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Briefly Tourism shutdown BUTUAN City – The local government unit (LGU) of Cortes town in Surigao del Sur has ordered the temporary closure of its tourism sites amidst the continuing threat of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). The temporary closure is stipulated in Executive Order No. 20-2021 signed Tuesday by Mayor Josie M. Bonifacio and took effect Wednesday (June 9) until June 23. The town of Cortes has fine beach resorts regularly visited by foreign and local tourists and the site of the famous Laswitan Lagoon.
Hog output down HOG PRODUCTION on a live weight basis fell 25.8% year on year in the first quarter to 421,794 metric tons (MT), the Philippine Statistics Authorit y (PSA) said. In a report, the PSA said Central Visayas was the top hog producer during the first quarter with 53,660 MT, followed by Northern Mindanao at 50,830 MT, and Western Visayas 48,931 MT. “These three regions accounted for 36.4% of the country’s total hog production,” the PSA said.
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CURFEW IN CDO. A laborer sleeps on a cart after curfew hours to catch a few hours of sleep before going back to work at the Cogon public market in Cagayan de Oro City. mindanews photo by froilan gallardo
IKE human workforce, technologies like power generating facilities also deserve ‘retirement’ days, hence, the Department of Energy (DOE) is being prodded to look into this policy consideration on its energy planning task, so consumers won’t be perennially saddled with brownout due to antiquated and inefficient energy generating plants. Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chairperson Agnes T. Devanadera reminded the energy department again in a Congressional hearing last week to seriously assess this matter, given the incessant outages being suffered by several power plants in various parts of the country. “I said policy consideration because this is where the energy sector led by the DOE to really look into and address,” the ERC chief stressed. RETIRE/PAGE 11
CDO council drops plaint vs. SK prexy
THE CAGAYAN de Oro City Council here on Wednesday d ropped t he compla i nt against the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federation president who was allegedly involved in an indecent online conversation with a college student. The complaint against John Michael Seno, who a lso ser ves as a Cit y Councilor, did not advance to a formal hearing in the
c ou nc i l c h a mb er a f t er the complainant failed to provide an affidavit that was requested by the committee. "We gave her 10 days to provide a written complaint. But it's already beyond 10 days, it's near two months already but she didn't still submit the complaint," said Councilor Edgar Cabanlas, chairman of the committee of the whole, in a phone interview.
Cabanlas said his committee would no longer accept the complainant's appeal although the latter could file an administrative case before the Office of the Ombudsman. Seno told reporters that he had no bad intention during the exchange of conversation with the complainant. "I wondered because t here's a s o c i a l me d i a account where they deleted the conversation and only end (purposely cut) with the term 'hookup,' but there's a continuation to that. She DROPS/PAGE 11
SQUID FISHING. Fisherman Abbe Benitez prepares his squid baits on Wednesday afternoon, June 9, 2021, in Barangay Mabua in Surigao City. mindanews photo by roel n. catoto
LDS stays ban on mass gatherings, shuts down function halls By RICHEL V. UMEL, MindaNews
ILIGA N Cit y — T he Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) in Lanao del Sur extended the ban on mass gatherings until June 30 in line with
the imposition of stricter safety measures to contain the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the province. Gov. Mamintal Adiong, Jr., IATF-EID chairperson,
ordered t he tempor a r y closure of function halls to mitigate the surging cases of COVID-19 infections in the area. The directive, which was contained under Executive Order No. 07 issued on BAN/PAGE 11
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