Mindanao Daily (July 10-11, 2020)

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MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH. JUSTICE. PROGRESS.

Volume IX, No. 304

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Fri-Sat, July 10-11, 2020

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Cagayan de Oro eyes odd-even scheme to solve traffic woes

CAGAYAN de Oro City -- If plans dont miscarry, the odd-even scheme will soon be implemented in the city apparently to decongest the traffic. This after Vice Mator Raineir Joaquin V. Uy referred to the City Council committee on public utilities chaired by Councilor Teodulfo E. Lao Jr. for appropriate action the proposal to implement odd-even scheme in Cagayan de Oro. The odd-even scheme is one of the recommendations submitted by the National Confederation of Transport Workers Union to the legislative body to decongest the traffic volume in the city. In a letter, the transport workers union cited that the scheme will give operators and drivers enough time to conduct regular maintenance work for their Workers and officials of Barangay Mahayahay, Iligan City visit house-to-house, hours respective vehicles. before the ‘focused containment’ imposed in some parts of the two puroks on WednesSee EYES, page 15

day, July 8, as the city’s first local transmission is recorded here. (Divina M. Suson)

Iligan City locks down 2 ‘puroks’ after recording first local transmission By DIVINA M. SUSON Correspondent

ILIGAN CITY -- The local Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) here imposed on Wednesday (July 8) “focused containment” to parts of two ‘puroks’ (community) in Barangay Mahayahay. This after the first local transmission was recorded according to City Health Officer Dr. Cherlina Cañaveral. Cañaveral said the patient, coded as IC21, is a 30-year old male, a resident of Purok Adelfa, Barangay Mahayahay. IC21 is an employee of a private company who ‘worked-from-home’ when the enhanced community quarantine started in March

until June according to Cañaveral. “On June 15, he went to Maranding (Lala town, in Lanao del Norte) to check on something that has to do with his work. He did not stay long in Maranding, he immediately went home in Iligan City,” Cañaveral said. On July 1, IC21 was instructed by his company to report to his office in Cagayan de Oro City for swabbing as company’s requirement to employees who were advised to return to office work after months of working from home. He was swabbed for the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test. The testing, See LOCAL, page 15

Davao City ‘model’ in Covid-19 response: PCOO chief By AZER PARROCHA

PRESIDENTIAL Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar on Thursday hailed Davao City as a “model” for other local governments in coronavirus disease (Covid-19) response. In a statement, he praised Davao City Sara Duterte for her “proactive approaches” in preventing the spread of Communications Secretary Covid-19 in Davao City and Martin Andanar (File photo) mitigating the impacts of the

pandemic to Dabawenyos. “Mayor Sara Duterte’s effective government inter ventions have aided Dabawenyos in their daily struggles as they found themselves confined in their homes and lacking a stable source of income and resources, following the strict implementation of community quarantines,” he said. Andanar said Davao City’s four types of food relief programs: food ra-

tion, agri-food, hot mealson-wheels, and the rice distribution program, provided basic necessities and sustenance for the majority of Dabawenyos which encouraged them to stay indoors. He said Davao City also successfully implemented the national government’s Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/DisShows a battleship anchored at the wharf of Subic Bay placed Workers or TUPAD believed to have been stranded for almost 3 months now Program to assist due to the Covid 19 restrictions July 5, 2020, photo by See MODEL, page 15

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