MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume IX, No. 397
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Journalists must be prioritized in vaccination: Go By CHE PALICTE
DAVAO CITY – Media practitioners should be considered part of the priority groups for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination, Senator Christopher Lawrence Go said Thursday. In an interview on the sidelines Senator Christopher Lawrence Go. of the distribution of assistance to (PNA photo by Prexx Marnie Kate Trozo)
fisherfolk in the Island Garden City of Samal (Igacos), Go underscored the media’s role in informing the public about the effects of the pandemic. “They are like our front-liners. It is one of the important sectors in the community. They contributed a lot, especially on the information
National ID is free for life: PSA-11 See PRIORITIZED, page 11
By DANILO ADORADOR, III
DAVAO CITY – The national ID has no expiration date once issued to a Filipino citizen holder. “This can only be reversed by updating your demographic and biometric information or if it has a defect,” the Philippine National Statistics (PSA) 11 regional office said in a statement on Feb. 16. However, for foreign permanent residents in the Philippines or resident aliens, the national ID issued to them is only valid for one year. They have to renew it for succeeding years, according to PSA-11. But does a national ID does entail any cost? PSA-11 said national ID is free, although “there is a need to pay for the transfer of the lost or damaged See FREE, page 11
(From left) Misamis Oriental first district Rep. Juliette Uy, Sen. Christopher Lawrence Go, Department of Health 10 director Adriano Suba-an and Villanueva Mayor Jennie Mendez lays the capsule February 19, 2021 for the P400-million Northeastern Misamis General Hospital in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental. PHOTO BY MARK FRANCISCO
Customs confiscates P125M worth of cigarettes from China By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
Agents of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service of the Bureau of Customs-10 (BOC-10) led by its chief Oliver Valiente confiscated two container vans full of illegal cigarettes from China estimated to be worth P50 million. The shipment was intercepted by BOC-10 on Feb. 17. Earlier, three container vans containing the same contraband was also seized by the Customs agents. photo by gerry lee gorit
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Bureau of Customs-10 (BOC-10) has confiscated imported cigarettes estimated to be worth P125 million, according to Oliver Valiente, chief of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS). Valiente said they have been monitoring shipments from China leading to the confiscation of at least five container vans containing cigarettes. Each container has an approximate value
of P25 million. The first batch, three container vans, was detected by the Customs police sometime last week and the second shipment arrived at the Mindanao Container Terminal sub-port on Feb. 14, he said. Valiente placed the estimated value of the cargo at P50 million per container van, although the BOC-10 will still determine the actual worth of the cigarettes. He said they were ordered to monitor the vessels containing the cigarettes,
whose brands were Marvels and Two Moons. The latest cargo, he said, stopped by at the ports of Manila and Davao before proceeding to the MCT. It was subjected to a spot check on Feb. 16. “We were able to track the vessel, and upon verification it was positive that the container vans contained cigarettes,” Valiente said. He said the cigarettes were wrongfully declared as pieces of furniture. Valiente identified the See CONFISCATES, page 11