MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH. JUSTICE. PROGRESS.
Volume IX, No. 349
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Mon-Tue, October 26-27, 2020
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Andanar lauds irrigators’ association in Bukidnon M Davao Region GRDP shrinks in 2019 By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV, MindaNews
DAVAO CITY — The gross regional domestic product (GRDP) of Davao Region decreased to 7 percent in 2019 from 8.6 percent reported for the entire year of 2018, according to the data released by the Philippines Statistics Authority. Despite the deceleraSee SHRINKS, page 11
A L AY B A L AY C I T Y, Bu k i d n on - - M a r k i n g P68,659,145.90 in total assets and managing government projects well, Cabinet Officer for Regional Development and Security (CORDS)-X and Presidential Communications Sec. Martin Andanar lauded the Lalawan Sawaga Simaya Communal Irrigators’ Association (LASSCIA), Inc. during his visit here, October 22. Organized on December 20, 1977, LASSCIA, Inc. has 338 farmer members Sec. Martin Andanar visits LASSCIA, Inc. in Violeta, Malaybalay City as the Cabinet and has an irrigated area of Officer for Region Development and Security (CORDS)-X. (VSPB/PIA10) 712.88 hectares. They are
Report on Davao City-wide lockdown is fake news, says Sara Duterte By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV, MindaNews
DAVAO CITY – Despite the recent spike in the number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases here, a city-wide lockdown will not
be implemented, Mayor Sara Duterte said on Monday. During a live interview over the Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR 87.5), Duterte
The CIty Hall of Davao in the time of COVID-19.
mindanews photo by gregorio c . bueno
refuted a post circulating on Facebook, which claimed that the local government will issue a guideline on October 28 for the supposed implementation of a city-wide lockdown from October 29 to November 4 due to the spike in COVID-19 cases. “The information circulating about the city-wide lockdown is false. Of course, we have lockdowns – barangay, purok, compound and house lockdowns. We have that, but for a Davao City-wide lockdown, there’s no such move from the city government,” she said. As of October 26, the See FAKE, page 11
a recipient of an irrigation project from the National Irrigation Administration (NIA)-10 and farm machinery from the Department of Agriculture (DA)-10. Seeing how the association had improved with the help of the government, Andanar commended the officers of LASSCIA, Inc. as they have successfully managed their association well. “We have the national, provincial, local, regional agencies, the armed forces , and civilian government but what is important here is you, the association. You See LAUDS, page 11
Cagayan de Oro Press Club, Inc. (COPC) President Doc Manny Jaudian with Sheinne Rosete spearheaded the ceremonial cutting of ribbon of Mario’s Secret Bier Garden in Barangay Bangad in Cabanatuan City on October 23. photo by gerry lee gorit