MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XI, No. 123
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Thursday, March 3, 2022
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Oil palm plantation workers to get land titles before Duterte term ends By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN Contributing Editor
ROSARIO, Agusan del Sur -- Agrarian Reform Secretary Bernie Cruz has assured individual land titles for Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) who are former farmworkers of the oil palm plantations in this province will be distributed before President Rodrigo Duterte ends his term in June 30. Cruz who met leaders of three ARB groups at the guest house of oil palm plantation areas in the village of Maligaya over the weekend said the distribution of individual titles covering at least three hectares for each ARB will be realized within a month. The individual titling initiative is part of Support for Parcelization of Individual Titles (SPLIT) project of the Department of Agrarian Reform(DAR) covering ARB group leader Metodio Abalayan raises a point in a forum with DAR Secertary Bernie Cruz who visited Agusan 1.38 million hectares in the del Sur to check on the progress in the implementation of the agency’s Support for Parcelization of Individual Titles See GET, page 11
p[roject ai,ed at distribution of indivicual land titles for agrarian reform beneficiaries. CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN
By FRANCK DICK ROSETE
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The Provincial Veterinary Office (ProVet) of Misamis Oriental announced on Monday that it will implement stricter border controls to prevent the Avian Influenza virus, commonly known as the bird flu, from entering the area. ProVet head Dr. Benjamin Resma made the announcement during the flag-raising ceremony at the capitol, which he said was ordered by Governor Yevgeny Vicente Emano following the outbreak in Luzon, specifically in See ALERT, page 11
CDO’s 28 nurses, attendants positive of COVID 19 virus By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: More than 28 medical personnel, mostly nurses and attendants, of the stateowned Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) here were found positive of COVID 19 virus, hospital authorities said Tuesday. The medical personnel were found positive of the virus just as the national Inter Agency Task Force (IATF) for the management of emerging and infectious diseases placed this city under Alert Level 1 effective March 1,2022 to March 16, 2022. The NMMC health perLOOK: Presidentian Candidate Ferdinand “Bong Bong” Marcos shakes hands on sonnel had already booster Tuesday, March 02 with Balabagan, Lanao del Sur Mayor Edna V. Ogka-Benito at the ongoing 2022 General Assembly of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines jabs, but they blamed (LMP) held at Resorts World Manila. (Analisa P. Española)
MisOr heightens alert vs. bird flu
See POSITIVE, page 11