MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XII, No. 049
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Saturday, September 10, 2022
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CDO officials lukewarm to optional use of facemasks
PBBM: Digital innovations to spur economy
By FROILAN GALLARDO
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AGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 09 September) — Vaccine hesitanc y among senior citizens here has prompted city officials to rethink the recommendation by the Inter-Agency Task Force on the optional use of facemasks. City Health Officer Dr. Rachel Dilla said vaccine hesitancy among senior citizens is “high,” making it not advisable not to wear facemasks even outdoors. “That proposal is so dependent on 1st booster dose and Covid status here. It (wearing facemasks) would still be advisable for senior citizens and those with comorbidities,” Dilla said. She said said only 10 percent of the senior citizens have received their first booster shots out of the 90-percent target.
By Ruth Abbey Gita-Carlos
LTFRB Regional Director Al Guro leads the ribbon cutting of the modern units of some transport cooperatives in the region in support to the public modernization program of the government during the Northern Mindanao Transport conference at Amaya View, Indahag Cagayan de Oro City
She said data with the CHO showed it is difficult to reach out to the senior citizens because they are hesitant to be inoculated. She said only 60 of the
5,361 senior citizens targeted for inoculation last August 22 were given the first booster shots. “It’s a measly 1.14-perSee FACEMASKS, page 11
MANILA – Digital transformation initiatives will help boost more economic activities in the country, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Friday. Marcos issued the statement as he led the digital ribbon-cutting ceremony for the inauguration of the UnionBank Innovation Campus in the City of San Pedro, Laguna. “The initiatives that See SPUR, page 11
D O T pu s h e s t o e a s e m a s k m a n d at e ; c i t e s lifting in Asean countries By Joyce Ann L. Rocamora
Marawi City- The first Command Visit of PBGEN JOHN GANO GUYGUYON, Regional Director, PRO BAR in Lanao del Sur Police Provincial Office Camp Bagong Amai Pakpak, Marawi City. PCOL JIBIN M. BONGCAYAO Provincial Director LDSPPO, (center) holding the certificate of MEDALYA NG KAGALINGAN and wearing medals were proudly awarded to five top cop of PRO BAR Police in Lanao del Sur, PLT STHAMOEL T. DUJALI 0-33436, PCpl Acmad P. Miraato 190697, PCpl Ansary A. Naga 206549, PCpl Acay G. Mariano 274205 and Pat Mohammad Hamza U Hadji Ali 319665 for meritorious heroic acts displayed during the successful conduct of checkpoint operation on August 16, 2022 in Barangay Pagalongan Masioon, Ditsaan Ramain, Lanao del Sur and arrested suspects for violation of R.A. No. 9165. Confiscated during the operation was one (1) pack of heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing white crystalline substance believed to be shabu with an estimated weight of 25 grams and standard drug price of Php170,000.00. By this accomplishment, above-named personnel earned distinct honor and credit not only for themselves but also to the entire organization, and thus, is worthy of praise and emulation of PCOL REX O. DERILLO Chief of Regional Staff PRO BAR Office. (Photo By: Sonny Sudaria BARMM)
MANILA – The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Friday welcomed the recommendation to ease the country’s mask mandate, saying it would give the Philippine tourism sector “a better chance to regain its vibrant and booming operations.” The DOT cited a comparative analysis, saying relaxing mask mandates “did not appear to cause an uptick in Covid-19 cases” in neighboring Asean countries such as Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Indonesia. “The Philippines is currently in a position wherein its existing entry and stay policies for tourists convey only a partial reopening of the country to international travel,” Tourism Secretary
Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco (PNA photo)
Christina Frasco said. “For this reason, the Philippines is immediately at a grave disadvantage as a tourism destination vis-à-vis its neighboring Asean member states because the latter, which are the Philippines’ direct tourism competitors, have all lifted their mask mandates either totally or partially,” she added. Frasco added that aside from
Singapore, other Southeast Asian countries saw a general increase in tourist arrivals after mask mandates were liberalized. “There seems to be no direct correlation between the lifting of mask mandates and the increase in Covid-19 cases, only that the lifting of the mask mandates has served to more than double See PUSHES, page 11