MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XI, No. 042
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Military belies report of recycled firearms By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CL AVERIA, Mis amis Oriental: The military on Thursday belied insinuation that the surrendered firearms of the New People’s Army (NPA) were recycled to gain media mileage. Maj. Gen. Romeo S. Brawner, Jr., Commander of the 4ID, made the statement during the presentation of 14 surrendered assorted high powered firearms at the headquarters of army’s 58th Infantry Battalion here. Brawner said that the firearms, still serviceable, were processed to determine if the NPA rebels who turned over the firearms were authentic. He said that the validation of the firearms were done by the inter-intelligence task force from the military. Brawner said that the firearms were scheduled for demilitarization or destroyed.
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Mindanao hospitals declare “code red” DUE TO THE UNSTOPPABLE SURGE OF COVID-19, DELTA
By SONY SUDARIA MDNN BARMM News Bureau and OSCAR LEDESMA MDNN Bukidnon News Bureau
The 58IB in Claveria, Misamis Oriental, on Thusday, presents 14 assorted high powered firearms turned over by the outlawed New People’s Army (NPA) who surrendered to the military authorities in July 2021. photo by cris diaz
Lt. Col. Ricky Canatoy, Commanding Officer, of the 58IB, said that the firearms were turned over by nine NPA rebels, including a ranking rebel officer, who surrendered in July 26, 2021. See BELIES, page 11
MINDANAO Hospitals have already declared “code red” due to the ‘unstoppable surge of covid-19 and its dangerous mutation, Delta, which also started to scare Mindanaoans. This, despite massive vaccination rollouts in many cities and provinces in Southern Philippines. Hospital executives announced the full capacity of their respective hospitals due to this unabated rise of the deadly virus. In Iligan City, the continued rise in covid cases has prompted Gregorio T. Lluch Memorial Hospital (GTLMH) Assistant See DECLARE, page 11
Provincial Governor Hon. Mamintal Bombit Alonto Adiong of Lano del Sur; Hon. Majul Gandamra, Marawi City Mayor; Atty. Ating Diakat, Provincial Prosecutor, and staff of Lanao del Sur Prosecutor’s Office in Marawi City, paid a courtesy call to Lao. They pledged support to Atty. Lao during her 1st day of assumption of office. Lao replaced Ramy L. Guiling. Photo by Sony Sudaria – MDNN BARMM News Bureau
Rufus promises to bring justice to Oro nurses woes By JOEL CALMBA ESCOL Managing Editor
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY’s 2nd District Congressman Rufus Rodriguez yesterday vowed to bring justice to the sad plight of nurses employed at the city-owned JR Borja Memorial Hospital, and other private hospitals in the city. Cong Rufus was reacting to the complaints of
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government nurses in the city regarding their longoverdue Special Risk Allowance (SRA) of P5,000 each every month, meals and transportation allowances, and other benefits as embodied under Covid-19 Bayanihan Act. The nurses and other health care workers at said City Hospital claimed they have not received their spe- Rodriguez
cial risk allowance from January to June of this year, or an equivalent of P30,000 each, excluding their meal and transportation allowances. “Ato kining hatagan ug pagtagad kay dili tiawtiaw ang sakripisyo sa atong mga nurses as among the front liners in the continuing battle against the deadly See PROMISES, page 11
Death of ‘Janssen’ vaccinated family members under probe By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: The Department of Health (DOH) started a probe on the death of four family members who died separately two weeks after vaccination, a health official here said Friday. Dr. Jerry Calingasan, Chair of the Misamis Oriental Inter-Agency Task Force COVID-19, said that the DOH has yet to release an official result of the cause of death of the family members
composed of two couples. The two couples lived in a separate house in a compound along a coastal village in the municipal town of Laguindingan, about 35 kilometers west of here. He said that the first couple (the daughter and husband son-in-law) got vaccinated on July 26, 2021while the parent-couple got the jab on July 27, 2021. Calingasan said that the health officials monitored and took note of the details
See PROBE, page 11