MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume X, No. 146
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Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Mindanao Daily News on its 10th year today
Surviving Amidst the Pandemic By MDN Reportorial Team
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Mindanao Daily News is celebrating its 10th anniversary today. “Although, we are constrained not to hold a lavish celebration today because of the pandemic and all the underlying health protocols that we have to follow, we are spiritually thankful to Providence that we have
reached this far amid all the trials and challenges that we faced and survived for the last ten years. What we are today, we owe it to God’s blessings,” commented Dante Sudaria, president and CEO. M i n d a n a o D a i l y ’s brand of service has been acclaimed by its partners and supporters. Former See SURVIVING, page 15
Mindanao Daily’s survival instinct
AMID the surging pandemic, Mindanao Daily News celebrates today its 10th year of serving the reading public with an eye on engaging the Truth, Justice and Progress. With the sharp decline in sales, MDN has survived the test of time after a year of lockdowns, quarantines STORY ON PAGE 4
Heart attack,’ not COVID jab, cause of senior citizen’s death By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN DE PRO CITY: “Heart attack” was the caused of death of the 73year-old senior citizen who died a few minutes after an anti- COVID 19 jab here five days ago, the City Health Official said. Dr. Lorraine Nery, the City health Official, said that the death of Zoilo Joa-
quin Borcillo, of Barangay Agusan, Cagayan De Oro City, was not related to the anti-COVID-19 vaccine. Borcillo got an Astra Zeneca, an anti-COVI-19 jab, Wednesday, one of the schedule days for senior citizens for the week in a downtown mall here. A few minutes after getting the jab, Borcillo complained of difficulty of
breathing. Borcillo was rushed to the city hospital where he expired. City Mayor Oscar Moreno ordered a probe of Borcillo’s death while appealing to the senior citizens to provide all information about their health prior to getting an anti-COVID-19 vaccine.
See CAUSE, page 15
Unruffled
Ruffy Magbanua
3 nabbed in CDO ‘Shabu’ buy bust worth P108K By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: Three suspects fell in a drug buy bust pulled by the local police in the city’s urban village here and seized illegal “Shabu” (Methamphetamine Hydrochloride) worth P 108,000,the police said Monday. See SHABU, page 15
“Access to safe drinking water is fundamental human right.”