MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH. JUSTICE. PROGRESS.
Volume IX, No. 360
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Phividec new administrator cites Tesda role in nation building
TAGOLOAN, Misamis Oriental– PHIVIDEC Industrial Authority Administrator and CEO has cited the role of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Region X in providing quality technical education and skills development programs for the labor sector. La Vina expressed this gratitude during a business call of TESDA region X Regional Director Tarhata Mapandi and her staff Wednesday at the PHIVIDEC-IA office at MCT Complex In Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. La Vina said he will work closely with TESDA - X Director Mapandi to strengthen further the techvoc programs designed for the people of Cagayan de Oro and Misamis Oriental. With the coming of more
investments like the integrated steel mill to PHIVIDECIA, La Vina underscored the need for more skilled workers duly trained by TESDA-X through its accredited technical training schools spread across the region. Once the integrated steel plant is issued the green light to operate, some 10,000 skilled workers are needed to fill in the manpower requirements of the project, and TESDA-trained individuals has the fair advantage to get hired first, he said. This is on top of the more than 30,000 odd jobs that would be created by downstream businesses, among which are support providers and suppliers like transport services, manpower agencies, stores, eateries, security, hardwares, parlors, etc.
Chief Implementer of the National Task Force Against COVID-19- Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. (righmost) during the National Coordinated Operations to Defeat Pandemic (Code) Team meeting at Camp Catitipan. After the meeting the DOH turned over medical supplies to the Southern Philippine Medical Center (from right after Sec. Galvez), DOH Undersecretary Dr. Abdullah Dumama, SPMC OIC medical center chief Dr. Ricardo Audan and DILG Secretary Eduardo Año.
Galvez wants isolation for home quarantined COVID patients in Davao By RUDOLPH IAN ALAMA
DAVAO CIT Y, Nov. 19 (PIA)- After reviewing the surge of cases here in Davao City, the Chief Implementer of the National Task Force Against COVID-19- Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. wants to end the practice of home quarantine for COVID-19 patients as it contributes to community transmission. “Kapag nagkakaroon po tayo ng home quarantine, susunod po diyan ang
tinatawag na community transmission, pagka may community transmission mahirapan po natin masugpo ang COVID, (If we have home quarantine, community transmission follows, if there is community transmission it will be difficult for us to stop COVID),” Sec. Galvez said during an inter-agency meeting held yesterday (Nov. 18) at Camp Quentin Merecido (Camp Catitipan) here in Davao
City. Sec. Galvez noted that the temporary treatment facilities is only 27.7% occupied which means there are many who are home quarantined. He said based on experience in Metro Manila, Laguna and Cebu about 75% of asymptomatic patients were quarantined in their own homes and this contributed to the explosion of cases.
DILG-10 rolls out campaign vs violent extremism
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Nov. 19 (PIA)--The Department of the Interior and Lo “Even in Batangas out of cal Government (DILG)-10 the 2,600 cases, about 2,200 sets in motion the Roll-Out were home quarantined,” to Barangays on the Advocacy on Preventing and Galvez said. The anti-COVID chief Countering Violent Extremalso added that the major ism (PCVE) starting with weakness of Davao Region selected barangays from the is contact tracing as it has Municipality of Lantapan, failed to immediately isolate Bukidnon, November 16. The PCVE Roll-Out, the first contacts. MASSIVE ISOLATION which will be conducted Sec. Galvez sees a mas- virtually, has a total of 80 sive isolation campaign as target barangays from the an intervention to stem the different cities/municipaliSee WANTS, page 11 ties of Bukidnon.
The participants from the target barangays are the Punong Barangay, SK Chairperson, Committee Chair on Peace and Order, Committee Chair on Women and Children, Lupon Chair, Chief Barangay Tanod, Barangay Tanod and a Public School Teacher. The activity aims to intensify awareness and involvement of the local communities in the implementation of the National Action Plan on PCVE. Furthermore, it targets to See CAMPAIGN, page 11