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Volume IX, No. 288
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Friday June 5, 2020
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Misamis Oriental remains a COVID-19 free province Wife of Lanao Sur Town Mayor, of gunshot wounds
By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
MISAMIS ORIENTAL: The province of Misamis Oriental remains COVID-19 free from the dreaded virus that went pandemic in March this year, Gov. Yevgeny Vincente Emano announced Thursday. Emano cited the cooperation of the people of Misamis Oriental in implementation of the guidelines imposed by national InterAgency Task Force on the management of emerging infectious diseases. “With the cooperation of the people, the province of Misamis Oriental remains COVID-19 free until today,” Emano said. The governor also cited the provincial IATF headed by Dr. Jerie Calingasan for
By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: Rohaifa Guro, 26, wife of Lumbaca Unayan town Mayor Sumerado Guro, died of multiple gunshot wounds while undergoing treatment in a hospital here, the police announced Thursday. Maj. Ivan Biñas, the spokesperson of the city’s police office here, said that Rohaifa died a few hours after Guro’s vehicle was ambushed by unidentified riding tandem gunmen Wednesday morning in Iponan, Cagayan De Oro City.
See REMAINS, page 11
See GUNSHOT, page 11
Duterte gives DOH until June 9 to DOH-10 urges vulnerable sector to give infected health workers’ benefits be more cautious amid new normal By CNN Philippines Staff
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 4) — President Rodrigo Duterte ordered health authorities to immediately give compensation benefits to health workers infected with COVID-19. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, in an online briefing on Thursday, said Duterte is giving the Department of Health until June 9 to release the
money. Roque said the ultimatum is in response to the revelation made in a Senate hearing that no infected healthcare worker has received the benefits as promised in the Bayanihan to Heal As One Act. Senate Finance Committee chairperson Sonny Angara said it was because of the absence of implementing rules and regulations from the Department of Health.
The law, approved in March, grants P100,000 to healthcare workers with “severe” COVID-19 infection and P1 million to the families of those who died from the viral illness. The DOH assured on Wednesday that it was working on this and that department officials have been reaching out to the concerned families. Over 2,600 healthcare See GIVES, page 11
DOH-10 Regional Director Adriano Suba-an urges everyone to protect each other, and see the crisis as an opportunity to give back to the community, especially to the vulnerable sector. (VPSB/PIA10)
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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The Department of Health (DOH) is now intensifying its services for the vulnerable sectors in the midst of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. DOH-10 Regional Director Adriano Subaan said the health department would look after the health of the vulnerable groups in the society such as senior citizens, pregnant women, people with underlying health problems during this time of transition to the new normal. See URGES, page 11