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Volume IX, No. 160
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Thursday, November 28, 2019
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Butuan LGU welcomes Hino entry By MARK FRANCISCO Correspondent
Betty Lu
Reynante Desiata
THE city government of Butuan on Tuesday welcomed the entry of Hino Motors Philippines in the Caraga market with the opening of a dealership here. In his speech during the ribbon cutting ceremony of Hino Butuan City branch along Km. 5, National Highway, barangay Libertad here, city administrator Reynante Desiata said they were pleased with the management of Hino Motors Philippines and the local dealership of Hino Butuan City led by president Betty Lu and executive vice president Peter Lim Lo Suy for choosing the regional capital of Caraga. “We are the gateway of this side of HINO BUTUAN DEALERSHIP OPENING. HINO MOTORS PHILIPPINES President Mitsuharu Tabata leads the ceremonial cutting of See WELCOMES, page 15
ribbon with Hino Butuan Dealership Principal Ms. Betty Lu and Vice President Peter Lim Lu Soy with some other dignitaries from Butuan LGUs and City Administrator Reynante Desiata.
Mental health care in Oro inactive, says dad
Mica Ella Milabo, from Central Mindanao University, wins in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke finals during the 30th Mindanao Association of State Tertiairy Schools (Masts) Friendship Games held in Mambajao, Camiguin. last Monday. The events will run from Nov. 25-29. photo by gerry lee gorit
CAGAYAN de Oro City--A councilor has expressed disappointment over the kind of mental health care situation in the city saying “is not active compared to Taiwan.” “(The) Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) has 600 beds and JR Borja General Hospital has 200, but no psychiatric beds… nine private hospitals in our city do not have any psychiatric beds, only the House of Hope,” said Councilor Maria Lourdes S. Gaane in her special report during the regular
session Monday, November 25, presided over by Vice Mayor Raineir Joaquin V. Uy. Gaane, who chairs the City Council committee on health and health insurance, reported about her travel to Kaohsiung, Taiwan last November 12-16, 2019. Gaane was designated as Ambassador of Goodwill to participate in the 2019 International Mental Health Training Center in Taiwan. She said the conference focused on sharing of experiences
in mental health care in five countries – Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Philippines. She reported that there are four mental health facilities in Taiwan, one of which is the Tsaotsun Psychiatric Center, the only public mental hospital that provides long-term care for the disadvantaged psychotic patients without family support. “We want to standardize the practice of mental health in communities. We want to deliver See SAYS, page 15