MINDANAO DAILY
THE NATION’S ADVOCATE FOR TRUTH, JUSTICE AND PROGRESS Volume XII, No. 113
DOLE authorizes resumption of labor inspections
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Saturday, February 11, 2023
CDO registers all-time high biz tax collection in January
THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has resumed its regime of labor inspections following an order giving authority to its personnel to renew the conduct of the department’s regular labor inspections on private establishments. Labor Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma recently signed Administrative Order No. 31-2023 authorizing DOLE personnel to conduct labor inspections starting February 1, 2023. The department suspended labor inspections for the holidays as DOLE focused on wrapping up labor standard cases all over the country. The new administrative order activates the department’s corps of inspectors which includes: labor inspectors (LIs), labor inspection auditors (LIAs), technical safety inspectors (TSIs), hearing officers (HOs), and sheriffs. Each inspection unit, a system replicated down to the department’s regional and field offices, is provided with a “general authority,” Iponan, Cagayan de Oro City barangay chairnan Dondon Cabasa Allorin greets the participants of the 2023 HumSee AUTHORIZES, page 11
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balicious Festival. PHOTO BY MARK FRANCISCO
Mayor Rolando Uy
THE economic recovery strategy and leadership of Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Rolando Uy is paying off as business tax collection as of January 31 is highest in at least the last ten years. The office of the city treasurer collected P730,976,245.37 in business tax as of the end of last month. This is 26.33 percent higher than the See REGISTERS, page 11
Iponan’s Humbalicious Festival Camiguin PHO reiterates PhilHealth benefits, insurance 2023 now on its 14th year CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY– By GLACETENE KAYL N. DABA
By MARK FRANCISCO
BARANGAY Iponan in Cagayan de Oro City led by chairman Dondon Allorin recently celebrated its Humbalicious Festival 2021 last February 7 to 9. Known then as Humba Festival, it started way back in 2009 to champion humba as one of the barangay’s two specialties (the other is suman). Every year, a cooking contest is held at Iponan pla-
za where chefs from the city judge the cook-off between Iponan’s amateur humba cooks from the barangay’s zones, sitios, schools and non-government organizations (NGOs). The famous humba dish, which is traditionally a sugar-braised pork meat, undergoes many transformations under the hands (From left) Cindy Estanilla, Dr. Gretchen Cabalang, and John Emmanuel P. Santuyo of the barangay’s aspiring share the importance of PhilHealth membership and insurance for Filipinos to prevent financial risk against the cost of quality healthcare on the February 8, 2023, OK Doc! humba masters. See FESTIVAL, page 11
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To celebrate the Department of Health’s (DOH) National Insurance Month, PhilHealth Social Insurance Officer John Emmanuel P. Santuyo tackles the importance of health insurance and the essential requirements for PhilHealth membership registration on the February 8 OK Dok! radio program. “Ang PhilHealth kay financial intermediary man See REITERATES, page 11