MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XI, No. 011
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Thursday, June 10, 2021
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As hospitals run low on supply
CDO allots P5-M to buy antiviral drug By FROILAN GALLARDO MindaNews
CAGAYAN DE ORO — Face d with mounting COVID-19 cases, the city government here plans to buy a thousand vials of the antiviral drug Remdesivir as hospitals are running low on supply. During the meeting of the City Council’s Committee on health and health insurance last Thursday, Sheila Ratunil of the City Health Insurance Office said city budget office would be allocating P5 million to buy Remdesivi which the Department of Health describes as “an investigational drug for COVID-19 that requires compassionate use permit from the Food and Drug Administration.” Ratunil said the P5 million would be used to purchase 1,000 vials of Remdesivir at 4,500 to 5,000 pesos a vial. City Health Officer Lorraine Nery said local hospitals including the state-run Northern Mindanao Medical Center started running
Bureau of Customs 10 district collector John Simon (center) cuts the ribbon, inaugurating the new office of the Chamber of Customs Brokers, Inc. Northern Mindanao chapter inside Phividec compound in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. With him are (from right) chamber president Edgar Rey Gallana, vice president for internal affairs Merlyn Venci and director Dario Amalata. PHOTO COURTESY OF JUNICA MAE VENCI
Marawi CSO leader reaffirms satisfaction on Marawi rehab By LOU ELLEN L. ANTONIO
OSM: Himugso 2021 to push through
Now is the best time to call on Himugso’s ‘Indomitable Spirit’
MARAWI CITY -- Marawi Civil Society Organizations Convergence Group lead Mayor Oscar convenor Padoman Paporo Moreno conveyed her satisfaction calls on the with the full blast implemenKagay-anons tation of the rehabilitation Indomitable of this city. Spirit best “At this point in time, examplified by the Himugso the Marawi rehabilitation Festival to is doing well. It is a work defeat the in progress. We are happy covid-19 to note that it began in July scourge. (CIO See REAFFIRMS, page 11
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By MIKE BAÑOS Editor at large
CAGAYAN de Oro City’s Himugso Festival is pushing through despite the city’s MECQ quarantine status. “I have received an advisory from the city tourism office suggesting we cancel Himugso but I said no, what See CALL, page 11