MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XII, No. 039
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Thursday, August 18, 2022
DOTr backs construction of Butuan-Cag. de Oro Railway By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: The Department of Transportation (DOTr) endorsed the construction of the Butuan-Cagayan de Oro Railway System, Rep. Rufus Rodriguez of Cagayan de Oro City said Tuesday. Rodriguez said that the DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista also wrote to the Public-Private Partnership Center to finance the P100 million Project Preparation Feasibility Study for the first phase Cagayan de Oro Metropolitan Railway. He said that the CdeO Skyway/Light Rail System will traverse from Barangay Bugo to Bulua passing thru the Butuan-Cagayan-Iligan Road. The Road (CdeO’s present highway) is the 1st Phase of the railway starting from Paseo del Rio Rotunda in Nazareth to Macabalan Pier passing thru Apolinar Velez st., J. Pacana st., and Puntod See BACKS, page 11
Press Statement Rep. Rufus Rodriguez August 16, 2022
Grateful for the chance to align our #BrigadangAyala initiatives with the vision of Vice-President and DepEd Philippines Secretary Inday Sara Duterte. Our Chairman Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala expressed the group’s commitment to bolster support to the education sector during a courtesy call with VP Sara. Through Ayala Foundation, Inc., #BrigadangAyala supports the Department of Education’s Brigada Eskwela and Oplan Balik Eskwela programs nationwide, focusing on areas affected by recent disasters like typhoons and earthquake. IN PHOTO (L-R): iPeople President & Chief Operating Officer Alfredo Ayala, Ayala Corporation Chairman Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, Vice-President & Department of Education Secretary Sara Duterte, Ayala Foundation President Ruel Maranan, and Ayala Foundation Senior Director for Corporate Communications Cel RosalesAmores
DOTr backs Rodriguez proposal to construct the Cagayan De Oro Metropolitan Railway The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is supporting the proposal of Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez for a Skyway/Light Rail System in CdeO. Rodriguez requested a P100 million budget to fund the feasibility study of his proposed CdeO Skyway/ Light Rail System which will traverse from Barangay Bugo to Bulua passing thru the Butuan-Cagayan-Iligan Road (CdeO’s present highway) as the 1st Phase; and from Paseo del Rio Rotunda in Nazareth to Macabalan Pier passing thru Apolinar Velez st., J. Pacana st., and Puntod as the 2nd Phase. Upon receipt of the letter of Rep Rodriguez dated July 25, 2022, Secretary Jaime Bautista of the Department immediately wrote a letter dated July 29, 2022 to the Public-Private Partnership Center to finance the P100M for the Project Preparation Feasibility Study for the CdeO Metropolitan Railway, “My proposed state-of-the-art Skyway/Light Rail System in CdeO is envisioned to be a safe, clean, comfortable, fast, and affordable method of mass transportation. This will encourage people to commute instead of buying cars or motorcycles that are congesting our roads and polluting the environment,” Rodriguez stated. The CdeO lawmaker likewise received the support of
Senate reconstitutes panel to look into Marawi rehab dev’t By JEROME CARLO PAUNAN
MANILA, (PIA) -- The Senate has approved the reconstitution of a special committee that will manage the continuous rehabilitation of and compensation for Marawi City that was destroyed by a five-month siege in 2017 when Islamic militants occupied the city. First constituted during the 17th Congress, the committee is tasked to provide full support, assistance, and cooperation to Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM). Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa will again lead the special committee, which he handled in the previous Congress. “Despite the time that has lapsed, the wounds are still fresh, and the memories of such destruction and chaos still haunt us today. Since then, pooled efforts from both the public and the private sector have been put together to rebuild the City of Marawi,” Senate Majority
Leader Senator Joel Villanueva said in his sponsorship speech on Monday. He also cited the accomplishments in the rehabilitation of Marawi, referring to the July report of the Task Force Bangon Marawi, led by former Housing secretary Eduardo del Rosario, and the enactment of Republic Act No. 11696 or the Marawi Siege Victims Compensation Act of 2022. Senator Robinhood Padilla, for his part, thanked S enate President Juan Miguel Zubiri for the assurance that he will bring it up at the first meeting of the Legislative-Executive Development Advisor y Council (LEDAC). Padilla previously filed Senate Resolution No. 8 asking the Office of the Executive Secretary to conduct the vetting process for nominees who will compose the compensation board as provided by the law. “I will give my assurance
bilang inyong Senate President na talagang ifa-follow up natin ito sa Executive. At sa unang LEDAC meeting po babanggitin ko po ‘yan as part of our priority request sa Executive branch (I give my assurance as your Senate President to follow this up
with the Executive Branch. At the first LEDAC meeting, I will mention this as part of our priority request to the executive branch),” Zubiri said in reply to Padilla. In a report by the Philippine News Agency, the Marawi rehabilitation ef-
forts went full blast in July 2020, amid the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, following the completion of the first phase of rehabilitation from November 2017 to October 2018. The first phase included
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Iligan orders full Covid vax for government, private workers By NEF LUCZON
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Iligan City Mayor Frederick Siao ordered Tuesday the full vaccination of both government and private sector workers engaging the public in their jobs. Siao’s Executive Order (EO) 12-A mandates government and private workers to get fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). The order covers the academe and vendors who must be vaccinated, including booster doses. “Defeating Covid-19 requires nothing less than a tri-effort between the city, the barangays, and its citizens,” Siao said. Siao also directed the barangay chairpersons to intensify social mobilization activities “to generate demand for vaccination.” Meanwhile, as the opening of classes in public schools approaches, Siao also requires that only those who are fully vaccinated, See ORDERS, page 11