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SMC sets aside P500M to purchase PPEs for frontliners SAN Miguel Corporation (SMC) is tapping its global network of suppliers to purchase P500-million worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) that doctors, nurses and other health care workers desperately need now to continue saving lives amid Covid-19. “It’s very crucial that we get more PPE – protective masks, gloves, surgical gowns, among others - out
there as fast as we can. We are hoping to fill the gap and continue supporting our government in whatever way we can. Our health care workers and government responders are risking their own lives to save ours but they are running out of equipment to protect themselves,” SMC president and COO Ramon S. Ang said. At the same time, Ang
also urged domestic manufacturers to retool their facilities, if they can, to produce these equipment and ramp up production to secure the supply chain. SMC is currently mapping out available PPE capacity from its own suppliers even as it continues to look for domestic suppliers to help increase production of the protective equipment if they can as the battle against
the virus continues. “We are leveraging our network of suppliers to assist government in addressing this shortage. But this may not be enough. That’s why we are also calling on local suppliers, even the small ones, to come forward. We will help purchase your products and get it out in the market where it’s most needed,”Ang said. He requested for govern-
ment, though, to provide private sector with technical specifications and standards the protective items must meet. “And we need to streamline the certification and approval processes so that those who wish to respond can immediately provide the supplies our medical front liners need.” The company has been repurposing most of its
NGCP donates PhP1-B for COVID-19 response efforts See SET, page 11
IN support of President Rodrigo Duterte and the national government’s efforts to combat the outbreak of COVID-19 in the Philippines, grid operator and transmission service provider NGCP will be donating PhP 1 BILLION to aid medical frontliners. In a letter to the President, NGCP declared its support to the ongoing battle against the pandemic with a PhP 500,000,000 donation in the form of goods and medical equipment and another PhP 500,000,000 for the procurement of other COVID-19 response measures, as may be determined by the Office of the President. “Through our initial coordination with their OfAlliance Global Group and Megaworld donated 1,000 liters of disinfectant alcohol to Cagayan de Oro City local fice, we were instructed to government unit to support the city’s efforts in the fight against COVID-19. The boxes of disinfectant alcohol were donate entirely in the form of medical equipment, with personally received by the CDO Mayor Óscar Moreno’s daughter, Imee Moreno-Lapuz.
Agusan Sur starts lockdown April 1 By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN Contributing Editor
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur -- The entire province of Agusan del Sur will be under lockdown starting today, April 1, as provincial
specific items such as video laryngoscopes, ventilators, and total face masks,” stated the company. The PhP 1 Billion donation is over and above earlier NGCP assistance, including a donation of personal protective equipment (PPE), face masks, meals, and other supplies for the frontline workers in the health industry and the Meals on Wheels program conducted to distribute hot meals to indigent members of the community. NGCP’s technical partner, the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), also donated 500,000 face masks through the Philippine Red Cross. “Our stakeholders, particularly the public, can be assured that NGCP will See DONATES, page 11
Avoid politicking in DAFAC listing, brgy chairmen told
officials wanted to make sure that the rising cases By MARK FRANCISCO of Corona Virus Disease Correspondent 2019 (Covid-19) in Davao region will not spread in AT least two officials from this landlocked province. the city government of Cagayan de Oro called on See STARTS, page 11
all barangay chairmen in the 80 villages of the city to avoid politicking in the listing of persons displaced in the ongoing COVID-19
crisis. “Ayaw sa mo pamolitika kay dili panahon sa pamolitika karon,” Councilor Lordan Suan said during
the City Council weekly session Monday. This, even as Suan called on his colleagues that the See AVOID, page 11
Community 2 Xavier Ateneo starts university-wide disinfection campaign amid COVID-19 pandemic FOR ADS PLACEMENT CALL OR TEXT: 0917-712-1424 • 0947-893-5776
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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines – In light of the efforts to combat and repel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Cagayan de Oro City, Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan initiated its disinfection campaign to different areas of the university from March 15 to March 20, 2020. The university-wide disinfection campaign was administered by PestScience Corporation, the general
pest control provider of Xavier Ateneo. Disinfection was done through blast misting using the recommended solution of 1 part chlorine to 9 parts water. Areas disinfected include the ALGCIT dorms, University Library, Finance Office, Human Resources Office, Treasurer’s Office, Junior High School, and McKeough Marine Center – Jasaan, among other offices and spaces. COVID-19 is a new
strain of coronavirus which originated from the city of Wuhan, China. It is more infectious than its predecessors, namely Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Reported COVID-19 cases indicate people experiencing symptoms ranging from mild cough, fever, and body malaise to severe pneumonia and death.
VM Uy calls on residents to strictly comply with measures to combat COVID-19 pandemic VICE Mayor Raineir Joaquin V. Uy is calling for the cooperation of city residents to combat the outbreak and the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The vice mayor said aside from measures that are already in place, Mayor Oscar S. Moreno has ordered the strict enforcement of the ban on drinking alcoholic and other intoxicating drinks in public places such as roads, and sidewalks, including Disinfection Campaign: PestScience Corporation personnel disinfects the McKeough the premises of stores, restaurants, and eateries in Marine Center - Jasaan of Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan.
Mambajao enacts rules and guidelines for marketers, store owners
CAMIGUIN -- In view of the urgency and public health concern, the Office of the Sangguniang Bayan ordained the adoption of Executive Order No. 18, declaring rules and guidelines for all marketers, shoppers, and store owners during the Preemptive Community Quarantine period, March 27. In a unanimous agreement by all members, Municipal Ordinance No. 2020-09 applies to all 15 ba-
rangays in Mambajao. Any person who violates any of the provision or guideline will be punished with a fine worth P2,000. The Office of the Municipal Mayor shall create a task force for the implementation of the ordinance. Pursuant to Executive Order No. 18, all market goers in every barangay are given a one-hour scheduled time of purchase within 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Only See ENACTS, page 10
the city and its barangays until further notice. Under Executive Order No. 053, curfew hours in the city is now from 9 o’clock in the evening to 5 o’clock in the morning of the following day. Vice Mayor Uy is also reminding the public to strictly abide by the physical distancing and 14-day self quarantine protocol for persons who have travelled from other places who are considered persons under monitoring (PUM).
Earlier, the city mayor issued Executive Order No. 48 implementing certain extraordinary measures in the city to control and limit the exposure to COVID-19 and Executive Order No. 049, placing the entire city under community quarantine to help prevent, limit and control exposure to the coronavirus and Executive Order No. 052, enforcing the physical distancing guidelines of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) in Cagayan de Oro. (SP)
Marawi mayor appeals to residents to stay at home MARAWI CITY -- Mayor Majul Gandamra urged Marawi residents to refrain from loitering, asking them to stay at home to curb the transmission of the contagious coronavirus. “We should stay at home. This is only temporary to stop the fast transmission of the virus,” Gandamra said as he emphasized the need for public cooperation and discipline to slow down the
spread of the virus. to residents to religiously measures of the government The mayor also appealed observe the policies and and not to abuse the use of the home quarantine pass. “Do not make it (home quarantine pass) an opportunity to loiter around,” he added. Meanwhile, the city government has suspended the scheduling of buying basic necessities every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday as well as the closure of stores every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. One representative per household with a pass is now allowed to purchase basic Located at : Contact Number: PUERTO, CDO – MAIN necessities from Monday to 0916-126-7815 JR. BORJA EXTENSION, CRONEN, Sunday. However, standby in 0920-876-3147 CAMAMAN-AN – BRANCH
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31 stranded foreign tourists flown out of Siargao Island By ALEXANDER LOPEZ
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Tourism in the Caraga Region (DOT-13) has facilitated a chartered flight on Sunday (March 29) that ferried 31 stranded foreign tourists from Siargao Island in Surigao del Norte. DOT-13 OIC Director Mary Jean Camarin told the Philippine News Agency on Monday (March 30) that the 31 foreign tourists were ferried directly from Siargao Island to Manila. “This is the sixth chartered flight that the Department of Tourism has facilitated to fly out foreign tourists who were stranded
and distressed in Siargao Island and other tourist destinations in the Caraga Region,” Camarin said. The foreigners, she added, were stranded when the community quarantines were implemented in different areas to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). A total of 462 foreign tourists were already flown out from the region to Manila this month, Camarin said. “At present, there are 77 foreign tourists who are still stranded here in the region who booked flights until April 14 this year,” she added.
1. ML- Osmeña Branch Abaya Building, Osmena St. Cogon Cagayan de Oro City 2. ML- Pabayo Branch De Leon Building, Pabayo-Cruz Taal St. Cagayan de Oro City 3. ML- Carmen-1 Branch Ang Building, V. Castro cor. Vamenta Boulevard Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City
She said there are more than 400 foreign and Filipino tourists stranded in Siargao and in other tourist destinations in the region following the implementation of community quarantines. Camarin also expressed gratitude to the provincial government of Surigao del Norte and the local government units (LGUs) in Siargao Island for the support to the stranded tourists, especially in providing updates on the status of their chartered flights. “We are still negotiating for more chartered flights to fly out the remaining foreign tourists in our region,” she said. (PNA)
15. ML- Bugo Branch National Hi-way, Cagayan de Oro City 16. ML- Kauswagan Branch Zone 1 Kauswagan Cagayan de Oro City 17. ML- Bulua Branch Southeast Building Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City
4. ML- Yacapin Branch Daumar St., Cagayan de Oro City
18. ML- Opol Branch S. Vacalares St., Opol Misamis Oriental
5. ML- Lapasan Branch Claro M. Recto Avenue, Lapasan, CdeO City
19. ML- El Salvador Branch National Hi-way, Misamis Oriental
6. ML- Gusa Branch Gusa National Hi-way, Cagayan de Oro City
20. ML- Alubijid Branch Poblacion, Alubijid, Misamis Oriental
7. ML- Velez Branch Door # 114 G/F De Leon Plaza Phase II Vacapin-Velez St., Cagayan de Oro City
21. ML- Carmen-2 Branch Kauswagan Road, Cagayan de Oro City
8. ML- Divisoria Branch Cor. Tiano-Neri St., Cagayan de Oro City 9. ML- Limketkai Mall Branch Space M-2-123/Limketkai Mall Lapasan Cagayan de Oro City 10. ML- Limketkai 2 Service Arcade, Limketkai Mall Lapasan Cagayan de Oro City 11. ML- SM Showroom #1105 Masterson Ave. Upper Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City 12. ML- Capistrano Branch Capistrano-Gomez Sts. Cagayan de Oro City 13. ML- Puerto Branch National Hi-way, Puerto Cagayan de Oro City 14. ML-ALAE Branch Purok 8, Alae, Puerto, Cagayan de Oro City
22. ML- Macasandig Branch Macasandig Proper, CDOC 23. ML-Laguindingan Pob. Laguindingan, Mis, Or. 24. ML-ORORAMA Inside Ororama Supercenter J.R. Borja Street Cagayan de Oro City, MIs. Or. 25. ML-APOVEL Door # 4B-65 Apovel Subdivision Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City 26. ML-CORRALES Door # 4B-65 Apovel Subdivision Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City 27. ML-CUGMAN #097 Zone 3 Brgy. Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City
Commencing on April 16, 2020 at 9:00 A.M. those establishment above will set a public auction all overdue pledges in the same up to November 2019. Patrons are enjoined to verify their receipts.
28. ML-PATAG Zone 3, Patag Cagayan de Oro City
Commencing on April 15, 2020 at 9:00 A.M. those establishment above will set a public auction all overdue pledges left in the same up to November 2019. Patrons are enjoined to verify their receipts. MANAGEMENT
Sa Abril 15, 2020 sa mga alas 9:00 sa buntag ang tanang butang naremati, isubasta diri sa tagsatagsa, nga buhatan nga ginganlan sa itaas. Tanang Butang penerenda nga wala malukat hangtud sa Nobyembre 2019, maapil sa subasta. Giawhag ang tanang suki sa pagsusi sa ilang resibo.
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CHARTERED FLIGHT. A total of 31 stranded foreign tourists are flown out of Siargao Island in Surigao del Norte on Sunday (March 31, 2020). The Department of Tourism in Caraga Region has already facilitated the flight of 462 foreign tourists from the region to Manila, particularly those who were stranded due to the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine. (Photo courtesy of Department of Tourism Caraga Region)
MANAGEMENT
Sa Abril 16, 2020 sa mga alas 9:00 sa buntag ang tanang butang naremati, isubasta diri sa tagsatagsa, nga buhatan nga ginganlan sa itaas. Tanang Butang penerenda nga wala malukat hangtud sa Nobyembre 2019, maapil sa subasta. Giawhag ang tanang suki sa pagsusi sa ilang resibo. TAGDUMALA
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BUKIDNON AREA Commencing on April 17, 2020 at 9:00 A.M. those establishment above will set a public auction all overdue pledges in the same up to November 2019. Patrons are enjoined to verify their receipts.
MANAGEMENT
Sa Abril 17, 2020 sa mga alas 9:00 sa buntag ang tanang butang naremati, isubasta diri sa tagsatagsa, nga buhatan nga ginganlan sa itaas. Tanang Butang penerenda nga wala malukat hangtud sa Nobyembre 2019, maapil sa subasta. Giawhag ang tanang suki sa pagsusi sa ilang resibo. TAGDUMALA
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Deeds and not simply words YES, we should not just be good in words. We have to convert our words and intentions to concrete deeds. Otherwise, there hardly would be any effect! In so many words, Christ said it. “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.” (Mt 7, 21) St. Paul said something similar. “Not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.” (Rom 2, 13). And St. James: “Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” (1, 22) Christ himself lived by this principle, even at the expense of his own life. “I do nothing of myself, but as the Father has taught me…” (Jn 8, 28) And in the agony in the garden, he expressed that most eloquent submission to his Father’s will, “Not my will but yours be done.” (Lk 22, 42) All the saints lived by this
principle. And the epitome is Our Lady. When someone in the crowd told him his mother was around, he said: “Behold my mother and my brethren. For whosoever shall do the will of my Father that is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.” (Mt 12, 29-30) Far from disparaging his own mother with those words, Christ was actually praising her to high heavens. Mary did not only beget her son biologically. She begot him through her deep and constant faith, through her faithful obedience to God’s will. Her ‘Fiat’ (Be it done) was not only uttered at the Annunciation. She lived it before and after that meeting with the Archangel Gabriel. In fact, she lived it all throughout her life. We have to find ways and strategies to turn good intentions and nice words into action. We cannot deny that we, in general, are notorious in being good only in the former but bad in the latter. For this, we first have to ask for the grace of God,
which requires us to be humble. That’s because without humility we will always think that with our own effort and powers alone, we can achieve this union between intention and words, on the one hand, and the action, on the other. This will never happen. We need God’s grace always. And even if that grace is given gratuitously and abundantly at that, we need to ask for it just the same to inculcate in our mind that things depend first on God before they depend on us. Yes, things depend on God 100 percent, even as they also depend on us 100 percent. But the proper priority should always be observed. Insofar as things depend on us, we obviously need to train ourselves to be consistent with our intentions and words. So with God’s grace, let us practice and cultivate the habit of being true to our good intentions and nice words, until it becomes automatic or instinctive to us to turn our intentions
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and words into concrete deeds. Yes, we cannot deny that this ideal can be difficult and that in its pursuit, we can suffer a lot of failures. But we should just go on, getting up after every fall, no matter how many times we fall. God’s grace has a way of repairing and healing things. Our aim should be that our words are good as done. Of course, given our human condition, this may not happen all the time. Just the same, we just have to continue aiming at that ideal. Let’s take comfort at the thought that what is impossible to us is always possible with God. That is why we need to ask continually for God’s grace, so that our failures and frustrations can have their fulfillment in God’s hand!
Think A Minute
Learn the easy way THINK a minute . . . Some time ago a small town in California needed a new water pipe system. Someone suggested that they ask the city of Los Angeles for advice since the large city of L.A. was more experienced. He said, “If we can profit from another city’s mistakes, I think we should do so.” But another town member jumped to his feet and with great pride in his little town exclaimed: “Why should we have to profit from the mistakes of Los Angeles! I say our town is big enough to make its own mistakes!” He preferred to learn the hard way.
We have good advice around us all the time. There are many good books full of wisdom for living. We learn in school the knowledge that mankind has worked for thousands of years to acquire. Not to mention our own wise parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, older brothers and sisters, friends and business people. An African proverb says: “When an old person dies, a library of wisdom burns down.” But all the advice in the world is not worth anything unless it is actually used and followed. Someone said: “Everyone receives advice,
TURNING POINT:
but only the wise use it.” If we are too proud and stubborn to learn from others, then we will never learn how to live better, happier lives. No one can live long enough to make all the mistakes in life there are to make. There is no reason to keep repeating the same mistakes millions of others have already made and paid for! It all starts with correcting the biggest mistake we all have made: our choice not to live the way our Maker designed us to live correctly for our own happiness and good. We have to be willing to live His way before we
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can start enjoying the good life He made and wants us to have. So today, why not start learning the easy way? Ask Jesus to forgive you for all of your past wrongs and sins from living your own way. Then ask Him to take charge and help you start living His true and only way that can give you real and lasting peace, purpose, and love. Just think a minute . . .
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Understanding Corona NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 31 March) – How do we stop the coronavirus that is now wreaking havoc worldwide? What can stop it? Only the human immune system. The person’s strong and healthy immune system or his vaccine-assisted immune system can disable the insidious virus and stop its catastrophic replication. However, since a vaccine against COVID-19 is yet to develop, much rest on the capacity of our natural immune system and good practices against infection to halt the contagion. The virus is not a living organism. It doesn’t fly,
doesn’t swim, doesn’t crawl or jump from one place to another and, therefore, has no capacity to spread itself around. Humans spread it. The virus is a DNA or RNA cell in a thin protein and fat capsule, which has no capacity to replicate by itself. Once, however, it is inhaled or transmitted, usually via your fingers, to the mucous membranes of the mouth, nose or eyes. It then travels down the respiratory tract and attaches or binds to epithelial cells lining the lung airways, hijacks the host cell’s mechanism to reproduce and through it replicates and swarms adjacent cells. It does so until it is detected by the immune
(cytotoxic) cells, like the T cells – white blood cells of the body. The immune cells are produced by the different organs of the body. They join forces in killing the infected cells that host the virus and in so doing destroy the virus, stopping thereby its replication. The pieces of destroyed cells and viruses are then engulfed and digested, cleaned up by another immune cells – the macrophages. It is generally in this manner that a person with a healthy and strong immune system recovers from viral infection. Unfortunately, the killing of the infected cells in the lungs creates damage (scarring) in the lungs similar
to bronchitis, which can worsen existing lung conditions and make breathing difficult. In addition, the immune response to infection, results to a heavy buildup of mucus in the lungs that induces coughing as a reflex to clear the airways. Normally, the damage triggered by the arrival of immune cells in the lungs is reversible in a healthy person. He is likely to recover. But it is bad news and can lead to death among the less healthy victims, like the elderly with pre-condition maladies or with a compromised immune system. It is clear that stopping viral transmission largely See CORONA, page 11
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DA-10 adds Foodlane processing centers in NorMin TO ensure unhampered delivery of agri-fishery products amid the threat of COVID-19, the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 10 (DA-RFO 10) through its Provincial Operations Centers (POC), Research Stations and Regulatory Division have started catering applications on March 24, 2020 for the issuance of FoodLane accreditation certification and vehicle passes. Through this initiative, suppliers and truckers may now visit the nearest processing centers in their respective areas: DA-RFO 10 - Antonio Luna Street, Cagayan de Oro City POC Misamis Oriental and Camiguin - Antonio Luna Street, Cagayan de Oro City and Provincial Capitol Compound; Pandan, Mambajao, Camiguin (c/o Provincial Agriculture Office) POC Bukidnon - San Victores Road, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon POC Lanao del Norte Tubod, Lanao del Norte POC Misamis Occidental
CCC: Heed Science to Avert Public Health, Climate Emergencies MANILA -- The Climate Change Commission (CCC) emphasized the importance of letting science inform strategies and actions to address global health and climate emergencies, which cause built in systems to be rapidly strained, such as in the alarming spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Twelve years before the emergence of COVID-19, which has now afflicted over 600,000 people, scientists through a study published by the Clinical Microbiology Reviews had early on warned of a possible disease outbreak in China due to the culture of eating exotic mammals in the southern section of the country. The study titled, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus as an Agent of Emerging and Reemerging Infection, explained that the rapid economic growth in the area resulted in the increase of demand for animal proteins, including horseshoe bats, which are considered host to coronaviruses. The inadequate enforcement of laws and policies to curb illegal wildlife trade and market increases the risk of virus transmission from animals to human. The study mentioned that “the small reemergence of SARS in late 2003 after the resumption of the wildlife
market in southern China and the recent discovery of a very similar virus in horseshoe bats, bat SARS-CoV, suggested that SARS can return if conditions are fit for the introduction, mutation, amplification, and transmission of this dangerous virus.” The CCC also noted that for the past years, scientists have also been providing climate projections that can inform and enable nations to prepare and avert the adverse effects of climate change way ahead. In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—the world’s leading scientific body for assessing the science related to climate change—released its Special Report on the Global Warming of 1.5°C, which urged governments to limit global temperature rise below 1.5°C to minimize the destruction of climate impacts to human, health, and ecosystems compared to a development path towards 2°C. According to the report, limiting warming at 1.5°C is economically feasible, but will require “rapid and far-reaching” transitions, especially in land, energy, industry, buildings, transport, and cities. “This report by the world’s leading climate scientists is an ear-splitting wake-up call to the world. It confirms that climate change is running
faster than we are–and we are running out of time,” said United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres, during the launch of the IPCC report in October 2018. Guterres also emphasized that with continuous inaction, more heat waves will be experienced by millions of people, more species will be lost, water scarcity will prevail in the most vulnerable countries, fast melting of ice sheets in the Artic region, which would result in higher sea level rise and a wipe-out of the world’s coral reefs. These scientific findings and projections about climate change and emerging new diseases, give authorities, policymakers, and the general public the information they need to make decisions and actions considering their context and needs. As a policymaking body, the CCC has been incorporating scientific research and data in the development and implementation of climate policies, plans, and programs and in coordination with other agencies, organizations, and stakeholders. The CCC emphasizes that science can help understand the problem and provide solutions to address it. Listening to science will help safeguard our health, food and human security, water supply, and socioeconomic growth of the country.
- Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental Regulatory Division - Julio Pacana Street, Macabalan, Cagayan de Oro City Research Center for Upland Development (RCUD) Barongcot, Dangcagan, Bukidnon Research Center for Hillyland Development (RCHD) - Lanise, Claveria, Misamis Oriental Northern Mindanao Agricultural Crops and Livestock Research Complex Dalwangan, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon Clients may also opt to process their applications online through http:// agribusiness.da.gov.ph. With the additional processing centers stationed at the different areas of Northern Mindanao, the agency eyes a huge turnout of applicants amid the implementation of community quarantine in these areas. Through which, as of March 27, 2020, a combined total of 2,539 FoodLane passes has already been issued from the said processing centers.
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eyes add’l 75 bps Another rollback set this Nomura cut in BSP rates this ‘20 week as global prices drop By JOANN VILLANUEVA
By KRIS CRISMUNDO
MANILA — Oil firms will implement a rollback on fuel prices this week. In separate advisories, Clean Fuel, Flying V, Petro Gazz, Phoenix Petroleum, and Shell said they will cut diesel prices by PHP0.50 per liter and gasoline prices by PHP2 per liter starting Tuesday. Except for Clean Fuel and Petro Gazz, the other oil firms will also slash prices of kerosene by PHP1.95 per liter. Chevron (Caltex) and Seaoil implemented the price reduction as early as Monday. The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic continues to drag global
MANILA – Nomura forecasts another 75-basis-point reduction in the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) key policy rates this 2020 on back of the need to help lift domestic growth from another global economic crisis. In a report, the financial services group forecasts the central bank to “likely remain active in providing support measures.” “We pencil in an additional 75bp in policy rate cuts, taking the policy rate to a new record low of 2.5 percent and another 200bp in cuts to the reserve requirement ratio (RRR), taking it to 10 percent. All these are likely to be delivered in Q2 demand for crude oil, as As of this posting, West barrel while Brent crude is (second quarter) given the world oil prices are down Texas Intermediate crude selling at USD26.74 a barrel. rapidly deteriorating growth is trading at USD20.50 per (PNA) for five straight weeks. outlook,” it said.
To date, the BSP’s policymaking Monetary Board (MB) has reduced the central bank’s key policy rates by a total of 75 basis points and universal and commercial banks’ (U/KBs) reserve requirement ratio (RRR) by 200 basis points. It has also allowed the central bank to enter a repurchase agreement with the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) for a PHP300-billion debt paper sale that has a maximum repayment period of six months. The RRR cut, which took effect Monday (March 30), is just half of the 400 basis points reduction that the MB authorized for this year. Nomura projects additional support from the BSP as it forecasts as much as -1.9 percent contraction in domestic growth this See EYES, page 10
Energy demand in VisMin down during Earth Hour 2020 By KRIS CRISMUNDO
MANILA – Lower energy demand was observed in Visayas and Mindanao while consumption in Luzon did not decline during the Earth Hour 2020, an energy official said Monday. In a Viber message, Energy Utilization Management Bureau Director Patrick
Aquino told the Philippine News Agency that 35.5 megawatts of energy were saved nationwide as the country observed this year’s Earth Hour from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. last Saturday. The 35.5 MW is equivalent to 113,600 households consuming 150 kilowatt-hours for one month. He said the power demand
1. ML SAN FRANCISCO 1 Center Island, Brgy 2, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur 2. ML SAN FRANCISCO 2 Obedoza Street, Brgy 2, San Francisco, Agusan Sur 3. ML BAYUGAN 1 367 Narra Avenue, Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur 4. ML BAYUGAN 2 Libres St., Taglatawan, Bayugan City 5. ML BUNAWAN Purok 3, San Teodoro, Bunawan, Agusan del Sur 6. ML STA JOSEFA Purok 7, Poblacion Sta Josefa, Agusan del Sur 7. ML TRENTO Purok 6, Poblacion, Trento, Agusan Sur 8. ML BAROBO Purok 4, Poblacion Barobo, Surigao del Sur 9. ML PROSPERIDAD Purok 4, Poblacion Prosperidad, Agusan Sur 10.ML GAISANO GRAND P-2A Natl. Highway, Brgy. 5, San Francisco, Agusan Sur 11.ML TALACOGON P-Bougainvilla, San Agustin, Talacogon, Agusan Sur 12.ML SAMPAGUITA P4 Luzviminda, Sampaguita, Veruela, Agusan Sur 13.ML ROSARIO P-Ocite, Sta. Cruz, Roasrio, Agusan Sur 14.ML PATIN-AY BRANCH Poblacion Patin-ay, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur
Commencing on April 15, 2020 at 9:00 A.M. those establishment above will set a public auction all overdue pledges left in the same up to November 2019. Patrons are enjoined to verify their receipts. MANAGEMENT Sa Abril 15, 2020 sa mga alas 9:00 sa buntag ang tanang butang naremati, isubasta diri sa tagsatagsa, nga buhatan nga ginganlan sa itaas. Tanang Butang penerenda nga wala malukat hangtud sa Nobyembre 2019, maapil sa subasta. Giawhag ang tanang suki sa pagsusi sa ilang resibo. TAGDUMALA
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in the Visayas during the Earth Hour was lower by 19.9 MW, while power usage in Mindanao was down by 15.6 MW. “With Luzon under enhanced community quarantine, we note that while lights may have been switched off, (but) aircons were still in operation,” he added. Energy savings during
Earth Hour last year was at 195 MW. The country recorded its highest energy savings on Earth Hour a decade ago with power consumption down by 606 MW. Earth Hour is organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature that aims to promote awareness of energy consumption and its impact on the environment.
1. ML MANGAGOY 1 10. ML SORIANO Espiritu Street, Brgy Mangangoy Andres Soriano Ave., Bislig City, Surigao del Sur Mangagay, Bislig, 2. ML MANGAGOY 2 Surigao del Sur Abarca Street, Brgy Mangagoy Bislig City, Surigao del Sur 3. ML MANGAGOY 3 P. Castillo St. cor. Pecasales St. Brgy Mangagoy, Bislig City, Surigao Sur 4. ML BISLIG National Highway, Bislig City Surigao del Sur 5. ML HINATUAN Purok 5, Brgy St. Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur 6. ML LINGIG Purok Marcelo, Verano St. Pob., Lingig Surigao del Sur 7. ML TAGBINA Purok 4, Original, Tagbina, Surigao del Sur 8. ML LIANGA Pob. Lianga, Surigao del Sur 9. ML STO. NIÑO 9 Hornasan, San Agustin, Surigao del Sur Commencing on April 16, 2020 at 9:00 A.M. those establishment above will set a public auction all overdue pledges left in the same up to November 2019. Patrons are enjoined to verify their receipts. MANAGEMENT Sa Abril 16, 2020 sa mga alas 9:00 sa buntag ang tanang butang naremati, isubasta diri sa tagsatagsa, nga buhatan nga ginganlan sa itaas. Tanang Butang penerenda nga wala malukat hangtud sa Nobyembre 2019, maapil sa subasta. Giawhag ang tanang suki sa pagsusi sa ilang resibo.
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The Philippines is one of the more than 180 countries that participated in this annual international movement. This year’s Earth Hour is different from the past years as the world is facing the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Many countries implemented quarantine and prohibited mass gatherings. (PNA)
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Capitol road, Telaje, Tandag City 2. ML TANDAG 2 Donasco Street, Bag-ong Lungsod, Tandag City 3. ML TANDAG 3 Rizal Street, Bungtod, Tandag City 4. ML TANDAG 4 National highway, Bag-ong Lungsod, Tandag City 5. ML ARAS ASAN Purok Camia, Aras-asan, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur 6. ML CARASCAL Saca, Carascal, Surigao del Sur 7. ML CANTILAN Rizal Street, Linintian, Cantilan, Surigao del Sur 8. ML MADRID Urbiztondo St. Cor. Nat’l Highway Quirino Madrid, Surigao del Sur 9. ML TAGO Crossing Tandag, Tago, Surigao del Sur 10. ML SAN MIGUEL Pob. Tina, San Miguel, Surigao del Sur 11. ML TANDAG 5 Ground Floor, Gaisano Capital, Brgy. Bag-ong Lungsod, Tandag City, Surigao del Sur 12. ML MARIHATAG National Highway, Marihatag, Surigao del Sur 13. ML CARMEN, SDS National Highway, Pob. Carmen, Surigao del Sur Commencing on April 17, 2020 at 9:00 A.M. those establishment above will set a public auction all overdue pledges left in the same up to Novem 2019. Patrons are enjoined to verify their receipts. MANAGEMENT Sa Abril 17, 2020 sa mga alas 9:00 sa buntag ang tanang butang naremati, isubasta diri sa tagsatagsa, nga buhatan nga ginganlan sa itaas. Tanang Butang penerenda nga wala malukat hangtud sa Nobyembre 2019, maapil sa subasta. Giawhag ang tanang suki sa pagsusi sa ilang resibo.
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THUS, an apt emergency program intervention is created through the DOLE Department Order No. 209, Series of 2020, otherwise known as the “COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program or CAMP”, approved by Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III on 17 March 2020 and takes effect on 21 March 2020. CAMP is a safety net program granting financial support to affected workers in the formal sector. With the rising incidence of COVID-19, CAMP is a mechanism of social protection that ensures the welfare of affected workers in the formal sector, regardless of employment status and those who are employed by any person acting directly or indirectly with employer and employee relationship. Aimed to address and cushion financial difficulties of workers affected by the pandemic COVID-19, the government through DOLE grants PhP 5,000.00 financial assistance to affected workers in private establishments whose employment face or suffer interruption due to COVID-19 pandemic like reduction of their earning capacity or retention of employment but reduced working hours and incomes due to Flexible Working Arrangements [FWAs]); or whose employment is disrupted by reason of temporary suspension of business operation due to COVID-19. The following are the qualifications: (1) eligible applicants of CAMP must be a private establishment that
has implemented FWAs or temporary closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic with a report duly submitted to the DOLE; (2) all workers in private establishments affected by the COVID-19 pandemic are covered from its onset in January 2020 until 14 April 2020 unless extended as part of the Stringent Social Distancing Measures by the government.
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Large establishments are highly encouraged to cover full wages of employees affected by the one-month community quarantine period. To avail of the CAMP, affected establishments may submit the following documentary requirements preferably through email or to the nearest DOLE Provincial/Field Office or to the Regional Office, as
follows: (1) Establishment Report on the COVID-19 pursuant to Labor Advisory No. 09-20 (form can be downloaded from Facebook Page DOLEX COVID Assistance culled from the Labor Advisory No. 09-20 at www.dole.gov. ph; (2) Company Payroll for the month prior the implementation of FWAs or temporary closure (with
validated bank deposit or duly signed/received paroll for cash-basis salary) Incomplete applications shall not be accepted. The Regional Director shall issue a Notice of Completion to the concerned establishment as grantee of CAMP within three working days from payment transmitted through electronic mail. The DOLE Regional Director reserves the right
to deny application on the following grounds: (1) ineligibility of the applicant; (2) misrepresentation of facts in the application; or (3) submission of falsified or tampered document. Labor Advisories in line with the COVID-19 pandemic are posted in the DOLE-X website http:// ro10.dole.gov.ph/ and in See PROGRAM, page 10
Zambo Sur registers 2 confirmed Covid-19 cases 3 recover from Covid-19 in NorMin; positive cases at 13
By LEAH AGONOY
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur -- Governor Victor Yu announced Monday that two patients under investigation (PUIs) in this province have turned out positive for 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19) based on the results from the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM). Yu said the swab samples of the two positive cases were among the seven specimens they sent to the RITM “and we are still waiting for the results of the other five”. The first two confirmed cases were among the 74 PUIs for Covid-19 as of Sunday in this province. Six of the PUIs were admitted to the hospital. Dr. Anatalio Cagampang, Zamboanga del Sur Medical Center chief, said the first confirmed case is a 52-yearold male resident from the nearby town of Labangan. Cagampang said the patient, who returned home March 14 via Zamboanga City, has travel history from
POSITIVE. Zamboanga del Sur Governor Victor Yu (seated, right) and Dr. Anatalio Cagampang, Zamboanga del Sur Medical Center chief (seated, left), announce Monday (March 30, 2020) that two patients under investigation (PUI) have turned out positive for 2019 coronavirus disease. The two confirmed cases were the first to be recorded in the province. (PNA photo by Leah D. Agonoy)
Taguig City, Metro Manila. The patient manifested signs and symptoms of Covid-19 like cough, sore throat, fever, and colds when he arrived home in Labangan and was placed at the medical center’s isolation ward on March 17.
Cagampang said the second confirmed case is a 62-year-old female resident of this city with travel history from Manila. He said the patient arrived here from Manila on March 7 and manifested signs and symptoms on
March 13 like cough, sore throat, and colds. She has undergone selfmedication and self-quarantine and was admitted March 19, according to Cagampang. Cagampang said both See REGISTERS, page 10
C A G AYA N D E O R O CITY -- Health officials announced Monday that three of the 13 patients who tested positive of 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19) have already recovered. Dr. Adriano Subaan, Region 10 director of Department of Health, said via teleconference during the Inter-Agency Task Force on Covid-19 in the region, that the three patients who recovered were part of the 17 patients under investigation (PUIs). Subaan clarified that only four of the 13 Covid cases are residents of Northern Mindanao while the rest are from outside the region. Likewise, Subaan said the four patients from Region 10 are residents of Iligan City, Misamis Occidental, Lanao del Norte, and this city. “The DOH is conducting contact tracing and heightened disease surveillance though Barangay Health
Emergency Response Team (Bhert) in the communities and the Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (Sari) surveillance team in the hospitals,” he said. As of Monday, the four of the patients are confined at the Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) here, said Dr. Jose Chan, the hospital’s medical director. The patient from Iligan-a 67-year-old female--was brought to NMMC on March 19 and was reported to have traveled to Metro Manila and Bulacan between Feb. 28 and March 3. Meanwhile, the other Covid-19-positive case is a 45-year-old male from Jimenez town in Misamis Occidental, who also has a travel history to Thailand and Metro Manila. He was admitted at a hospital in Ozamiz City on March 24. The provincial government of Misamis Occidental is now tracing passengers of See RECOVER, page 10
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persons with Quarantine Pass (QP) supported with a valid identification card are allowed. Means of transportation are available at pick up areas identified by the barangay. Private vehicles are allowed provided that there is no other passenger and must observe social distancing, in case of non-air conditioned private services. All sari-sari stores should only operate from 6:00 AM to 8:00 AM daily. They should present a copy of their business permits during purchase at the store/ general merchandise. The Preemptive Community Quarantine has been declared in the province from March 24 up until April 12, 2020. It may be lifted earlier or be extended as the circumstances warrant. (Marc Ian A. Salem/ PIA10)
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stores is strictly prohibited. As such, the city government cautioned all store owners to report to the authorities the refusal of residents to comply with this directive. It also designated three temporary public markets for easy monitoring. These are located in Sagonsongan, Luksadatu, and Patani. Gandamra further disclosed that he had a meeting EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED DOMINGO Y. ACENAS KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That, MARINA MIRASOL ACENAS, wife of the deceased; and MELINDA ACENAS ADANZA, AMOR ACENAS LUGO, YSEL ACENAS DUMAM-AG and OSMUNDO MIRASOL ACENAS, children of the deceased, all of legal ages and residing at Poblacion, Valencia City, hereby freely and spontaneously. DECLARE AND MANIFEST: 1. That they are the only legitimate heirs, wife and children as above-mentioned, of who survived the deceased DOMINGO Y. ACENAS; 2. That aforementioned deceased died in the City of Valencia, Philippines, which was his residence at the time of his death, on October 2019; 3. That said decedent died without leaving any will; 4. That the deceased left no debts; 5. That the deceased left his residential land located at Valencia City covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-41198 and more particularly described as follows: A parcel of Land (Lot 1-F-2-B-2, Psd-101321-019161, being a portion of Lot 1-F-2-B, Psd-10-012799) situated in the Barrio of Poblacion, City of Valencia, Province of Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY SIX (456) square meters more or less. 6. That the parties herein have agreed, as they hereby agree to settle the aforementioned estate between them, to wit: a. The parcel of land aforementioned above covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-41198 will be adjudicated in favor of OSMUNDO MIRASOL ACENAS. Is subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED DOMINGO Y. ACENAS, under the Notarial Registry of Atty. Francisco L. Vasig, Jr., Notary Public, per Doc. No. 91; Page No. 80; Book No. 332; Series of 2019. MDN: Mar 18, 25 & Apr 1, 2020
with city officials, barangay officials, and members of the Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines in the city and they decided to improve their measures against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) “Instead of limiting the (validity) days of the home quarantine pass, we expanded the curfew hours,” he added. Under this new policy, no one is allowed to go out of their respective houses from 4:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M. except for emergency situations. It also covers business establishments, but they will be given a grace period of one hour to allow owners and workers to clean the premises of the business establishment and return to their respective houses. Gandamra reiterated that the purpose of all these measures is not to curtail the freedom of the residents but to limit the movement of the virus in the community. (APB/PIA ICIC)
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year due to the combination of domestic and external factors on account of the global pandemic. Under its base case scenario, the report forecasts a 1.6-percent output, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP), this year. This growth print is lower than the 5.9-percent expansion of the domestic
economy last year and the government’s 6.5-7.5 percent target for the year. “Unlike in 2009, the quarterly trajectory in our forecast implies the economy goes into technical recession by Q2,” it said. The report further said this forecast reflects the big deceleration in global growth, particularly of the country’s major trading partners like China, the US, and Europe. Slower growth from these three areas is also seen to hurt exports growth as well as the inflows from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), which is a major growth driver for more than a decade now. It said weaker remittance growth will hit domestic consumption, which has about 68 percent share on domestic output. The report added the e n h a n c e d c om mu n it y quarantine in mainland Luzon, which took effect since March 17 and will last until April 12, will greatly hurt economic activity since Luzon accounts for about 70 percent of the country’s GDP. (PNA)
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the official Facebook Page DOLEX COVID Assistance. Clarifications and other queries can be coursed through any DOLE-X Provincial/Field Office or to the following official email address where CAMP applications are to be submitted:
• Cagayan de Oro City Field Office – (088) 8572583; dole10cdo.covid19@ gmail.com; • Misamis Oriental Provincial Field Office – (088) 859-3794; dole10misor.covid19@gmail.com; • Bukidnon Provincial Field Office – (088) 8133401; dole10bukidnon. covid19@gmail.com; • Camiguin Provincial Field Office – (088) 8890329; dole10camiguin.covid19@gmail.com; • Misamis Occidental Provincial Field Office – (088) 531-3436; dole10misocc.covid19@gmail.com; • Lanao del Norte Provincial Field Office – (063) 221-6683; dole10ldn.covid19@gmail.com. (Mildred E. Dablio/DOLE-X)
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a March 14 morning flight of the Philippine Airlines who may have direct physical contact with the said patient. Misamis Occidental Governor Phillip Tan on Monday called on the passengers to report and observe a 14day home quarantine while being monitored by health personnel. On the other hand, the third case admitted at NMMC on March 24, is a 67-year-old male from Tubod, Lanao del Norte, with no known exposure to a Covid-19 patient. The last case, also known as “patient 597,” is a 71-yearold male from Cagayan de
Zambo City records 2nd Covid-19 case By TEOFILO GARCIA, JR.
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The Inter-Agency Task Force on 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19) announced that a second confirmed case has been recorded in this southern port city. Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar, chairperson of the IATF Covid-19, said Monday the second confirmed case is a 48-yearold female from Barangay Tumaga with travel history from Manila. Salazar said the confirmed case, who was among the patients under investigation (PUIs), is currently confined in the isolation room of West Metro Medical Oro. Covid-19 patients from outside the region include a 66-year-old female from Lanao del Sur, who was intercepted at the Laguindingan Airport in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental on March 13. She was brought to NMMC on March 15, after being admitted at a private hospital here on March 13. Known as “patient 598,” the person has tested negative for Covid-19 and is now recovering, Chan said. Patient 598’s husband and daughter who traveled with her are now on quarantine at NMMC. In a separate press briefing held Monday, Chan said
Center (West Metro). “Due to strict measures and protocols implemented by the hospital administration and its health workers, the patient was screened early, has been isolated since the screening and is being managed well,” Salazar said. She said the patient will be transferred soon to the government-owned Zamboanga City Medical Center (ZCMC), “our Covid-19 center”. “We thank the frontliners and management of West Metro for their hard work and for adhering to the protocols to protect both our community and our health care system,” See RECORDS, page 11
there are another 17 patients under investigation (PUIs) now being put on isolation at NMMC. (PNA)
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patients are physically and clinically stable. Yu said they have a team that immediately conducted contact tracing even before the results of the two patients were released by the RITM. Meanwhile, there are 5,002 persons under monitoring (PUMs) in this province as of Sunday. Of the total, 923 have been cleared after they completed the 14-day quarantine period. (PNA)
R. A 10172 Form No 10.1 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province; Lanao Del Norte Municipality of iligan city NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that MICHAELOU C. SISTOSO has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly SEX from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate live of birth MICHAELOU CHAVEZ SISTOSO who was born on 11 OCTOBER 1995, Iligan city Lanao del Norte and whose parents are GLENA J. CHAVEZ and CONCORDIO C. SISTOSO. Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than MARCH 2020.
(Sgd) MARIA PURA C. MASCARIÑAS City Civil Registrar
MDN: Apr 1 & 8, 2020
EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF INTESTATE ESTATE AMONG HEIRS OF DECEASED, LUCILA A. GAMALE AND SALE OF A PORTION OF AGRICULTURAL LAND KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: This Extra-judicial Settlement of Intestate Estate among Heirs of Deceased, Lucila A. Gamale and of a portion of Agricultural Land, made and executed by and among; GLECERIO L. GAMALE, of legal age, widower of the Late Lucila A. Gamale, Filipino, a resident of Panadtalan, Maramag, Bukidnon, hereinafter known as the HEIR-VENDORS; Children: RONALD A. GAMALE, DANTE A. GAMALE, and GLENN A. GAMALE, all of legal age, all married, Filipinos, a resident of Panadtalan, Maramag, Bukidnon, hereinafter known as the HEIR-VENDOR; IUDONN ABREGANA TORRES, of legal age, single, Filipino, a resident of Panadtalan, Maramag, Bukidnon, hereinafter known as the VENDEE; W I T N E S S E T H: That the said above-named parties all of legal ages, are the legitimate children and surviving spouse of Late LUCILA A. GAMALE, who died on February 21, 2011 at Maramag,
Bukidnon, without any will; That the said deceased, at the time of her death left a certain real property and more particularly described to wit: “A parcel of Agricultural land, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-124324, known as Lot 206-A-3, Psd-10-060684, being a portion of Lot 206-A, Psd-10-011193, situated at Panadtalan, Maramag, Bukidnon. Containing an area of ELEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWENTY TWENTY ONE (11,321) SQUARE METERS, more or less. That no personal properties are involved in this in this extra-judicial settlement; That the above-described parcel of Agricultural land is not tenanted and therefore does not come within the purview of Republic Act Nos. 3844, 6657 or Presidential Decree on Land Reform and that the provisions of Art 1621-1623 of Civil Code have been duly complied with; Is subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF INTESTATE ESTATE AMONG HEIRS OF DECEASED, LUCILA A. GAMALE AND SALE OF A PORTION OF AGRICULTURAL LAND, under the Notarial Registry of Atty. Abundio UR. Gaitera, Notary Public, per Doc. No. 2965; Page No. 593; Book No. V; Series of 2019. MDN: Mar 18, 25 & Apr 1, 2020
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facilities to respond to the need for more protective items and food for the hardest-hit communities. SMC’s Ginebra San Miguel Inc. recently retooled its liquor plants nationwide to produce rubbing alcohol to help front liners fighting the outbreak. Meanwhile, it started producing nutribun-inspired breads it continuously donates to poor communities severely affected by the quarantine. The company has also donated over half a million kilos of rice, along with canned goods, biscuits and coffee. To date, the company has donated over 100,000 liters of ethyl alcohol to various front liners in the national and local government as well as public and private hospitals in Luzon. Food donations have, thus far, reached over P100 million. These were delivered to hardest hit areas in NCR, Cavite, Bulacan, Batangas, Laguna, Pampanga, Bataan, Zambales, Quezon, Pangasinan, Marinduque and Sorsogon. The company said it will continue to send out food donations in the coming days “We are committed to growing this fund for PPEs and continue allocating resources to purchase muchneeded protective items. We also invite other businesses to join us in this initiative and work together to support our selfless health care workers on the front lines of this crisis. We are all in this together,” he added.
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Gov. Santiago Cane, Jr. is expected to sign an Executive Order (EO) at 5:00 am today regarding the lockdown policy which will no longer allow motorists even residents who wanted to go home to enter the province. A copy of the EO is not yet available at press time, however, Alfredo V. Plaza, Provincial Public Information Officer and spokesperson of the Provincial COVID-19 task Force, said among those exempted are vehicles providing essential services such as food and health care, regional bank heads travelling on important tasks, police and military personnel. Cane said the lockdown is a stringent preventive measure in the wake of rising Covid-19 cases in the neighboring Davao region even as Agusan del Sur and the entire Caraga region remain free from positive cases of the dreaded virus that caused global pandemic since last month. The governor was waiting from other local chief executives in the neighboring provinces of Caraga region to pursue the lockdown measure all on the same day based on their earlier commitments during a regional meeting but it was only Surigao del Norte Gov. Francisco Matugas who told
him in a phone call that they will also do it in April 1. The Provincial Covid-19 Task Force which Cane heads had already prepared the EO on Monday morning and agreed that the governor must sign it on Wednesday,April1, even as other governors in the region have not yet acted on it. In his social media post, the governor said Caraga region cannot afford to have a single Covid-19 case in the absence of Level III hospital in any part of the region which can attend and treat confirmed cases. “A single confirmed case is one too many to handle. It’s time to shield our region from the virus,” Cane said. He explained any positive Covid-19 case that will come out in the province and in the region could not be possibly attended by doctors in the level III hospitals in Davao City, Tagum City and Cagayan de Oro City where they would surely prioritize local patients which have already overcrowded. Stranded college students from Mindanao State University in Marawi City who hails from this province were told by Cane to stay put in the school as he send a team there to personally gave financial assistance for their food and basic necessities. The students have pleaded Cane to fetch them home but the turn of events which prompted the lockdown measure aborted the move to help them. Local netizens calls for a lockdown in the passage of vehicles coming from neighboring provinces had snowballed since last week airing growing concerns in the rising confirmed Covid-19 cases in Davao region.
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continue to look for opportunities to support the government in battling this pandemic. We recognize that the only way to defeat this global health threat is through our collective efforts,” stated the company. NGCP is a Filipino-led, privately owned company in charge of operating, maintaining, and developing the country’s power grid, led by majority shareholders Henry Sy, Jr. and Robert Coyiuto, Jr.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2020 sistance Family Access Card (DAFAC) must have oversight. Meanwhile, city social welfare and development officer Michael Fabello also admitted in the same City Council proceedings that they do not have control in the listing of DAFAC beneficiaries. “Kung naa man galing pagpamolitika, it’s beyond the control of the CSWD. Dili lang unta ta mamolitika. Let us do bayanihan,” Fabello said. According to law, DAFAC is the necessary requisite for the city government to hand out relief goods to COVID-19 displaced persons. As of presstime, the city social welfare and development department has targeted 27,667 households as beneficiaries. Fabello said that the volume of relief goods will vary in each household those with five or more members will receive 15 kilos of rice, 15 canned goods and 15 pieces of noodles each week. Households with three to four members will receive eight kilos of rice, eight canned goods and eight pieces of noodles. Households with one to two members will receive five kilos of rice, five canned goods and five pieces of noodles. Fabello said they are targeting to start distributing the relief goods in 70 percent of the barangays here. Basing on the “flattening the curve” projection of the national government, Fabello said they are readying for the distribution of goods until May or June. Qualified beneficiaries are the vulnerable poorest of the poor, porters, scavengers, public utility drivers (PUV/jeepney/habal-habal/ motorela/taxi) and ambulant vendors. 4Ps beneficiaries will get their relief goods from DSWD through the regular conditional cash transfer while daily wage earners will get theirs from DOLE.
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she said. The first confirmed case for Covid-19 in this city is a 29-year-old male of Barangay Sinunuc with travel history in Manila. As this developed, the mayor requested residents to remain calm and avoid panic. She said the city government and the West Metro management are following protocols for the proper handling “of our second case and has initiated contact tracing”. “Please continue to stay home to prevent infection and spread of the virus,” she said. (PNA)
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depends on each one of us. It is by possessing strong immune system and, thus, by remaining healthy. And one can boost his immune system by adopting a healthy lifestyle. Health experts recommend the following: Eat food rich in Vitamin C and D, like fruits and vegetables, citrus, ginger, garlic, liver, sardines, salmon, tuna and shellfish. Take immune-fortifying vitamin supplements. Do regular exercise to activate and strengthen the different organs of the body, thus improving the immune cells. Take a trip under the early morning or late afternoon sun to catch Vitamin D. Get ample sleep – a good night sleep improves the T cells of your body. Laugh as often as possible; it exercises your heart Do meditation to have peace of mind and eschew fear, worries and anxiety. Have some hobbies to divert attention from stressful situations. Stay healthy. Stay at home and save lives. (MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. William R. Adan, Ph.D., is retired professor and former chancellor of Mindanao State University at Naawan, Misamis Oriental, Philippines.)
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GIKALIPAY ni Gob. Bambi Emano ang taho nga wala pay bisan usa gikan sa Misamis Oriental ang nagpositibo sa corona virus disease (COVID-19). Sa datos sa department of health nasayran nga sa tibuok rehiyon dies, duna nay upat ka tawo ang positibong nataptan sa covid 19 ug kini nagikan sa dakbayan sa Iligan, syudad sa Cagayan de Oro, Lanao del Norte ug lalawigan sa Misamis Occidental. Atol sa tigom sa provincial anti-illegal task force batok covid 19, Marso 31 ning tuiga, gipahibawo ni Dr. Jocelyn Torrecampo nga miabot na sa 4,339 ka mga tawo ang Persons
Under Monitoring (PUM) samtang 284 sab gikunsidera nga Persons Under Iinvestigation (PUI). Ang departamento sa panglawas sa lalawigan hugot ang monitoring niining maong mga indibidwal aron pagsiguro nga kapugnan ang pagkuyanap niini sa ubang mga tawo. Tungod niini gimando ni Gob. Bambi Emano sa provincial PNP nga mas hingusgan pa ang ilang checkpoint aron masiguro nga kapugngan ang pagsulod sa maong sakit sa Misamis Oriental.
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SM distributes PPEs and medical supplies to over 50 hospitals nationwide THROUGH SM Foundation, SM is donating over Php 170 million towards the fight against COVID-19 and to help ensure that healthcare workers in hospitals nationwide are armored with personal protective equipment (PPEs) such as full protective suits (including for ICU use), face shields, gloves, N95 masks, surgical masks, goggles, and raincoats. Among the hospitals that received PPE donations include University of the Philippines PGH, Lung Center of the Philippines, Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial
Medical frontlines from Medical City Manila ready to fight COVID-19 in their PPE outfits from SM Foundation.
Hospital, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), National Kidney and Transplant Institute, San Lazaro Hospital, East Avenue Medical Center, Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center, Philippine Heart Center, National Children’s Hospital and Rizal Medical Center Other hospitals such as Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital, Chinese General Hospital, University of the East, Ramon Magsaysay (UERM) Memorial Medical Center, Manila Doctors Hospital, University of Santo Tomas Hospital,
Dr. Gam Legaspi, Executive Director of PGH, receiving the first batch of ICUgrade ventilators.
PPEs and medical equipment arrive for SM Foundation on chartered aircraft via Airspeed Logistics.
Makati Medical Center, The Medical City, Ospital ng Muntinlupa also received PPE donations. Several shipments of PPEs are also on their way to provincial hospitals nationwide, including Rizal, Pampanga, Bataan, Quezon, Pangasinan, Catanduanes, Cebu, Iloilo, Samar, Tacloban, Surigao del Sur, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Marawi, Zamboanga, and more. SM has committed to be of service to the Filipino people in ensuring that we will overcome the COVID-19 crisis together.