MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH. JUSTICE. PROGRESS.
Volume IX, No. 282
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Fri-Sat, May 22-23, 2020
Libel raps vs. CDO City Mayor Moreno By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: City Mayor Oscar Moreno faces libel for accusing a woman by telling President Duterte about the mayor’s inefficiency in handling the COVID-19 issue here.
Leona Cabagnot, a tourism consultant of the province of Misamis Oriental, said she, her family and children suffered sleepless nights and anxiety because of Moreno’s accusation. Two weeks ago, Moreno accused Cabagnot of report-
ing to President Duterte by calling “8888,” a telephone line directly connected with Malacañang about Moreno’s alleged mishandling of the COVID-19 issue in the city. In a press conference, Moreno identified Cabagnot See RAPS, page 11
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Police tightens security in CDO’s CoVid infested areas By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: Police tightened security of human movement in a new area here with confirmed cases of COVID-19 cases. Maj. Ivan Biñas, the spokesperson of the Cagayan De Oro City Police Office (COCPO), said that additional police have been dispatched to contain the movement of people in the Macanhan area. Macanhan is a densely populated area, part of the village of Carmen, where a 62-year-old female patient
was found positive of COVID-19. Doctors at the Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) conducted a “swab” test on the woman before she died. The result, released three days after she died proved that she was positive for the COVID-19 virus, Dr. Jose Chan, the NMMC medical director said. Biñas said that the additional police force will augment the police team assigned to contain the movement of the nearby See SECURITY, page 11
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Workers to get double pay on May 25 Employees in the private sector who will work on May 25, a regular holiday, will get 200 percent of their basic salary, the labor department said in an advisory released this week. “Those who worked shall be paid 200 percent of their regular salary for the first eight hours, and if they worked overtime, they shall be paid an additional 30 percent of their hourly rate,” the advisory said. Moreover, employees who did not work on the said holiday shall be paid 100 percent of their salary ([Basic wage + COLA] x 100 percent)]. Those who worked shall be paid 200 percent of their regular salary for the first eight hours ([Basic wage + COLA] See PAY, page 11
Misamis Oriental Gov. Yevgeny Vincente Emano turns over a total of P25.8 million of assistance to the 23 municipalities and two cities of Misamis Oriental. The mayors attended the turnover ceremony to personally receive the checks for their respective local government units. HOTO COURTESY OF ATTY. JEFFREY SACLOT
Talakag farmers optimistic as govt eases rules on Covid-19 By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
TALAKAG, Bukidnon -A group of farmers in the province of Bukidnon has expressed optimism that the agricultural sector in
this town would soon be able to recover their losses as the government relaxes its rules on Coronavirus Disease 2019 Covid-19. Ryan Daño, president of the Miarayon Highland
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Farmers Association of Talakag in Bukidnon, admitted that many farmers and cooperatives in Talakag town have suffered losses when the government imposed See RULES, page 11
Ryan Daño, president of the Miarayon Highland Farmers Association of Talakag, Bukidnon, showed the high value potatoes from Canada being planted in their farms in Barangay Miarayon, Talakag, Bukidnon. photo by gerry lee gorit
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