MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XI, No. 074
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Thursday, November 4, 2021
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Scrap driver’s education requirement for renewing license, LTO urged D EPUTY speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez is urging the Department of Transportation and the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to scrap the requirement for those renewing their driver’s license to go through a comprehensive driver’s education (CDE).
REP. RUFUS RODRIGUEZ (photo
In Resolution No. 2325 filed last Friday, Rodriguez said the CDE “will be an additional expense for the Filipino people during this pandemic.” He said the requirement “is unnecessary and has no legal basis.” He said while the LTO is invoking Republic Act No. 10930, “there is no provision in the law which explicitly
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Mayor Sara urges supporters to cancel nationwide caravan
Duterte, who is in her Elections office here. second term, filed her cer- She said their support tificate of candidacy (COC) and trust in her have not DAVAO CITY – Mayor Sara for reelection and her last gone unnoticed but she Duterte urged supporters term as mayor on October asked them to translate their who are encouraging her to 2 at the Commission on See CANCEL, page 11 run for president to cancel the 11-day Sara All Philippines 2022 Caravan from Cotabato to Manila from November 4 to 15. In a statement released Tuesday, Duterte told her supporters and organizers of the nationwide caravan that it is extremely unwise to move around the country amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. She stressed that it is unnecessary to stage the Supporters of Mayor Sara Duterte, shown here in a mocaravan since she had al- torcade in Davao City on 28 Oct 2021, continue to push ready firmed up her decision her to run for president even as she already filed her not to run for president as certificate of candidacy for her third and last term as mayor. mindanews file photo early as September 10. By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV MindaNews
Malaybalay) Region has unveiled a monument of the unborn child at Our
See SCRAP, page 11
City Health exec calls on residents to convince senior citizens to vaccinate BY JOEL CALAMBA ESCOL Managing Editor
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - City Health Office (CHO) Medical officer, Dr Ted Yu, has called on city residents to convince senior citizens to get vaccinated as this will help them more safer than to no vaccine at all. Yu said based on data
K of C unveils monument of the unborn child
Cagayan de Oro — the Knights of Columbus CAMAL (Cagayan de Oro-
states that a certification for a CDE is required for renewing a driver’s license.” “The Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that the spring cannot rise higher than its source and implementing rules must conform to the language of the law,” he stressed. To avoid any confusion on the law, Rodriguez also
Lady of Mount Carmel All Saints Day. Parish Church in Carmen, The monument was set at this city on November 1, the frontage of Mt. Carmel Council Chamber of Knights of Columbus council no. 5907. During the unveiling and blessing of the monument, an All Saints Day mass was offered by the Knights of Columbus under District J14. Rev. Fr. Satur Lumba, Parish Priest of Mt. Carmel Church officiated the holy mass and the blessing ceremony for the monument of the unborn child. See MONUMENT, page 11
those who are not vaccinated get high chances of getting caught and infected by the deadly coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19), especially those with co-morbidities. "Nine out of ten people who get infected are those unvaccinated. So kita nanawagan pag usab sa atong senior citizens nga magpabakuna na gyud para dili dako ang risgo nga moabot sa severe cases," the health official said. Yu said based on City Health Office (CHO) Covid-19 Briefer as of November 1, there are only
three cases recorded - a 32-year-old female medical doctor who lives in Barangay Macasandig, and with no co-morbidity; a 68-yearold female who also lives in Barangay Macasandig, and with co-morbidity; a 70-year-old male from Barangay Macasandig with comorbidity such as diabetes mellitus, and hypertention. Yu said all of these three probable covid cases were vaccinated individuals. Yu also mentioned the top ten barangays, which still have active cases, including Carmen, 64 active cases; Balulang, 52; Kauswagan, 34; Iponan, 32; See VACCINATE, page 11