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Briefly Oro's Covid response PRESIDENTIAL Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar on Tuesday acknowledged the delicate balance the local government here has to employ in Covid-19 response while under enhanced community quarantine and on Alert Level 4 in terms of its health care system status. Andanar, said this city is a "very unique case" because it is the melting pot in Region 10 where Northern Mindanao commerce passes through. "The mayor (Oscar Moreno) has a tough job and decisions to make. It's not easy to become the mayor in the city because whatever decision he makes affect not only Cagayan de Oro City but the entire province and the entire Northern Mindanao as well," he said.
Coco facility A COCONUT processing facility worth P500 million will soon be established in the town of Claveria, Misamis Oriental, according to the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA). MinDA Chairperson Emmanuel F. Piñol said in a Facebook post over the weekend that the facility is planned on the site of a former Virginia tobacco drying facility owned by Philip Morris International. The drying facility was recently donated to the provincial government after Philip Morris halted operations in Claveria.
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By FROILAN GALLARDO, MindaNews
ORE than 12,000 workers have either lost their jobs or been underemployed in just a month of heightened quarantine measures implemented in this city, the National Economic Development Authority in Region 10 (NEDA-10) said.
N E DA- 1 0 R e g i o n a l Director Maylah Faye Aurora Cariño said the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) implemented from July 16 to August 15 have “dented the employment figures,” affecting 12,334 workers in Cagayan de Oro. She said 530 firms in the city have declared they would temporarily shut down their
operations during the 45-day period. She said another 366 firms have implemented flexible work arrangement among its workers, which affected more than 7,205 workers. Councilor George Goking, who chairs the city council’s trade and commerce committee, said the figure of affected workers can run as
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high as 15,000 workers. “The government figures are conservative. Many local traders are telling us they can no longer afford to lose more money,” Goking said. He said a businessman friend of his who owns a restaurant and several shops now only earns P1,000 a day. “No business can survive CRIPPLES/PAGE 7
90K beneficiary names need updating for cash aid in CDO
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 10 (Northern Mindanao) has extended the encoding of profiles of cash aid beneficiaries who are affected by the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), after about 90,000 names in the initial list needed to be updated. In an interview Tuesday, Oliver Inodeo, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) information officer, said the staff of the City Social Welfare and Development (CSWD) of the local government found a discrepancy that needed to be corrected. The move was in response to the complaint of some households that they received only P1,000 when they have four or more members, entitling them to receive P4,000 under Joint Circular Memo 2, series of 2021. "There were lists in the barangays UPDATING/PAGE 7
FRESH CATCH. A fisherman shows his catch using a gillnet in the shores of Opol in Misamis Oriental. photo by gerry lee gorit
FEWER CATCH. Tamban (sardines) abound in Buenavista, Agusan del Norte. Fisherfolk, however, say their catch has declined in recent years forcing some of them to fish in the waters of neighboring towns. photo taken by h . marcos c . mordeno / mindanews
Show proof of PhilHealth irregularities, official says THE Philippine Health Insur ance C or p or at i on (PhilHealth) on Thursday asked for the public’s help in gathering evidence against hospitals and doctors allegedly changing patients’ diagnosis into Covid-19 for monetary purposes. In a radio inter view, Delio Aseron II, PhilHealth Regional Vice President, said if there are irregularities like mishandling or misdiagnosing patients, they can email him directly
through aksyonagadprox@ gmail.com. "We have heard stories like those but we need to provide evidence. Remember, our partners are hospitals and doctors, and it's unfair to accuse (without evidence)," he said. Aseron said if found guilty, hospitals and doctors might lose their accreditation with PhilHealth and face legal charges. "We have a due process PROOF/PAGE 7
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