MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XI, No. 076
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Births in R10 decline during pandemic By MARK FRANCISCO
BIRTHS in Northern Mindanao decreased during the pandemic, contrary to projections. During the weekly Meet the Press at the Cagayan de Oro Press Club last Wednesday, Commission on Population and Devel-
opment (POPCOM) 10 director Neil Aldrin Omega said that human births in the region in 2020 totaled only 83,000 as compared to the 2019 figure of 91,000 or a difference of around more than 7,000. It can be recalled that during the onslaught of
the pandemic last year, government officials feared that stay at home orders would spur a deluge of unplanned pregnancies accentuated by lack of face to face delivery of family planning services. Instead the opposite occurred.
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“Tungod nuon sa pagkadehado sa atong ekonomiya, couples have decided nga dili lang sa manganak as we wade through the pandemic. So I think that contributed sa decline g’yud sa nangaburos ug nanganak adtong miaging tuig,” Omega said.
Already, the government’s intensified family planning services for women and couples have contributed to the reduction of poverty here. For instance, poverty incidence among families in Bukidnon drastically dropped to more than half
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from 47 percent in 2015 to 22.2 percent in 2018. With many couples able to prevent unplanned pregnancies, they are also able to provide for the need of their children and increase savings for other investments, Popcom said in an earlier statement.
MisOr bettor second lotto millionaire this month
Duyog Marawi, OPAPP bolster aid for Marawi hostage survivors
MANILA – A lone bettor from Misamis Oriental became an instant millionaire after winning the PHP8.24 million jackpot of the Lotto 6/42 on Saturday night. In an advisory on Sunday, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said the lucky bettor guessed the winning combination of 24-27-29-08-22-04 with a jackpot of PHP8,244,527. The ticket was purchased in Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental. To claim the check, the bettor must proceed to PCSO’s main office in Mandaluyong City and present the winning ticket and two ID cards. A total of 60 other bettors who guessed five out of the six two-digit winning combinations won PHP24,000 each, the PCSO said.
ILIGAN CITY -- To look further into the current situation of the Marawi siege hostage survivors, the Duyog Marawi in partnership with the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) hosted another psychosocial support session under its Holistic Integrated Liberation Of Marawi (HILOM) Program. The session ran for five days beginning November 3 until November 5 covering 50 participants, all from the Iligan cluster. Duyog Marawi Executive Director Bro. Rey Barnido said the initiative started right after the hostages were rescued, and the majority of them were Christians, they were referred to the organization being linked Prices of spices have gone up at the Cogon public market. to the Catholic church to Cagayan de Oro City A kilo of red onion now costs P160. aid them in their healing
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Isko’s senatorial aspirants press flesh in Oro public market By MARK FRANCISCO
THREE senatorial aspirants under the ticket of presidential hopeful Manila Mayor Isko Moreno trooped at Cogon public market in Cagayan de Oro City Saturday morning, November 6, for a multi-sectoral dialogue there. The three senatorial aspirants are human rights advocate Samira Gutoc, former Quezon City Councilor Jopet Sison and academic Carl Balita. “Kalusugan at kabuhayan ang tinututukan ko ngayon. Kulang ang ayuda Samira Gutoc candidates for senatorial. The Team Bilis Kilos of Mayor Isko Moreno para itawid ang gutom ng invaded biggest Cogon Public Market, Cagayan de Oro. Bets Dr Carl Balita, civic leader and. Atty Jopet Sison seen in action road to 2022. photo by gerry lee gorit
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Public urged to get vaxxed as holidays draw near time for the holidays and to DAVAO CITY – The De- achieve population protecpartment of Health in Davao tion before the month ends. Region (DOH-11) urged the The regional health office public to get vaccinated in See URGED, page 9 By CHE PALICTE