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BY CRIS DIAZ, Executive Editor
AGAYAN de Oro City - Forty health workers at the government-owned Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) here will undergo “debriefing” on reporting to work Tuesday.
Dr. Jose Chan, NMMC ers known as “front liners” Medical Director, said that went on a 14-day “selfsome of the 40 health workSee UNDERGO, page 11
The Filipino-Chinese community of Cagayan de Oro led by its designated de facto chairman Efren Uy donates P1 million worth of medical supplies to Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) in Cagayan de Oro City. Constituting the medical supplies are alcohol, moisturuzers, sanitizing gels, disinfectants, medical protective wear, knapsack sprayers and face shields, among others. NMMC is the regional hub for infectious diseases in Northern Mindanao. The Filipino-Chinese community of Cagayan de Oro is composed of 22 organizations including business chambers, fraternities, schools and martial arts organizations. photo by mark francisco
Fil-Chinese Community aid gov’t hospitals By MIKE BAÑOS
THE Filipino Chinese Community of Cagayan de Oro is mobilizing much needed medical supplies to assist two government hospitals at the front line of the fight
against the COVID-19 coronavirus. “We will be donating P1-million worth of medical supplies requested by the Northern Mindanao
Medical Center on Monday, March 23, 2020, to assist them in coping with the influx of persons under investigations (PUI) and persons under monitoring (PUM),” said Efren Uy, See AID, page 11
Bottles of chlorine disinfectant for free to clients of San Francisco Water District in San Francisco, Agusan del Sur. photo courtesy of san francisco water district
See AID, page 11
Water district offers free services to LGUs on making disinfectants vs. COVID-19 By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN
SAN FRANCISCO,Agusan del Sur--- The local water utility here has offered local government units in the province free technical services on the proper use of the water-based chlorine
disinfectant to combat the dreaded coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). “We want to help capacitate local government units from the municipality down to the purok level
on the right mixture of chlorine and water and the proper application when disinfecting open areas of their surroundings to keep it COVID-19 free,” said Elmer Luzon, general manager of Ruben Jarabata Jr, senior chemist of San Francisco Water District, prepares the right San Francisco Water District mixture of a water-based chlorine disinfectant that will eliminate the coronavirus living See FREE, page 11
on surfaces. The disinfectant is given free to clients visiting their office. chris v. panganiban
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The barangay local government unit of Sangcay Dansalan distributed rice, canned goods and water to their IDP-constituents sheltered in transitory housing units in barangays Sagonsonogan, Mipaga, and Rorogagus. (BLGU Sangcay Dansalan) (Inset photo) Barangay Marinaut West local government units distributed 5 kilos of rice to their constituents in transitory shelters and some home-based IDPs. (BLGU Marinaut West)
Marawi BLGUs distribute food packs to IDPs amid COVID-19 threat
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ARAWI CITY -Some barangay local government units (BLGU) of this city started to distribute food packs to their constituents amid the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) threat. The internally displaced persons (IDPs) of Barangay Sangcay Dansalan sheltered in transitory housing units in barangays Sagonsonogan, Mipaga and Rorogagus, received the rice, canned goods and water from the BLGU of Sangcay Dansalan. Camid Gandamra Jr, chairman of Barangay Sangcay Dansalan, said that they are prioritizing their constituents who are in transitory shelters. “Kami po ay humihingi ng lubos na pang-unawa sa aming nasasakupang barangay (Sangkay) pati na ang mga
kabarangay nating nakatira sa iba't- ibang karatig na siyudad na hindi po natin lahat mabibigyan ng sabay-sabay na ayuda. Sa kadahilanang limitado lang po ang ating galaw at mapagkukunan ng mga pangunahing pangangailangan dahil sa kasalukuyang krisis. Aming pong sinisikap na matugunan ang inyong pangangailangan sa abot ng aming makakaya,” said Gandamra through their Facebook page. [We ask for the full understanding of our constituents (Sangkay) as well as those living in different neighboring cities that we cannot provide you simultaneously. For the reason that our resources are limited due to the current crisis. We always strive to meet your needs to the best of our ability.]
Meanwhile, Sarah Asnarezah Lomondot Abato, chairwoman of Barangay Marinaut West, shared that they distributed 5 kilos of rice to their constituents in transitory shelters and some home-based IDPs. “We intend to give the relief through house-to-house distribution to minimize people going out and to help prevent the spread of the virus,” Abato added. As part of the efforts to control the spread of the COVID-19, Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal A. Adiong Jr. and Marawi City Mayor Majul Gandamra have issued Joint Executive Order (EO) No. 002 placing the Lanao del Sur province, including Marawi City, in an enhanced community quarantine. (LELA/ PIA ICIC)
DILG 10 calls for punong brgys to encourage people to stay at home With the increasing number of Persons Under Investigation (PUIs) and Persons Under Monitoring (PUMs) of coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 in the region, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)-10 calls for the punong barangays to help in encouraging their constituents to stay at home. “When we protect ourselves by staying at home, we are also protecting our family, our barangay, and even our country as a whole,” said DILG 10 Regional Director Arnel M. Agabe. “That is why we need the support of our Punong Barangays, through the active assistance of the Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams (BHERTs), to help in reminding their
constituents of the importance of staying at home,” he added. With this, DILG 10 encourages the barangays to conduct recorrida and/or post announcements in conspicuous places to tell their constituents to stay home and only go out when it is really necessary. As per Department of Health (DOH), those who need to be extra cautious are those who are of old age, pregnant women, and those with preexisting medical conditions such as diabetes, cancer, heart disease, chronic respiratory disease, and even those with weak immune system. Considering this, there is a need for the BHERTs to intensify their information education campaign against COVID-19 and see
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to it that social distancing, or the practice of reducing close contact between people to slow the spread of diseases, is being practiced in their community. Thus, this includes the prohibition of any group gatherings. Agabe reiterated the need for local government units and punong barangays to ensure strict compliance on the prohibition of mass gatherings such as public assemblies, common religious congregations and other similar activities that prevent social distancing. He added that the government asks for the full support not only from barangay officials but also from the public as well to prevent and contain the spread of COVID-19. (DILG10/PIA10)
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DPWH deploys decon showers in Iligan amid COVID-19 threat
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LIGAN City -– With Iligan City now implementing an Enhanced Community Quarantine in an attempt to contain the coronavirus outbreak, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPW) Lanao del Norte 2nd District Engineering Office (LDN2 DEO)
has successfully built a prototype of a mobile decontamination shower for dispatch to the entry and exit points of the city. “This is our humble contribution to the fight against coronavirus. We need to be united as one nation, as Filipinos, to win this great war against an
invisible enemy,” said District Engineer Alykhan Ali. Normally, decontamination showers are used as temporary sanitary facilities for chemical accident cleanup, rescue operations, training exercises, and emergency response. contaminants. The showers flush users The decontamination with water to wash away showers fabricated by DPWH-LDN2 DEO will spray a fine mist of disinfectant solution that will cover the entire body of those who will pass through the mobile decontamination facility. Four disinfection tents will be set-up alongside the boundary checkpoints
in Brgy. Dalipuga, Brgy. Abuno, Brgy. Buru-un and in Suarez national highway. Among those expected to utilize the tents are healthcare workers, emergency frontliners, select government workers, farmers, cargo drivers, skeletal workforce of businesses offering basic services and commodities, media personnel, and hotel employ-
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ees. They are the groups of people exempted from the lockdown. “Studies have now shown that the coronavirus can survive for up to 4 hours on surfaces, there is, therefore, a clear need for a disinfection or decontamination facility in the entry and exit points,” added District Engineer Ali. (VNL/ DPWH-LDN2 PIO)
PUI dies, 5 others cleared of Covid-19 in Zambo By TEOFILO GARCIA, JR. and R. G. ANTONET GO
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- A patient under investigation (PUI) for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) died Saturday while still waiting for the test result from the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), a health official said. DPWH employees participate in the testing phase of the mobile decontamination Dr. Dulce Amor Mishower which will be set-up alongside boundary checkpoints as Iligan City declares ravite, City Health Office coronavirus lockdown. (VNL/DPWH-LDN2 PIO)
chief, said Monday said that the PUI is a married 57-year-old female from this city and was admitted March 18 at a local hospital where she died. Miravite said the fatality was one of the 28 PUIs they have recorded since January in this southern port city. The Department of
Health (DOH) said in a statement that the PUI is a known diabetic with travel history to the United Kingdom in January 2020 including a local travel. DOH said the patient had “an initial working diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), to consider PUI for Covid-19 and subsequently expired on March 21, 2020”. See CLEARED, page 11
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Perfectionism
Many of us believe perfectionism is a positive. You may count me in. More often than I’d like to admit, something seemingly inconsequential will cause the same feeling to rear its head again. Something as small as accidentally squashing the makeup, I was bringing my first girlfriend’s family for Christmas can tumble around in my mind for several days, accompanied by occasional voices like “How stupid!” and “You should have known better”. Falling short of a bigger goal, even when I know achieving it would be nearimpossible, can temporarily flatten me. When a former agent told me that she knew I was going to write a book someday but that the particular idea I’d pitched her didn’t suit the market, I felt deflated in a gut-punching way that went beyond disappointment. The negative drowned out the positive. “You’re never going to write a book,” my internal voice said. “You’re not good enough.” That voice didn’t care that this directly contradicted what the agent actually said. And, up to now, I didn’t finish my first book, yet... It’s already 2020... . That’s the thing about perfectionism. It takes no prisoners. If I’ve struggled with perfectionism, I’m far from alone. The tendency starts young – and it’s becoming
more common. Thomas Curran and Andrew Hill’s recent meta-analysis of rates of perfectionism from 1989 to 2016, the first study to compare perfectionism across generations, found significant increases among more recent undergraduates in the US, UK and Canada. In other words, the average college student last year was much more likely to have perfectionistic tendencies than a student in the 1990’s or early 2000’s. “As many as two in five kids and adolescents are perfectionists,” says Katie, who researches child development and perfectionism at West Virginia University. “We’re starting to talk about how it’s heading toward an epidemic and public health issue.” The rise in perfectionism doesn’t mean each generation is becoming more accomplished. It means we’re getting sicker, sadder and even undermining our own potential. Here is another great example: a perfectionist, French Claude Monet often destroyed his paintings in a temper while saying, ‘My life has been nothing but a failure’. Perfectionism, after all, is an ultimately self-defeating way to move through the world. It is built on an excruciating irony: making, and admitting, mistakes is a necessary part of growing and learning and being human. It also makes you
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better at your career and relationships and life in general. By avoiding mistakes at any cost, a perfectionist can make it harder to reach their own lofty goals. But the drawback of perfectionism isn’t just that it holds you back from being your most successful, productive self. Perfectionistic tendencies have been linked to a laundry list of clinical issues: depression and anxiety (even in children), self-harm, social anxiety disorder and agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, binge eating, anorexia, bulimia, and other eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, insomnia, hoarding, dyspepsia, chronic headaches, and, most damning of all, even early mortality and suicide. “It’s something that cuts across everything, in terms of psychological problems,” says Sarah Egan, a senior research fellow at the Curtin University in Perth who specializes in perfectionism, eating disorders and anxiety. Culturally, I learned, we often see perfectionism as a positive. Even saying you have perfectionistically tendencies can come off as a coy compliment to yourself; it’s practically a stock answer to the “What’s your worst trait?” question in job interviews. (Past employers, now you know! I wasn’t just being cute).
Klaus Doring
It is difficult to tell who is motivated and conscientious and who is a perfectionist. In my daily teaching in Davao , I met the student who works hard and gets a poor mark. If she/her tells herself: “I’m disappointed, but it’s okay; I’m still a good person overall,” that’s healthy. If the message is: “I’m a failure. I’m not good enough,” that’s perfectionism. That inner voice criticizes different things for different people – work, relationships, tidiness, fitness. My own tendencies may differ greatly from somebody else’s. It can take someone who knows me well to pick up on them. (When I messaged one of my friends I was writing this story, he immediately sent back a long line of laughing emojis). Perfectionists can make smooth sailing into a storm, a brief ill wind into a category-five hurricane. At the very least, they perceive it that way. And, because the ironies never end, the behaviors perfectionists adapt ultimately, actually, do make them more likely to fail. Thinking of perfectionism, makes me think of my own childhood peppered See PERFECTIONISM, page 11
William R. Adan, MindaNews
Communicating lockdown NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental – In a lockdown or in any measure on account of a national crisis, the first order of the day is to communicate assurance. The government should communicate to the affected people in unequivocal and coherent manner to persuade, and for them to understand the situation – the purpose, the sacrifices needed, and the benefits for one and all of the restrictions required by the circumstance. All plans attendant to the exigencies need to be comprehensive and clear, not to come to the public in trickle and piecemeal, to avoid varied interpretations, confusion and uncertainties. By all means, uncertainties should be eschewed because they scare and drive people to abnormal behaviors, like panic buying, hoarding, food riots and other destructive mob activities. In a lockdown, since there would be work stoppage and income deprivation especially among daily wage earners, food rationing becomes a necessity. This should be incumbent in the lockdown plan to be communicated to the public to avert fear and
insecurity. But, in the pandemic crisis at hand, it is doubtful if there’s still any merit in continuing the Metro Manila lockdown or community quarantine, much more in enhancing it with stringent restrictions and expanded coverage to include the whole of Luzon. Certainly, the authorities are aware that there was a massive uncontrolled movement of people away from Metro Manila during the two-day grace period prior to the implementation of the lockdown. Hence, the virus has already spread far and wide before the lockdown hit the ground. The purpose of the lockdown which is primarily to contain the spread of the dreaded viral disease was already lost by said unchecked dispersal of people, thanks to the early announcement of the lockdown while the guidelines to implement it were still being forged. Maybe, it is reasonable and expedient, after what happened, to just allow the virus to take its course and wait for its natural inactivity or death like the seasonal flu or colds. The people, however,
should continue to maintain healthy lifestyle and precautionary measures against viral infection. Meanwhile, while waiting for the run of nature, the government ought to augment stock inventories for more medicines to address flu and pneumonia, the diseases associated to coronavirus infection, to respond to the needs of victims. With the lockdown, the people, instead of worrying with just one, are now being devoured by fear of two monsters: coronavirus and hunger. The hunger fear is scarier than the other because its adverse effects are immediate and can drive anyone to anger and madness. Indeed, considering the restrictions that prohibit many to earn a living, it becomes imperative to go into food rationing. Maybe, it’s not yet late for planners to devise a comprehensive plan for rapid acquisition and continuous augmentation of inventories and storage of food supplies in strategic locations, and for a rational strategy on the allocation and peaceful distribution of food packages and disinfectants, especially in depressed
areas at the duration of the lockdown. Aside from locking down Luzon, the entire country is now placed in a State of Calamity. The exigencies require, more and more, that government authorities communicate what plans they have and forthcoming in manner that is coherent, unequivocal and easy to understand. Guidelines in implementing the lockdown and State of Calamity should be clear, consistent and are applicable to all areas covered by the declarations and should not be left to the interpretation of local executives or to those manning checkpoints and other fronts. Different interpretations and applications often lead to confusion, tension, ruckus, and chaos. Bellicose situations are things to avoid at this time when we need cooperation, understanding and unity in weathering away the crisis. (MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. William R. Adan, Ph.D., is retired professor and former chancellor of Mindanao State University at Naawan, Misamis Oriental, Philippines.)
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19 Filipino tablighs positive for COVID-19 quarantined in Malaysia By FERDINANDH B. CABRERA, MindaNews
COTABATO CIT Y — Nineteen Muslim Filipinos who attended the recent tabligh gathering in
Malaysia have been placed under medical quarantine there after testing positive for the coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19), the National Commission on Muslim Filipino-Region 12 said Monday. A total of 215 Muslim Filipinos attended the con-
vention held from February 27 to March 1 at the Jamek Sri Petaling mosque near Kuala Lumpur — 115 from Lanao del Sur including Marawi City, and 100
A popular arcade of souvenir shops in Davao City has closed on Friday ( March 20, 2020). City Mayor Sara DuterteCarpio has ordered the temporary closure of malls and some business establishments starting March 19 midnight as part of the preventive measures against Covid-19. mindanews photo
from Basilan, Sulu, TawiTawi and other parts of the country. In a phone interview, Mama Sinsuat, NCMF-12 director, said the Malaysian Ministry of Health informed him about the condition of the 19 Muslim Filipinos. “There was no clearance for them to go back after medical check-ups found them positive for COVID-19,” he said. Two of the Filipino Muslims who attended the gathering and had gone back were earlier found positive of COVID-19. One of them died in Marawi City a week ago. Three others were classified as persons under investigation (PUI). The Malay Mail, a Malaysian newspaper, earlier reported that 513 Malaysians who attended the gathering had tested positive of the virus. The tabligh convention drew around 16,000 participants from different countries, 14,500 of them Malaysians. Sinsuat said the Ma-
laysian Ministry of Health provided him the names of 14 of those who attended from the Philippines. He added he would relay to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) the names for them to help in the contract tracing. Mohammad Asnin Pendatun, BARMM Cabinet secretary and COVID-19 Inter-Agency Task Force spokesperson, said they have 159 names out of the 196 believed to have returned to the country. Sinsuat admitted they were having difficulty tracing the tabligh attendees “because the event was informal and that there was no coordination conducted by the delegates with the NCMF.” Even the head of the delegation has not been identified because there was a lack of coordination, he said. Sinsuat said most of the tabligh missionaries from the Philippines travelled to Malaysia by sea through the backdoors in Tawi-tawi and Palawan.
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Hotels as temporary quarters for health workers mulled
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By MARK FRANCISCO
N official of the largest business organization in Cagayan de Oro City is proposing for hotel rooms to be used as temporary residences for he alth frontliners while they are on their two-week duty cycle. It can be recalled that the
Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) has implemented a two-week duty rotation to minimize the exposure of its workers caring persons under investigation (PUIs) of COVID-19 cases. This prompted former Oro Chamber president Irene Floro to propose that
hotels be used as temporary quarters for health workers. This, even as Floro admitted that hotel occupancies in the city have tremendously dropped since Luzon implemented its community quarantine two weeks ago followed by Cebu and Cagayan de Oro City a week later. Hotels together with other sectors constitute the
more than 400 members of the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc. "Kining ako suggestion lang. Maayo unta ma-utilize ang mga vacant rooms as ato social responsibility sa mga health workers," Floro said. Floro revealed that some health frontliners are hesi-
tant to go home in between breaks of their two-week shift cycle due to the risks of their work. Those who are considered as health frontliners in this COVID-19 vigilance are NMMC personnel (doctors, nurses, medical technologists, etc.) in contact with PUIs, Department of Health (DOH) personnel doing contact tracing
of these PUIs, city and municipal health office personnel doing thermal duties at ports of entry and checkpoints and barangay health workers supervising persons under monitoring (PUM). As of March 23, there were ten PUIs confined at NMMC, the designated hub for infectious diseases in Northern Mindanao.
BDO warns clients of fraud amidst COVID-19 With the recent move by some Philippine banks to extend the payment dues
of loans and credit cards by 30 to 60 days, scammers are using the familiar ploy of
sending out emails or calling customers and posing as a “legit” bank personnel
offering a loan payment details and OTP (one-time extension. The intention password) of the customers here is to get the account so fraudsters can take over the account. Because of this, BDO Unibank is reiterating important reminders to clients and the general public to combat fraud: 1. Do not share personal information. Personal information consists of bank account numbers, usernames, passwords, or One-Time Pins (OTP). Using this information, scammers can steal identities, access online bank accounts, and steal money. Personal information can also include birthdays, mother’s maiden name, the street where one grew up in—any unique information about the user can be used by the scammer to unlock online bank accounts. The bank advises all to be prudent in posting personal info on social media channels. If profile is public, best keep it on private mode for added protection. 2. Do not click on website links. Fraud attacks can also aron hingpit ang pagmoni- come in the form of emails, tor sa mga tawo nga sulod ug SMS messages, phone calls, gawas sa Misamis Oriental. or messages via social media
Checkpoint pasulod-gawas sa 1st district sa MisOr gisugdan na ALAS 6:00 sa buntag dihang gipahigayon sa PNPMisamis Oriental Provincial Police Office ang ilang checkpoint nga nagsugod sa lungsod sa Jasaan paingon sa Magsaysay. Matag motorista gipahunong ug gipaagi sa foot bath dayon gikuhaan sa ilang mga body temperature pagtino kon gihilantan ba kini o wala. Gipangulohan sa Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office ug local government units sakop sa ikaduhang distrito sa lalawigan ang nasangpit nga checkpoint. Matud ni Provincial Police Office chief Coronel Robert Roy Bahian buhaton nila kini 24 oras sulod sa pito ka adlaw aron lang masiguro ang kaluwasan sa publiko, hilabina batok
sa coronavirus disease 2019 pak niini magatubang ug posibleng silot sa kagam(COVID-19). Sa tanang motorista hanan. Gihingusgan kini nga molapas sa 37.5 degree Celsius ang temperature temporaryong i-hold aron makuhaan og detalye subay sa lagda sa Department of Health, ug tambagan nga ipaubos ang kaugalingon sa self-quarantine o kaha dalhon gilayon sa balay tambalanan kon gikinahanglan. Misaad ang mayores sa matag lungsod nga suportado nila kini nga lakang, nunot sa kasugoan ni Gobernador Bambi Emano. Dugang pahibalo ni Col. Bahian nga dili mamahimong mupataka lang ug hunong ang mga bus sa dili designated bus stop. Ang masakpan nga misu-
channels. Scammers introduce themselves as officials of a trusted company. Their messages look and sound very convincing and sophisticated. Gone are the days of imperfect grammar and distorted logos. They even include a website link. Hovering on these website links however will r eveal a fake website’s address on the preview. Do not click on these links. These links will lead to a website identical to a legitimate company’s official site. Here, scammers can harvest personal information. The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) says: “Be wary of unverified and unproven COVID-19 websites or applications that require you to give your personal data. These websites and applications might be used by online scammers. Cybercriminals will do anything to obtain personal information, especially your financial and banking details.” BDO assures clients that it will never include links in its official communications. 3. Do not share OTPs. See WARNS, page 10
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CCC helps Lanao del Norte LGUs access climate change adaptation funds
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HE Climate Change Commission (CCC) extended technical assistance to the local government units of the Province of the Lanao Del Norte on accessing the People's Survival Fund (PSF)—the country’s climate finance mechanism for local climate change adaptation projects. The technical assistance forms part of the Communities for Resilience Training Workshop held from 9 to 13 March 2020 in Cagayan
De Oro, which capacitated municipal planning and development officers and municipal disaster risk reduction and management officers of Lanao Del Norte on formulating and/ or enhancing Local Climate Change Action Plans. As part of the workshop, resource speakers from the CCC’s PSF Unit discussed the fundamentals of accessing the fund, including the considerations for designing risk-informed and viable climate change
adaptation project proposals. Participants were also given the opportunity to present project ideas and draft PSF proposals for critiquing and mentoring. " Hi n d i n a h a d l ang ang limited resources [to implement our plans] because mayroon namang inintroduce na People's Survival Fund na pwedeng mag-augment sa gaps," Ms. Donna Bella Aguilar, Tubod Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator, said at the sidelines of the
PSF workshop. Since the PSF grant approval and disbursement system was established in 2015, the PSF Board, which is chaired by the Department of Finance, has approved six climate change adaptation projects amounting to P330 million. It has also approved project development grants worth PHP6 million for three projects. Pursuant to its mandate under the law, the CCC has been working towards
widening the scope of technical support to LGUs for accessing the PSF. In 2019, it rolled out one-on-one mentoring sessions and launched an e-Learning platform to assist LGUs in develop full-blown proposals from their concept notes. The one-on-one mentoring sessions, which are being implemented with the National Panel of Technical Experts (NPTE) and other development partners, aims to enhance the enhance the quality of submissions,
based on the standards of the law. Coaching sessions are now ongoing for the Province of Occidental Mindoro and the Municipality of Tolosa, Leyte. The e-Learning Platform, meanwhile, provides a 12-week online course to enhance the knowledge of project proponents on climate and disaster risk and vulnerability assessment, the PSF and its approval processes, and other sources of climate finance. See FUNDS, page 10
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AVAO CITY – The chair of the Regional Inter-agency Task Force against COVID-19 urged Dabawenyos to stay calm amid the occurrence of the illness by not talking much on who in the eighbourhood gets positive of COVID-19, instead they must focus on complying the ways to prevent the transmission of the disease.
Inter vie we d by t he Davao City Disaster Radio, Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, chair of the Regional Interagency Task Force against COVID-19 reiterated for residents to stay home, adopt the social distancing by at least two meters from each other, handwashing using soap and water for 20 seconds and to stay away from people with recent travel history in Metro Manila, cities of Tacloban, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Tagum in Davao del Norte, Pantukan, Davao de Oro and all countries in the world. “I also urged everyone to avoid posting wrong information on the social media which would result to panic and adversity in the eighbourhood,” she said. Duterte-Carpio called on residents who arrived in the city by plane on March 6, 2020 and manifested symptoms like colds, cough, sore throat and loose bowel movement to confer immediately with the doctors either at the Sta. Ana Health Center fronting Magsaysay Park or at the Crossing Bayabas Health Center in
Toril so that they can be referred immediately to the Southern Philippines Medical Center for checkup and diagnosis. She said residents who don’t experience the cited symptoms need not to worry but prodded were to stay home. Duterte-Carpio said the couple who was found COVID-19 positive by health authorities recently arrived in the city on March 6. Based on the health bulletin issued by the Department of Health XI, it was found out that the couple had a travel history in Metro Manila. The health bulletin said symptoms of colds was felt by patient 262 in March 13 while patient 263 experienced colds and body malaise in March 9. Sample swabs of these two patients were taken in March 13 and were sent to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in Muntinlupa City which yielded positive findings in a result received by health authorities in March 21. The couple and their family now undergo treat-
Shoppers waiting to enter a department store in Davao City’s Chinatown on Wednesday (18 March 2020) do not seem to mind maintaining proper social distance requirements under the city’s community quarantine guidelines against COVID-19. mindanews photo by manman dejeto
ment at the isolation area of the SPMC. Duterte-Carpio also mulled on clarifying the guidelines on banks, business process outsourcing, and the Human Resources Management Office (HRMO) of the city government of which the workers are assigned in the office or field. She ordered the city government that all office personnel must be divided into half by organizing them to skeletal force and to
work according to social distancing. “Social distancing must be done in both public and private offices and even in the rationing of goods for the public,” Duterte-Carpio said. She also revealed that based on the data of the Philippine Statistical Authority, the overall population of Davao City is 1.6 million. “It is the basis on how to do with food rationing given the consideration
of people who owe to receive support from the city,” Duterte-Carpio said. She said Vice Mayor Sebastian Duterte said Vice Mayor Sebastian Duterte has volunteered to be a team leader in Marilog District. Duterte-Carpio said the vice mayor is negative from COVID-19. She said people outside the city can also receive the corresponding rationing of goods. Duterte-Carpio said citizens outside the city
can coordinate with their respective mayors since all local government units in Davao Region agree to give rationing to their respective constituents. She also said that when worse comes to worst, the city has prepared a mass burial site at the Tagakpan cemetery. Duterte-Carpio urged the people not to panic, as long as the city leadership is in control of the situation. (PIA XI-Joey Sem G. Dalumpines)
1st Davao COVID+ patient recovered DavOr to apprehend residents loitering without passes
NABUNTURAN, Davao de Oro -- The first COVID positive patient in Davao Region identified as PH130 has recovered and is set to be discharged today, March 23, 2020. Davao Regional Medical Center (DRMC) Infectious Disease Specialist and head of the Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Disease Control Team, Dr. Mitzie Lou Osabel confirmed through a text message that the result of the second swab test of PH130
is negative. PH130 is a 21-year-old female resident of Pantukan, Davao de Oro, who arrived in Davao City last February 29 from United Kindom via Doha, Qatar and Manila routes. She sought consultation for her cough at a local health facility in Pantukan on March 9, 2020, and was immediately isolated. On March 10, she was transferred and admitted for isolation and testing to DRMC in Tagum City, Davao del
Norte. On March 15, her first swab test result showed that she was positive of COVID19 disease; however, bulletin from the Department of Health noted that she was in a stable condition. Governor Jayvee Tyron Uy was elated upon hearing the news earlier today in his live radio guesting at Serbisyo de Oro radio. The local chief executive also disclosed aside from the recovery of COVID
positive patient, seven out of the nine persons under investigation, who are from the province, will be discharged today from their isolation in DRMC. Governor Uy also emphasized that as of today, there is no cases of community transmission on COVID19 disease. “Malipayon gyud ang tibuok Davao de Oro nga naayo sila. That will erase our fears, atong mga kahadlok, atong mga kabalaka na
DAVAO CITY -- Bansalan Mayor Quirina Sarte has issued Memorandum No. 167 today which imposes stringent social distancing in the public market and temporary closure of establishments not essential to providing basic needs in the municipality. The additional guidelines of the stringent social distancing and other preventive measures against the Coro-
navirus 2019 (COVID-19), includes putting up of two (2) entrance and one (1) exit at the entire Bansalan Public Market. Under the guidelines, the Local Economic Enterprise Manager in coordination with the Traffic Management Center and Philippine National Police (PNP) is directed to arrange the required set up. Sarte directs that a Civil
Security Unit (CSU) team should closely post the entry points and no one can enter if she/he cannot present the required Quarantine Pass/ Barangay Certification to the duty guard. The guidelines also specify that no children ten (10) years old and below should be allowed entry to the Bansalan Public Market and in any other public places, and that “the par-
ent carrying a child who is 10 years and below will be advised to go home.” Through the new Memo, the mayor reminds the public and private establishments and offices in the municipality to strictly observe social distancing at all times and disinfection in their premises. She mandates that if an establishment is not com-
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DavSur town undertakes strict preventive measures in public market
See PREVENTIVE, page 10
DAVAO ORIENTAL -- Anyone found loitering outside their houses with no Home Quarantine Pass (HQP) shall be apprehended by personnel of the provincial Interagency Task Force on COVID-19 (IATF COVID-19). The Provincial Government of Davao Oriental is set to implement this policy on March 27 after details of the guidelines of such policy shall have been refined and considered ready for implementation by the provincial IATF COVID-19, Provincial Information Officer Karen Lou Deloso said. Over the weekend, key members of IATF COVID-19 sat down in a small group meeting at the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office Operation Center “to resolve some issues regarding the implementation of the Community Quarantine in the province”. “The Task Force hopes to implement the system on March 27 prior to the
tentative schedule of the distribution of food packs in the barangays. The set of guidelines is set to be released anytime this week,” Deloso said referring to HQP. The Provincial IATF COVID-19 has released the PIO its Home Quarantine social media cards on salient points of Executive Order No. 09 signed and released by Provincial Governor Nelson Dayanghirang on March 18, declaring the entire province of Davao Oriental under Community Quarantine and adopting the Unified Community Quarantine of the Davao Region. Among the essential points of Davao Oriental Community Quarantine is the distribution of a Home Quarantine Pass (HQP) under item No. 5 of the SocMed which says that such card would be given to only one person per family. The assigned person per family is the one tasked to See LOITERING, page 10
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pliant, it will be ordered closed until the lifting of Public Health Emergency. The guidelines also require disinfection procedure at the entry points of the public market, such as foot bath, sanitizer or any other acceptable disinfectants. “Drastic measures should be implemented during this drastic time so please cooperate,” the Memo states. The same Memo has also enlisted establishments in Bansalan, exempted from the temporar y closure policy during the period of community quarantine. The exempted establishments include: hospitals, clinics, pharmacies/ drugstores, diagnostics/ medical laboratories with similar nature and purpose, EXTRA JUDICIAL PARTITION OF ESTATE OF THE DECEASED NIEVES B. PARINA WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
grocery stores, restaurants, bakeshops, or refreshment establishment, barbecue stations, fast food chains, convenience stores, and stores/establishments whose business permits contain 24/7 business operations. Other businesses are also exempted, such as grain stores, feeds and farm supply, gasoline stations, water refilling stations, hardware and motor shops, banks/ money transfer/lending institutions and any other establishments that provide basic and essential needs for survival. “The establishments not mentioned or not related to providing basic needs are advised to temporarily close until further notice,” according to the Memo which will take effect tomorrow, March 24, 2020, after a massive information dissemination. Meanwhile, Sarte has also directed all barangay captains in the municipality to list all employees affected by the flexible work schedule or temporary closure
of establishments in the private sectors. The directive is stipulated under the municipal Memorandum Circular No. 166 dated March 23, 2020, as a measure to assist the affected individuals through the COVID-19 Adjustment Measure Program (CAMP). The MC also requires the village chiefs to provide a list of individuals who are under-employed, selfemployed, displaced and marginalized who have lost their source of income due to the implemented government measures to stop the spread of COVID-19. The said list will be used for the Tulong Pangkabuhayan sa Displaced/ Under Privilege Workers (TUPAD) program by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). The lists of affected residents will also be used as reference for the requested relief operations of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). (PIA-XI/Carina L. Cayon with reports from Kevin Paolo L. Caro)
DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION OF THE INTESTATE ESTATE OF THE LATE DANILO S. GALLANO
That We, ELEONOR P. AGUILAR, of legal age, Filipino, and a resident of Malaigang, Wao, Lanao Del Sur, Philippines; RUDY B. PARINA, of legal, Filipino, and a resident of Bangahan Pangantucan Bukidnon, Philippines; ROMULO B. PARINA, of legal age, Filipino, and a resident of Purok 18 , Butong, Quezon, Bukidnon, Philippines; RICARDO B. PARINA, NENA P. LAVA, ROSITES P. DACODAO, ANDRES B. PARINA, and JOCELYN P. YONGCO, all of legal age, Filipino, and a resident of Bocboc, Don Carlos, Bukidnon, Philippines do hereby freely and spontaneously declare and make manifest; DECLARE AND MAKE MANIFEST That we are the surviving legitimate heirs of the late NIEVES B. PARINA, who died on January 20, 2011 at Bocboc, Don Carlos, Bukidnnon, Philippines; That the deceased died without any will and the surviving heirs are as follows; ELEONOR P. AGUILAR, RUDY B. PARINA, ROMULO B. PARINA, RICARDO B. PARINA, NENA P. LAVA, ROSITES P. DACODAO, ANDRES B. PARINA, and JOCELYN P. YONGCO all legitimate heirs; That the deceased left no debts; That the decease left a parcel of land located at Bocboc, Don Carlos Bukidnon and more particularly described as follows; A parcel of land containing an area of EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY ONE (821) square meters more or less, Identified as Lot No. 116, Sgs10-000786, identical to Lot 2831, Gss- 10-0010. Covered by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-26663. Is subject of EXTRA JUDICIAL PARTITION OF ESTATE OF THE DECEASED NIEVES B. PARINA WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE. Under the Notarial Registry of Atty. LORDINO P. SALVAÑA, Notary Public, per Doc. No. 198; Page No. 40; Book No. CXIII; Series of 2019.
This DEED is made,executed and entered into by and between: 1. NIAH JOY A. GALLANO-AGUILAR (Heir), of legal age, Filipino,married and a resident of Bangcud,Malaybalay,City,Bukidnon 2. DANNIE JONE A. GALLANO (Heir),of legal age, Filipino, single, and a resident of Bangcud, Malaybalay, City; and 3. MINDA A. GALLANO, (Heir), of legal age, Filipino, widow of the decedent and a resident Bangcud, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon. -W I T N E S S E T H WHEREAS, on 16 AUG 2019, Decedent died and without issue at Bangcud, Malaybalay, City, Bukidnon leaving two (2) real estate properties all situated at Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, Philipopines respectively embraced by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. 2014000112 and Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-123949 and to which parcels are hereunder more particularly described, viz; PARCEL NO. 1 KATIBAYAN NG ORIHINAL NA TITULO BLG. 2014000112 364-C Csd- 10-021839-D A PARCEL OF LAND, 364-C, Csd-10-021839-D situated at Barangay Apo Macote, City of Malaybalay, Province of Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao. PARCEL NO. 2 TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-123949 A PARCEL OF LAND Lot No. 33, Csd- 10-013690-D, Ident. Lot No. 40387, Cad-864, situated in the Barangay Bangcud, Municipality of Malaybalay, Province of Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao. WHEREAS, the parties hereto are the sole and only heirs of the decedent entitled to succeed to his estate including all the improvements respectively found therein; WHEREAS, the decedent has no known debts and obligations prior to his demise; WHEREAS, their mother MINDA A. GALLANO, is no longer interested in the ABOVEMENTIONED estate of the decedent; WHEREAS, it is to the best interest of the heir herein to settle extrajudicially the above-described real properties and voluntarily and freely agreeing to adjudicate the same among themselves in a manner herein set-forth below, to wit; PARCEL NO. 1 RECEPIENTS/S KATIBAYAN NG ORIHINAL NA TITULO BLG. 2014000112 NIAH JOY A. GALLANO-AGUILAR PARCEL NO. 2 TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-123949 DANNIE JONE A. GALLANO Is subject of DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION OF THE INTESTATE ESTATE OF THE LATE DANILO S. GALLANO, under the Notarial Registry of Atty. Roland F. Deticio, Notary Public, per Doc. No. 862; Page No. 153; Book No. 101; Series of 2019;
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buy food and the one to receive food packs from the local government. The HQP is non-transferrable. Those without such pass but are working, would be asked to present their company or office identification card. Those without the pass but are found outside their homes would be apprehended by government authorities. The policy on providing Home Quarantine Pass runs in line with Section 1 items No. 1 and 10 of E.O. No. 9 of Governor Dayanghirang. Item No. 1 emphasizes that “People should stay in their homes and may only come out to work buy food or medicines, go to the hospital or take out garbage. All activities purposely for pleasure and leisure such as but not limited to going to bars, engaging in social gatherings are strictly prohibited”. Among other actions set to exercise caution in buying goods and necessities, Item No. 10 of the said E.O. recommends “that each household will assign only one person to buy goods for their consumption”. (with reports from PIO Davao Oriental/ Jeanevive Duron Abangan, PIA XI)
To date, the online course has served 50 individuals, mostly planning officers and disaster risk reduction and management officers of LGUs from the Yolanda corridor. The second batch of the PSF eLearning is now running with forty-five participants representing national government agencies, local government units, academic institutions, and civil society organizations. This will run until June 2020. The third batch will open on July 2020. For inquiries, interested groups could contact the PSF Unit through psf.ccc@gmail.com, or through their Facebook page, People's Sur vival Fund.
EXTRA JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE RAMON SALCEDO and ASTERIA M. SALCEDO
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That the late RAMON SALCEDO who died on DECEMBER 18, 2008 at CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY and ASTERIA M. SALCEDO who died on APRIL 18, 2010 at CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, that said deceased died intestate, without testament and without leaving any debts whatsoever; that said deceased left a certain REAL PROPERTY and PERSONALTY (share of stocks) to wit; Portion of Lot No. 15911 TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE No. _______ situated in the Barrio of Bagacay, Municipality of Tabilon, Province of Bohol, Island of Bohol, containing an area of THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FORTY SIX (3,946) SQUARE METERS, Lot No. 538 TS 208 TAX DECLARATION No. 08-13-0003-00607 situated in the Barrio of Los Angeles, City of Butuan, Province of Agusan del Norte, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of THREE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE (325) SQUARE METERS, Lot No. 6853, Cad-741-D, Case No. 3 ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE No. 52357 situated in the Barrio of Bacong, Municipality of Anda, Province of Bohol, Island of Bohol containing an area of THREE HUNDRED TWENTY ONE (321) SQUARE METERS and has been the subject of an EXTRA JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE RAMON SALCEDO and ASTERIA M. SALCEDO, filed by the heirs of RAMON SALCEDO and ASTERIA M. SALCEDO, per DOC #311; PAGE #63; BOOK #CXXX; Series of 2019, under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. DOROTHEA SALIGAN- BASALO.
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Companies send out OTPs via SMS messages as an added layer of protection. For banks, OTPs serve as an account holder’s sign off to proceed with a transaction, like paying for utility bills. The bank warns clients about scammers pretending to be from BDO. They may offer a 60-day loan
payment extension and ask for account details including OTPs, so they can proceed with transferring money to their account. BDO says that real bank officers will never ask for clients’ personal information, such as OTPs, under any circumstances. When in doubt, report any suspicious communications to ReportPhish@bdo.com. ph. Be cautious at all times It’s important to be cautious during this time. “Be wary of fake news. Review and confirm information/ sources,” said the DICT. Stay tuned in to trusted government and news sites or social media platforms for real and updated information on COVID-19, and do not share unverified information about the situation as not to spre ad fa ke ne ws t hat could incite more panic among the people. “If you have time to spare, help your friends by verifying the information or sources they share. Contact them directly to clarify whatever falsehood t he y shared and share with them verified facts about the COVID-19,” it added.
Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late SIMEON CABALTERA, who died on December 21, 2010 at Old Kibawe, Kibawe, Bukidnon; That said deceased died intestate, without will and Testament and without outstanding debts in favor of any person or entity; That the deceased left a parcel of land situated at East Kibawe, Kibawe, Bukidnon more particularly described as follows; A parcel of Land identified as Lot No. 2162-A with Katibayan Ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-62646 located at East Kibawe, Kibawe,Bukidnon with an area of Six Hundred (600) square meters, more or less. Is subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETELEMENT OF ESTATE WITH ABSOLUTE SALE, Under the Notarial Registry of VICENTE U. SERIÑA, Notary Public, per Doc. No. 289; Page No. 59; Book No. XXI; Series of 2012. MDN: Mar 10, 17 & 24, 2020
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R. A 10172 Form No 10.1 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province; Lanao Del Norte Municipality of iligan city
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION RA 10172 Form No. (LCRO)
In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that LEONY A. ZAFRA has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly DATE OF BIRTH from “SEPT. 1, 1951” to “SEPTEMBER 28, 1951” and CHANGE OF FIRST NAME from “CONCHITA” to “LEONY” in the Certificate live of birth CONCHITA ABAD who was born on SEPTEMBER 28, 1951, Iligan city Lanao del Norte and whose parents are Anselma Dorias and Marcelino Abad. Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than APRIL 2020. MDN: Mar 17 & 24, 2020
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of RA No. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that NERIA BELOTENDOS RIO has filed with this Office a petition for correction of GENDER from “ FEMALE” to “MALE”, on the certificate of Live Birth of APRIL JHON BELOTENDOS RIO who was born on April 3, 2002 at Wao, Lanao del Sur and whose parents are EMELIANO INFANTE RIO and NERIA MOLINA BELOTENDOS. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than March 30, 2020.
(Sgd) MARIA PURA C. MASCARINAS City Civil Registrar
PERLA A. INIEGO Municipal Civil Registrar
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with avoiding (or starting and quitting) almost every sport there was. If I wasn’t adept at something almost from the get-go, I didn’t want to continue – especially if there was an audience watching. In fact, multiple studies have found a correlation between perfectionism and performance anxiety even in children as young as 10. Mental health problems aren’t just caused by perfectionism; some of these problems can lead to perfectionism, too. One recent study, for example, found that over a one-year period, college students who had social anxiety were more likely to become perfectionists – but not vice versa. In many ways, poorer health outcomes for perfectionists aren’t that surprising. “Perfectionists are pretty much awash with stress. Even when it’s not stressful, they’ll typically find a way to make it stressful,” says Gordon Flett, who has studied perfectionism for more than 30 years and whose assessment scale developed with Paul Hewitt is considered a gold standard. Plus, he says, if your perfectionism finds an outlet in, say, workaholism, it’s unlikely you’ll take many breaks to relax – which we now know both our bodies and brains require for healthy functioning. After all, many of us live in societies where the first question when you meet someone is what you do for a living. Where we are so literally valued for the quality and extent of our accomplishments that those achievements often correlate, directly, to our ability to pay rent or put food on the table. Where complete strangers weigh these onpaper values to determine everything from whether we can rent that flat or buy that car or receive that loan. Where we then signal our access to those resources with our appearance – these shoes, that physique – and other people weigh that, in turn, to see if we’re the right person for a job interview or dinner invitation. Fear of failure is getting magnified in other ways, too. Take social media: make a mistake today and your fear that it might be broadcast, even globally, is hardly irrational. At the same time, all of those glossy feeds reinforce unrealistic standards. In my opinion, and I am not alone with it, it’s the idea that you don’t have to be perfect to be lovable or to be loved. It’s a work in progress. And, what I’ve noticed too, is that, each time I’m able to replace criticizing and perfecting with compassion, I feel not only less stressed, but freer. Apparently, that’s not unusual. +++ Email: doringklaus@ gmail.com or follow me in
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Miravite said the PUI experienced difficulty in breathing and died of severe acute respiratory disease and sepsis. She was immediately buried. “Specimen samples for confirmatory testing for Covid-19 was collected on March 20, 2020 and was sent to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine awaiting results.” the DOH said. DOH said it was closely coordinating with the private hospital and with the City Health Office in connection with the case. Meanwhile, Miravite said five of the PUIs recorded since January have been cleared as they tested negative for Covid-19. She said 93 of the 527 reported PUMs were also cleared during the same period. These PUIs have travel history to China, history of exposure with a confirmed case, visited a health facility with a confirmed case, and with respiratory symptoms (cough, colds, and fever). The PUMs are persons who have traveled to China or had exposure to those with confirmed Covid-19 but show no signs and symptoms. They were asked to be home quarantined for 14 days and wear masks. (PNA)
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committee chairman of the Cagayan de Oro FilipinoChinese Community for the COVID-19 assistance project. Uy said the first tranche of supplies worth P250,000 to be turned over to NMCC Chief Administration Officer Aurelia Tacandong are locally purchased and include 60 cartons rubbing alcohol, two units knapsack sprayer, 12 pails disinfectant solution (chlorine), safety goggles, rubber boots, protective raincoats with pants, face shields, and disposable water tissues/paper towels “The second tranche worth P750,000 which we are purchasing outside the city will be arriving end of the month, and includes N95 face masks, chemical suits, gloves, shoe covers, hazardous material suits earlier requested by NMMC Chief Dr. Jose Chan for
Tuesday, March 24, 2020 healthcare workers,” Uy added. “It is our fervent hope that this request be granted to assure that we will not be at any risk of contracting the diseases and to further boost the morale of our health care practitioners who are always ready to serve as front liners during this time of crisis,” Chan wrote in his letter to Uy. During the latest daily press conference held at the Cagayan de Oro City Hall, Chan reported that one of the 12 Persons Under Investigation (PUIs) at NMMC is in critical condition, one is improving. Later the same evening, Dr. Adrian Suba-an, DOH Region X regional director announced that “four PUIs have tested negative to SARS CoV-2 (causative agent of COVID-19) with no viral RNA detected.” During the same press conference, Cagayan de Oro City Mayor read the latest updates on COVID-19 cases in Northern Mindanao (Region X). “The DOH-10 data lists 58 PUIs, of whom 17 have been admitted to hospitals; 111 are under home quarantine and a further 1,579 are Persons Under Monitoring (PUMs). There was one fatality originating from outside the region who expired last March 13 with no further fatalities to date.” Moreno also reported that the NMMC, the J.B. Borja General Hospital and other private hospitals in the city are working out harmonized and synchronized operations, among which are moving maternal deliveries and minor cases from NMMC and JRBGH to the private hospitals. The CDO Filipino Chinese Community is also mobilizing another P500,000 worth of donations earlier requested by the J.R. Borja General Hospital through Dr Liova de Guia, for 30 Virusolve Trigger Spray, 20 boots, Virusolve for soaking (10 gallons), Individual sterile surgical gown with set-in sleeves (1,500 pcs), N95 masks (1,500 pcs), 1,500 yellow aprons, and 30 spore clear wipes The Filipino-Chinese Community of Cagayan de Oro under the current leadership of President Sonny Choi includes 21 community organizations, including family associations, chambers of commerce, schools, martial arts, civic and religious fraternities. These including the fol-
lowing: Misamis Oriental Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Inc.; Mindanao Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification of China in the Philippines; Cagayan de Oro Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Inc.; Cagayan de Oro You We Tong Civic & Religious Fraternity, Inc.; Oro Christian Grace School; Misamis Oriental Liong Tek Fraternity Association, Inc.; Sejo-Lim Family Association-Northern Mindanao Chapter; Cagayan de Oro Bell Church Foundation, Inc.; Kong Hua School; Cagayan de Oro Volunteer Fire Brigade, Inc.; Phil. Wushu Federation-Cagayan de Oro Chapter; Phil. Kim Mun Association-Misamis Oriental Chapter ; Cagayan Gospel Church ; Cagayan de Oro Filipino-Chinese Amity Club; Cagayan de Oro San Lorenzo Filipino-Chinese Catholic Community; Philippine Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc.-Misamis Oriental Chapter; Philippine Chinese High School Alumni Association-Cagayan de Oro Chapter; Misamis Oriental Progressive Mason Temple, Inc.; Kong Hua School, Inc.; and the Chee Kung Tong Chinese Free Mason Misamis Oriental Branch.
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quarantine” following the death of the first COVID-19 positive at the medical center on March 19, 2020. The patient known as PH 40, a 54-year-0ld male patient from Lanao Del Sur, was earlier confined at the Adventist Medical Center in Iligan City before he was transferred to the NMMC where he expired a few days later. Chan said that the NMMC has tw0 well-trained doctors who are authorized to handle infectious cases like the SARS, MerCov and the COVID-19 virus. The nurses who also attended to the patients were also placed under selfquarantine, all of them, including the doctors did not show signs of infection. On Tuesday, the 40 health workers would start reporting to work after undergoing “stress debriefing,” Chan said. He said it is normal for any “front liner” health workers to experience emotional, psychological and mental stress, especially those attending highly contagion patients.
“So far, all the 4o health workers are in normal condition – both mentally and physically,” Chan said.
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(SFWD). Over the years, the Department of Health has cited the SFWD laboratory with excellent rating for proficiency testing. Many private companies and government institutions sent samples to the laboratory for bacteriological, physical and chemical tests results. Since last week, SFWD has been giving free bottles of ready-to-use chlorine disinfectants to their clients having transaction in their office. As preventive measure, clients going inside the SFWD building are asked to step on the foot bath and wash their hands with soap and observe a meter of social distancing when queuing at the cashier windows to pay their water bills. 70 percent Isopropyl alcohol are available for use to everyone. Luzon said it is important to have proper mixing of chlorine and water if only to totally eradicate COVID-19 living on the surface. “Improper mixture would just temporarily collapse the virus but not kill them,” he emphasized. Ruben Jarabata, Jr., SFWD senior chemist, said the proper and scientific mixture is seven grams of chlorine granules for every liter of water which could totally disinfect the surroundings. He recommended the municipal health office to regularly disinfect public place at least twice or even thrice a day to ensure that the dreaded virus cannot penetrate the municipality. He however warned the chlorine disinfectant is not intended for hand washing and should be avoided on the skin and eye contact. He advised those who will do the backpack spraying to wear protective gears such as goggles masks, gloves and aprons and be aware that it is harmful to aquatic environment and plants. He added the disinfectant can eliminate coronavirus on surfaces such as plastic tiles and ceramics. He however remind sprayers to be careful when hitting metal surfaces because it is corrosive that it might damage metal surfaces of cars and motorcycles. He advised to instead use non corrosive disinfectants
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like alcohol, detergents and Lysol Based on studies by the World Health Organization, the coronavirus can survive on hard surfaces such as plastic and stainless steel up to 72 hours and on cardboard up to 24 hours. Jarabata said the SFWD also gives free chlorine disinfectant with lower concentration for hand washing and for the use of foot bath.
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adunay community transmission kay as of now, wala pa jud tay community transmission pa.” (The whole Davao de Oro is happy that they (PUIs and confirmed patients) have recovered. That will erase our fears, our worries that there is a community transmission because as of now, there is no cases yet of community transmission.) The governor said that some of the barangays right now are implementing the home quarantine pass to regulate people going outside their houses. He also bared that the municipal governments are now preparing relief good to identified families, and will be distributed within this week. As of 10:00PM of March 22, the province has 911 persons under monitoring (PUM), as 303 of the 1,214 PUMs have been cleared of the disease. Davao de Oro Emergency Operation Center manager and Provincial Health Officer Dr. Antonio Ybiernas Jr. said that the number will increase or decrease depending on the attitude of the residents. “Motaas pa gyud kung ang mga tao magpagahi ug ulo,” Dr. Ybiernas said. (PIA11, Michael Uy with reports from Jeanevive Abangan of PIA DavNorDavOr)
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Wilcon Depot allocates P100M financial assistance to aid employees and community partners during COVID-19 quarantine
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n the face of the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic,
Wilcon Depot, the Philippines’ leading home improvement and construction
supply retailer, releases a total of P100M financial assistance to its employees and
community partners during the month-long enhanced community quarantine in Luzon.
Considering its employees as the company’s top asset, Wilcon allocates 80 million pesos to support its affected workforce in spite of the discontinuation of work in corporate offices and stores amidst COVID-19 crisis. As the company responds to make provisions for their employees to cope with the situation, Wilcon employees will receive their salaries in full. Wilcon believes that during this challenging time, prioritizing its employees’ safety and well-being is essential. Furthermore, with the company’s effort to contribute to the community in our ongoing battle against the pandemic, Wilcon has allocated another 20 million pesos to support ABS-CBN
Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation and GMA Kapuso Foundation in their efforts to help provide basic medical supplies for the health and safety workers and supply food and basic needs to poor families whose source of living has been affected by the enhanced community quarantine. To support the government’s effort in fighting against the spread of COVID-19, Wilcon Depot also announced temporary closure of its stores located in Metro Manila and Luzon areas and suspended its retail operations. For more updates about Wilcon, you can log on to www.wilcon. com.ph and follow their social media accounts on Facebook and Instagram at @ wilcondepot.ph.