MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XI, No. 063
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Saturday, October 9, 2021
FOI is one of best solutions vs. corruption: Andanar
PRESIDENTIAL Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar said the Freedom of Information (FOI) Program is one of Communications Secretary the best solutions to comMartin Andanar (File photo) bat corruption in public
DOH XI sees better anti-COVID interventions with reduced positivity rate
offices and should also be applied to other branches of government. Andanar said the PCOO continues to push for the legislation of the FOI through pending bills filed in Congress to address
corruption and inefficient public service delivery. “Our campaign against corruption will end right away, because for example this Freedom of Information is not yet a law. It is not being passed by Congress
yet,” he said in a recent media interview. “Whether the next administration will continue to promote this or not, we under the Duterte administration believe that this is one of the greatest solutions to get rid of cor-
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PDEA-Caraga nabs high-valued drug suspect By SONY SUDARIA and OSCAR LEDESMA MDNN NEWS Buruea
DAVAO CITY -- With an all-time high positivity rate of 34.5% in September 2021 now down to 22.19%, the Department of Health XI cited commendable interventions done in the previous weeks to control the COVID-19 surge in Davao Region. “We have recorded the highest positivity rate of 34.5% sometime in September and now we have recorded a decreasing positivity rate which is at 22.19%,” DOH XI head of the Surveillance and Epidemiology Unit Dr. Rachel Pasion announced in the latest DOH Virtual Presser. The DOH XI attributed the decrease on transmission of COVID-19 cases to the implementation of quick granular lockdown done by the local government units. Gingoog Vice Mayor Peter M. Unabia (from left), who’s running for governor of Misamis Oriental with Cagayan de An improved and better Oro Councilor Atty. Lordan Suan running for Congressman in the first district and 2nd District Rep Rufus.Rodriguez See SEES, page 11
ruption,” he added. On July 23, 2016, President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed Executive Order 2 or the FOI Program for the executive branch. The PCOO requested the
(right) during the filing of some of their PaDayon Pilipino partymates on Thursday Oct 7. 2021. photo by gerry lee gorit
CARAGA REGION – Elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in the region arrested a high valued drug operator Thursday at a bus terminal in Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur. PDEA-13 infortmation officer Dindo Abellanosa told reporters the suspect was identified as Armac Suma, alias Madam Muslim, a resident of Barangay Taglatawan in Bayugan City. Abellanosa said: “The suspect is an HVI and engaged in selling of shabu in Bayugan City and other parts in Agusan del Sur. She is under surveillance by a team PDEA-13 with the support of the personnel from Agusan del Sur Provincial Police Office and Bayugan City Police Station.” The raiding team of PDEA agents seized from the suspect five transparent plastic sachets of the illegal
BOC-10 curbs out corruption, vies better services despite pandemic CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- In accordance with the Duterte administration’s reforms against graft and corruption in government offices, the Bureau of Customs (BOC)-10 continues its internal reforms to bolster its mandate and services despite its operational challenges wrought by the global health crisis. “We constantly monitor the smuggling activities here, as a matter of fact, in the previous month nakahuli tayo ng mga sigarilyo (we have confiscated smuggled cigarettes), we did our condemnation last month, we are very vigilant now in support of the antismuggling campaign, this is
for the purpose of helping our farmers, traders and businesses, so we need to be vigilant,” shared BOC10 District Collector Elvira Cruz during the CORDS-X podcast with Communications Sec. Martin Andanar, October 2. As response to the disruption of global trading operations, Cruz said they have enhanced border protection against unabated smuggling, upgraded their digital infrastructure to streamline their services, and launched proactive programs to ensure timely payments of their stakeholders. “In terms of logistics that is the number one concern pagdating ng kargamento
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(when it comes to cargo shipments) right away we encourage our stakeholders to lodge their entries, so we can examine, appraise, and then finalize,” she added. Further, the BOC-10 has launched its Customer Care Centers (CCCs) to cull out corruption by limiting person to person contact, which can lead to bribes and fixers as it realizes its commitments on its “anticorruption manifesto.” With the BOC being one of the country’s significant revenue sources, Cruz encourages interested exporters and importers to properly utilize their Misamis Oriental gubernatorial candidate Rep. Juliette Uy (front) and second district department’s services and congressional candidate Julio Uy (behind) arrive at the provincial Comelec office to See VIES, page 10
file their certificates of candidacy. PHOTO BY MARK FRANCISCO