CITY HEALTH: CASES IN ORO REACH 1,028
STAVING off the dire im pacts of the Philippine eco nomic crises, primarily due to Covid-19, necessitates the full opening of the economy, along with the escalation of the campaign for vaccination and strict compliance to mini mum public health standards. Data from the City Health Office (CHO) indicates that Cagayan de Oro is on track in attaining the nationally deter mined target of inoculating up to the first booster dose, 90% of the senior citizens and 50% of the general population in the first 100 days of the new administration.Ifthesewill be attained, the city will qualify for level 0. Currently, the city is under level 1.
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Brig. Gen. Lawrence Coop is the newly installed Police Regional Office-10 director following a turn-over ceremony at the Camp 1Lt Vicente Alagar Tuesday morning, Aug. 16, 2022. Coop replaced Brig. Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr., who is assigned at the directorate for intelligence at Camp Crame. (Photo courtesy of PRO-10)
By Bobby CorrespondentLagsa THE City Health Of fice here on Monday, August 15, has warned residents about the rise of den gue fever cases in the city as the rainy season begins.
Daisy Zapanta’s two-year-old son fights for his life at the Intensive Care Unit of the Madonna Hospital in Cagayan de Oro City. The City Health Office here has warned residents about the rise of dengue infection in the city. (Photo courtesy of Daisy Zapanta)
CHO warns spike in dengue cases
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By Teofilo Garcia, Jr. ZAMBOANGA CITY –The Office of the City Veteri narian (OCVet) continued to call on the public to monitor and immediately report hog illnesses and deaths. Dr. Mario Arriola, OCVet chief, issued the appeal Sat urday as the city remains in the red (infected) zone classification of the African swine fever (ASF) monitor ing of the Department of Agriculture as cases continue to spread.Arriola said the number of villages with ASF cases rose to 27 from 22 as of Friday, with 799 hog raisers affected. Hog mortalities soared to 2,977 while 872 have been culled during the last seven days. The number of affected villages are spread out in all seven veterinary districts -- Tumaga (9), San Roque (2), Manicahan (3), Curuan (2), Vitali (5), Ayala (2), and Culianan (4). The OCVet is still wait ing for results of 54 labora tory samples submitted for testing.Strict transport and move ment protocols are imple mented at the borders in the villages of Licomo and Limpapa in the east and west coasts, respectively. (PNA) A personnel of the Office of the City Veterinarian checks the transport permit of live pigs. (OCVet photo) NPA surrendered firearms destroyed in Davao City Ex-NPA rebels undergo land prep, entrepreneurship training
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By Che Palicte DAVAO CITY – The Eastern Mindanao Command (East mincom) destroyed on Thurs day 54 firearms belonging to communist rebels during a ceremony at Naval Station Felix Apolinario Panacan, the command’s headquarters here. Maj. Alex Mindalano, Eastmincom public informa tion officer, said the firearms formed part of the 4,607 fire arms retrieved or surrendered in their area of responsibility from 2017 to date. The com mand's jurisdiction covers Regions 11, 12, and 13. “The 54 firearms were confiscated, surrendered, and recovered from the communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels,” Mindalano said in an interview.Among those who wit nessed the demilitarization were National Security Advis er Clarita Carlos, Department of National Defense (DND) officer-in-charge Undersec retary Jose Faustino Jr., and National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Con flict (NTF-ELCAC) Executive Director Emmanuel Salamat. Demilitarization is the pro cess of destroying firearms to make them unusable by cutting them into pieces or deforming each firearm. It ensures that the firearms surrendered by former rebels would not fall into wrong hands and be used in illegal ac tivities, military officials said. The Communist Party of the Philippines-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the Euro pean Union, the United King dom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines. (PNA)
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BUTUAN CITY – The Po lice Regional Office-Caraga Region (PRO-13) arrested two teen members of a no torious gang and one most wanted person in two-day operations last week. In a report on Saturday, PRO-13 reported the arrest of Jobby Castillo Belandres, 35, the number one most wanted person in Zamboanga City. Belandres, who is facing charges for five counts of rape, was arrested Wednes day in Barangay Doña Helen in Basilisa, Dinagat Islands. The suspect has arrest warrants issued by the Re gional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 15 in Zamboanga City for sexually abusing the three nieces of his live-in partner, aged 10, 12, and 17. The crimes were commit ted in Barangay Pasonanca, Zamboanga City between May and December 2018. On Thursday, Jerick Agu ire and Jovel John Bonio, both 18, were nabbed here on the basis of standing arrest warrants issued by the RTC Branch 6 in Prosperidad town for robbery with violence or intimidation.Aguireand Bonio are the top 8 and 9 most wanted per sons, respectively, in Agusan del Sur and members of the Lera Criminal Group. They are the prime sus pects in a robbery in Baran gay Alegria, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur on March 7, 2022, victimizing a 20-yearold woman. (Alexander Lo pez | PNA)
2-day op nets gang members, most wanted in Caraga
BUTUAN CITY – To pre pare them for community reintegration, 15 former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels are undergoing a 10-day crop production and entrepreneur ship training in Talacogon, Agusan del Sur. The training, dubbed Land Preparation for Agricultural Crops Production and Entre preneurship Training, started on August 9 and organized by the Army’s 26th Infantry Bat talion (IB), in partnership with the local government, and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority in the Caraga Region. “The training aims to empower the former rebels to be more economically resilient by enhancing and developing their skills and capability toward sustainable livelihood,” the 26IB said in a statement Thursday. Lt. Col. Sandy Majaro com, the 26IB commander, At least 15 former NPA rebels join the 10-day Land Preparation for Agricultural Crops. (Photo courtesy of 26IB)
Department of National Defense OIC Undersecretary Jose Faustino Jr. (extreme right). (PNA photo by Che Palicte)
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By Edwin Fernandez COTABATO CITY – In terim Chief Minister Ahod “Murad” Ebrahim of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) expressed his gratitude to the new admin istration for its support of the Mindanao peace process. “We are deeply grate ful to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. for understanding the impor tance of our work during the extension of the transition period, and for assuring that we can install a bureaucracy that can address the needs of our people for generations to come,” Ebrahim said in his message aired in local radio stationsEbrahimTuesday.saidMarcos was instrumental in ensuring that the new Bangsamoro Transi tion Authority is "composed of meaningful representation from the Moro Islamic Lib eration Front, Moro National Liberation Front, sectoral groups, and other important stakeholders across the re gion."This alone, he said, makes the BTA parliament "a cham ber for all voices to be heard.” Ebrahim and 29 other Moro and non-Moro lead ers appointed by President Marcos took their oath before the President in Malacañang on Aug. Ebrahim12. lauded the Presi dent for uniting various revo lutionary groups together with other sectors as repre sentatives of Bangsamoro in one chamber. (PNA)President Ferdinand Marcos Jr is flanked by BARMM Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim and Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri during the oath taking. (Malacañang photo)
OCVet: ASF cases continue to spread in Zambo City
ZAMBOANGA CITY –Two more Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits have surren dered as a result of the mili tary and police's intensified combat operations in Basilan province.Inastatement Friday, the Western Mindanao Com mand (Westmincom) identi fied the ASG surrenderers as Salih Kiman Mustapha and a certain Abu Tuttuh, 28. Brigadier Gen. Domingo Gobway, Joint Task Force (JTF)-Basilan commander, said Mustapha surrendered Thursday to government forces at the Basilan Provin cial Police Office in Baran gay Menzi, Isabela City, the province’sMustapha,capital.afollower of the late Basilan-based ASG leader Radzmil Jannatul, handed over his M1 Car bine rifle upon his surrender. (PNA)
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Lanao del Sur Vice Governor Mohammad Khalid Adiong (center). (Jason Casas | PIA-10 | Lanao del Sur)
WHEREAS, the Professional Regulation Commission (Commission) has the mandate under Republic Act No. 8981, known as the “PRC Modernization Act of 2000”, to administer, implement, and enforce the regulatory policies of the national government with respect to the regulation and licensing of the various professions and occupations under its jurisdiction, xxx; perform any and all acts, enter into contracts, make such rules and regulations and issue such orders and other administrative issuance as may be necessary in the execution and implementation of its functions and the improvement of its services; and adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectively implement policies with respect to the regulation and practice of the professions; WHEREAS, the Commission issued Resolution No. 1089 (s 2018) on the “Revised Rules on the Accreditation of Professional Organizations and Integrated Professional Organizations”. Section 21, Rule 8 thereof provides that the non renewal and expiration of accreditation shall automatically result in the loss or forfeiture of all the rights, privileges, duties and responsibilities of the Accredited Professional Organization (APO)/AIPO. The expiration or non renewal of accreditation shall carry the same effects as that of cancellation/suspension as stipulated in Section 20 of the said Resolution; WHEREAS, in view of the difficulties encountered by some applicants in complying with the requirements of Commission Resolution No. 1089 (s 2018) due to the COVID 19 pandemic, the Commission issued Resolution 1504 (s. 2022)1 allowing temporary or provisional APO/AIPO accreditation to qualified applicants during the State of Calamity brought about by the pandemic;
By Jasper Marie Rucat CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Department of Health-10 (DOH-10) launched “KonsulTayo,” a bi-monthly forum to discuss health concerns and provide right and correct information from the right sources to counter fake news and boost informationElleniettadissemination.Gamolo,DOH10 assistant regional director, said, “At this time na (where) very common ang mga fake news, we would need the right and correct informa tion from the right sources as well. With Konsultayo, we hope to address the lack of information and provide it to the people.” Meanwhile, Dr. Wellaflor Kindom-Brito, infectious disease cluster head, em phasized the importance of health promotion and edu cation to improve northern Mindanao’s health seeking behavior.TheKonsulTayo has seven priority areas, which include diet and exercise, en vironmental health, vaccine and immunization to promote vaccine use, substance use, “we want to prevent people in using tobacco, cigarettes and illicit drugs, mental health, sexual and reproduc tive health, and the violence and injury prevention,” Brito added. DOH-10 has clarified that they received a direc tive from the President that within his first 100 days, the department should be able to convince the local govern ment units and all the part ners that all senior citizens, 90% of them should have al ready been fully vaccinated, meaning two doses for all senior citizens, nationwide and 50% of the population have already received their first booster dose. “If we are able to ac complish that 90% of senior citizens fully vaccinated and 50% already with their booster, there might be some guidelines on having to re move the mask or ensuring that we have full face to face classes and some alert levels, the one we are using now, might be revised,” Gamolo said. Gamolo also clarified that anyone can still get sick with Covid-19 despite getting the vaccine, but what the de partment is protecting is the severe“Weconditions.areurging our people to get that booster, especially if your last dose or second dose was four months ago. Our campaign for the 100 days is the first booster, we will increase it until 50% of our population. And if you are also qualified for the The DOH-10 launches the KonsulTayo, a bi-monthly forum to discuss health concerns and provide right and correct information. (JAKA | PIA-10)
GRANT OF PROVISIONAL ACCREDITATION TO THE PROFESSIONAL CRIMINOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC. (PCAP) AS THE ACCREDITED AND INTEGRATED PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION (AIPO) FOR THE CRIMINOLOGY PROFESSION
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CAMIGUIN – The Philip pine Statistics Authority (PSA) Camiguin, in close collaboration with the De partment of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Camiguin, the Provincial Government of Camiguin and its five component mu nicipalities, launched the Community-Based Monitor ing System (CBMS) Road show, August 5, 2022. The activity aimed to in crease awareness and knowl edge on CBMS and secure higher participation rate from each household residing in the locality during the data collection phase of the 2022 CBMS operations. It was emphasized by DILG Camiguin during the activity that the support of LGUs is essential for they are one of the end users of the data, which can be used for evidence-based planning and budgeting. The CBMS aims to (1) produce updated and disag gregated data required for beneficiary targeting; (2) carry out more thorough poverty analysis and needs prioritization; and (3) provide information that will enable a system of public spending that justifies government alloca tion on areas and populations that are most in need.
2 of GRANT2 OF PROVISIONAL ACCREDITATION TO THE TO THE PCAP AS THE AIPO FOR THE CRIMINOLOGY PROFESSION WHEREAS, the PCAP submitted a letter requesting for the grant of a PA, and upon evaluation thereof, the Professional Regulatory Board of Criminology (Board) finds the request to be meritorious.
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WHEREAS, Section 2 (1), Rule II of Commission Resolution No. 1504 states that the professional organization shall submit a letter to the concerned Professional Regulatory Board (PRB), through the Commission’s Accreditation and Compliance Division, requesting for the grant of a Provisional Accreditation (PA). The request must indicate the specific documentary requirement/s that it failed to submit or comply with and the reason or justification for its non submission or non compliance. The requesting professional organization must have filed an application for APO/AIPO accreditation (new or renewal) before the concerned PRB and the Commission can proceed to act on the request for the grant of a PA. Section 2 (2), Rule II of the same Resolution likewise states that the concerned PRB shall evaluate the merits of the request, and on the basis thereof, decide whether or not to grant the PA. In case of request for a PA as AIPO, the concerned PRB if it finds the request in order, shall issue a Resolution recommending to the Commission for approval the grant of a PA; 1 “Rules on the Issuance of Provisional Accreditation to Professional Organizations and Integrated Professional Organizations During the State of Calamity Brought About by the Corona Virus Disease (COVID 19)” 11
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WHEREFORE, the Board RESOLVES, as it is hereby RESOLVED, to recommend the grant of a Provisional Accreditation as AIPO to the PROFESSIONAL CRIMINOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC
The Provisional Accreditation herein granted shall be valid until September 12, 2022, unless the State of Calamity under Proclamation No 1218 (s. 2021) shall have been earlier lifted or extended, as circumstances may warrant. This Resolution shall take effect upon its publication at the expense of the PCAP pursuant to Section 5 of Commission Resolution No. 1504 (s 2022). Let a copy hereof be furnished the University of the Philippines Law Center. Done in the City of Manila, this ____ day of ________, 2022.
TEOFILOAPPROVED:S.PILANDO, JR. Chairman JOSE Y. CUETO, JR. ERWIN M. ENAD Commissioner Commissioner 28th July Adiong bats for strict enforcement of solid waste mgt laws, ordinances By Apipa Bagumbaran MARAWI CITY – Vice Gov. Mohammad Khalid Adiong has called for the stricter enforcement of laws and ordinances on solid waste management (SWM). The vice governor made the call during the 2nd quar ter Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council in response to rec ommendations for incentives to compliant andorganizations,individuals,barangays,localgovernmentunits (LGUs). He underscored the need to prioritize first the enforce ment of regulations and ordi nances before incentivizing compliance. "It's ok (the giving re wards) but the problem is that we get used to having incentives. Is it always neces sary to give just to enforce the law? Let's enforce first then we'll see who has the best practice and strategies," he said noting that the province has passed various ordi nances on solid waste. Adiong also urged lo cal DRRMs to remind their respective LGUs of their duty under the Republic Act 9003 which provides for a systematic, comprehensive and ecological solid waste management program. He emphasized that both the LGUs and the public must support each other in implementing the SWM law and related local ordinances (APB | PIA-10 | Lanao del Sur)
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PROFESSIONAL REGULATORY BOARD OF CRIMINOLOGY BOARD RESOLUTION NO. _____ Series of 2022
GENERALS Manuel Yan and Ed Ermita, Senator Orly Mercado and Tawi Tawi Governor Nur Jaafar stared at the name tags on my and Fred Clemente’s chests: “MNLF Observer.”Thefour were panelists and advisers of the Philippine government’s peace negotiations in Jakarta, August 1996. Clemente was Education undersecre tary, and I was publisher of “Isyu,” an all-opinion daily. So why were we on the side of the separatist Moro National Liberation Front, they must have wondered. Days earlier in Manila, President Fidel V. Ramos had called Clemente and me to Malacañang. He wished to conclude peace talks with MNLF Chairman Nur Misuari and asked us to convince him to return from walkout of heated sessions. Why us, Clemente queried. Ramos, former Armed Forces deputy for intel ligence (J2) with elephant’s memory, said he knew Clemente and Misuari to be close friends. They had been dormitory bunkmates and charter members of the radical Kabata ang Makabayan in UP Diliman in 1964. As for me, the president offered scoops of happenings behind the scenes. “Tell Misuari I have only one message for him: You are a Filipino with every right to come home.” When we whispered that to Misuari in Jakarta, he smiled and nodded. In turn he told MNLF panelist, Protestant Reverend Absalum Cerveza, to thresh out with the other side’s Gen. Alex Aguirre the contentious issues over which they had just wrangled. Misuari understood the message. FVR sincerely wanted everyone to re turn to their families. Three days later, August 19, the two met in Malabang, Lanao, the first time in tenAfteryears.awarm embrace, they jointly declared the war over. Formalities were signed in Manila on September 2. Foreign and local investments poured in to Mindanao thereafter. UNES CO awarded the two men the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize. As a soldier, FVR was a peacemaker. More than that, he was an inspirer. Believing in the Filipino, he capped all meetings and speeches with the exhorta tion, “Kaya natin ito!” He had helped bring down his second cousin’s dictatorship and was determined to make democratic restoration work. He repulsed eight coups d’état against President Cory Aquino, 19861992, and nipped six others before armedFVRoutbreak.builtconsensus including win ning over critics. Regularly he convened the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council to iron out details on major congressional bills and forestall any need for presidential veto. One of those was the repeal of the Anti-Subversion Law that criminalized mere espousing of communism even the nonviolent type.
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HI there!After more than two years, the Xavi er University-Ateneo de Cagayan Highschool Alumni Basketball League is finally back.The XU-ABL aimed to unite all XUHS alum ni through the sport many Xavier Ateneans (especially those from the defunct boy school program) loved to play –However,basketball!since I am not a graduate of XUHS, I envy watching them play basket ball.Nonetheless, I support my friends because despite the fact I only have spent my first year at XUHS. One of my regrets was not graduating from XUHS. Because of my youthful exuberance, I could not pri oritize my academics and was asked to transfer after my first year. However, since many of my friends from XUHS were my batchmates in Xavier University Grade School, I have not lost and still have contact with them. But watching in envy, I saw my friends treating their batchmates as BROTHERS. Then it made me ponder to realize where the brother hood started. In 1926, a letter writ ten by Fr. James G. Daly, S.J., initially mentioned the idea of a possible Ateneo in Cagayan, Misamis, since there was no Jesuit school then. However, in 1927 when the American Jesuits finally established in Cagayan, Mis amis, they started a primary school while purchasing another building near the St. Augustine Church for an intermediateAdditionally,school.they rented a house for a Catholic boys’ dormitory that catered to almost a hundred dormers and named it “St. Augustine Dormitory.”Whilethe Beatas de la Compania de Jesus (now known as the Religious of the Virgin Mary or RVM) converted their convent into a Catholic dormitory for girls, naming it “Sta. Teresita Dormitory.” All because Fr. James T.G. Hayes saw the need for a Catholic school for boys and a Catholic Academy for girls. However, after Fr. Hayes was appointed Bishop of Cagayan in 1933, he in structed Fr. Joseph L. Lucas SJ to Open the Ateneo de Cagayan for boys. Together with Lourdes Academy (school for girls), it was opened during the same month that Bishop Hayes was consecrated to the episcopacy in New York in June 1933. However, the Ateneo de Cagayan was a diocesan school at first under the bishop's care, with Fr. Joseph Lucas, S.J., Fr. Vincent L. Kenally, S.J, and Kirchgess ner SJ as acting directors from 1933 - 1937. “HAVE you already shed your blood in the strug gle against sin?” This is truly a paradoxical question concerning Chris tian living, for the Apostle is implying for us that a noteworthy receiving of life, comes with a willful giving of life.Holiness is much less a state for our spirits to simply hope for, than a pro-active and dutiful response to offer oneself in oblation for the building of God’s kingdom, “So, let us be rid of every encumbrance, and especially of sin, to persevere in run ning the race marked out beforeHolinessus.” is essentially bearing witness to the ex emplar of the Christ who preceded us all, “For the sake of the joy reserved for him, he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and then, sat at the right of the throne of God.Think of Jesus, who suf fered so many contradictions from evil people, and you will not be discouraged or growSo,weary.”sanctity is both a vi sion of the Spirit for us, and a mission of the Spirit with us; it is the ultimate end which cannot be accomplished without its praxis. But it is the Spirit who leads us to himself; it is the Spirit who prods us to this divine direction. We have to be prepared to live a life wherever the Spirit prompts us, even if that life may turn out to be “unpleasant.”Holinessis the consum mation which may either be realized through the precar ity of Jeremiah’s fate in the muddy cistern of Malchiah; or through the inevitability of Jesus’ fate on the humili ating cross of Calvary. Our Lord reminds us that he himself must struggle against this “unpleasant” life, that we ourselves must endure and fight against “nonviolent” systems and structures of injustice and oppression, if only to bring about authentic social justice and peace: “I have come to bring fire upon the earth, and how I wish it were al ready kindled! But I have a baptism to undergo, and what anguish I feel until it is finished! Do you think that I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. From now on, in one house five will be divided: three against two, and two against three.” For us to live a holy life, we must first confront the irony that we cannot “plan how to live it.” We cannot live it as we wish nor in ways we can choose. We cannot set our own “holiness agenda” in the same way that we would have a “fitness plan” or a set of “life goals” or the deter mination to follow a “career road-map.”AsChristians, we are constantly challenged by the faith we profess, and to live lives modeled primarily on the life of the Christ.
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MTIT moves to boost abaca industry in Lanao del Sur
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There are more than 3,000 employers in Iligan City, Marawi City, Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur. Of this, 2,968 are intermittently paying employers, 142 are non-paying employers and 709 are regularly paying employers.Hence, SSS reminds the establishments that are strug gling to fulfill their SSS obli gations to avail of the PRRP 3. They are advised to co ordinate with their assigned account officers. They can also visit their office on the 2nd Floor of the SSS Iligan Branch on Tibanga Highway. To date, five employers have availed of the PRRP 3. SSS Iligan Branch held a Run After Contribution Evad ers (RACE) campaign on August 9 and conducted visits to 10 business establishments in the city that failed to settle their employees’ premium contributions. (LELA | PIA10 | Lanao del Norte) SSS Iligan Branch offers relief to struggling employers thru PRRP 3 Nida Suezo, section head of accounts management system, at SSS Iligan branch. (Photo supplied)
Mautante Marohombsar, MTIT Lanao del Sur's Chief Trade Industry Development Specialist. (Jason Casas | PIA-10 | Lanao del Su) By Lou Ellen Antonio ILIGAN CITY – Employ ers here, in Marawi City, Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur trying to recover from financial losses brought on by the health pandemic can avail of the Pandemic Relief and Restructuring Program (PRRP) of the Social Se curity System (SSS) Iligan Branch. “PRRP 3 is an enhanced installment program offered to registered employers or household employers, who cannot afford to pay in full, and then have no other means to pay their obligations im mediately,” said Nida Suezo, Section Head of Accounts Management System. Under PRRP 3, employ ers may pay within nine to 60 months depending on the total amount of their obliga tion. The program is open for applicants until November 22, 2022.
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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Department of Agriculture-10 (DA-10) through its Farm and Fisher ies Clustering and Consolida tion (F2C2) Program spear headed a three-day Training on Production, Postharvest Handling and Marketing Strategies starting August 1, 2022.Carlene Collado, DA-10 regional executive director, said the activity aims to equip the farmers and fisherfolk re gionwide on the proper han dling of agricultural products during harvest, postharvest up to the marketing of said products.GayNanette Aleria, F2C2 focal person, also emphasized that the activity will serve as a venue for the farmer- and fisher-beneficiaries to learn basic farm recordkeeping and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), among others which are eyed to be cascaded to their respective communities in order to boost their produc tivity and Carlotaincome.S.Madriaga, re gional technical director, cited that the F2C2 program targets to enable the agri culture and fishery sector to attain economies of scale, and thus, achieve cost-efficient production, harvest, process ing, and marketing opera tions, subsequently increas ing their incomes. Also presented during the activity were the programs and services under DA’s at tached bureaus and agencies, such as the Philippine Center for Postharvest Develop ment and Mechanization (PhilMech); Agricultural Training Institute (ATI); and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). (EMBJ | DA-10) R-10 FCAs learn proper handling of agri products during the recently conducted capabuild on productionn, postharvest handling and marketing strategies. (DA-10)
MARAWI CITY – The Ministry of Trade, Invest ments and Tourism (MTIT) in the province has reorga nized the provincial Abaca Industry Roadmap Technical Working Group (AIR-TWG) on Thursday, August 11, to lead in the crafting of a roadmap to boost the abaca industry further and improve the livelihood of abaca farm ers in Lanao del Sur. The Abaca Roadmap is a five-year plan that sets the direction of the abaca indus try in the province including strengthening abaca produc tion to make it more com petitive in the international market, market matching, and provision of skills train ing and livelihood to farmers, producers, and traders. Mautante Marohombsar, MTIT chief trade industry de velopment specialist said, the province had an Abaca road map before but some of the plans were not implemented because of the Marawi siege, the transition from ARMM to the Bangsamoro government, and the Covid-19 pandemic. He said there is a need to reformulate the said roadmap to take into consideration the changing environment, technology, and the increas ing demand for abaca in the worldMarohombsarmarket. also under scored the importance of con vergence among the different ministries and agencies and abaca stakeholders to push the industry forward. He said the MTIT could not do it alone since its man date is primarily focused on marketing, not on agricul tural production or technical writing."With this meeting, we do hope we can formulate ng isang makabuluhang road map na pwede nating gawin na [a meaningful roadmap that we can make a] basis for the development of the industry," he said. The reorganization meet ing of the AIR-TWG was attended by representatives from the Ministry of Agri culture, Fisheries and Agrian Reform; Ministry of Labor and Employment, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education, Office of the Provincial Ag riculturist, Mindanao State University, Philippine Fiber Industry Development Au thority, Philippine Informa tion Agency, and major local abaca players, among others. (Apipa Bagumbaran | PIA-10 | Lanao del Sur)
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MCRP Assistant Project Coordinator and Marawi Field Office Head Jalil Us man said the MCRP aims to assist internally displaced persons (IDPs) of Marawi and locally stranded indi viduals or returning residents impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.Theproject targets to assist at least 4,000 house holds or 20,000 individuals in Marawi City and towns of Piagapo, Marantao, Ramain, Butig, Lumbayanague and Masiu.Usman said the third com ponent of the MCRP seeks to provide various services for mentally and psychosocially suffering people including case management, accom modation of referrals, direct assistance, medical check-up, medication, giving of assis tive devices, and conducting basic MHPSS training for service providers. The other two compo nents of the MCRP are liveli hood and protection. (APB | PIA-10 | Lanao del Sur)
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By Apipa Bagumbaran MARAWI CITY – The Community and Family Ser vices International (CFSI) conducted a two-day basic mental health and psycho social support (MHPSS) training for service provid ers in the municipality of Marantao.Thetraining was partici pated by the municipality's MHPSS focals, particularly from the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office, Rural Health Units, Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection, Department of Education, barangay chairpersons, and SK Federated President. CFSI Psychosocial Sup port Officer Amal Edres said the training was aimed to increase the knowledge of the identified participants on MHPSS and equip them with the right skills in providing necessary interventions. The training was conduct ed under the organization's Marawi COVID Recovery Project (MCRP) funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) of the Australian government.
MARY Che de Jesus Vitor, 23, of Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City finds inspiration to excel in her studies from her family and Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. (4Ps) Graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of the Philippines-Cebu with the degree of Bachelor of Arts of Political Science for the School Year 2021-2022, Mary Che shares her story on how the Department of Social Welfare and Devel opment (DSWD) through 4Ps made her dream big and achieved it. She second child of the seven Vitor siblings, May Che, disclosed that her fam ily had difficulty addressing their needs before DSWD put them under the conditional cash transfer program of the national government. “Before becoming a 4Ps beneficiary, my family had difficulty addressing the ne cessities each family member needed for survival and the essentials of three students required at school. “It was a challenging situ ation since my mother had to budget the 365-day salary of my father as a security guard back then with seven people with different needs. “Another thing that added to the financial burden my mother and father had to carry was the medication for my older sister, who has cerebral palsy. My Ate has to maintain her medication for her to live longer. It was heart-wrenching to watch that my mother had to beg so that others would lend her money to make ends meet for the family,” said Mary Che. At a time, Mary Che’s parents would quarrel be cause her mother could hard ly budget the small amount of money left from his father’s monthly salary. “This borrowing system continued, which worsened our situation, leading to many sacrifices within the family. Instead, my father’s mea ger salary would be for our food; my mother had to use a part of it to pay the debts. The debts were the reason my father and mother of ten quarreled, which as a daughter, was a hard thing to witness. While listening to their arguments, you cannot help but question if there is a brighter future ahead of us; a future where everyone in the family has the chance to experience waking up in the morning without thinking about financial constraints,” Mary Che said. 4Ps: a breath from fi nancial strangulation Mary Che is among the first batch of 4Ps beneficia ries who graduated under the K-12 curriculum of the Department of Education in 2018. Since her basic education curriculum studies in Kaus wagan Elementary School and Cagayan de Oro City National High School, she has been a consistent honor student; Mary Che considers 4Ps a breath from financial strangulation. “After becoming a benefi ciary of the 4Ps program, my family was able to breathe from the financial strangula tion. My parents can now afford to buy food, which is enough to feed seven mouths three times a day, the neces sary goods at school, and the medicine my older sister needs,” said Mary Che. Mary Che’s eldest sister, Mary Love, has cerebral palsy.“My siblings no longer fight over a small amount of food at the table every meal, and we no longer experience envy at school when other students have the require ments while we don’t. “Also, my mother no longer runs and begs lend ers to support the family. The program also enabled my mother to do business, significantly impacting the family. My mother had also used the money we had re ceived to fund my mother’s small business in which she cooked and sold viand to an establishment.“Asidefrom the fact that we would no longer think of our viand every meal, it was also an additional income for the family. My family’s situation after being placed under the program made me dream bigger and inspired me to do well at school,” said Mary Che. DSWD is a blessing “DSWD has provided me with the necessary means to excel in academics. Through the program, they have given me the chance to appreciate education’s value and contin ue despite the hindrances that would come along the way. “Through 4Ps, DSWD extended their hands to as sist me in seeing the value of education to those trapped by the teeth of thattoatessentialmymytheyaid“Throughpoverty.thefinancialtheyhavegivenme,havenurturednotjustphysicalstatebutalsomentalstate,whichisinperformingwellschool.“DSWDhasinspiredmepushfurtherandrealizemycurrentstruggling state will not define my fu ture. The presence of DSWD in the lives of children who are members of less fortunate families just like me is truly a blessing.“Thepresence helped me become determined to finish what I had begun because I knew they were always there to support me,” said Mary Che. Tries part-time jobs in college Mary Che tried to accept part-time jobs in college in Cebu City to finance her needs“Tofurther.quell my worsening situation rooted in my
The former 4Ps grantee hopes the program will con tinue making a difference in the lives of the less fortunate families.“Continue building a bet ter future for children imped ed by the torturous nature of poverty,” stressed Mary Che. 4Ps is a program of the national government imple mented through the DSWD that invests in human capital by providing cash grants to program beneficiaries upon compliance with certain con ditions in health, nutrition, andProgrameducation.conditions in clude:Sending and keeping their school-aged children in school.Preand post-natal care for mothers.Regular and preventive check-ups for children aged five and below. Deworming for children aged 14 and below. Attendance in the month ly FDS.The FDS provides psy chosocial and psycho-edu cationalCurrently,components.Northern Min danao has 262,588 active 4Ps household beneficiaries.
CHO, from p1... Dengue fever viruses are spread to people through the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito.CityHealth Officer Dr. Rachel Dilla said that number of dengue fever cases in the city has reached 1028 cases from January to August this year. “This is about 170 percent higher in the same period in 2021 where the city recorded only 378 cases,” Dilla said. She said that the city’s most populous villages have the highest number of cases with Barangay Carmen hav ing 128 cases this month. Balulang also recorded 59 cases, Patag with 69 cases while Lumbia has 76 cases. The officer added that be tween May and June, the city went above its alert threshold level.“But in July and August, it went down a bit but still higher than in 2021,” Dilla said.She added that records from 1998 to 2022 showed that Dengue cases in the city rise every two to three years. Dilla said that the city saw a spike of Dengue cases in 2022, 2017 and 2015. “We are expecting that the cases will rise this year, that is why early this year, we have been preparing,” she added. Dengue is deadly but can be avoided Daisy Zapanta, a resident of Barangay Agusan, shared the nightmare of her life when her only child, a twoyear-old son, was infected withShedengue.saidthat in July, her son was admitted to the In tensive Care Unit and was later diagnosed with Dengue. “My son spent two weeks in the ICU, and then another week in the recovery room,” Zapanta said. She added that they suf fered traumatic events as her son clings to his life. Zapanta said that the mounting hospital bills also added to the burden on her family's finances with their medical bill reaching half a million“Wepesos.don’t know where my son got the virus, but we are thankful that he is alive and is recovering well,” she said.Dilla said that dengue could be fatal with at least 10 deaths recorded in the city in 2022. “Dengue can kill but it can be avoided if we clean the stagnant waters if we all clean our surroundings if we seek their breeding sites,” sheDillasaid. added that dehydra tion and high fever is what can cause fatality in dengue fever. “We don’t want this to continue to rise, we need to do our part. We need to practice the 5S – Search and destroy; Self-protection mea sures; seek early consultation – if your child has a high fever, sick looking, don’t hesitate to go to the health center for dengue screening; Support fogging; Sustain hydration – drink any liquid to fight dehydration,” Dilla said. (MT) CITY, from p1... As of August 11, 2022, those given their 1st booster dose comprised 81.4% of senior citizen population and 38.65% of the city’s general population.“Weare on track, but we need people to really go out and seek the vaccines,” said Dr. Rachel Dilla, city health officer. The city’s vaccination teams have gone house-tohouse in rural barangays and have brought mobile vaccina tion teams in the barangays and resumed vaccination operations in key malls in the city. Mayor Rolando “Klarex” Uy said the prime objective of his administration is to start up the economy. People need to have jobs, and for jobs to be available, businesses have to open, he said.To help businesses recov er, the Uy administration has offered fiscal and non-fiscal incentives to businessmen, like the condonation of fines for delinquent payers of local taxes. He also promised not to increase local tax rates. “Magpa bakuna gyud, kay kung bakunado, pro tektado ang trabaho. Kung bakunado, abri ang negosyo,” Mayor Klarex Uy enjoined all Kagay-anons.Themayorhas ordered the Regulation and Control Board (RCB) to ensure the strict compliance of business establishments to to mini mum public health
From single digit daily cases in June, double digit daily cases have been ob served starting in the middle of July, with the highest daily cases of 34 on August 4 and August 10. Twenty-four news cases have been reported on Au gust 14, bringing to 204 the active cases; with 94 con fined in hospitals and 110 in temporary treatment and monitoring facilities. Despite the rise though, the city’s Critical Care Utili zation Rate has remained low risk at below 30%.
MAGNA, from p6... financial constraints, I applied for a part-time job at Manulife Cebu and managed to get it. “I was also accepted when I applied for a job in a church, where I helped my boss dur ing wedding seminars ev ery Sunday. But, during that time, it was tough to balance my time as a student and a worker,” disclosed Mary Che. Mary Che managed her time to cope with the de mands of her studies and part-time jobs. In the morn ing, she will assist her boss in preparing for seminars while she devotes the rest of the day to her studies. “I have overcome finan cial constraints. I have also applied for various scholar ship grants outside and inside the campus after my first year in college and managed to get one with a monthly stipend. “Despite all of these hard ships and difficulties, my dream of graduating someday has fueled me to continue and push harder at that time,” said Mary‘Don’tChe. think of learning as a burden’ Mary Che offers pieces of advice to 4Ps beneficiaries. “Always see the beauty in learning. Do not think of learning or studying as a burden. Instead, treat it as a ticket for you to become successful someday. Learn ing can be challenging but think of it as an opportunity to improve yourself. “In this way, your drive and passion for continuing and excelling will be fueled, leading to your academic success. Moreover, do not lose hope and courage when ever you get low scores or fail significant exams. Hence, make every failure a motiva tion for you to strive harder and aim further. “Do not even question and invalidate your capa bilities whenever you fall, for it is a fact that failures are unavoidable in this lifetime. You have to handle it with poise and grace. A loss is an event, not a “Rememberperson.always to take risks, ask big questions, and not be afraid to make mistakes. Also, I would like to impart the value of time management. Learn to man age your time for you to yield quality output and, at the same time, maintain relationships with everyone that matters to you. “Indeed, there’s always a brighter future ahead of those who believe they are bigger than their insecurities and doubts,” said Mary Che. Mary Che plans to enter into the government’s labor EX-NPA, from p2... said the support of the lo cal Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict has sustained the needs of the former rebels as they prepare to return to their families. “This training will help our former rebels rebuild their lives and become re sponsible and productive citizens,” Majarocom said. (PNA) SANCHEZ, from p4... Nonetheless, it was in 1937 that the Jesuits officially accepted the school, and Fr. J. Edward Haggerty was ap pointed its rector. You see, in today's time, many do not know that Xavi er University was an all-boys highNonetheless,school. my friends and many of my relatives, including me in one instance, experienced the all-boys Xavier Ateneo High School. While I admit I envy the brotherhood, the history be hind how it started could be traced back to the founding of Ateneo de Cagayan. And since the transition to a COED institution, the fraternity in each alum goes beyond the filial bond. The Xavier Ateneo High School alumni indeed are “men and women for oth ers” who carried the value of “Cura Personalis,” which is the “care for the person” for “God’s greater Glory!” To end, I wish to thank XUHS batch 99 for allowing me to experience the unity of friendship and the “bond of brotherhood.”Kudostoyou all!
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While the recent increase needs to arrested the soonest possible time, the city has managed far more drastic rise in cases.InJanuary this year, when the city was under level 3or with the second strictest quarantine restrictions, daily cases spiked to three digits, peaking at close to 350 cases in a day. Cases went down single digits in March.
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COOP, from p1... Barangay Lapasan, this city, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. The ceremony was pre sided by Maj. Gen. Patrick Villacorte, commander of Area Police Command, East ern Mindanao, who was ac corded with arrival honors. An arrival honors was also accorded for the in coming regional director of PRO-10. Prior to his assumption as regional director in PRO10, Coop was designated as Chief of Supervisory Office for Security and Investigation Agencies (SOCIA). In his message, the in coming RD was elated of a warm welcome that PRO-10 has extended to him. “In my assumption of office, I bring along with me the standard orders from the Chief, PNP to ensure the maintenance of peace and order and security in the region,” Copp said. Coop told the PRO-10 personnel to follow the peace and order framework of the Phil. National Police chief, which is MKK=K that stands for Malasakit, Kaayusan, Kapayapaan and Kaunlaran supplemented by the KA SIMBAYANAN Program. “With this framework, we shall relentlessly continue our efforts in the campaign against illegal drugs, loose firearms, wanted persons, criminalities, and terrorism,” CoopCoopsaid..has called on the people of Northern Mind anao to continuously support PRO-10 in all its programs and activities to champion its mission which is to serve and protect and to further attain a safer place to live, work, and invest. (PRO-10) Looking at the risk fac tors, “the January to present data on Covid 19 in the city would indicate that we are better off now at level 1, compared to January when we were at level 3 -- with very strict quarantine restric tions,” said Allan Porcadilla of the City Disaster Risk Re duction and Management Department.“Hittingvaccination tar gets and strict compliance of minimum public health stan dards are major risk manage ment factors that we need to work on and sustain in order fully transition to the new normal,” Porcadilla added. Meanwhile, Uy signed Executive Order (EO) 0382022 otherwise known as “An order granting the re sumption of the operations of licensed cockpit operators in the City of Cagayan de Oro, providing for its guidelines and penalties and for other purposes.”Thenew EO is in ac cordance with DILG Memo 2022-003, dated January 19, 2022 which allowed resump tion of cockpit operations in areas under level 2. Cagayan de Oro is now under level 1. EO 038-2022 provides, among others, that only those having Covid 19 vaccine booster shots will be admitted in cockpits. Face mask at all times has also been ordered inside cockpits. (CDO CMO Communica tions Group) force “to help a wider scope of Filipinos, including those who are less fortunate and marginalized.”Also,Mary Che plans to pursue a master’s studies “to broaden my knowledge regarding my field and to be able to teach the younger generation.”
Davao City’s Kadayawan Tribal Village reopens
Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte during the reopening of the Kadayawan Tribal Village. (DOT-11 photo) Souvenir items being sold at the Kadayawan Tribal Village. (DOT-11 photo)
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THE Kadayawan Tribal Village was reopened last August 5, in Magsay say Park by Davao City Mayor Se bastian Z. Duterte and the deputy mayors of the city's 11 Indigenous (Ata, Matigsa log, Tagabawa, Klata, Ovu-Manuvu) and Muslim (Iranun, Maguindanao, Maranao, Sama, Kagan, Tausug) tribes.
Baste opens 37th Kadayawan fest, urges public to observe MPHS By Che Palicte DAVAO CITY – After two years of muted celebrations due to the pandemic, Mayor Sebastian Duterte opened the 37th Kadayawan on Monday night, urging residents and tourists alike to enjoy the weeklong festivity while adhering to minimum public health standards (MPHS). “I invite you all to come to Davao, enjoy the celebration and enjoy the performances of the 11 tribes,” Duterte said By Christine Cudis DAVAO CITY – The Mind anao Development Authority (MinDA) is set to launch its project “VolunTurismo” on Surigao del Norte’s Siargao Island on August 16 to help the area bounce back from the devastation brought by Typhoon Odette last year. Joey Recimilla, MinDA's director for policy, planning, and project development office, said Friday that “Vol unTurismo” is a combination of volunteer and tourism, whereby travelers participate in voluntary work, typically for “Thischarity.is part of the re habilitation and recovery initiatives being pushed by MinDA to help the local economy of Siargao recuper ate,” he said. He said the project also intends to capacitate con cerned participants in ensur ing the sustainability of the islands’ natural resources, through an integrated area development approach. “On behalf of MinDA, I am cordially inviting every one to join the launching of VolunTurismo in the surfing capital of the Philippines, Siargao Island,” Recimilla said.In collaboration with the Department of Tourism and local government units in Siargao, the premise of the project is for visitors to enjoy the island while volunteering to help rebuild its communi ties. At least 100,000 tourists are targeted to join “Volun Turismo” and participate in agriculture activities, psy in anTheinterview.mayor opened the festival with the symbolic banging of the gong at the Bantawan Amphitheater at Magsaysay Park. Duterte said the festival is the city's way of honoring the 11 “Thetribes.diverse cultures of the city’s indigenous peoples have continued to thrive because Dabawenyos are peace-loving people who do not discriminate,” he said. Duterte urged everyone to join the Kadayawan activities but with the proper wearing of face masks at all times. “Observe the protocols because the virus is still lurk ing,” he Dabawenyossaid. and tour ists can witness the cultural performances of the 11 tribes starting Tuesday at the Ban tawan AmphitheatercompetitiontheonatcoronationTheAmphitheater.HiyassaKadayawannightwillbeheldtheRMCPetroGazzarenaAugust17,followedbySayawKadayawandanceattheBantawanonAugust18. The Dula Kadayawan (In digenous sports), meanwhile, will be at the People's Park on August 19. The Indak-Indak sa Ka dayawan is slated on August 20 at the San Pedro Square, while the Pamulak sa Kaday awan, Pitik Kadayawan, and Tambayayong sa Kadayawan are set on August 21. (PNA) chosocial support, and com munity building, such as reconstructing and painting many of Siargao’s infrastruc tures that were destroyed by the Thetyphoon.line-up of activities also includes mangrove tree planting and beach cleanup. Meanwhile, stress de briefing and psychosocial interventions for children, such as a poster-making contest, ‘palarong Pinoy’, and storytelling, will also be organized.Inaddition, MinDA will conduct a tourism planning workshop with Siargao’s municipal planning and tour ism officers as participants. (PNA) Mayor Sebastian Duterte sounds the gong to signal the start of the festival that celebrates bountiful harvest and diversity on Monday night (August 15, 2022). (PNA photo by Che Palicte)
The Kadayawan Tribal Village show cases the unique cuisines, crafts, music and dances of the city's 11 ethnolinguistic tribes.Inside the replicas of the tribe's traditional homes, souvenirs, local foods, tribal accessories, and traditional fabrics are also offered for sale. The village is open to the public for the entire month of August from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (DOT-11) The Ata tribe at the Kadayawan Tribal Village. (DOT-11 photo)
MinDA’s ‘VolunTurismo’ seeks to revive Siargao’s tourism Siargao Island is poised to regain its tourism vibe through the Mindanao Development Authority's (MinDA) project “VolunTurismo,” set to launch on Aug. 16, 2022. (Photo courtesy of www.pia.gov.ph)
