MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XI, No. 033
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Saturday, July 31, 2021
Iligan Chamber, DTI continue to roll out support for MSMEs ILIGAN CIT Y -- The Chamber of Commerce & Industry Foundation of Iligan Inc. (CCIFII) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) are continuously rolling out support to assist the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) survive and thrive amid the global health crisis. CCIFII President Reggie Punongbayan said the Iligan Chamber with the support of DTI opened an MSME Help Desk to promote and safeguard the interest of MSMEs. “This is to empower the rising entrepreneurs in creating globally competitive MSMEs that are regionally integrated, resilient, sustainable and innovative especially this challenging time,” she said during the Kapehan sa Iligan Chamber with Philippine Information Agency Wednesday, July 28. Trade and Industry Development Specialist Ma. Welissa Domingo said DTI supports the advocacy of Iligan Chamber because they considered MSMEs as ‘drivers of inclusive growth and development of the economy.’ “The Help Desk will primarily serve as a conduit between the MSMEs, See CONTINUE, page 11
New PNP Chief visits Lanao, Marawi on Eid’l Adha By SONY SUDARIA, MDNN BARMM News Bureau Chief
MARAWI CITY - No less than newly-installed Philippine National Police Chief PGen Guillermo T. Eleazar conducted a surpise visitation in this city and Lanao del Sur during the celebration of Eid’l Adha. Eleazar met his men in uniform in the said province and examine the reported loss of confiscated firearms in Lanao del Sur Police Provincial Office at Camp Bagong Amai Pakpak in Marawi City. The top PNP official also met and talked with PNP leaders in the province and in Marawi City, including Governor Mamintal Alonto Jr, Vice Governor Mohammad Khalil Rai-in Adiong, TDIPO Western Mindanao PLTGEN Jose Chiquito M Malayo, TDPCR PMGEN Rhodel O. Semonia, Regional Director of PROBAR PB-
COTABATO CITY - The Ministry of Health led by Minister Dr. BASHARY A LATIPH handed over Barangay Health Station (BHS) to Barangay Datalpandan, Camp Bad’re, Guindulungan, Maguindanao and Barangay Talibadok, Camp Omar, Datu Hoffer Maguindanao July 28, Wednesday. This project was under the memorandum of agreement between the See GRACES, page 11
Unruffled
Ruffy Magbanua
Pandemic trade-off: losing a media friend (Editor’s note: This piece is a tribute to MDN Managing Editor Roel V. Pelone, a media colleague who succumed to the deadly Covid-19 virus, July 28).
WITH the onset of the Delta variant, it seems we are not seeing even a flicker of light at the end of the tunnel. FULL STORY on page 5
8 Cag. de Oro Delta variant patients recover Gen Eden T. Ugale, Brigade Commander of the 103rd Bgen Jose Maria Cuerpo II, Provincial Director Lanao del Sur PPO PColonel Rex O Derilo, the Ulamas, members of the provincial board, department heads of the provincial government of Lanao del Sur, Marawi Mayor Majul Gandamra, the Front commanders of MILF-BIAF MP AbdulSee VISITS, page 11
Health Minister Latiph graces Brgy Health Stations turn over By SONY SUDARIA BARMM News Bureau Chief
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By ERCEL MAANDIG and NEF LUCZON
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Eight patients of the Delta variant of the coronavirus here have recovered and their close contacts contained. The eight were confirmed after the Department of Health (DOH) informed the city government of the report of samples taken by the Philippine Genome Center (PGC), Mayor Oscar Moreno said in an online press briefing on Thursday. They are seven family members in Barangay Balulang, all recovered on July 15; and a Barangay Canitoan resident, who recovered on July 18. “All (eight cases) of them were certified recovered when DOH-10 released their swab samples. They will be extracted and placed immediately in isolation again while contact tracing is ongoing by our teams at the City Health Office (CHO),” Moreno said. Acting CHO head Dr. William Bernardo said the eight were certified See RECOVER, page 11