MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XII, No. 055
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Tuesday, September 27, 2022
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DAR commits P100M for CdO’s agrarian beneficiaries By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has committed the release of the P 100 million for the Farm to Market Road (FMR) intended for agrarian beneficiaries in Cagayan de Oro City. Rep. Rufus Rodriguez,
of the city’s second district, said that the amount was in addition to the P 88 million approved budget for 2023 finding committed for five barangays in the district. Rodriguez identified the villages with validated FMR budgets as Tablon – P15 million, Cugman – P15 million, Bugo – P15 million. Still for validation of the
funds were Cugman – P23,736,000, Bugo – P15 million. According to Rodriguez, the additional P 100 million is intended for the following villages, Indahag – P20 million Puerto – P20 million, Bugo- P20 million, Balubal- P20 million, GusaP20 million. Rodriguez said that
the FMRs would served 557 agrarian reform beneficiaries with about 3,000 farmers in the city’s second district. He said that DAR Sec. Conrado M. Estrella III has committed to provide the proposed P 100 million additional funds for the 10 villages of the districts FMR.
Rodriguez asks P21.5-M funds from DOH to upgrade health centers in CdeO second district
First lady Erlinda Unabia, of Misamis Oriental cuts the ribbon during the lainching of the National Tourism Week on Monday morning, Sept 27, 2022 at the Centrio Ayala activity center. The during the weeklong celebration from Sept 26 to Sept 30, 2022, the various municipal towns in Misamis Oriental exhibit the town’s potential unique products to lure patronage from both domestic and foreign tourists. Jeffrey Saclot heads the Provincial Tourism Office. Photo Cris Diaz
CAGAYAN de Oro 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez attended the budget hearing of the Department of Health (DOH) headed by OIC Secretary Maria Rosario Vergeire last September 12 at the Nograles Hall, Batasan, Quezon City. Rodriguez thanked the DOH for their unstinting medical assistance beyond the call of duty to the Filipino people during the Covid-19 pandemic. “The DOH officials and employees who were our dedicated medical frontliners are our modern-day heroes,” Rodriguez stressed. During the hearing, he expressed his concern about the proposed 2023 budget of DOH, including Rep. Rodriguez
the attached agencies and corporations, which only amounts to P301 billion. He said this may not be enough for the medical and health needs of 109 million Filipinos. The CdeO lawmaker lamented the fact that the proposed P345 billion budget was slashed by P44 billion. Meanwhile, Rodriguez requested Sec. Vergeire to submit a list of priority items for DOH to meet the health requirements of the people for possible augmentation of its budget. He likewise requested for the construction/upgrading of health facilities in the second district of CdeO See ASKS, page 11
Pres Marcos happy with success of 6-day US visit By JEROME CARLO PAUNAN
MANILA, (PIA) -- President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. reported that his six-day working visit to the United States was a success, as he returned to Manila, Sunday morning, Sept. 25. In his arrival speech, the President enumerated a number of accomplishments such as personally addressing the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York, and discussing a number of pressing global issues with US President Joe Biden. “It’s good to be home. We in the Philippine delegation are one in our assessment that the work done in this trip serves as a good
start for opportunities identified to be made into programs and projects to benefit the Philippines and our countrymen,” Pres. Marcos said upon his arrival at the NAIA Terminal 2. “And so the work continues but I am happy to report that we have had a very good and strong start to our efforts,” added the President. Aside from Biden, Marcos also met with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. He also spoke to American investors in economic briefings, including executives of the World Bank and other American
companies such as P&G. He also once again thanked the support and contribution of the Filipino community in the United States, which he first visited when he arrived there. “In our meeting, I thanked our kababayans who came. Some came from Canada, some came all the way from Florida. I thanked them for the work they do, and their contributions to their communities in the Philippines and in the United States,” Marcos said. The visit to the US is Marcos’ third trip abroad since taking office as the country’s 17th President. (PIA-NCR)
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. arrives morning of Sept. 25, 2022 in the Philippines after a weeklong working visit in the United States where he attended the 77th UN General Assembly and met with world leaders including US President Joe Biden. (Photo by Gelaine Louise Gutierrez/PIA-NCR)