MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XI, No. 060
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Saturday, October 2, 2021
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CdO back to GCQ with heightened restrictions C
By FROILAN GALLARDO, MindaNews
AGAYAN DE ORO – This city is back to the General Community Quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions following a constant decrease in COVID-19 infections in the past two weeks.
The National InterAgency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases through Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said the GCQ status for Cagayan de Oro would cover the whole month of October. The new quarantine status came after Cagayan de Oro Mayor Oscar Moreno appealed to the IATF to scale
down the health protocols. Moreno said the number of COVID-19 cases has steadily decreased in September. “We saw the consistent continuing (reduction) of our average daily attack rate (ADAR) of COVID-19 cases from 27 percent in the first week of August to 8.75 percent in the last week of
Rep. Rufus Rodriguez
CDO Rep. Rufus Rodriguez to seek reelection By FROILAN GALLARDO, MindaNews
See GCQ, page 11
REP TOTO MANGUDADATU AND HIS WIFE SHARIFA
House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez will seek reelection as representative of the city’s 2nd District, ending speculations he would run for city mayor. Rodriguez was endorsed Thursday by his party, the Centrist Democratic Party, and the Padayon Pilipino during a meeting somewhere in the city, according to City Councilor Lordan Suan. Bureau of Customs 10 district collector Elvira Cruz (second from left) and Mindanao Con- Both parties also picked tainer Terminal port collector John Simon (third from left) lead the groundbreaking of the Suan, a local businessman, new collection port office inside Phividec, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. photo by mark francisco
See REELECTION, page 11
Toto Mangudadatu’s new It’s Rodriguez vs Dahino for Oro’s Vice mayoralty post wife vies for Governor Padayon Pilipino-Centrist Democracy Party local coin Sultan Kudarat CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY alition. By JOEL CALAMBA ESCOL Managing Editor
By SONY SUDARIA and OSCAR LEDESMA MDNN News Bureau
S U LTA N K U D A R AT PROVINCE - A POLITICAL newbie, who just got married to Maguindanao Governor Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu, is vying for gubernatorial post in her home province, Sultan Kudarat, in the May 2022 local elections and national elections. Former beauty queen
Sharifa Akeel-Mangudadatu, according to reports obtained by MDNN research department, has the full support of his husband, one of the political kingpins in Maguindanao, a Muslimdominated province, which has always been marred by election-related violence in the past years. Just this week, a vice mayoralty candidate was ambushed by still unidenSee GOVERNOR, page 11
- Two women leaders of this city will battle it out for the lone vice mayoralty post come May 2022 elections. This, as City Councilor Edna Dahino formally filed her candidacy today for the vice mayoralty post against incumbent City Councilor Jocelyn “Bebot” Rodriguez. Bebot Rodriguez, younger sister of Deputy Speaker of the House, Rufus Rodriguez, was earlier proclaimed as the official candidate of
“Earlier today, I filed my Certificate of Candidacy to run for Vice Mayor in my beloved Cagayan de Oro City, alongside my running mate our future Mayor Rolando “Klarex” Uy. As a councilor for the 1st District, I have passed many ordinances and worked hard on platforms for women empowerment, protection of our children, strengthening families, preserving our environment, See POST, page 11