MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH. JUSTICE. PROGRESS.
Volume IX, No. 282
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Andanar thanks media for proper info dissemination amid pandemic C
By VENUS MAY H. SARMIENTO
OMMUNICATIONS Secretary Martin Andanar thanked the members of the media in Pangasinan for continuing to be the government’s ally in information dissemination.
MEDIA MEN. Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (in green shirt) thanked the members of the media in Pangasinan in his visit to the province on Saturday for continuing to be the government’s number one partner in information dissemination. Sec. Andanar said the crisis communication campaign of the government in the COVID-19 pandemic has widened its reach through the media people. (PIA)
PPA imposes new measures against COVID-19 on ports nationwide TO reduce the risk of transmission through ports, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has intensifies its measures against the deadly Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). On top of the usual thermal scanning of passengers and port personnel in all ports, the PPA has mandated all its Port Management Offices to make available to passengers, port users and other stakeholders necessary disinfecting supply such as anti-bacterial solutions and sanitizers. The PPA has directed
all its frontline service personnel to wear face masks. Frontline personnel are the most vulnerable medium of transmission due to face-to-face transactions with all port users. PPA General Manager Jay Daniel R. Santiago has also ordered the Human Resource Management Department to issue a memorandum postponing, deferring or even cancelling all social events and gatherings encompassing all PPA ports. Fumigation and disinfection of all Passenger Terminal Buildings See MEASURES, page 7
In his visit to the Pangasinan office of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) on Saturday, Sec. Andanar said the crisis communication campaign of the government in the COVID-19 pandemic has widened its reach through the media people. “Nagpapasalamat tayo sa media dahil kayo ang number one partner ng gobyerno pagdating sa in-
formation dissemination. Sa crisis communication campaign, lumalawak ang reach ng ating pamahalaan dahil sa tulong ninyo,” Sec. Andanar said. He also thanked them for always patronizing the ‘Laging Handa’ network and public briefing broadcast of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) which he anchors daily.
Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) Cagayan de Oro Branch extends loan payments, provides easier access for loan applications
of its 93,076 active members, and conducts early release of pension to its 25,354 pensioners. During the CORDS X Podcast: The Northern Mindanao Briefing COVID-19 Special with Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Sec. Martin Andanar, May 23, GSIS CDO Board of Trustees Member Lawyer Carlo Almirante said GSIS has relaxed the terms of its emergency loan program to allow more members and pensioners to benefit from the credit window. The agency raised the limit of the emergency loan to P40,000 to benefit its
However, as a media man himself, he said it pains him to see the livelihood or source of income of his fellow media men to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Bilang media man, masakit na nakikita ko ang mga kabaro ko na kailangang magsakripisyo dahil nawalan ng hanapbuhay. Karamihan ay ‘no work, no pay’ at maraming media companies ang hindi nakaoperate dahil sa COVID-19 pandemic. Ang PCOO ay handang tumulong sa inyo,” Andanar said This is the reason why his PCOO team has been distributing relief goods to See MEDIA, page 7
GSIS CDO responds to COVID-19 crisis thru moratorium, early pension release
AS RESPONSE to the call of President Rodrigo Duterte to aid Filipinos during the coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 pandemic, the
During the CORDS X Podcast: The Northern Mindanao Briefing COVID-19 Special with Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Sec. Martin Andanar, May 23, GSIS CDO Board of Trustees Member Lawyer Carlo Almirante says GSIS has relaxed the terms of its emergency loan program to allow more members and pensioners to benefit from the credit window. (CORDS X)
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members and pensioners who have just borrowed from the program and barely paid the amortizations. GSIS also opened online applications for its COVID-19 emergency loan program available nationwide. To apply, borrowers must e-mail the filled up emergency loan application form downloadable from the GSIS’s website; picture or scanned copy of the borrower’s GSIS electronic card (eCard) or unified multi-Purpose identification (Umid) card, or two valid IDs; and borrower’s photo while holding the accomplished application See RESPONDS, page 7