MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XI, No. 120
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NMMC’s conversion to 1,200 bed hospital gets Senate nod By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: The Senate approved, in third and final reading, the Rodriguez Bill converting the 600-bed Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) hospital to 1,200 bed. The approved House Bill 7974 was intended to upgrade the health care services and facilities of NMMC “to conform with and be commensurate to the bed capacity increase.” Deputy House Speaker Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, of Cagayan de Oro City, said on Thursday that HB 7974 also means more medical personnel, increase budget for personnel services, and maintenance and other operating expenses of the NMMC. See GETS, page 11
Photo show patients admitted outside the Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC)hospital ward at the height of COVID -19 surged due to lack of hospital beds. The Senate approves the conversion of the 600-bed hospital to a 1,200-bwd capacity. Another photo shows a medical personnel employs an advance machine that could openly administer and process X-Ray on patient even outside the hospital. Photos by Cris Diaz
PDEA nabs 3 MILF members for illegal drugs By JOEL CALAMBA ESCOL Managing Editor
MAGUINDANAO – A huge sachet of illegal drugs worth Php680,000 and an M14 rifle were seized by operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) from three men who claimed to be members
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of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) during an anti-drug operation in Datu Odin Sinsuat here on Monday. Also seized from the suspects were a Hyundai Accent car, a Suzuki multicab vehicle, and identification cards that were allegedly
issued by the MILF. Asnawi Salik, chief of PDEA Maguindanao, identified the suspects as Teng Saliguidan, 38, of Barangay Sta. Clara, Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat; Omra Usop, 23, and Guiadzali Quituar Kedtag, 34, both residents of Barangay Elian, Datu
Saudi in Maguindanao. Salik said the three suspects were arrested during a joint anti-drug operation with police and military operatives in Barangay Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat on Monday at around 4:00p.m. “We placed them under See NABS, page 11
By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: Five workers of a communication firm were charged with theft for stealing the telephone cable wire of the state-owned Department of Information and Technology (DICT) in Bukidnon, Residents line up to buy lugaw from volunteers during the rally of VP Leni Robredo See FACE, page 11
at Plaza Divisoria on Tuesday afternoon. Lugaw is sold at P5.00 per serve. gerry lee gorit
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