MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH. JUSTICE. PROGRESS.
Volume IX, No. 281
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SMC gets workplace ready, starts PCR testing of employees
SAN Miguel Corporation has begun testing its employees for COVID-19 as part of an extensive plan to reopen its workplaces safely and continue providing essential services to the public. Swabbing is currently ongoing in key facilities of the company while work to build a dedicated testing lab is ongoing. Construction is already 60% complete. SMC will also strictly implement workplace safety measures – from physical distancing, wearing of protective equipment, frequent hand washing to conduct-
ing temperature checks, among others – to prevent the spread of the virus and ensure the safety of its employees. “We are prioritizing, first, our security and other maintenance staff, as they are the ones who take care of our workplace. After them, we test our colleagues whose duties require them to report to the office,” SMC president and COO Ramon S. Ang said. “Initially we are looking at only 20% of our head office population to report for work. Majority will still continue to See STARTS, page 11
NBl, GCash charges 3 suspects with cybercrime, estafa THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has arrested three individuals in Quezon City for violations of the Cybercrime Prevention Act and Estafa, after they swindled money from hapless victims, whose identities were also stolen. The arrests were made possible with the assistance of GCash, the leading mobile wallet in the Philippines. Law enforcers nabbed suspects Joselito Floresca, Antonino Guevarra, and Henry Lachica for stealing money from a number of individuals. The three suspects pretended to be GCash, Grab, Lalamove, or Mr. Speedy employees. They convinced their victims that See CHARGES, page 11
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DOH-10 pursues battle vs ‘notifiable diseases’
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Although the onslaught of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has eaten up huge amount of government resources, the Department of Health (DOH) – 10 has assured the public that the health department continues to attend to other “notifiable diseases” which pose threat to public health. “Even with this pandemic, we still haven’t forgotten of Health (DOH)-10 Regional Director Adriano other infectious diseases Department P. Suba-an encourages the public to utilize government affecting our population. In services and health centers in order to protect themselves See PURSUES, page 11
from infectious and notifiable diseases. (VPSB/PIA10)
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