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Volume IX, No. 230
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CoVID-19 Response
Waterpark repurposes machine to produce surface disinfectant By MIKE BAÑOS Editor at Large
SINCE the Seven Seas Waterpark and Resort was shuttered on March 17 in response to the government’s plea to help curb the spread of COVID-19, the facility, hailed as “Mindanao’s Showcase of Sustainable Tourism” has lain idle except for a skeleton crew cleaning and maintaining its various attractions. However, that wasn’t going to stop UC-1 President and CEO Engr. Elpidio M. Paras from using its facilities to help in the war against the virus. UC-1 is the holding company which owns and manages the family’s various
A Parasat payment booth protected against contamination on both sides.
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SEC lends more support to fight against COVID-19
THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is lending more support to national efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. In its most recent initiative, the Commission transferred a total of P2 billion from its accounts to the Bureau of the Treasury to augment the government’s war chest in tackling
COVID-19. The SEC made the contribution in accordance with Section 4(v) of Republic Act No. 11469, otherwise known as the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act, and the directive of the Department of Finance. The Commission has been proactively responding to the public health emer-
gency that later escalated into a national emergency, in line with the President’s directives and the provisions of the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act. Among others, the SEC has extended regulatory relief to corporations and other entities under its supervision by moving UC-1 Pres Elpie Paras has repurposed 7 Seas Waterparks’ Chlorinsitu IIa machine to
ILIGAN CITY -- The Iligan City Agriculture Office (ICAO) is encouraging residents of Iligan to grow their own survival garden while the city is under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). Currently, the ICAO is distributing repacked vegetable seeds to individuals and barangays here as part of the emergency response to the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) menace.
Jose Desiderio Oyoa, officer-in-charge of the ICAO, said the program dubbed “COVID-19 Survival Garden” aims to encourage every household to grow their survival garden in their backyards and have a sustainable supply of vegetables while an ECQ is being implemented in the city. “While the quarantine is ongoing, we are giving away seeds to help the families and communities to be prepared
in case of a food supply shortage due to the impact of the ECQ,” he further said. Oyo-a added that having some vegetable plants in the backyard could help families in these trying times. According to Oyo-a, the seeds are distributed for free and delivered to the puroks or barangays in observance of the physical distancing measures. Among the seeds being distributed include pechay,
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produce Sodium Hypochlorite solution when diluted can be used as a surface disinfecant.
City Agri urges Iligan residents to grow own ‘survival garden’ amid ECQ okra, kangkong, bell pepper, batong, squash, patola, and eggplant. As of press time, the ICAO has distributed some 3,152 sets of assorted vegetable seeds in different urban households. Those interested to obtain free assorted vegetable seeds may contact the ICAO on telephone number 2214466 or mobile number 09350340477. (APB/PIA ICIC)
Jose Desiderio Oyo-a, officer-in-charge of the Iligan City Agriculture Office, emphasizes that having some vegetable plants in the backyard could help families in these trying times. (ADD/PIA ICIC)