance Management (CDM) are already on standby while tourist police

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RESIDENTS with pending transactions with the city government prepare documents to be dropped off at the Davao City Recreation Center. The local government has imposed stricter measures after one of its employees was suspected to contract the coronavirus. BING GONZALES

Roxas Night Market vendors to get first salary next week

BY WARREN ELIJAH E.VALDEZ

THE DISPLACED vendors of the Roxas Night Market will receive their first salary from the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantage/Displaced Workers (Tupad) program by the first week of April.

Norman Baloro, “It will be processed they started working from Philippine Commission on our (city government’s) March 17 until March 31,” for the Urban Poor (PCUP) regular accounting rules and he said. supervising commissioner regulations. We are going Baloro also clarified f o r M i n d a n a o , s a i d to process their DTR, their that all of the guidelines of during an interview with accomplishment reports, the program are approved the Davao City Disaster and their certificates of by the city government and Radio on Monday that the employment,” he said. the Department of Labor beneficiaries are expected “We’d expect that for and Employment (DOLE). to submit their daily time the first week of April, The highest number of record (DTR) on Tuesday, they will be given by work schedule allotted for March 31. batch of their salary since ( / ROXAS / 15)

Sara extends suspension of air travel to Davao City

BY SAMANTHA T. BURGOS

CITY HALL has issued an executive order extending the suspension of all domestic air travels to and from the city.

Mayor Sara Duterte signed on Monday Executive Order No. 22, which is the “declaration and order for the suspension of all domestic air travel to and from Davao City.”

Under the EO, Duterte said there is a need to extend the suspension of domestic air travel at Davao International Airport to control the number of positive COVID-19 patients in the city.

“The Epidemiologists and Infectious Disease Specialists are unable to estimate when the

acceleration phase of the Covid19 will happen and when it can be controlled,” the EO read.

The following international and domestic air travel to and from Davao City shall be exempted from the coverage of Executive Orders No. 12 and 13: A) Cargo flights ( / SARA / 15)

Around 2,000 workers receive financial aid from labor office

BY NICOLE BURLAS

NEARLY 2,000 workers in the region have been given the P5,000 financial assistance under the COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) program of the Department of Labor and Employment.

Tarsier rescued A FEMALE tarsier was rescued by a resident and turned over to the Caraga Municipal Police Station on Sunday morning.

Maj. Eudisan Gultiano, the spokesperson of Police Regional Office XI, commended Melvin Taming, 40, a resident of Sitio Balite, Barangay Santiago, Caraga, Davao Oriental for the presence of mind to rescue the vulnerable species. (

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Eduardo Monreal, Department of Labor and Employment regional spokesperson, said during a virtual presser last Wednesday that their office released Department Order no. 09 or CAMP. In the said program,

affected employees from private establishments may be given assistance by the agency through financial support. For instance, they could receive P5,000 in “lump sum, nonconditional, and regardless ( / AROUND / 15)

DavNor town tells curfew violators to guard caskets

BY RHODA GRACE B. SARON

THE LOCAL government unit of Santo Tomas in Davao del Norte has upped the ante in imposing THE curfew hours to stop the spread of COVID-19 by placing two caskets in recreational gymnasium for violators.

Mart Sambalud, the municipal information officer, said the caskets are a stark reminder of what awaits them if they continue to defy the government

order.

"If the public keeps on violating our protocols on COVID-19, death is imminent for all of us, " Sambalud said. "Some find it funny while others see it as a serious move of the LGU to innovate our campaign."

On Sunday night, three individuals were caught by authorities for violating the curfew and liquor ban. They ( / DAVNOR / 15)

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Official succumbs to virus

BALANGA CITY, Bataan — This city’s administrator died of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) based on the test result from the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) released on Sunday.

Governor Albert Gar- hospital last Monday due to Garcia said one of cia, chair of the Bataan fever, cough and breathing de Mesa’s city hall coInter-Agency Task Force difficulty. employees who was hoson Covid–19, announced He had comorbidity pitalized Thursday was that the laboratory test of and was considered under also found positive for city administrator Rudy de the status “severe person Covid–19.

Mesa, 57, who died Friday, under investigation”, the “Because of this, showed he was positive for governor said. we are asking all those the virus.

The administrator died w h o c a m e i n c o n t a c t De Mesa, also former Friday afternoon at a hos- with Kuya Rudy to unprovincial administrator, pital in San Fernando City, dergo self-quarantine. If was admitted to a local Pampanga. they are not feeling well,

please immediately consult the nearest clinic or hospital,” the governor said.

Co-workers said their administrator had a history of travel to Manila and might have gotten the disease there.

Garcia said contact tracing is ongoing.

"Please continue to stay at home, practice social distancing and take care of your health,” Garcia said. (PNA)

Delivery of goods to LGUs assured

MANILA — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Sunday assured the public that its relief goods are given to local government units (LGUs) as part of its resource augmentation support to them while under the enhanced community quarantine are delivered on time based on their request for augmentation.

In a press release, DSWD also clarified a post circulating on social The private hospitals media showing the placeand other health facilities, ment of DSWD logo stickon the other hand, are en- ers in canned goods which couraged to grant hazard allegedly delayed the dispay to their health workers tribution to its intended and staff exposed to the recipients. dangers of Covid-19.

DSWD said it does not Volunteer health work- have its logo on canned ers goods.

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8 dead Kin of health workers who die as plane in fight vs virus to get P1-M explodes A JAPAN-BOUND plane caught fire on takeoff at Manila airport in the Philippines late Sunday, killing all eight people on board, airport authorities said.

The Westwind aircraft was headed for Haneda airport on a medical evacuation mission carrying six Filipino crew members and two passengers, an American and a Canadian, authorities said without naming any of them.

Firefighters rushed to the end of the runway where the aircraft was engulfed in flames, dousing it with chemical foam, an airport authority statement said.

"Unfortunately, there were no survivors on the (

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MANILA – A total of PHP1-million will be given to all health workers who die while fighting the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic under Republic Act 11469 or Bayanihan to Heal as One Act. Under the new law, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will assure that the service of health workers in the public and private sector will be recognized amid the government’s efforts to combat the deadly virus.

The PhilHealth will also give PHP100,000 to all health workers in the public and private sector who contract severe Covid-19 infection while in the line of duty.

This provision has a retroactive application from Feb. 1, 2020.

Last March 23, Presi-

dent Rodrigo Duterte signed Administrative Order 26 which grants a “Covid-19 hazard pay” worth at the rate of PHP500 per day to government workers, including health workers, who physically report for work under the Luzonwide enhanced community quarantine.

The government workers entitled to hazard pay are those who occupy regular, contractual or casual positions, or are engaged through contract of service (COS), job order (JO) in national government agencies (NGAs), including state universities and colleges (SUCs) and government owned or-controlled corporations (GOCCs).

Public health workers are entitled to the Covid-19 hazard pay if it is higher than their current hazard pay under existing laws.

Boost senior citizen’s health amid outbreak: Hontiveros

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pack (FFP) boxes for proper identification and to maintain the integrity of the relief supplies.

Each box of FFP contains six kilos of rice, four cans of sardines, four cans of corned beef or beef loaf, and six sachets of coffee or cereal energy drink which is enough for two days for a family with five members.

The provision of additional relief items is part of DSWD’s mandate to provide Technical Assistance and Resource Augmentation (TARA) to LGUs during times of emergencies.

To date, DSWD has already distributed FFPs amounting to more than PHP35 million to LGUs around the country.

DSWD said it will continue to work with LGUs, which are the first responders in assisting their constituents.

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AS CASES of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) rise across the country, those most vulnerable to getting infected - and even dying from the disease are the country's elderly population.

That is why communities should take more steps to boost the health of senior citizens and help protect them from the COVID-19 outbreak, according to Senator Risa Hontiveros.

"Our senior citizens need to take extra care during this outbreak, just like pregnant women and children, or those with existing

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Local firm assures farmers of benefits

BY NICOLE BURLAS

A TOP OFFICIAL of a lcoal company has assured farmers of the benefits in the operations of its projects as it is looking at providing value chain needs of its clients.

In an electronic mail Group of Companies, to the en-users by working to TIMES ovder the week- has been looking at how directly with small farmers. end, Ricardo F. Lagdam- to help the sector in the Aside from bananas, eo, Damosa Land Inc. first Davao Region and the rest Lagdameo is also hoping vice president, said his of Mindanao. chocolate exporters would company, which operates “We have been able to consider locating at the inthe Anflo Industrial Estate showcase this (importance dustrial park, which is ac(AIE) in Panabo City, of agriculture) in AIE credited by the Philippine Davao del Norte, has pro- (Anflo Industrial Estate) Economic Zone Authority, vided a venue that helps wherein various compa- so they can get access to betfarmers slowly eliminate nies involved in agri busi- ter technology, particularly middle men and helps ness are located within packaging, and other needs them reach their markets. the park. We have, for that they can tap into.

Lagdameo, grandson instance, several banana Considering that Davao of the company founder, product manufacturers region is number one in the the late Don Antonio O. who export their prod- Philippines in terms of cacao Floirendo, highlighted the ucts,” Lagdameo said. production, by placing one’s importance of agriculture He added that to en- chocolate manufacturing faand agribusiness in the sure the supply of bananas, cility in the AIE, Lagdameo economy, as he pointed they are currently working said these companies will out that the company, a on a project that will hope- not only have access to all member of the Floirendo fully ensure quality supply ( / LOCAL / 14) LAGDAMEO

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World has entered Recession - IMF WASHINGTON — The world is in the face of a devastating impact due to the coronavirus pandemic and has clearly entered a recession, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday, but projected a recovery next year.

"We have reassessed the prospects for growth for 2020 and 2021. It is now clear that we have entered a recession as bad or worse than in 2009. We do project recovery in 2021," IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told reporters at a news conference.

Georgieva was addressing the press after a

meeting of the governing body of the IMF, the International Monetary and Financial Committee. Representing 189 members, the body met virtually to discuss the unprecedented challenge posed to the world by coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

The key to recovery in 2021, she said, is only if the international community succeeds in containing the virus everywhere and prevent liquidity problems from becoming a solvency issue.

"The US is in recession, as is the rest of the advanced economies of the ( / WORLD / 14)

CDO issued vs entity for operating sans license THE SECURITIES and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued cease and desist order against PayAsian Pte. Ltd. to halt its operations without the necessary license.

In a press statement yesterday, the Commission issued an order last March 20 which directs PayAsian to stop engaging in, promoting, selling, and offering sale securities in supposed cryptocurrency investments.

Aside from that, the SEC also prohibited PayAsian from transact-

ing any business involving funds in its banks, and other transactions for the benefit of the investors.

PayAsian’s partners, operators, directors, officers, salesman agents, representatives, promoters, and all entities and subsidiaries that are acting on its behalf are included in the cease and desist order.

Although the corporation was registered in August 2019, its certificate of registration did not include an authority to sell or offer securities

to the public, which requires a secondary license from the SEC. The SEC’s Market and Securities Regulation Department and Corporate Governance and Finance Department attested to the claim the PayAsian has not registered or applied for registration as issuer of securities and for a permit to sell securities.

Its Enforcement and Investor Protection Department gathered evidence which proves that PayAsian has been selling and offering ( / CDO / 14)

Oil prices at 17-year lows as virus ravages world OIL PRICES extended losses in Asian trade Monday and languished at 17-year lows, with the coronavirus crisis escalating around the world and no end in sight to a vicious price war.

US benchmark West Texas Intermediate fell 5.3

percent to trade at $20 a barrel, while international benchmark Brent crude was off 6.5 percent at $23.

The falls came after the death toll from the pandemic surged past 30,000 at the weekend as cases in hard-hit Europe and the United States showed no

sign of letting up.

Senior US scientist Anthony Fauci estimated the virus could possibly result in 100,000 to 200,000 deaths in the United States, while President Donald Trump extended "social distancing" guidelines until April 30.

The president also said he expected the country to "be well on our way to recovery" by June 1 -- dropping his previous target of mid-April.

The virus has infected more than 140,000 in the world's top economy and ( / OIL / 14)

AN EMPLOYEE stands near a notice reading ‘No Mask No Fuel’ at a gas station during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Siliguri, India. AFP PHOTO

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suggested that the government can maximize volunteer health workers by engaging them on the basis of contracts of service similar to job orders.

This way, he said, they can be compensated on a daily rate for a limited time period equivalent or close to the amount received by actual government-employed health workers.

By considering the volunteers as job orders or contract of service workers, he said they will also be entitled to hazard pay in accordance with the recent memorandum of DBM. He said the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has proposed that health workers’ risk allowance will be given on top of the hazard pay.

Under the Magna Carta of Public Health Workers (RA 7305), all public health workers are entitled to a PHP500 “Covid-19 special risk allowance” per day in addition to the hazard pay.

With this proposal, Go said volunteer health workers may receive around PHP1,500 per day excluding PHP500 hazard pay and “perhaps another PHP500 risk allowance per day”.

A licensed nurse volunteer may get around 2,200

per day while the rate of an entry-level licensed doctor at a DOH-run hospital is salary grade 21, equivalent to PHP59,353 per month, he added. He said volunteer doctors may be given a similar amount but computed on a daily basis.

Initially, the Department of Health (DOH) initially offered qualified volunteers a PHP500 allowance, free food and accommodation and insurance in case they get infected with Covid-19.

To date, 593 health workers already signed up to help the government control the public health emergency.

Qualified volunteers will work in one of the three hospitals in Metro Manila where Covid19-related cases will be referred -- Lung Center of the Philippines, Philippine General Hospital and Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium, the DOH said.

Reports showed that over 10 doctors have died due to Covid-19 while others are in critical condition.

Several other health workers have been classified as either patients under investigation (PUI) or persons under monitoring (PUMs).

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medical conditions like hypertension, diabetes and asthma. Let us not forget them in this time of crisis," she said.

Hontiveros said that following government protocols, senior citizens should, as much, as possible, stay at home during the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) to minimize their potential exposure to COVID-19.

Malacañang earlier mourned the passing of these doctors and urged the public to pray for all health workers who risked their lives reducing the transmission of the highlyinfectious disease.

“Let us join hands in solemn prayers for our health front-liners who daily put their lives on the line as they treat those who have the virus,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said.

He also reminded health workers to look after themselves, as it was the only way they would be able to fulfill their duties.

“We must all take care of ourselves because in doing so we take care of others,” he said. (PNA)

Likewise, she said, families should also comply with guidelines by health experts on how to take care of the elderly amid the outbreak. Foremost among these "tips," Hontiveros noted, is ensuring that older family members continue to take their prescribed medication, and that they eat nutritious meals which follow their prescribed diet, if any.

Despite the quarantine, Hontiveros said that families should make sure that their elderly loved ones get ample sunlight for "Vitamin D," which experts say can improve resistance against

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flight," Manila airport general manager Ed Monreal told a news conference.

The runway was closed as investigators arrived at the scene to determine the cause of the incident.

Most passenger aircraft at the airport have been grounded for weeks since the government put Manila and the rest of the main Philippine island of Luzon on quarantine to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus. AFP

diseases. She added that the entire house should be kept clean, and proper disinfection procedures must be followed whenever any member of the household goes out for groceries or errands.

Families should also not forget to talk with their older family members, and address their mental health needs, such as anxieties or fears in relation to the crisis. "We have to make our beloved grandparents feel that we are here for them amid these trying times," she said.

Hontiveros then reminded poor families or those whose income have been severely affected by the ongoing quarantine to avail of cash assistance programs under the expanded Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program to be implemented by local offices of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), so that they will be able to buy food, medi-

cine and other basic necessities. The emergency cash assistance program was made possible by an amendment introduced by Hontiveros to the "Bayanihan to Heal as One Act" or Republic Act 11469.

The senator also encouraged everyone to participate in "Protect Lolo't Lola" campaign, a nationwide campaign she is spearheading to help better protect the health of elderly Filipinos. The campaign focuses on sending "immunopacks" to elderly Filipinos, especially those living in poor communities and homes for the elderly.

Each immunopack, Hontiveros explained, contains vitamins, milk, canned goods, a facemask, rice and other basic necessities. "By providing their basic needs, we provide much needed protection to our senior citizens, and help keep the threat of COVID-19 as far away as possible," she said. PR

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Making use of untapped facilities

Killing Corona COVID 19 dies if deprived of new hosts.

So staying home is a great measure to kill the virus. That is certain.

But how many can do that, to stay at home? How many can have sufficient provisions to last till government-imposed community quarantine is lifted? Only a privileged few.

GUEST EDITORIAL Most can

BY WILLIAM R. ADAN only secure MINDANEWS food for a day or two. If they are not reached by food dole outs, they would definitely get out of their homes to find means as not to starve their loved ones.

Out of necessity, many will break quarantine protocols. Food deprivation is a more sordid, pressing scare than the invisible virus. Hunger stares you in the eyes. You can’t stay put when the little ones start crying because they are hungry. You need to do something.

That is why to flatten the curve -- to contain and curtail the pandemic, great effort should be addressed against hunger. The people must be assured that the government will take care of them. This assurance needs to be communicated effectively in words and in deeds.

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remind everyone on the observance of the quarantine and to assure availability and the schedule and protocols in the distribution of food packages.

Of course, barangay food brigades must have already been organized to carry out a smooth and peaceful distribution of food to every household.

Foremost, the government must have secured the food supply chain – production, delivery, storage and packaging.

Farmers, fishers and other food producers are assured help and support in the unhampered exercise of their toils.

Since classes are suspended, students may be tapped as volunteers by the government to assist delivery of this great enterprise.

It is a community effort. We all play a great role in fighting the coronavirus pandemic. We have to stay home.

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WE ARE VERY happy with the decision of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio to utilize both public and private facilities to serve as quarantine areas for persons suspected with CoViD infection. That move is most welcome.

Yes, we learned that Mayor Sara is now using the still untapped Drug Rehabilitation Center in Baguio District to serve as a facility for Davao residents now confirmed to have CoViD. We believe it could be a very safe facility both for the virus victims and the people residing in Davao City in general and in the specific barangay where the center is located.

As of last weekend, we learned that the lady mayor had already instructed her men to hasten the installation of additional equipment and other things are needed to make the center responsive to the needs of the quarantined persons.

Aside from the Baguio Drug Rehabilitation Center the mayor also accepted the offer of a local businessman to have a motel he owned in Maa refurbished and sanitized to make it appropriate for the stay of CoViD-infected individuals for a period of not less than fourteen days.

Another public building eyed to be used for quarantine purposes is a 3-storey Alternative Learning Center located within the downtown area but is effectively isolated because it is inside a school compound that is fully-fenced.

For now the no-class mandate is still in effect and is likely to continue for as long as the CoVid incidence stays.

Hence, there is no danger of students contracting the virus.

These three facilities are over and above the ones presently offered by the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC).

In other words Davao residents should now feel that the spread of the virus could be possibly deterred because those who are infected will be fully kept away from the rest of the public.

Wise move by our lady local government executive.

She’s now showing her true worth. ************************ Another smart move by the lady mayor is her ordering the removal of benches in front of sari-sari or sundry stores in various parts of the city.

This is her way of doing away with facilities for people to loiter around or mill in front of sundry establishments purportedly to keep away boredom.

Clearly there is no denying the fact that benches in front of small stores in the vicinity are invitations to people to get out of their houses. What is likely to follow is drinking sessions and once the “standby’s” start getting inebriated the likelihood is that it would be difficult for both the store owner and the members of their families to have them back to the confines of their residences.

We have also noted that the lady mayor is trying to combine persuasion and “intimidation” of sort to have her constituents comply with her mandate of keeping themselves inside their homes.

One area where even the barangay captain had already expressed exasperation is Calinan in the third district of the city.

Despite the mayor’s order to put the entire city under lockdown, she herself noted that residents of Calinan seemingly took her half-hearted. Until Thursday last week there was no significant change in the number of people going to the barangay commercial center to do business or continue their normal ways.

Barangay Captain Ursiso Ungab, a cousin of Congressman Sid Ungab who is a retired policeman, could only grind his teeth because somehow he felt his constituents ignored his plea for them to stay at home.

And his patience was finally on its lowest when his barangay was singled out by Mayor Sara as one place whose residents do not seem to mind the CoViD infection.

In a statement the mayor pointed to Calinan as one place with people unmindful of the health pandemic.

Thus, early last week when the mayor issued a statement that she was going to tour the Calinan central area Captain Ungab issued a warning that he was closing the center of the barangay last Thursday afternoon.

The warning apparently sank in on the minds of the barangay residents as well as those residing in neighboring villages but did their marketing or selling their farm (

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Quarantine fatigue TWO WEEKS. That's how long it has been. If I were to log in everything that we had done during the period, without being overly conscious of the nationwide quarantine, my list of things to do would have to run along the lines of the comprehensive breakdown of meals per day that my partner had prepared for us for that duration (that's including snacks folkies).

For this fam, every chore that we have listed as todos, has got to revolve around the meals we take. Whatever activity, be it the 6am exercises, alone time, office work (at home) or prayer time, our main meals, consisting of brekkie, lunch and dinner, are marked as the only moments in the day when we are all together at one table.

Mostly during the rest of the hours of the day, the three of us would be doing our own thing, or chores. Of course, as meal time also comes with its pre, proper and post phases, we would also have separate assignments at food prep, table setting, and then taking turns at cleaning and doing the dishes afterwards. For me, that is translated into cleaning and cutting the veggies, fish or meat, then little cooking, and washing the pots and pans after all else is done.

As this family routine had been in place long before the big Q, it had become almost second nature. So when the 'StayHome' directive finally came down, we merely treated it as just another everyday thing.

The only difference in all these, of course is the locked-up sensation that everyone is feeling at the moment. A majority of online posts and tweets especially among the young, cover about fifty shades of boredom, and this does not even include many entertaining posts mostly put out by friends. Nevertheless, all these, both negative and otherwise still flow out to the internet sea.

While many may be boredom-based, they indeed need not be so. For one, the time to learn new things online is always just a fingertip away, if one chose to.

With the stay at home call, everyone has a lot of time to spend. I have seen noteworthy posts that, instead of feeding at the prevailing fear, send out messages that reach out and inspire readers in these dark times. Thing is, we need more of this positive vibe, which we can then always add to other existing routines that we have already in our list of to-dos.

Speaking of routines, it really goes without saying that having them can keep one sane during these lockedup moments. How one goes about the hours and then survive till the end of the day will depend largely on the overall regimen that we have set before us. Without any plan in place, the feeling of boredom will indeed be just one step away from where you are.

During the past two weeks, I have spent (or wasted?) my alone time watching all the pandemic films there is, then later switching to zombie movies, UFO flicks, documentaries, and finally spaghetti westerns. Not that they have done any real good, but just to use up the moments rationed to me. By the time it came to food prep moments or cleaning, whatever, my mind was fresher and ready to welcome what tasks were before me. Before you know it, you've gone the whole day true to sched and ready to do it again tomorrow.

In the end, it is not that bad. Just think, by staying home, you are staying safe, and by being so, you are actually saving others as well, especially your vulnerable immediate and elder family members. In turn, you save your community, all our heroic front-liners, and then last, in your own stay-at-home little world, you get to save the bigger world. Salute!

ROUGH ...

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produce in Calinan’s commercial center that they trooped to the market sites and did a seeming hoard buying for everything they needed for a period of time.

But no, Captain Ungab merely shut down economic activities in the afternoon of last Thursday to allow for the disinfection of the roads and different commercial establishments. It’s a preventive move.

Of course that was one lesson for the residents to learn. We hope the rest of us Davaoenos who have remained hard-headed under the present circumstances will also learn from the same experience of the residents of barangay Calinan

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Life after quarantine WE ARE STILL in quarantine, we are still required, for our own good and the good of the community, to stay at home as much as possible to stop, or at least contain, the spread of the Covid-19 disease.

Looking to the future, what will life be like after the quarantine? Will it be back to normal or will there be a new normal?

Human beings are social by nature, which is why all the social distancing and isolation at present is bringing many to the brink of madness. The exponentially growing popularity of the TikTok app seems to attest to this.

However, we have all been harshly and rudely awakened to the fact that, in our world today, a handshake, a touch and even just a talk with someone else, can be life threatening. Won’t this change the way we deal with other people?

I think it is unavoidable that things must, and will, change, but how and to what extent? How crazy will it be?

After the quarantine, will be all be walking around with face masks, protective eyewear and wearing gloves?

Will the time-honored business lunch be a thing of the past for fear of contamination through shared meals? Will the handshake be replaced by the Vulcan “Live Long and Prosper” hand-sign?

Even with our friends and loved ones, how will the degree of intimacy change? It would appear that the “beso-

beso” kiss will disappear and be replaced by flying kisses. Will we have to be in complete Personal Protective gear before we can hug one another? Even our traditional “Mano” to our elders might have to be replaced by the Japanese bow instead.

While all this seems deluded, we simply cannot know how far things will change.

At the very least, the situation we are in at present gives us time to reflect on all that we are missing and how important things that we have long taken for granted really are, especially the people around us.

I miss my friends, my office mates and even my clients, and, for the latter, not just because I miss the money I make from them although I have to admit that such income is sorely missed.

I, as I believe all of us do, miss human contact and interaction and this has made me realize how important people, other than my immediate family, are, in my life.

I long for the day that things will normalize enough for me to be able to go back to my office and, in my face mask and all, I will be able to see my friends and raise my right hand to them, middle fingers apart, to say “LIVE LONG AND PROSPER”.

For now, STAY AT HOME, STAY SAFE and STAY SANE.

The best and the worst COVID-19 really has so much to show to us. revealed the true colors of people. We see The presence of this illness does not only now that entitlement is not something that put the world to a standstill, it has put up a is prevalent only among the constituents mirror for everyone to reflect on the many of our country. It is blatant and apparent aspects of life. among our politicians. Those who have If we are to look our current situation always been used to VIP treatments and only in the surface, we will see nothing but are always getting ahead. Koko Pimentel the numbers and the casualties, and we will displayed his insensitivity to others whom only resort to panic. Looking closer though, he may be infecting with no valid defense we can find many messages. I know very to utter. The Marcoses, they're a classic. We well there are still ideas and reflections that will remember them in the upcoming elecawait expression, but for now, let me share tions and let's make sure they don't make mine.

JOAN MAE SOCO- it to the seats they are craving to mope on.

One, on a personal level, we are being What the frontliners have been asking BANTAYAN reminded again, as a whole humanity, that is simple: cooperation. Quarantines are so our days are numbered. One of my friends in a group chat that we do not infect more and more people with the invited everyone to a trip to Mati, Davao Oriental. He is illness. The medical practitioners have endeavored quick to add that the invite is open to all the survivors of to explain it in terms understandable to everyone. It this pandemic. We laughed at it but the afterthought hit is indeed sad that while some constituents are stubme. Who knows if I will still be alive when this is over. born and end up in jail, our politicians can't bear to Of course, I pray that everyone will make it alive after this follow the rules that they themselves have set forth. time, but everyone is easily vulnerable too. The prayer of It's always about walking the talk. COVID-19 dares thanking God for “another day, another chance” has meant unmask the different pretenses of these politicians. We so much more this time. continue to pray for our leaders, though.

Two, another personal: Lifestyle check. COVID-19 Fifth, a short note on spirituality. I have read and has gifted everyone with a lengthy time to pause and to watched videos from doctors who are dealing with the meet ourselves once more. All the concerns recede, with virus and many of them have always declared that warmth the basic things highlighted: spirituality, relationships, is very important for the body and immune system. To me, and health. Finances still cause worries but we hear a lot it is also reflective of our society. Our society is ill and it of “bahala'g saging basta labing”, denoting togetherness needs warmth from the hearts of human beings. The earth as something that's priceless. indeed is having colds because the warmth from people has Three, on relationships. Very suddenly, the eyes o f gone away from the hearts and so, being totally connected the parents are turned to their children. With the narrow- to the earth, humans need to bring forth warmth so that ing of daily cares and inventories, the children are being these kinds of illnesses in our society will also be healed. placed solely in the care of parents or immediate authority.

COVID-19 brings to us the best and the worst of the Four, on a socio-political level. This time really times, and we ought to be awake to be able to perceive it.

CLOSE TO HOME

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MINDANAO TIMES TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2020

Saving lives of frontliners in this pandemic AFTER seeing what our good friend Fides S. Castaneda posted on Facebook on March 26, 2020, we kept thinking about the noble deeds that are being done to ease the burden of our doctors and nurses and medical teams all over the world and especially in our own city, in this fight against the pandemic called Covid 19.

Today, we share this story as posted by Fides “Ditdit” Castaneda, COO of Panorama Summit Hotel in Cabantian, Davao City: “Thank you very much for adopting our doctors and nurses: Panorama Summit Hotel’s Renato and Mrs. Linda Castaneda – ten doctors; Erick and Shirley Dimple Castaneda-Lajo – six doctors and nurses; Blue Genes: Ateneo de Davao University High school Batch ’94 through contact person Lelet Serrano Cartagena – forty doctors/nurses, Engr.KR and Mrs. Tetet Mejos; KL Te – eleven doctors/nurses; Edward and Rel Cates - thirteen doctors and nurses.”

Ditdit, who says she set aside all personal activities to join video-calls and phone calls to answer to the urgent calls of the situation, talking to friends and getting in touch with suppliers to complete this task. ”I had not even gone to the shower, but never mind, what we are doing is worth it….knowing we’re doing something to save our doctors, our frontliners…the best we can!”

“It may be No work, No pay for us, but God provides in so many ways.. Praising You Jesus, our Lord and Saviour!”

“Special thanks to Ate Golda Divinagracia for initiating this!” adds Ditdit.

Today, we gathered more details from Ditdit.

“Bayani Hand Davao..a name we called our team.

Bayani, frontliners are Heroes; Hand- for helping hands; Bayanihan – We fight Covid 19 as a community, Davaoenos are in this together.

Core group: Golda Divinagracia, Fides S. Castaneda, Janet Rodriguez and Kathy Hao. “I do not know the others, since I am close only to Tita Golda. But since our main agenda is to be able to help our frontliners fight Covid 19 while we are in the comfort of our own homes, we joined the team.”

“We promised each other we will not think of business or money but LIFE. We have to take care of the frontliners, because if they are not around, what is going to happen to us? They say, it takes twenty-two years for one to be a doctor.”

“At the start, we wanted to raise funds so we could buy 200 PPEs for doctors, that is why we called the group “Adopt A Doctor” but we received calls that nurses needed them, too, and so we opted for five hundred PPEs for Adopt-a-Frontliner”.

“Our posts on FB and texts helped a lot!”

DESIGNS made for frontliners

GOLDA Divinagracia

FIDES S. Castaneda

MATERIAL for protective face gear

STAFF of Councillor Mabel Acosta who helped make face shields

SUPPLIES for Protective gear (PPE)

MINDANAO TIMES TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2020

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A Game of Trees

Gamification makes activities more engaging and works well in the Philippines. Now it’s being used to revitalize a forest which helps supply 20 million Filipinos with fresh water.

WHO SAYS saving nature isn’t all fun and games?

The Philippines is losing around 52,000 trees daily. Logging, slash-and-burn-farming and land development are erasing 47,000 hectares of forestland yearly – thrice the size of Quezon City. Just 7.168 million hectares remain, covering 24% of the nation’s land area.

But gamification, the process of turning otherwise serious activities into games, might help reverse this.

A partnership between GCash, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), plus the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) aims to harness Pinoys’ natural love for games to plant 365,000 trees starting July 2020.

Earth has roughly three trillion trees, forming the last remaining forests which harbour 80% of all known terrestrial plant and animal species. Forests not only mitigate climate change by absorbing and storing greenhouse gases while releasing life-giving oxygen, but ensure the availability of fresh water, a resource which is becoming scarcer each summer.

“Water comes not from faucets, but from nature, particularly healthy watersheds,” explains WWF-Philippines project manager Paolo Pagaduan. “Given current trends of deforestation, we might face a future where there isn’t enough water for Filipinos. To secure a clean and reliable source of water, especially during the dry summer months, we need to revitalize our watersheds. No water means no life.”

While currently reeling from the global COVID-19 pandemic, Metro Manila also suffered a dramatic water shortage this time last year. In March 2019, 10,000 Metro Manila households lost water access as La Mesa Dam dropped to its lowest water level in 12 years. Manila’s residents were forced to walk and line up for hours just to secure water for washing, bathing and brushing their teeth.

It is estimated that for 2020 and 2021, Metro Manila’s water demands will overtake supply by as much as 13% during peak days, meaning more dry faucets and unserved households – but taking care of our life-giving watersheds can avert this.

Ipo Watershed Watersheds are zones which naturally collect and store water. They are typically heavily-vegetated because trees absorb rainwater which drains into streams, rivers and lakes.

Ipo Watershed, together with the Angat and Umiray watersheds, supplies 98% of the water consumed by Metro Manila. Situated northeast of the sprawling Metropolis, it covers 7236 hectares in Norzagaray and San Jose Del Monte in Bulacan, plus Rodriguez in Rizal. It is home to several species of charismatic animals, including the Philippine Brown Deer, Philippine Warty Pig, Tarictic Hornbill, Grey-headed Fish Eagle and Osprey.

Sadly, the watershed’s forests have been in full retreat. Though protected by several proclamations including a Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title for the Indigenous Dumagat tribes of the watershed, the area is pockmarked by patches of burnt soil. From 85%, forest cover plummeted to 40% in recent years, mostly due to slash-and-burn or kaingin farming and charcoal-making.

Gamification Pinoys have always loved games – ranging from cockfighting to countless hours spent playing Pokemon Go and bumping into things. So too can this natural love for play be used for conservation.

“Over 20 million people use GCash and the majority of them are millennials,”

RAINFORESTATION is the process of restoring ailing forests with native rainforest species instead of commercial or fruit-bearing trees. Ipo Watershed’s plant nursery brims with native species like Yakal, Kupang, Narra, Lauaan and Dau. DENR, GCash, BIOFIN and WWF aim to plant 365,000 new trees starting July 2020. (Gregg Yan)

explains Mabel Niala of Mynt, mother company of GCash. “The challenge is to channel the passion and energy of the country’s 35 million millennials for good.” GCash is the Philippines’ top cashless service and services a fifth of its population, plus 75,000 partner merchants and 75 nonprofits.

Using their mobile phones, Pinoys can plant trees through GCash Forest, part of a larger programme called GCash for Good. Users earn Green Energy Points by reducing their individual carbon footprint. Paying bills online for instance, eliminates the need to drive to a bank and consume paper for receipts and forms. More points can be garnered for walking to work, taking the stairs and avoiding single-use plastic items. GCash Forest interfaces seamlessly with existing mobile fitness apps to accurately measure not just energy saved, but exactly how much carbon emissions are reduced.

Each green energy point corresponds to a gram of carbon saved. Points are then used to nourish a virtual tree in GCash Forest. When users reach 20,560 points, his or her virtual tree will be fully-grown. WWF, BIOFIN, GCash and its allies will then plant the user’s tree species of choice this July 2020.

The partnership between GCash, BIOFIN, WWF and DENR was formalized in June of 2019 and aims to bolster Ipo Watershed with 365,000 new trees starting July.

“We are depleting our natural wealth at an unimaginable rate. While the Philippines is megadiverse, it is also a hotspot given the extent of the threat to our natural environment.

There is no one magic bullet that can turn the situation around. We need diverse actors to engage and find diverse solutions. And we need unusual partnerships – which in time will become usual partnerships. GCash, WWF and DENR are now embarking as one to reduce our carbon footprint and help the Philippines meet its reforestation targets. UNDP through BIOFIN is delighted to bring these actors together to stem the tide on our rapid loss of forest cover,” concludes UNDP Resident Representative Titon Mitra.

The project was inspired by the Ant Financial’s highly-lauded Ant Forest, which was launched in August 2016. Ant Forest encouraged users to grow a virtual forest, which would later translate into a real forest. By August 2019, over 122 million trees were planted in China.

“GCash Forest is the localized version of this app. We’re proud that it is the pilot site in Asia,” shares GCash CMO and Head of App Product Chris Manguera.

Today there are over 2.3 million registered users of GCash Forest and plans are well underway for expansion.

“We have always said that the G in GCash stands for good and that our objective is to use technology to give back to the world. This initiative is about more than reforestation or securing vital fresh water for the residents of Metro Manila,” concludes Niala. “It’s about empowering millennials and other mobile users to fight the biggest issue of our era – climate change. But we need to spread the word more, so we call on all Pinoys to try the GCash Forest app today.”

What kind of ending can we expect from this Game IPO WATERSHED, together with the Angat and Umiray Watersheds, supplies 98% of the water requirements of Metro of Trees? Though it will affect all Pinoys, it all boils down Manila, one of the world’s most densely-populated cities with a daytime population of 20 million people. In March to the choices of its gamers.

2019, 10,000 households lost access to fresh water owing to reduced water levels in nearby La Mesa Dam. (Gregg Yan)

TUESDAY, MARCH 2020 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31,31, 2016

All pawned items that expired during the month All pawned items that expired during the of JANUARY 2020, if not renewed or redeemed on month MAY, 14, 2015 notberenewed reor beforeof MARCH 2020ifwill sold to theorpublic deemed on or before JULY 14, 2015 will be on MARCH 16, 2020 at 9:00a.m. at our pawnshop sold to the public on JULY 16, 2015 at 9:00 premises.

a.m. at our pawnshop premises.

Gipahibalo ang tanan na ang FIRST COLOR PAWNSHOP magasubasta sa tanan nga nag-expired Gipahibalo na prenda ang FIRST sa bulan sa ENEROang 2020.tanan Ang tanan ibaligya COLOR PAWNSHOP magasubasta sa 9:00 tanansa sa publiko karong MARSO 16, 2020 sa alas buntag. nga nag-expired sa bulan sa MAYO 2015.

DAVAO FIRST COLOR

Ang tanan prenda ibaligya sa publiko karong HULYO 16 sa alas 9:00 sa buntag.

PAWNSHOP

#47 Lao St., Toril, Davao City Tel. No. 295-2460

All pawned items that expired during the month of FEBRUARY 2020, must renewed or redeemed two (2) days prior the Auction Schedule stated below. If not renewed or redeemed it will sold to the public on its respective auction schedule and premises @ 9:00am.

Gipahibalo ang tanan nga ang DAVAO GEVIN PAWNSHOP, INC., maga-subasta sa tanan nga nagexpired sa bulan sa PEBRERO 2020. Ang tanang prenda ibaligya sa publiko sa mga petsa nga nakabutang sa ubos, sa oras nga 9:00 sa buntag.

BRANCHES

AUCTION DATE

TEL. NOS.

CALINAN, Villafuerte (Main) APRIL 03, 2020

295-0751

MINTAL, Sampaguita St.

233-0712

APRIL 03, 2020

All pawned items that expired during the month of JANUARY 2020, must renewed or redeemed two (2) days prior the Auction Schedule stated below. If not renewed or redeemed it will sold to the public on its respective auction schedule and premises @ 9:00am.

Gipahibalo ang tanan nga ang GOLDVALUE PAWNSHOP, INC., maga-subasta sa tanan nga nag-expired sa bulan sa ENERO 2020. Ang tanang prenda ibaligya sa publiko sa mga petsa nga nakabutang sa ubos, sa oras nga 9:00 sa buntag.

BRANCHES AUCTION DATE TEL. NOS. BAJADA MARCH 03, 2020 321-8705 (Beside NBI Office) BABAK SAMAL MARCH 24, 2020 301-4019 SAN PEDRO MARCH 6, 2020 227-6772 CABAGUIO MARCH 27, 2020 321-6223 TIBUNGCO MARCH 30, 2020 222-2494 (OPENING)

NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE

NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE

All pawned items that expired during the month of JANUARY 2020, must renewed or redeemed two (2) days prior to the Auction Schedule stated below. If not renewed or redeemed, it will be sold to the public on its respective auction schedule and premises @ 9:00 a.m.

Gipahibalo ang tanan nga ang NARDING PAWNSHOP, INC., maga-subasta sa tanan nga nag-expired sa bulan sa ENERO 2020.

Ang tanan prenda ibaligya sa publiko sa mga petsa nga nakabutang sa ubos, sa oras nga 9:00 sa buntag.

BRANCHES Lapu-lapu, Agdao Matina Crossing Tibungco

AUCTION DATE MARCH 10, 2020 MARCH 24, 2020 MARCH 17, 2020

TEL. NOS. (082) 222-3524 (082) 297-5786 (082) 296-4130

PANABO’S PAWNSHOP, INC. Panabo (Main) MARCH 16, 2020 (084) 628-8418 Panabo (Branch) MARCH 16, 2020 (084) 628-842

All pawned items that expired during the month of JANUARY 2020 must be renewed or redeemed two (2) days before the Auction Schedule stated below. If not renewed or redeemed, it will be sold to public on its respective auction schedule and premises @ 9:00 A.M. Gipahibalo ang tanan na ang DIAGOLD PAWNSHOP INC., magasubasta sa tanan nga nag-expired sa bulan ENERO 2020. Ang tanang prenda ibaligya sa publiko sa mga petsa na nakabutang sa ubos, sa oras nga 9:00 sa buntag.

BRANCHES

Gipahibalo ang tanan na ang AL-JOS PAWNSHOP magasubasta sa tanan nga nag-expired sa bulan sa DISYEMBRE 2019. Ang tanan prenda ibaligya sa publiko karong PEBRERO 17, 2020 sa alas 9:00 sa buntag.

AUCTION DATE TEL. NOS.

Agdao MARCH 12, 2020 (Toy Bldg., Lapu-lapu St.)

284-9017

ROSEGOLD PAWNSHOP & JEWELLER Main – San Pedro Cor. Anda Street Davao City Tel. Nos. (082) 221-1477; (082) 221-0355; (082)222-5039 Accepts: Jewelry, Appliances, Watches, CellPhones and Any Valuable Items Highest Appraisal and Low Interest Rates at 3% Wholesaler and Retailers on all kinds of jewelry

All pawned items that expired during the month of JANUARY 2020, must be renewed or redeemed on or before MARCH 07, 2020. If not redeemed or renewed, it will be sold to the public on MARCH 10, 2020 at our pawnshop premises from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM.

All pawned items that expired during the month of DECEMBER 2019, if not renewed or redeemed on or before FEBRUARY 15, 2020 will be sold to the public on FEBRUARY 17, 2020 at 9:00a.m. at our pawnshop premises.

Rosegold Pawnshop Lapu-lapu Street, Agdao Davao City Tel. No. (082) 225-3637

Rosegold Pawnshop Ilustre St., Davao City (Fronting Limso Hospital) Tel. No. (082) 222-2104

Rosegold Pawnshop Ilustre Street, Davao City (Beside NCCC Hardwaremaxx) Tel. No. (082) 295-6199

Rosegold Pawnshop KM6 Crossing Buhangin, Div. Road, Davao City Tel. No. (082) 241-2355

NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE All Jewelry and other articles pawned at Rosegold Pawnshop San Pedro-Main, Rosegold Pawnshop Ilustre, Rosegold Pawnshop Bolton, Rosegold Pawnshop, Agdao and Rosegold Pawnshop Buhangin from SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 to OCTOBER 15, 2019. If not redeemed or renewed on or before MARCH 13, 2020 will be sold to the Public Auction on MARCH 16, 2020 at Rosegold Pawnshop San Pedro-Main from 9:00am to 6:00pm.

GOLDSTANDARD PAWNSHOP

San Pedro street, Davao City (Fronting Queen Bank) Tel. No. (082) 222-1561 ; (082) 321-0128 Accepts: Jewelry, Appliances, Watches, Cellphones and any valuable items Highest Appraisal and Low Interest Rates at 3% Wholesaler and Retailers on all Kinds of Jewelry

NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE

All jewelry and other articles pawned at Goldstandard Pawnshop San Pedro, Goldstandard Pawnshop Ilustre from SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 to OCTOBER 15, 2019 if not redeemed or renewed on MARCH 13, 2020 will be sold to the Public Auction on MARCH 16, 2020 at our Pawnshop premises from 9:00am to 6:00pm.

TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2020

NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE All pawned items at METRO GOLDBRILL PAWNSHOP that expired during the month of JANUARY 2020, if not renewed or redeemed on or before MARCH 13, 2020 will be sold to the public on MARCH 17, 2020 at 9:00 A.M. Ginapahibalo ang tanan na ang METRO GOLDBRILL PAWNSHOP magasubasta sa tanan nga nag-expired sa bulan sa ENERO 2020. Ang tanan prenda ibaligya sa publiko karong MARSO 17, 2020 sa alas 9:00 sa buntag.

2nd Level, Gaisano Mall of Davao, J.P. Laurel Ave., Davao City Tel. No.: (082) 221-3355 • (082) 305-9496 2nd Level, SM Lanang Premier, J.P. Laurel Ave., Davao City Tel. No.: (082) 295-1505 • (082) 321-0525 email: jrosejewels@yahoo.com • www.jrosejewels.ph

PAWNS NOT REDEEMED/RENEWED WITHIN FIVE (5) DAYS AFTER EXPIRY DATES WILL BE AUCTIONED ON MARCH 16, 2020 AT 10:00 A.M. AT THE RESPECTIVE PAWNSHOPS WHERE THE ITEMS WERE PAWNED.

All pawned items of GOLDVISION PAWNSHOP, INC. that expired during the month of JANUARY 2020, if not renewed or redeemed it will be sold to the public on its respective auction schedule and premises at 9:00 a.m.

Gipahibalo ang tanan na ang GOLDVISION PAWNSHOP, INC. maga-subasta sa tanan nga nag-expire sa bulan sa ENERO 2020. Ang tanan prenda ibaligya sa publiko sa mga petsa nga nakabutang sa ubos, sa oras nga 9:00 sa buntag.

BRANCHES

AUCTION DATE

General Lao, Toril

MARCH MARCH MARCH MARCH MARCH MARCH MARCH

Agton. Toril Buhangin Magallanes Tagum Saavedra, Toril Agdao

17, 2020 17, 2020 13, 2020 10, 2020 26, 2020 17, 2020 19, 2020

TEL. NO. 291-2406 291-2952 241-0223 224-3138 216-3425 291-1349 327-2348

All pawned items that expired during the month of JANUARY 2020 must be renewed or redeemed two (2) days prior to the Auction Schedule stated below. If not renewed or redeemed, it will be sold to the public on its respective auction schedule and premises @ 9:00A.M. BRANCHES

AUCTION DATE

TEL. NO.

C.M. RECTO (MAIN) LANANG BRANCH 1 SAN PEDRO

MARCH 17, 2020 297-8081 MARCH 17, 2020 235-3473 MARCH 17, 2020 327-8832

GABBY’S BRILLIANT PAWNSHOP INC. / GABBY’S INFINITE PAWNSHOP INC. TEL NO.: 321-2185 / 234-4844

All pawned items that expire during the month of JANUARY 2020 must be renewed or redeemed two (2) days prior the Auction Schedule stated below. If not renewed or redeemed it will be sold to public on its respective auction schedule and premises @9:00a.m.

Gipahibalo ang tanan nga ang GABBY’S INFINITE PAWNSHOP INC. magasubasta sa tanan nga nag expire sa bulan sa ENERO 2020. Ang tanang prenda ibaligya sa publiko sa mga petsa nga nakabutang sa ubos, sa oras nga 9:00 sa buntag.

BRANCHES

AUCTION DATE

TEL. NOS.

SAN PEDRO

MARCH 16, 2020

321-2185

ILUSTRE

MARCH 02, 2020

234-4844

MARCH 13, 2020

All pawned items from SEPTEMBER 2019 – OCTOBER 2019

TUESDAY, MARCH31, 31,2016 2020 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST

TUESDAY, MARCH 2020 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31,31, 2016

Davao Ros-Ver Pawnshop, Incorporated

DAVAO 3 SURE PAWNSHOP, INC. NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE All pawned items that expire during the month of JANUARY 2020 must be renewed or redeemed two (2) days prior the Auction Schedule stated below. If not renewed or redeemed it will be sold to public on its respective auction schedule and premises @ 9:00 a.m.

Gipahibalo ang tanan nga ang DAVAO 3 SURE PAWNSHOP, INC., maga-subasta sa tanan nga nag expire sa bulan sa ENERO 2020. Ang tanang prenda ibaligya sa publiko sa mga petsa nga nakabutang sa ubos, sa oras nga 9:00 sa buntag.

BRANCHES

AUCTION DATE

TEL. NOS

SAN PEDRO BUHANGIN

MARCH 10, 2020 MARCH 17, 2020

225-0033 241-1071

Ilustre St., Davao City Tel # 224-1204; 222-6086

AUCTION SALE!

The DAVAO ROS-VER PAWNSHOP, INC. and NEW PAG-ASA PAWNSHOP will be having its JOINT AUCTION on all unredeemed pawned items left during the month of November 2019. The said items will be sold to the public at the following VENUE AND DATE. Gipahibalo ang publiko na ang DAVAO ROS-VER PAWNSHOP, INC. og ang NEW PAG-ASA PAWNSHOP; magsubasta sa tanang prenda nga naremata atong Nobyembre 2019. Ang tanang prenda dungan nga ibaligya sa publiko sa mga sumusunod nga dapit og petsa:

DAVAO CITY Digos Rizal Digos Luna Digos Magsaysay Tagum Rizal Tagum Roxas Tagum Pioneer Tagum Public Market Tagum Quezon Santo Tomas Nabunturan Davao Branches Mati Burgos Kidapawan Panabo

Tel.#234-2268/cell#09078756193 ask for Ram and Jen between 8am-5pm

BILLBOARD FOR LEASE

Along University Ave., Juna Subd Matina, Davao City CALL

(0932) 372 7799

Digos Magsaysay March 6, 2020 At 9:30am

Venue and Date

Tagum Pioneer – GRAND AUCTION March 6-7, 2020 At 9:30am Santo Tomas March 11, 2020 At 9:30am Nabunturan March 14, 2020 At 9:30am Ilustre – GRAND AUCTION March 19-21, 2020 At 9:30am Mati Burgos March 21, 2020 At 9:30am Kidapawan March 25,2020 At 9:30am Panabo – GRAND AUCTION March 30-31

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necessary components in producing items that would meet international standards, but at the same time they would also get tax benefits as exporter as the economic zone is government-accredited.

Lagdameo said that they are active in marketing their industrial park locally and internationally.

Moreover, they also conduct park tours that would make people understand the industry.

He said that they have been promoting Davao as an investment haven for years through several projects such as offices,

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securities in the form of investment contracts without the secondary license to do so.

The SEC issued an advisory as early as November last year and last week amid the financial repercussion caused by the COVID-19 outbreak warning people of entities soliciting investments such as PayAsian.

PayAsian uses a scheme that entices people to buy Paya coins and hold them for six months in order to receive 30% additional Paya Rewards.

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flexible work spaces, and industrial parks.

Fo r t h e i n d u s t r i a l park, they have already built the infrastructure and other components, including the Davao International Container Terminal, a state-of-the art port, that companies can tap into in accessing international markets.

Locators, he said, would only have build their respective factories as the facility has 63-hectares in area.

“All it takes is for a few good investors to lead the way and others will follow,” he said.

It also offered referral rewards and “Sharer Packages” where people can invest as much as P5 million to buy more than 700,000 Paya tokens and receive a maximum of P10,000 a day.

According to Section 8 of Republic Act no. 8799 or the Securities Regulation Code, securities such as investment contracts shall not be sold or offered for sale or distribution in the country without the necessary license or approval from the SEC. By Nicole Burlas

TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2020

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left more than 2,400 dead.

Oil markets have been plunging for weeks as lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed by governments worldwide to fight the virus strangle demand.

Even as demand falls, supply has increased dramatically after top producers Saudi Arabia and Russia engage in a price war following a row about whether to cut output to support prices.

At the end of last week, Riyadh said it had not been in touch with Moscow about potential output cuts while Russia's deputy energy minister said oil at $25 a barrel was not a catastrophe for the country's producers -signalling the two sides are still far apart.

"Demand concerns are critical but well known, what really took the market down were the signals we got from Saudi Arabia and Russia that they intend to

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dline, other landline in Metro Manila, and other mobile networks.

KonsultaMD is a 24/7 health hotline service manned by skilled and licensed Filipino doctors who provide medical assessment and advice, including basic healthcare and permissible medication, over the phone. With KonsultaMD, the public will be able to get immediate and affordable medical attention, anytime, anywhere in the Philippines.

Due to limited capacity of medical institutions compared to the fast-grow-

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ing number of people needing immediate medical attention, the Department of Health is looking at telemedicine, particularly primary care teleconsultation, to alleviate surge and minimize risks posed by unnecessary visits to hospitals.

“There is an overwhelming demand for the healthcare industry and we understand the difficulties both the government and private medical institutions are facing to provide the public with the assistance they need during this outbreak. We are here to help

our country by providing everyone with free access to a doctor so that they can seek medical advice without leaving their homes,” said Maridol Ylanan, CEO of Global Telehealth, Inc. which operates KonsultaMD. KonsultaMD is equipped with modules and internal protocols i n h a n d l i n g d i ff e r e n t health issues including COVID-19 and provides a telephone triage or a means of determining the urgency of the situation to allow hospitals to focus on critical cases.

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world. And in a big chunk of developed and emerging markets in developing economies. How severe?

We are working now on our projections for 2020,” Georgieva said in response to a question.

The new projections are expected in the next few weeks.

Stressing that while containment is the main reason for the economy to stand still and get into a recession, she said containment is very necessary to

come out of this period and step in to recovery. "Until the virus is not contained, it would be very difficult to go to the lives we love."

"A key concern about a long-lasting impact of the sudden stop of the world economy is the risk of a wave of bankruptcies and layoffs that not only can undermine the recovery.

But can erode the fabric of our societies," the IMF chief said.

To avoid this from happening, many coun-

t r i e s h a v e t a k e n f a rreaching measures to address the health crisis and to cushion its impact on the economy, both on the monetary and on the fiscal side, she said.

The IMF chief said 81 emergency financing requests, including 50 from lower-income countries, have been received.

She said current estimate for the overall financial needs of emerging markets is 2.5 trillion dollars.

continue their current path," Vivek Dhar, a commodities analyst at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, told Bloomberg News.

"Market hopes of a deal have come undone."

There are fears the commodity could fall further as storage tanks around the globe approach full capacity.

"When the storage capacity is filled, we should probably expect a response from Saudi Arabia, Russia, and other essential oil producers," AxiCorp's Stephen Innes said, though he warned "the longer their response takes, the higher the risk of another steep decline in oil prices".

The retreat on oil markets comes after a bounce with equities last week that came after policymakers worldwide unleashed massive stimulus measures to prop up the virus-hit global economy. AFP

A LIMITED emergency-use authorization for two antimalarial drugs touted as game-changers

by President Donald Trump has been issued by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat coronavirus patients.

In a statement pub- the United States' leading lished Sunday, the US infectious disease expert, Department of Health and have urged the public Human Services detailed to remain cautious until recent donations of medi- larger clinical trials valicine to a national stockpile date smaller studies.

-- including chloroquine Two US medical bodand hydroxychloroquine, ies -- the National Instiboth being investigated tutes of Health and the as potential COVID-19 Biomedical Advanced treatments.

Research and DevelopIt said the FDA had ment Authority -- are curallowed them "to be dis- rently working to plan tributed and prescribed such trials. by doctors to hospitalized Some in the scientific teen and adult patients community fear Trump's with COVID-19, as ap- endorsement of the medipropriate, when a clinical cines could create shorttrial is not available or ages for patients who need feasible." them to treat lupus and Trump said last week rheumatoid arthritis, disthat the two drugs could eases for which they are be a "gift from God," approved. despite scientists warnThe US has more than ing against the dangers 140,000 novel coronavirus of overhyping unproven cases and 2,489 deaths, treatments. according to a tracker Many researchers in- maintained by Johns Hopcluding Anthony Fauci, kins University. AFP

TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2020

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announced 30 patients positive for the virus on March 28.

However, the health department did not disclose any details concerning the new patients.

The Southern Philippine Medical Center is already an autonomous subnational laboratory, which means it is now capable of testing for COVID-19. Expectedly, the number of positive cases will only rise as more tests are conducted.

The DOH XI also bared that there are two positive COVID-19 individuals in Davao del Sur, three in Davao del Norte, two in Davao Occidental, and one in Davao de Oro who has since recovered.

Davao Oriental remains the only province with zero reported cases.

The overall confirmed cases in the region are 48 individuals with four deaths and five recoveries.

As of March 29 also, DOH recorded 415 persons under investigation in the region. Of the total, 258 individuals already tested negative for COVID-19.

As of 4 p.m. of March 30, the total number of

who continue to render duties on agencies and establishments considered as essential in the recently issued executive order by the city government.

In an interview with the Davao City Disaster Radio yesterday (Monday), CTTMO chief Dionisio Abude said the service was an initiative of Mayor Sara Duterte to provide services to employees still working on duty amid the threat of COVID-19.

“This is an instruction of Mayor Sara (Duterte) for our office to coordinate with various companies in order to provide free transportation to the public,” he said.

The city mayor had previously issued an executive order for the temporary closure of some establishments to minimize mass gatherings and possible spread of the infectious disease.

Abude noted that only those individuals working in the companies identified by the guideline of the previously issued executive order can avail of the free bus ride.

Those who can ride the bus are employees of drugstores, supermarkets, convenience stores, construction hardware

positive COVID-19 patients in the country already rose to 1.546 with 692 more pending results by the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine.

There were 128 new cases recorded by the health department and seven additional deaths.

Mayor Sara Duterte said that the city is not on lockdown yet, pending the recommendation of the infectious disease specialists. However, the local government already resumed the distribution of the food and medicine quarantine passes.

The passes will be coursed through the councilors down to the barangay captains. In turn, the purok leaders will be tapped to distribute them to each household.

For subdivisions and gated communities, their homeowner associations will be responsible for distributing the documents to each member. They may get the passes from the purok leaders.

The distribution of the food and medicine pass is in preparation for the enhanced community quarantine.

AROUND ... (from page 2) of employment status.”

So far, 66 establishments have applied, allowing them to help 1,989 workers.

They may also be given access to available job opportunities suitable to their qualifications through job matching, referral, and placement services.

Affected employees whose companies did not apply for the program may also file a complaint to DOLE. So far, the office received only around five complaints.

To a v a i l o f t h e program, the affected private establishment must have implemented a temporary closure due to the pandemic and

submit documentary requirements, such as the establishment report on the COVID-19 pursuant to Labor Advisory no.

9, Series of 2020, and company payroll for the month prior to the implementation of the temporary closure.

Approved private establishments shall be having its workers receive the P5,000 financial assistance sent through M Lhuiller and beneficiaries are only required to bring a valid ID. But, he added, most companies in Davao region are complying with the program so there is no major problem in its implementation.

TARSIER ... (from page 2) Taming was clearing his farm when the chanced mammal. He immediately alerted the barangay officials who accompanied him to the police station.

The tarsier is now under the custody of the City Environment of Natural Resources Office Manay, which will eventually release it into its habitat.

Personnel of the Caraga Municipal Police Station, led by Capt. Fidelito Viola Jr., turned over the tarsier

to Cenro at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday. The police station commander also praised the barangay officials for their prompt action.

“It clearly shows that the community is now aware on the significance of various species in our ecosystem,” he said.

Three days ago, the Caraga police station facilitated the release of more or less 200 hawksbill turtles. By Rhoda Grace B. Saron

DCPO ... (from page 1) stores, bayad centers, banks, hospitals, medical laboratories, pharmacies, water refilling stations, doctors and dentist clinics, LPG gas stations, BPO companies, food delivery services, wholesalers, and food manufacturing companies.

“Those who are working on these (exempted companies) must present an ID to prove that they are employees of such,” Abude addd.

Abude said each bus can board a total of 50 passengers. However, social distancing will be strictly enforced, so they will only take 25 passengers for every trip.

“We have marshals and enforcers to oversee and regulate the capacity of passengers to board (the buses) to properly implement the social distancing,” he said.

There are five identified routes--Toril and Calinan for the south area; while Lasang, Cabantian, and Mandog for the north area of the city.

Abude said the buses will be at the assigned areas in the said districts before 6 a.m. from Monday to Friday. They will depart at 6:30 a.m and the last trip would be at 7 a.m.

ROXAS ... (from page 2) the displaced vendors is only 30 days per household.

There are a total of 502 displaced workers enrolled under the Tupad program, which include night market vendors and massage therapists, who are now reporting to the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro).

They help improve the Roxas Night Market through landscaping, cleaning, painting, and tree planting in the area.

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The Tupad program beneficiaries started last March 17 and are expected to complete their program on April 29. The beneficiaries will be receiving a salary of P386 per day or a total of P11,880.

Mayor Sara Duterte has previously ordered the indefinite suspension of the Roxas Night Market’s regular operation due to the threat of the spread of COVID-19.

John Kraft, city police director, said they have not recorded any fighting or panic buying in any of the barangays. Nevertheless, the civil disturbance management and the tourist police teams are on standby.

"The tourist police are deployed on all big grocery stores to enforce social distancing and control or assist management to avoid panic buying, " Kraft said.

"If there would be enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), enforcement would be easy for DCPO as there will be a suspension of mass transport, " he said.

"Movement of people will really be minimal, " he added.

The DCPO will enforce the community quarantine like the implementation of social distancing and prohibition of mass gatherings, liquor ban, curfew, and others, based on the series of executive orders on COVID-19.

Normal police functions like high visibility, anti-illegal drug operations, and other forms of anti-criminality operations will continue to maintain peace and order.

"Rest assured DCPO is prepared for any situation, " he further said.

I n To r i l s e c u r i t y measures In an interview with Maj. Jason Baria, the commander of the Toril Police Station, he said that they have set up three roadblocks and chokepoints, particularly in the wet market.

"This so that we can control the senior citizens, minors, and pregnant women who are prohibited to go out from their houses

based on the EO 20 issued earlier, "Baria said.

He also said that there are no more people who are loitering at the Toril Public Market and Toriil proper by 7 p.m.

The city has imposed a curfew from 9 p.m. to 5 p.m., as part of the community quarantine.

However, he said there are still individuals that are caught for curfew and liquor ban. For instance, from March 21, they already booked seven after they were caught drinking past the prohibited hours.

Since March 24, 24 people were caught violating the curfew but advised to just go home and 3 arrested for violation of curfew and resistance and disobedience (Revised Penal Code 151).

Mayor Sara Duterte mentioned Toril District as one of the problematic areas where people continue to defy the social distancing policy How is Social distancing being observed?

Baria said people are properly observing it at the wet market.

"Our problem is that the volume of marketgoers in the public market because we can't control the people from buying food,” he said.

“There are so many people from Sta Cruz (Davao del Sur), Tugbok, and Calinan who also buy here.”

The Toril police chief started to control the inflow of people by allowing them to enter the market by batches last Sunday. It resulted in a long queue, but that could not be avoided.

"Because we know that a lot of people are going to the market especially during weekends, " he further said.

SARA ... (from page 2) B) Medical Evacuations (Air Ambulance) C) Weather Mitigation Flights D) Maintenance flights E) Government and Military Flights F) For emergency landing: - All crews and pasengers will not disembark as much as possible; - If disembarkation is needed, crews and passengers

will be contained in an isolation room in the airport.

G) Recovery flights for expatriates provided that each flight is subjected to prior clearance by the City Govemment of Davao It also said that the suspension will only be lifted after the State of Public Health Emergency is lifted or recommended by the epidemiologist and infectious disease specialists.

DAVNOR ... (from page 2) were told to watch over the information officer said. caskets overnight.

Sambalud said the "Everyone is afraid violators will do it all of dying," he said. "This throughout the curfew strategy is a stark reminder hours until 5 a.m. Since that death is just on the M a r c h 1 9 , t h e r e a r e brink if the public will already 312 curfew and not cooperate with the liquor ban violators who protocols and measures were apprehended in their that we implement," the municipality.