MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume X, No. 145
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PSA-Davao Region eyes release of PhilID this year By JUDY QUIROS
SIGNING UP FOR PHILID. Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte registers for PhilSys at the Barangay Catalunan Grande registration site on March 23, 2021. The Philippine Statistics Authority in Region 11 sees the release of the PhilID this year. (Photo courtesy of the Davao City Information Office)
DAVAO CITY – Up to 1.4 million individuals have already completed Step 1 registration for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) in Davao Region as of last year, Philippine
Statistics Authority-Region 11 (PSA-11) Director Ruben Abaro, Jr. said Wednesday. Speaking at a press briefing on April 21, Abaro said of the 1.4 million Step 1 registrants, almost 50 percent or 677,706 are now
in the process for Step 2 registration. Abaro is optimistic the Step 1 registrants would finish Step 2 registration this year and be issued their PhilIDs. See EYES, page 11
‘Rufus’ bats scholarship for coco farmer’s children in CDO By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: A lawmaker from this seaport capital of 800,000 people batted for scholarship of children of coconut farmers in the country. In a statement furnished The Mindanao Daily News, Deputy House Speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, said the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) has a P 70 billion revenue out of the coco levy fund. “Part of the P 70 billion coco levy fund could finance the scholarship program for children of cococut farmers, especially in Cagayan de Oro City,” Rodriguez said. He said that he made the appeal during the hearing on Committee Mindanao Affairs with the PCA Administrator Benjamin Madrigal last week saying the See BATS, page 11
TFBM Chief Secretary Eduardo del Rosario shares that once completed, the Salintubig of DILG will provide water supply not only in the Biyaya ng Pagbabago shelter sites but in the whole barangay of Sagonsongan. (PIA-ICIC)
Government fast tracks water projects in Marawi
MARAWI CITY -- The government is accelerating the implementation of projects that will cater to the water needs of the city. “We are committed to ensure that the water requirement will be undertaken by TFBM implementing agencies,” Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM) chairperson Secretary Eduardo del Rosario assured internally displaced person (IDP) leaders from Biyaya ng Pagbabago Transitory Shelters in Barangay Sagonsongan during the Kapamagusai (Talakayan) sa TFBM. Inadequate water supply in transitory shelters is among the concerns raised Former Congressman Tinnex Jaraula after receiving his first dose of the vaccine, commented: “Despite my ambiva- by the IDPs during dialogue. lence towards vaccination, and complex perception on it’s effects, I just had my first dose of SINOVAC this morning, “We are aware that with the positive endorsement of my PHC Cardiologist Dra. Normita Manapat and NMMC’s Dr. BeeJay Rocha. I decided for it not because I want to be called a “hero” as now being “advertised” but just doing my duty as a citizen strongly mandated by PRRD.It is disastrous if one is infected with COVID-19 but it is worse if he infects others through his negligence!)
Uncle throws 1 y.o. niece to die in MisOr mountains By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
Police recovers the lifeless body of one-year-old Sofia in the mountainside in the village of Sta. Ana, in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, a few hours after she was reported missing Friday morning. An uncle for questioning by the police after neighbors and relatives alleged that he was last seen with the child. Photo Supplied
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: A 28-year old laborer was invited for questioning following the death of a oneyear and seven-month old baby girl who was found dead on a bushy hill slope on the village of Sta. Ana in Tagolo-an, Misamis Oriental Friday morning. The suspect, Ian Barang-
git, 28, the uncle of the victim, was held for questioning after the child was left for their care by an aunt who reportedly attended a seminar Friday morning. Sofia, the only child of a soldier and a public school teacher who also lived on the village, when found dead covered with bushes, has bite marks on her arms See THROWS, page 11
See PROJECTS, page 11