Mindanao Daily Caraga (August 12, 2014)

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Volume III, No. 069

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See story P15.00 on Page 12 August 12, 2014

Surigao del Sur capital city declares state of calamity T

A N DAG City––The city government here was prompted to declare “state of calamity” due to the ever increasing number of dengue cases in the locality.

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Govt creates special task force to oversee Lasureco u A4

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Tengku on GPH, MILF: same page, same word but..

DAVAO City––The Malaysian facilitator in the peace process between the Philippine government(GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said he never doubted that the 10-day “workshop” to craft a “mutually acceptable” draft Bangsamoro Basic Law would yield positive results despite all signs pointing to an impasse on major issues. “Every cloud has a silver lining,” Malaysian facilitator Tengku Dato’ Ab Ghafar Tengku Mohamed, told MindaNews on Sunday morning at the lobby café at the Waterfront Insular Hotel. Tengku arrived on Friday afternoon not as facilitator but as an “observer.” But he did meet with panel chairs Miriam Coronel-Ferrer of GPH and Mohagher Iqbal of the MilF separately and together on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. He told MindaNews he observed and listened to the two parties but was confident that despite what seemed like very difficult challenges, “there will be that silver lining.” Although Tengku did not say it, a major factor that prevented the impasse was the arrival Sunday afternoon of Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa who met separately with the government and MILF chairs. He said the panels are now “on the same page and same word” but have to consult a dictionary “or better still, a thesaurus,” for the most appropriate See same, page A7

Houses on stilts to be built through ‘Bayanihan’ system u A6 davao

Davao City to play host to 1st Tribal Games for Peace u A2 MEDICAL MISSION. Misamis Oriental second district Rep. Juliette Uy with the children coming from the five

barangays of Luz Banzon, Kimaya, Aplaya, San Isidro, and Solana, all in Jasaan town, during the holding of her 7th Medical Mission on August 9, 2014. Some of the local officials joining Rep. Uy are Barangay Chairman Dj Wati Maghanoy (Aplaya), Barangay Chairman Benny Pagaspas (Luz Banzon), Barangay Chairman Roel Dael (Solana), Barangay Chairman Alejandro Tapunggot (San Isidro), and Barangay Chairman Lucila Valmorida (Kimaya), SB Member Dr. Johannes Salcedo, Luz Banzon Principal Manolito Sale Sr., ABC President Charlie Eugenio, SB Member Rebecca Edos, Philippine Sinter Corporation (PSC) Manager Emmanuel Butch Gapuz, Atty. Ramil Carreon, police Sr. Insp. Espiredon Bejado, and the local government of Villanueva headed by Rep. Uy’s husband, Villanueva town Mayor Julio Uy. Photo courtesy of Dodo Canoy

Dengue cases in Misor alarming MISAMIS Oriental Vice Governor Joey G. Pelaez expressed his worries on the rise of dengue cases in the province. This after the Office of the Vice Governor has received a steady stream of parents coming from Gingoog City seeking financial assistance because their children were confined in the Intensive Care Units (ICU) in the hospitals of Cagayan de Oro City. Pelaez said: “All of those who visit my office seeking for financial assistance are parents from Gingoog City who come from low-income families. As I inspect their hospital bills, I was shocked seeing it go beyond hundred thousand pesos.” During the 28th Regular Session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, 2nd District Provincial Board Member Honorable Mercy Grace J. Acain, Chair of the Committee on Health and Education, made a report on the See DENGUE, page A7

SURGING DENGUE CASES. Second District Provincial Board Member Mercy Grace Acain, Chair of the Committee on Health and Sanitation, delivered a special report on the surging rise of dengue cases in the Province especially in the City of Gingoog. Vice Governor Joey G. Pelaez supported the findings of PBM Acain and encouraged everyone to do something about it. photo supplied

Officials sign deal on ‘SND’

GENERAL Santos City–– Gov. Steve Chiongbian Solon and Kiamba Mayor Raul Martinez join the forging of partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the public and private partners in the launching of the Service Delivery Network (SDN) of Sarangani Province for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health and Nutrition (MNCHN) program on August 8 at Greenleaf Hotel. SDN will ensure that birth deliveries, among others, from Sarangani, will be accommodated by any health facility in Gensan or Sarangani in order to reduce, if not to eliminate, mortality and morbidity among infants and mothers during deliveries. The MOU was released after Gov. Solon issued Executive Order No. 28, series of 2014 establishing SDN See sign, page A7

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