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MisOr adopts “no faceshield,” no entry policy By CRIS DIAZ Executive Officer
MISAMIS ORIENTAL: Provincial Governor Yevgeny Vincente Emano on Monday ordered the banning of all provincial employees from entering the provincial capitol building without “face shields.” Emano issued the order as the Vice Mayor of Talisayan, a coastal town east of Misamis Oriental was found positive of COVID-19 after attending the wake of a friend who died of old age. Talisayan Vice Mayor Joseph Epok said that the town folk has died of old age and not of COVID virus. “I did not feel anything or have shown any symptoms and believed that my case is asymptomatic,” Epok told a reporter. Emano said that the distributed “face shields” are provided free to all provincial workers as part of the measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the workplace. He said that he has President Ambassador Benedicto Yujuico , Secretary General Ruben Pascual , Chamber Mgt Institute Chairman, instructed the provincial
Endorses April Reso earlier passed by PCCI Mindanao THE Philippines’ largest business group is pushing for active private sector representation and participation in the Inter-Agency Task Force against Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) in a bid to expedite the reopening of the country’s economy. The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) passed a strongly worded resolution on August 20, 2020 urging the IATF-EID to include the business sector in its policy decisions amidst the worst slump in the country’s economy in decades. See PUSHES, page 11
Rene Simbulan and Deputy Secretary General, Edwin Glindro with PCCI Mindanao Regional Governors.
Suspect in Maguindanao massacre collared after 10 years in hiding By CRIS DIAZ Executive Officer
CAGAYAN de Oro City--A suspect in the Ampatuan Massacre that killed 58 people, including 32 members of the press on Nov. 23, 2009 in Maguindanao, was arrested in Misamis Oriental, law enforcers said here. The suspect, identified as Nasser Adam, 45, married, who worked as a private Mindanao Regional Governors of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce & Industry security guard in a beverwith PCCI President Ambassador Benedicto Yujuico (4th from left) and Mindanao AVP age company in Tagolo-an, Ghaye Alegrio (4th from right).
See ADOPTS, page 11
Misamis Oriental, did not resist arrest when the warrant was served on him by elements of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) from Lanao Del Norte. Adam, now sporting a pseudo alias “Omar Kassim,” who carried a P 300,000 reward on his head, was in hiding for the past 10 years after the infamous Maguindanao massacre took place in Sitio Masalay in the vil-
lage of Salman, Ampatuan town. During an interview with the local media here, Adam, reportedly a relative of the Ampatuans, denied participation in the Maguindanao massacre, but alleged that he was only implicated in the carnage. Lt. Col. Napoleon Carpio, deputy chief of CIDG in Northern Mindanao, said that Adam was the subject See COLLARED, page 11
