Killer mosquitoes kill 16 in 6 months TWO municipalities in South Cotabato province are planning to declare a state of calamity due to the rising cases of the deadly dengue fever these past months. Dr. Rogelio Aturdido Jr., head of the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO), said Tuesday the municipal councils of Surallah and
Tantangan are currently studying the move based on recommendations from their health offices. He said Surallah and Tantangan posted the second and third highest incidence of dengue among the province’s 10 towns and lone city from January to June this year. As of June 29, the IPHO’s epide-
miology and surveillance unit already recorded a total of 2,766 dengue cases and 16 confirmed deaths within the province. Such figure is about 128.4 percent higher when compared to the 1,200 cases reported in the same period last year. See KILLER, page 11
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Duterte allies no common candidate for House Speaker By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV MindaNews
DAVAO City--Allies of President Rodrigo R. Duterte who are eyeing the speakership of the House of Representatives failed to agree on a common candidate for the post in a meeting last Saturday here with Davao City 2nd District Rep. Paolo Duterte and Mayor Sara Duterte, Davao City 2nd District Representative Mylene Garcia-Albano, the spokesperson for the Duterte Alliance, said. Garcia-Albano said in an interview that Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez, Marinduque Rep. Lord Velasco and Taguig 1st district Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano had not made it clear if they would join the alliance and support the bid of Davao City
3rd District Rep. Isidro Ungab for the speakership. Ungab was was the candidate endorsed earlier by the alliance for the House’s top post. Garcia-Albano said the other contenders had maintained that they would be gunning for the speakership despite the position of the alliance against the termsharing agreement. “We are hoping that it was the start of the process to unify (the House of Representatives). We are hopeful indeed that it would be part of the process arriving at a consensus that can help to select the Speaker,” she said. She said she was unsure if they will be meeting again but added several meetings will be taking place in the coming days See ALLIES, page 11
Misamis Oriental Gov. Yevgeny Vincente Emano (left) shakes the hand of Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Sec. Mark Villar, while Ambassador of Japan to the Philippines Koji Haneda looks on, during the inauguration of the Tagoloan River Basin sub-project under the Flood Risk Management project for the Cagayan, Tagoloan, and Imus rivers, on Tuesday, July 9. photo by gerry lee gorit
DPWH inaugurates P778m flood control project in Misor By MARK FRANCISCO Correspondent
Provincial Governor Yevgeny Vincente “Bambi” Emano, of Misamis Oriental, assures the disabled and sickly person of free medical assistance from the provincial government. Emano personally attend to the needs of the people of Misamis Oriental who call on his office every Monday. While the daily schedule is hectic, Emano assigns the whole day every Monday as the day to entertain the people of Misamis Oriental. Photo by Cris Diaz
CAGAYAN de Oro City--Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar inaugurated on Tuesday the newly constructed flood protection dike aimed to mitigate flood damage in high risk areas in Tagoloan town, Misamis Oriental. Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koji Haneda and Governor Yevgeny Vincente Emano assisted Villar in unveiling of the marker of the new dike. Villar said the completion of the flood control structure will not only protect residents of Tagoloan and its neighboring coastal areas See FLOOD, page 11
Gov’t soldiers help rebuild classroom for kinder in Butig By DIVINA M. SUSON Correspondent
BUTIG, Lanao del Sur--Soldiers of the Army’s 49th Infantry Battalion have inaugurated on Monday morning (July 8), a classroom for more than 40 kindergarten children, aged 4 years old, of an elementary school in Barangay Ragayan, here. This after finding out that around 40 children, aged 4 to 5 years old, are squatting on the
floor as they hold their classes since the start of school year 2018-2019 in June. Built during Brigada Eskwela in May, the makeshift temporary learning space (TLS) has only roof to shed the children from the heat of the sun and from the rain, no walls, no kiddie tables, just few pieces of wooden long chairs voluntarily made by Wahab Macabayao, a husband See KINDER, page 11
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