MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XI, No. 037
BBB program generates more than 200K jobs in Region 10 MANILA - The Department of Public Works and Highways in Region 10 reported on Saturday that a total of 299,978 jobs have been generated since the government’s Build, Build, Build program rolled out in Northern Mindanao in 2016. In an interview with Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, DPWH Regional Director Zenaida Tan also said that for the first semester of the year 2021, projects under BBB have generated 37,988 jobs in Region 10. “Maanaa o wala may pandemya ang DPWH magpabilin nga walay paglubad ang paghatag og serbisyo ngadto sa publiko [Whether or not there’s a pandemic, the DPWH continues its unfading and unrelenting efforts to deliver our services to the public],” she said. “Tinood nga makasinati kita og ginagmay nga kahasol samtang ongoing ang atong mga proyekto apan kini walay bili kung itandi sa mga benepisyo ug kaayo nga atong maani kung mahuman na ang mga proyekto [It’s true that we might experience a little inconvenience while the projects are ongoing, but the benefits that we will gain from these would be incomparable once these projects are finished],” she added. Among identified bigticket infrastructure projects in the region are the See GENERATES, page 11
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P15.7M contraband cigarettes seized By SONY SUDARIA MDNN BARMM News Bureau and OSCAR LEDESMA MDNN Bukidnon News Bureau
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smugglers and unscrupulous businessmen in the city never learn their lessons. This, as joint elements of the local police here and the Bureau of Customs seized an estimated P15.7 million contraband cigarettes in two separate operations, a top police official reported Friday. Brig. Gen. Ronaldo Genaro Ylagan, Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) director told newsmen the first operation was conducted off the waters of Tumalutap Island in this city. Ylagan said the first shipment was seized by the joint BOC and local police operatives around 3:30 a.m. in Tumalutap, one of the 11 CONTRABAND CIGARETTES. Joint operatives of the Bureau of Customs and the 2nd Zamboanga City Mobile Force islands east of Zamboanga. Company (2ZCMFC) seize a total of P15.7 Million contraband cigarettes off the waters of Zamboanga on Thursday, August 5. Photo shows a K9 unit of PDEA conducting inspections on the smuggled cigarettes slipped into the Investigation disclosed country by unscrupulous smugglers and businessmen. (Photo
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Davao City accounts for Region 11 highest Covid-19 recovery tally By CHE PALICTE
DAVAO CITY – The Davao Region has so far recorded 48,271 patients who have recovered from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) since the pandemic struck in March last year, representing a recovery rate
of 84.5 percent of the total 57,135 confirmed cases. In the regional situation update released Sunday, the Department of Health-11 (DOH-11) said Davao City has the highest number of recovered patients with 27,734; followed by Davao
del Norte, 9,384; Davao de Oro, 3,586; Davao del Sur, 3,404; Davao Oriental, 3,378; and Davao Occidental, 785. A total of 169 recoveries were reported on Sunday and 314 new cases raised active infections to 6,972.
There were also six deaths (four from Davao City, one from Davao del Norte, and one from Davao Oriental) for a total of 1,892. Of the new cases, 144 are from Davao City, 15 from Davao de Oro, 38 from Davao del Norte, 51
from Davao del Sur, 35 from Davao Occidental, and 31 from Davao Oriental. Among the new cases are a locally stranded individual and a Returning Overseas Filipino. The rest are local transmissions. See ACCOUNTS, page 11
K of C holds bloodletting in Mis Or LIBERTAD, Mis. Or — With the tagline ‘Knights blood, saving lives’, the Knight of Columbus, Mindanao Jurisdiction has launched its series of Faith in Action Bloodletting Project to help the Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) fight Covid -19. According to K of C Regional Deputy Cesar
Valdez Dangaso the NMMC serves as the beneficiary of their bloodletting activity in the fight against Covid-19. Dangaso said the initial salvo of the Faith in Action Blood Letting Project of CAMAL REGION - 10 was held in Libertad to cover the west side of KC Mis Or (Lugait- El Salvador City areas). See KICKSTARTS, page 11