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1,802 front liners in MisOr get vaccine jab
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By CRIS DIAZ, Executive Editor
PRRD upheld PH sovereignty by withdrawing from ICC: Andanar
ISAMIS ORIENTAL: A total of 1,802 front liners health workers coming from the eight Misamis Oriental provincial hospitals here have already availed of the anti-COVID-19 vaccination, Provincial IATF Chief Jerie Calingasan said Wednesday. Calingasan said that the number represented 93 percent of the targeted number of 1,944 scheduled for the anti-COVID-19 vaccination, including 944 health workers from the private hospitals operating in the province. Of the 944 private health workers, 899 already got the jabs or a total of 95 percent, while a total of 903 front liners of the 1000 health workers of the health workers from the provincial hospitals, or 90.3 percent were already vaccinated. The total number of vaccinated health workers also includes the privately-owned hospitals representing a total
number of 899 front liners or 95 percent of the targeted 944 health workers scheduled for vaccination. Calingasan expressed the optimism that once the second batch of the Aztra Zeneca vaccines will arrive in Misamis Oriental next month, more could avail of vaccine in line with the provincial government’s plan to vaccinate the largest number of people in the province. Since the massive inoculation of the anti-Covid-19 vaccine early March, the provincial IATF has not received any plaints of side effects after receiving the dose.
Curfew, liquor ban will not be lifted yet in Davao
By AZER PARROCHA, PNA
ACT OF GOODNESS. One single gesture of goodness means a lot for a lowly trisikad drivers plying the Abellanosa-Manuel Vega-Burgos streets in Cagayan de Oro City as they were surprisingly handed out with a gift pack yesterday containing few kilos of rice, canned goods and noodles from an unexpected philantropist, a woman they commonly call “Nanay” who owns a small store near their terminal. But for nanay Coleta Tolentino, sharing something for the less fortunate out of her small earnings especially at this time of the pandemic, was a joy that fills her heart as she celebrated her 86th birthday. Nanay Coleta said she chose the gift-giving activity rather than spend for lavish celebration for it is more gratifying. photo by rolando sudaria
By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV, MindaNews
DAVAO CITY – Curfew and liquor ban will not be lifted soon even after the city government of Davao eased the implementation of some coronavirus disease (COVID-19) quarantine protocols. Mayor Sara Duterte, during her live program over Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR 87.5) on Monday, said that further easing the quarantine protocols such as removing the ban on alcoholic beverages and 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew would encourage social gathering where the highly contagious disease could spread. “We will not [lift] liquor ban and The newly constructed baywalk in Barangay Baranayan, Palimbang in Sultan See CURFEW, page 11
Kudarat province serves as a vantage sunset viewing platform and promenade to locals and tourists. Taken 12 March 2021. mindanews photo by zaki c. sarmiento
President Rodrigo Duterte upheld Philippine sovereignty with his decision to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar said Wednesday. This, as he welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court that junked petitions questioning the validity of the country’s withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the ICC for being “moot and academic.” “We welcome the just and fair ruling of the SuSee UPHELD, page 11