MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume X, No. 141
www.mindanaodailynews.com
Mon-Tue, April 19-20, 2021
PDP-Laban endorses Rufus for senate post • CDO Media prexy says Mindanao needs a strong leader in the Senate By ALLAN M. MEDIANTE, Editor in Chief
CAGAYAN DE ORO – Cagayan de Oro Press Club President Dr. Manuel V. Jaudian, who is the Vice Chairman of PDP-Laban Northern Mindanao has endorsed Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez as coalition candidate under the PDP-Laban senatorial slate in the forthcoming national elections. Rufus Rodriguez is presently the president of the Centrist Democratic Party. Jaudian, who is former National President of PROFESSIONAL CRIMINOLOGISTS ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILS (PCA) with no less than 200,000 members
all over the country, said he is endorsing Rufus Rodriguez “because he has the capabilities to contribute sound legislative measures See ENDORSES, page 11
Rep. Rufus Rodriguez
Dr. Manny Jaudian
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New BARMM Minister of Health (MOH) assumes office By SONY V. SUDARIA MDN BARMM
MARAWI CITY- The new BARMM minister of health, Dr. Bashary A. Latiph, has assumed office. He recently led the project Launching Ceremony via virtual presentation, April 14, 2021 in Cotabato City, with the collaboration of Prepare Prevent Protect (PPP), People of Japan, IOM- UN Migration, BARMM and Minister of Health (MOH) for STRENGTHENING BARMM’S PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE FOR EFFECTIVE COVID-19 PREVENTION AND CONTROL. The event was keynoted by Ahod Balawag Ebrahim, Chief Minister-BARMM, H.E. Kazuhiko Koshikawa, Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines; Isidor L. Purisima, Undersecretary-Officer of President Adviser on the Peace Process; Hyahyun Kim, Head of Sub-Office, Mindanao-IOM, and Ms. Kristin Marie Dadey, Chief See ASSUMES, page 11
Turnover of Black-crowned Night Heron A Black-crowned Night Heron (Nyticorax nyticorax) is turned-over to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Region X on April 15, 2021 in Puntod, Cagayan de Oro City. The residents of Poblacion, El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental found the said wildlife and rescued by the barangay LGU. OIC, Chief Sarah P. Chacon (left) of the Enforcement Division and CDO I Junrey L. Labalan (2nd from the right) of the Conservation and Development Division facilitated the turn-over of the Black-crowned Night Heron. The said wildlife is temporarily placed in the Regional Wildlife Res-
From Left-Right, Miss Hwahyun Kim, Head of Sub-Office, Mindanao IOM, Dr. Bashary A. Latiph, New Minister of MOH-BARMM, seriously discussed the recent COVID-19 problem in BARMM sharing expertise to people in the country today.
cue Center for proper custody, check-up and safekeeping. Night herons are generally migratory, but in tropical regions like the Philippines, they tend to be sedentary but widespread. Under Department Ad-
ministrative Order 201909, “Updated National List of Threatened Philippine Fauna and their Categories”, the Black-crowned Night Heron is classified as “Least Concern” species because of its wide distribution. #TayoAngKalikasan