MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH. JUSTICE. PROGRESS.
Volume IX, No. 246
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CAGAYAN de Oro City -- Public utility vehicles that have continued operating within the region amid the community quarantine implemented by local government units should observe “social distancing.” Aminoden Guro, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-10 (LTFRB-10) director, said on Friday “social
distancing” means that PUVs should reduce their regular number of passengers by at least 50 percent. Guro said the regulation was mandated by a joint order of the Department of Health and the Department of Transportation to prevent the potential spread of the 2019 coronavirus disease
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LTFRB-10 reminds PUVs to follow ‘social distancing’ See REMINDS, page 11
26,580 households in Bayugan City required to get home quarantine ID By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN Contributing Editor
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur--- At least 26,580 households in Bayugan City need to secure Home Quarantine Pass from the city hall which will be used by only one family member to buy food and medicines after the city was placed under general community quarantine on March 19. Bayugan City Mayor Kirk Asis issued Executive Order No. 65 Series of 2020 declaring the entire city of three urban barangays and 40 rural barangays under general community quarantine to regulate the movements of the residents outside their homes to avert the spread of the dreaded Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). It is the first time in the country that residents of an entire city are under home quarantine with their See REQUIRED, page 11
What used to be vibrant bus terminal in San Francisco town in Agusan del Sur teeming with all routes going to Davao, Butuan, Tandag and Bislig even on midnight is now eerie deserted transport public utility. photo supplied
NMMC doctors handling PUIs isolated By MARK FRANCISCO Correspondent
COVID-19 preventive measures at Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) are so strict that all doctors and nurses who are handling persons under investigation (PUIs) there aren’t allowed to go home even off duty. NMMC chief of hospital Jose Chan revealed this yesterday even as he said that they have provided a holding quarters for A sample of Bayugan City’s the Home these medical personnel to rest Quarantine Pass from the mobile phone after their 12-hour shift. showed by Ronald Anthony Briol , city “It is there where they will information officer.
sleep, it is there where they will eat,” Chan said during a press conference Saturday, March 21. The cycle is repeated for one whole week until they will be relieved by two other medical teams who will cover the 12-hour shifts each day for the next seven-day cycle. Chan said that each medical team is composed of seven doctors and nurses or a total of 14 personnel on duty for a one-week rotation. Within a 12-hour shift, each medical team is responsible for all
the PUIs confined at the hospital. Chan said he implemented this scheme to prevent a repeat of the case of the lone COVID-19 casualty at NMMC two weeks ago wherein all 50 hospital workers who cared for him were forced to undergo quarantine after he died due to the virus. As of Saturday (March 21), there are 12 PUIs admitted at NMMC - the designated regional hub for infectious diseases in Northern Mindanao. Of the 12, Chan said only one See ISOLATED, page 11
3 dead as truck rams quarantine checkpoint in Bukidnon By CDODev Admin
TWO barangay health workers and a barangay kagawad died and another was seriously injured after a 10-wheeler truck allegedly driven by a drunk driver rammed
into the quarantine checkpoint at Camp Uno, Maramag, Bukidnon. Incident happened at around 10:45pm, Friday, March 20, 2020. The three fatalities were identified as Jomalyn Buhayon and Margie
Maribao, both barangay health workers and Aldren Gaitera, a Brgy Kagawad. Both brgy health workers were declared dead on arrival at the Bukidnon Provincial Hospital while the brgy kagawad expired a few hours later
at another hospital. Meanwhile, seriously injured is Beth Lumanca, a barangay health worker. All are residents of North Poblacion, Maramag, Bukidnon. The suspect was identified as Jemuel Gumanon, 24 years old, a resident
of Kimanait, Pangantucan, Bukidnon. He is now detained at the Maramag Police Station. Initial reports gathered from news sources revealed the truck was speeding towards Don Carlos, Bukidnon when
it mowed the quarantine checkpoint which was manned by the victims as well as police and military personnel. The truck driver tried to escape but was chased and cornered by responding authorities.