MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XII, No. 013
www.mindanaodailynews.com
Thu-Fri, June 16-17, 2022
Newly elected City Mayor vows to fight illegal drugs By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
Caraga tallies 83% vax rate among seniors By ALEXANDER LOPEZ
BUTUAN CITY – Caraga Region has recorded an 83.5 percent rate in the vaccination of senior citizens in the area. In a report Tuesday, the Department of Health– Caraga (DOH-13) said 340,752 coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines alone have been administered to senior citizens as of Sunday (June 12). See TALLIES, page 11
Newly elected Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Rolando Uy
Pinoys urged to tighten belts, brace for looming recession By FILANE MIKEE CERVANTES
MANILA – A House leader on Tuesday urged Filipinos to tighten their belts to brace for the looming global recession in the coming months. Deputy Speaker and Davao City Rep. Isidro Ungab said Filipinos should be prepared and must plan on how to budget their income
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: Newly elected Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Rolando Uy on Tuesday pledged to strengthen the local police in the fight against illegal drugs and criminality here. In a talked with the Mindanao Daily News, Uy said he will provide all the 10 existing police stations with brand new police cars to enable the police to immediately respond to calls for police assistance. At present, most of the police stations in the city has no decent police patrol cars depriving the law enforcers
of the required mobility that demands quick response. Uy said that he will utilize the city’s approved intelligence funds in the fight against illegal drugs and all forms of criminality to be able to create a safer and peaceful community. The City Council has approved a P 159 million intelligence fund for the incumbent and outgoing city Mayor Oscar Moreno for the year 2022. However, a police officer who talked on condition he not be identified, said that the incumbent city administration failed to extend sufficient support to the local police.
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IMPROVED DESIGN. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Mindanao Regional Office presents the new PHP1,000 bill in Davao City Monday (June 13, 2022). The agency said the note will be circulated in Mindanao soon. (Contributed photo)
New polymer banknotes need more care: BSP By CHRISTINE CUDIS
DAVAO CITY – Officials of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Mindanao Regional Office urged the public Monday to treat the new polymer banknote with care, as simply stapling it can be considered as “intended mutilation” punishable by law. “Those who are See NEED, page 11
Festival-goers with fake vax cards will be jailed
and expenses, as the country faces a worldwide increase in inflation rate, skyrocketing fuel prices, looming food shortage, and the prolonged Russia-Ukraine War. By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN Ungab said on top of Contributing Editor all these, another possible spike in coronavirus disease PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del (Covid-19) cases is projected Sur -- Gov. Santiago Cane, Jr. has warned festival-goers See URGED, page 11 of Naliyagan Festival 2022 who are presenting fake vaccination cards at the entrance gates will surely be put in jail. Cane told reporters at the press conference at the opening of the week-long festivities from June 1217 that he received intelligence reports that some unscrupulous peddlers in San Francisco town are selling fake COVID-19 vaccination cards to unvaccinated tricycle drivers to gain entry inside the venue of the event. The yearly Naliyagan Festival resumed after two years of hiatus due to the pandemic but with the observance of strict health measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
A policeman checks vaccination card at the entrance of the Naliyagan Plaza grounds in Prosperidad, Agusan, del Sur where the week-long Naliyagan Festival 2022, which started Sunday (12 June 2022), is being held. Gov. Santiago Cane Jr. has warned that those carrying fake vaccination cards will be jailed. Photo by DODZ NOTARION of the ADS Provincial Public Information Office
The official policy re- vaccination and a valid iden- be allowed entry. The festival is the biggest quires festival-goers to tification card for counterSee FAKE, page 11 present proof of complete checking, or they will not