MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XII, No. 030
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Thursday, July 28, 2022
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Cag. de Oro biz group eyes new partners for agri-processing plant By NEF LUCZON
The League of the Municipal Mayors of the Philippines...Misamis Oriental chapter headed by Medina Mayor Donato Chan with the presence of Misamis Oriental Governor Peter Unabia, Vice Governor Jigjag Pelaez, and Misamis Oriental 2nd District Congressmen Bambi Emano and First District Christian Unabia with Cagayan de Oro First District Cong Lordan Suan. (Photo grab from Peter Unabia Facebook Page)
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (Oro Chamber) has found new partners for the possible construction of a five-story building serving as a display area-cum-processing plant for coffee, cacao, and cashew products. Oro Chamber president Raymundo Talimio Jr. said the Italian Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines (ICCP) will initially embark on feasibility studies for the structure’s ideal location to boost local farmers’ products through the facility called “3Cs Museum.” “On the ground floor, we plan to have a showroom of the locally made products, and on the upper levels the production floor for coffee, cacao, and cashew,” Talimio said in an interview Tuesday. Talimio said this would not only benefit the local
farmers in the city but also those from nearby provinces and regions. He said the Department of Science and Technology has shown interest in supporting the project with innovation technology incubation, and with the Embassy of India in supporting the development of cashew farming and production in the city. “Pueblo de Oro (Development Corporation) has also signified about allowing part of its nature reserve (property) for feasibility (study) on whether it can be planted with cacao,” Talimio said. He said the 3C’s museum has long been planned by the Oro Chamber, but it only recently found its footing after talks with ICCP at the recent Mindanao Business Conference in May this year. Mindanao Food Congress See EYES, page 11
DOLE to collaborate with other CM Ebrahim welcomes Health OIC agencies in upskilling workers Vergeire, team; discusses jab updates By ASANGAN T. MADALE Contributor
By FERDINAND PATINIO
MANILA – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will join forces with other agencies to further enhance the skills of Filipino workers. Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said employees with additional skills would have better and higherpaying opportunities. “With the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, reverted to the fold of the Department of Labor and Employment, we will concentrate vigorously in coordination with the other departments to upskill workers, to answer and respond to the needs and requirements of emerging and growth industries,” he said at the post-State of the
Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma (PNA Avito C. Dalan)
Nation Address Economic Briefing 2022 held at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City on Tuesday. L a g u e s m a s ai d t h e growth industries, which they identified based on labor market studies, are
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manufacturing, services, agriculture, tourism, construction, information technology, and business process outsourcing. At the same time, DOLE is looking to assist students in learning proper skills to See COLLABORATE, page 11
COTABATO CITY— Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim welcomed today, July 21, a delegation of the Department of Health (DOH) headed by its Officer-incharge (OIC) Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire inside the Bangsamoro Government Center. Chief Minister Ebrahim thanked the DOH delegation for their continued support to the regional government’s vaccination effort. “Let me express my gratitude to DOH delegation. We are quite aware that in BARMM, the challenge is still very much high as far as vaccination is concerned,” shared by CM Ebrahim.
Vergeire, who has been designated by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. last week, is the first national official to visit the Bangsamoro Government after the official assumption of the new administration. Sharing the purpose of the visit, Vergeire disclosed that during the time that
vaccination is slowing down in big parcel of the country, they have observed that BARMM vaccination is still continually increasing since April. “We wanted to go here first kasi gusto namin maki-ride on doon sa opportunity na mataas ang See WELCOMES, page 11