Mindanao Daily Northmin (January 14, 2014)

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Mindanao Daily NEWS

Volume II, No. 170

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January 14, 2014

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northmin . westmin . caraga . davao Your Regional Mindanao-wide Community Newspaper

Death toll due to ‘LPA’ in Mindanao rose to 13

THE National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) announced on Monday that the death toll from the low pressure area (LPA) that induced rains caused landslides and flash floods that battered Mindanao has now climbed to 13. In an interview, NDRRMC spokesman Major Reynaldo Balido said that seven of the fatalities were from Davao Oriental while the remaining six were from Compostella Valley due to landslide and flashfloods as heavy rains have been pounding Mindanao since Friday. Balido said that seven persons were also

New bill eyed vs malnutrition VILLANUEVA, Misamis Oriental––First-termer Rep. Juliette Uy of the second district is pushing a bill that will create a mandatory national child nutrition program to help combat malnutrition in the country. Uy filed House Bill 1548 entitled: “An Act Providing for a Mandatory National Child Nutrition Program in all Public Elementary

Schools and Barangay Day Care Centers.” “Malnutrition is still one big public health problem for our people, affecting seven out of 10 children based on the national nutrition survey in 2008,” said the neophyte lawmaker from Northern Mindanao. In support to her new measure filed in the House of the Representatives, she

cited the recent survey conducted by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) that noted a prevalence of underweight children aged 0-5 years (3.35 million); a 27.9 percent rate of under-height children (3.57 million); and a significant increase in the

Floods, landslides displace residents in N. Mindanao See DEATH, page 11

See bill, page 11

Measles outbreak, who is to blame?

By Cheng Ordonez Associate Editor

HEAVY rains spawned by a low pressure area (LPA) have triggered floods in low-lying areas and landslides in mountainous areas, displacing residents here in Northern Mindanao. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) of the Province of Camiguin reported the occurrence of flash floods in Barangay Lumad and Poblacion in Mambajao due to the softening of the soil caused by continuous heavy rainfall since 3:00 a.m., Tuesday, See FULL STORY, page 2

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Members of the Comval emergency response team (COVERT) during its rescue operations in the flooded areas in Montevista, Monkayo, Nabunturan and Compostela brought by the continuous rain due to the Low Pressure Area (LPA) over the weekend. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) continues its flood and landslide monitoring in Comval as rain still continues in some areas. Photo by A. Dayao

No new business taxes, says Orochamber prexy By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent

CAGAYAN de Oro City–– There are no new business taxes imposed this year by the city government, according to a top business executive. Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Oro Chamber) president Efren Uy said the city has not introduced any new business tax, contrary to rumors spreading around the business community. Uy, however, said the city government will now be imposing some See prexy, page 11

Park Café no more. The Park Café at Divisoria has closed shop. The city government-owned property on which the establishment was located has been taken back by City Hall to be made into a public area again. The Park Café was in business during the previous administration. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit of Mindanao Daily News

C ommunity he a lt h workers stormed the Department of Health (DOH) main office on Wednesday (January 8) protesting the department’s failure to eradicate measles. “DOH should not be too quick to blame the victims and should own up to its own failure in its measles eradication program,” said Albert Pascual, spokesperson of Kilos Bayan Para sa Kalusugan. There is an outbreak of measles in nine cities in the National Capital Region (NCR). The DOH declared measles outbreaks in Manila, Caloocan, Las Piñas, Malabon, Muntinlupa, Navatos, Parañaque, Taguig and Valenzuela. Reports revealed that 1,742 persons were afflicted with measles, and 21 have already died. Pascual slammed the DOH for not being able to meet its target of eradicating measles by 2008 – 10 years after the “Ligtas Tigdas” measles immunization program was launched. In 1998, the Philippine government gave a commitment to the World Health Organization to undertake a 10-year measles See measles, page 11

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