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tion target of 3.796 million to achieve herd immunity, representing 70% of the region’s total population.
munities.
During the Kapihan sa Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-Davao on Friday, Dr. Janis Olavides, head of the vaccination
team of the DOH-Davao, said only Davao City at tained herd immunity after it tallied a total of 1,336,929 individuals ful
ly vaccinated against the COVID-19, surpassing its target of 1,327,323.
Olavides said they hope to meet their vaccina
Olavides said local government units are dou bling their efforts to im prove vaccination coverage in their respective com
In the provinces, Davao Oriental has 369,582 fully vaccinated individuals or 87.7% of its target popula tion; Davao del Norte with 629,285 fully vaccinated or 87.7% of its target; Davao de Oro with 416,018 fully
vaccinated or 76.2% of its target; Davao Occi dental with 176,466 fully vaccinated or 73.5% of its target; and Davao del Sur with 365,881 fully vaccinated or 71.2% of its target.
EXPLOSIVE Ordnance and Disposal personnel from Davao City Police Office check those belongings of vendors entering the Roxas night market as part of security measures. BING GONZALES DAVAO CITY (MindaNews) – The Davao region has yet to attain herd immunity against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), recording only 3.3 million fully vac cinated individuals or 86.8% of the target population of 3.8 million as of September 19, the Department of Health (DOH) regional office reported. • Davao has yet to attain community protection vs COVID-19: DOH says2 arrested after trying to sneak drugs into jail
Gov’t conduct probe on Marilog landslide
DAVAO CITY- Several government agencies are looking at a landslide in Marilog, which first oc curred on August 30, 2022.
The landslide inci dent situated in Purok Malikongkong, Barangay Marilog Proper was re
ported at 9 a.m on Aug. 30. It initially affected 20 hec tares of land. On September 2, the progression of mass movement occurred, and the landslide area extended to 40 hectares.
The Mines and Geo sciences Bureau XI con
Alleged robber slain in shootout with city cops
DAVAO CITY – Alert members of the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) were quick to respond to a rob bery in Barangay Buhangin that neutralised the suspect over the weekend.
Based on the DCPO report, victim Quency Rose Guimban immediately re ported the incident to the Buhangin police, which
promptly conducted a hot pursuit operation that led to the killing of suspect Aaron Tamano.
His cohort escaped.
Guimban said two male riders on board a mo torcycle blocked her path while she was walking and forcibly took her shoulder bag containing a mobile
ducted an inspection on September 16. They ob served water seepage along the riverbanks/cliffs of the Upian River where the toe of the landslide is located.
Based on Interfero metric Synthetic Aperture
Police identified them as Christy Morales Torres and Roel Cabantug Balla.
According to the re port, duty jailer SSg Mark Inocentes intercepted the two police custody visitors (PUPC) visitors after they were caught in possession of illegal drugs.
Confiscated from them was a rectangular sachet containing a substance be
BY RHODA GRACE B. SARONlieved to be shabu with an estimated weight of seven grams and a street value of P30,000. Authorities also seized another rectangular sachet containing dried marijuana with fruiting tops with an estimated weight of six grams and a street value of P1,000.
The interception and eventual arrest of the two occurred during a routine
inspection of all visitors.
The suspects were visi tors of Dennis Lumbre, who was also arrested in a buy-bust operation for ille gal drugs on May 26, 2022.
With that, Brig. Gen. Benjamin Silo Jr., director of Police Regional Office XI, emphasized that they strictly keep a drug-free custodial facility by con ( /2ARRESTED/10)
Mayor’s 12-point agenda revealed
THE 12-POINT agenda of Mayor Sebastian Duterte's administration was un veiled on Thursday during the gathering of Davao City officials from the executive and legislative branches to formulate the Executive and Legislative Agenda for 2023-2025 at the Arcadia Event Center.
Acting City Adminis trator Francis Mark Lay og presented the 12-point
priority agenda of Mayor Duterte.
The 12 other key pri ority areas are poverty al leviation; infrastructure development; sustainable environment; health; edu cation and human resource development; agriculture and agribusiness; busi ness and industrial support development; transporta tion planning and traffic management; peace and
order; disaster risk reduc tion and mitigation; good governance through inno vative ICT; and tourism and development and support services.
These programs were included in the discussion of around 200 representa tives of city government offices, the Sangguniang Panlungsod, and the De partment of the Interior and Local Government.
City Planning and De velopment Coordinator Engr. Ivan C. Cortez said that the ELA is a DILG requirement that should be formulated within the first 100 days of every new administration.
He said that the ELA would set the development direction of the city gov ernment, together with the Sangguniang Panlungsod,
DEPARTMENT of Health medical officer Dr. Janis Olavides discusses the holding of COVID-19 massive vaccination called Bakunahang Bayan on Sept. 26-30 in different places in Davao region during the Kapihan sa PIA at NCCC MallVP Sept. 23. Olavides says 3.2 million have been vaccinated of the 3.7 million individuals targeted for the region. BING GONZALES POLICE arrested two individuals after allegedly being caught carrying illegal drugs while visiting a detainee inside the custodial facility in Ecoland on Sept. 22.
NCMF seeks Halal areas in public markets in Davao
Sherrila Porza Sawah, NCMF-Davao director, said during Kapihan sa Philippine Information Agency (PIA)Davao) on Monday that she has already raised this pro posal with the City Mayor’s Office following a growing clamor from Moro residents to devote an area for Halal products.
She said the agency is hopeful the local government will prioritize the proposal.
“ Daghan naga request nga ingon ana. In fact, magka roon na ta og Halal slaughter house I think it’s about time na atong palengke mabutangan
pud og halal area (A lot of people are requesting for that. In fact, we will soon have Ha lal slaughterhouse and I think it’s about time that we put up Halal areas in our markets),” she said.
Samsi SM. Buat, chief of the Cultural Affairs Division of NCMF-Davao, said the Halal slaughterhouse would be operationalized once it complies with all require ments for Halal certification.
Last September 16, the local government inaugurated the Malagos Double A abattoir with cold storage, meat cut ting facilities, and the Halal
Slaughterhouse.
According to the City In formation Office, the Depart ment of Agriculture set aside P80 million to complete the non-halal abattoir while the local government allotted P1 million for the Halal abattoir.
In 2016, the City Council approved an ordinance requir ing stores “selling raw fish, seafoods, meat, processed meat products to segregate halal food from non-halal/ haram food items, from deliv ery to storage, display, weigh ing slicing, carrying through baskets/carts/trolleys, until its
CebuPac resumes int’l flights from Davao City
THE Philippines’ leading airline, Cebu Pacific (PSE: CEB), continues to beef up its regional footprint as it announces the resumption of its international operations in its Davao hub, starting with direct flights to Singapore. CEB is the first local car rier to restart international flights from Davao since the pandemic.
On October 30, 2022, CEB will begin operating
three times a week from Davao to Singapore, eve ry Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday. Flight 5J 715 is scheduled to depart Francisco Bangoy International Airport at 5:15PM, and is set to arrive at Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 4 at 9:10PM. Its return flight, 5J 716, is sched uled to leave Singapore at 9:55PM, and is estimated to arrive in Davao at 1:40AM the next day.
DTI 11, EMCOR sign MOA on consumer protection
DAVAO CITY – The De partment of Trade and In dustry (DTI) 11 has contin ued to partner with private organizations in a bid to protect consumers further.
The agency recently inked a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with EM COR, Inc., a homegrown appliance company operating in Mindanao, Visayas, and Palawan for over six dec ades. The partnership aims to provide a readily accessible consumer-related information desk known as “Consumer
Corner”.
The Republic Act 7394, or the Consumer Act of the Philippines, ensures the pro tection of consumers, as well as the promotion of their general welfare and the es tablishment of a standard of conduct for business and industry. With this, DTI 11 bolsters the law's adoption and implementation by forg ing ties with different private companies.
DTI 11 Regional Director Maria Belenda Q. Ambi noted that through the years, con
sumer protection had faced different challenges.
“In this day and age wherein numerous brick and mortar stores and digital mar ketplaces both exist, consum ers are faced with greater challenges. They may have varying experiences when it comes to finding truthful, accurate, advertisement and promotion, getting access to quality and safe products, fair and honest treatment on the relationship of parties in a consumer transaction, and redress,” she said.
The local trade chief added that the DTI, which is one of the consumer cham pions, implements measures to provide information and education to facilitate sound choice and the proper exercise of consumer rights.
In the meantime, Ambi explained that the settingup of Consumer Corner in business establishments is fueled by their commitment to conducting programs and activities that will reinforce the promotion and strengthen ing of consumer welfare and
protection.
“EMCOR, Inc., a busi ness that started here in Davao City, is recognized as an es tablishment that is driven by its vision to deliver continuous innovation and great customer service; hence, the organiza tion became the DTI’s partner in the said efforts subject to ap plicable laws and regulations,” Ambi shared.
She explained that this project supports the agency’s strategic objective, which is to increase the consumers’ level of awareness by providing them with information about their rights, responsibilities, and protection under the law.
Apart from Ambi, DTI 11 Assistant Regional Director Delia M. Ayano was also a sig natory. Meanwhile, EMCOR Inc. president and chief operat ing officer Nelson M. Aparejo and senior vice president for operation Guilbert R. Olbez signed the MOA on behalf of the company. Following the signing, the Mommy Mili standee was unveiled. This customized promo collateral will contain DTI information
This is the first interna tional route that the airline is restarting from Davao, in line with its move to expand hubs outside Metro Manila.
“We are very excited to bring back this route as we know passengers in Mind anao have been waiting for more affordable and convenient flight options to fly abroad. Now that we’ve strengthened our operations
GCash bags PH e-wallet distinction
IN RECOGNITION of its positive impact on the lives of over 66 million Filipi nos, GCash, the Philippines’ leading mobile wallet, has been awarded the Philippine Technology Excellence for e-wallet under the Financial Technology category in the prestigious Asian Technology Excellence Awards.
“While we at GCash are humbled by this recognition, we are not one to rest on our laurels. This only strengthens our resolve to continue pursu ing our goal of empowering Filipinos through meaningful digital financial services,” shared GCash President and Chief Executive Officer Mar tha Sazon.
GCash was given the ac colade for creating innovative digital products and services that greatly improved the lives of Filipinos and for its quick response to the needs of its customers, especially during
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources Region XI Officials, led by Regional Executive Director Bagani Fidel Evasco, con ducted a meeting with the Honorable Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte on the updates of DENR, MGB, and EMB concerning the City of Davao.
per Alberto Lascano presented the Status of the Minerals Industry and briefly oriented the Local Chief Ex ecutive and the City Administrator on the MGB Flood and Landslide Susceptibility Map of Davao City to aid the officials in Disaster Planning and Disaster Preparedness.
DENR XI Regional Executive Director Bagani
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MGB XI Regional Director Jasper Alberto Lascano,
Commissioner Aileen Lourdes Lizada, DENR XI Regional Executive Director Bagani Fidel Evasco, and Davao City Councilor Diosdado Angelo Junior Mahipus during the CSC 2022 Government Fair
DENR XI Regional Executive Director Bagani Fidel Evasco, MGB XI Regional Director Jasper Alberto Lascano and DENR XI, MGB XI personnel at the DENR Booth during the CSC 2022 Government Service Fair Opening
DENR, MGB, AND EMB REGION XI MEETS MAYOR SEBASTIAN “BASTE” DUTERTE, GIVES UPDATES CONCERNING THE CITY OF DAVAO
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews) – The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF)Davao Region has urged for the establishment of Halal areas in all public markets in Davao City.
CONSUMER PROTECTION. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) 11, represented by ARD Delia M. Ayano (middle), signs a memorandum of agreement with appliance company EMCOR, Inc. recently to strengthen consumer protection further.
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Major milestones reached for Bangsamoro peace process
Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity Sec. Carlito G. Galvez, Jr. said President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has shown his resolve to move forward the Bangsamoro peace process with the appointment of the 80-member Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA).
“True to the call for in clusivity, the new composi tion of the BTA is composed of representatives from the Moro National Liberation Front’s (MNLF) Misuari and Sema-Jikiri groups, as well as the sons and daughters of top Moro Islamic Libera tion Front (MILF) leaders,” Galvez said.
And in the run-up to the BTA’s inaugural session, he said MILF Chairman Ebra him Murad and Member of Parliament Thong Jikiri of the Sema-Jikiri group met with MNLF Founding Chair Nur Misuari in the latter’s home, putting an end to the two Moro fronts’ 46 years of separation.
“During the inaugura tion of the BTA last Septem ber 15, the country witnessed the reunification of all Bang samoro leaders. This was both historic and a milestone in the Bangsamoro peace process,” Galvez told mem bers of the academe led by Ateneo de Davao University
(ADDU) President Fr. Joel Tabora and representatives of civil society in a peace fo rum held here on Wednesday at the ADDU.
The peace adviser said the President reiterated his call for the BTA to pass the BARMM’s crucial codes which include the Electoral Code, Local Government Code, Revenue Code, Indig enous Peoples' Code.
According to Galvez, the passage of these codes will lay the foundations of an inclusive, responsive and people-centered govern ance in the Bangsamoro and “ensure that the BARMM
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DAVAO CITY --- Less than three months into its term, major milestones have already been achieved under the Marcos administration’s peace agenda for the Bangsamoro.
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The expanding DCWD issue
NOW some other opinion makers from the media are joining us in the public discourse on the present water service situation of the Davao City Water Dis trict (DCWD). Most, if not all, are either defending the water firm or directly ex plaining why things are not quite well in the agency’s service level.
And for the first time ever, it was on their defense/ explanation that we learned of some members of the Davao City Council showing their interest in pushing for the pri vatization of the water agency. As can be recalled, some years back, the DCWD was operating like it was a private corporation. It is, in fact, why its employees and officials envy those working in the local government because they have been receiving higher salary rates plus benefits provided for in a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) forged be tween the employees’ union and the DCWD management. The employees’ government-mandated insurance was with the Social Security System or SSS.
IOM, UNHCR and UNRWA: Latest Tragedy at Sea off Syria Must Prompt Action
THE shipwreck off the coast of Syria late Thursday is simply tragic.
regular migration to help reduce loss of life and protect vulnerable people on the move.
The boat had reportedly set off towards Europe on Tuesday from the port of Miniyeh, near Tripoli, Lebanon, carrying between 120 and 170 migrants and refugees, mostly Syrians, Lebanese, and Palestinians. Passengers included women, children, men and elderly people.
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Search and rescue operations have confirmed that at least 70 people died so far. They were found in Syr ian waters. Early reports indicate that 20 people were transferred to the hospital in the city of Tartous, some in a serious condition.
In Lebanon, the three agencies are following up with the relevant authorities and will offer support to bereaved families. UNHCR in Syria is also providing some material support to survivors in Tartous.
“This is yet another heart-wrenching tragedy and we extend our deepest condolences to all those impacted,” said Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. “We call for full solidarity from the inter national community to help improve the conditions of forcibly displaced people and host communities in the Middle East, particularly in countries neighboring Syria. Too many people are being pushed to the brink.”
“People looking for safety should not be compelled to take such perilous and often deadly migration journeys,” said António Vitorino, IOM Director General. “We must work together to increase safe and legal pathways to
“This is just tragic. No one gets on these death boats lightly. People are taking this perilous decisions, risking their lives in search of dignity. We must do more to of fer a better future and address a sense of hopelessness in Lebanon and across the region, including among Palestine refugees” said Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini of UNRWA.
In response to increased sea departures from the re gion over the past months, IOM, UNHCR, and UNRWA call on coastal states to increase efforts to build their capacity to provide search and rescue services and to work to ensure predictability in identifying safe places of disembarkation.
However, it is even more critical that action is be taken to address the root causes of these movements and for the international community, in line with the principle of responsibility-sharing, to strengthen access to safer, alternative pathways to stop people resorting to danger ous journeys. Much more humanitarian and development support must also go to those displaced and host commu nities throughout the region to help stem their suffering and improve their living conditions and opportunities.
Failing this, refugees, asylum-seekers, migrants, and internally displaced people will continue to take dangerous journeys in search of safety, protection, and a better life.
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Later, however, a question that was raised to determine the DCWD’s real juridical status reached up to the Supreme Court. The final answer was that the DCWD is a quasigovernment agency. That was when some changes happened in the organization, one of which was the employees’ work insurance coverage’s transfer to the state-own Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) from the SSS. Also, be ing based in Davao City and doing business here makes the DCWD obligated to give the city a certain percentage of its income as the former’s share, although we heard that it is done on some kind of a “dacion en pago” arrangement with the city’s monthly water bill. How true, as we said, we only heard about it from certain reliable sources, at least to us.
As most Davao City residents have noticed in the past few weeks, the water firm’s services appeared to be dete riorating substantially despite the start of its billing using the increased water rates. And this is the situation that leads to numerous complaints by residents residing in almost all sectors of the country’s largest city by land area.
And suppose we believe what some of our media friends are writing about the so-called members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod “salivating” for offers of privatizing the water distribution business of the city. In that case, we now know that some local legislators are already aware of the situation.
However, if they are indeed pushing for privatization of the DCWD, we are not totally in accord with them. What we are advocating is for the DCWD to fast-track its partnership project for the supply of bulk surface water to augment its source for distribution to areas known to be inadequately or hardly supplied, mostly in the city's northern sector.
Another scheme that we are pushing to solve the problem is to split the concession area into two and have the city delineate the coverage of DCWD and let go of the other to a new concessionaire. And if this would mean that the “chipped out” area is to be given to a private corporate concessionaire, so be it.
To us, and perhaps to the majority of Davaoenos, what is important is the DCWD can satisfactorily deliver the desired volume of water to its consumers at any given time. After all, that is what they are paying for.
Nonetheless, we do not totally see the service situation of DCWD as hopeless. Of the two options, we recommend without being solicited, we are still strongly favoring a oneDCWD water concession coverage from south to north of the city.
However, we strongly encourage the DCWD, and perhaps with the backing of the local government, to exert enough pressure to have its partnership agreement for the bulk water supply project completed as soon as possible. From our recollection, there were several instances of pro nouncement to that effect that by this year, the project will have already been partially operational. Unfortunately, it does not look that way.
Of course, we cannot possibly do anything better if the water agency would rather do the proverbial just “watching a sailboat passing by,” or do an Emperor Nero of the old Roman Empire “playing his flute while Rome was burning.”
And maybe, just maybe, the DCWD hydrologists, if it has one or two or three, should not insist on believing that the south and the southwestern section of the city is more blessed with ideal water sources than the northern sector of the city. There may also probably be an ideal potable water source on the latter side of the city, somewhere waiting to be discovered.
PhiliPPineREVIEW:
1. BOOK:
Tacbil Mosque Palimbang Massacre
A Reader Published by the Human Rights Violations Victims’ Memo rial Commission
2022
2. ART EXHIBIT:
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KARL M. GASPAR CSSR September 24 48 years ago and today
Weaving Women’s Words On Wounds Of War Ateneo Art Gallery, Arrete Ateneo De Manila
Still Ongoing
Today, September 24 is a day to NEVER FORGET! Not especially the Moro people! Not the Mindanawons! Not the Filipino People! On the same day in 1974 – 48 years ago – two years after the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law in 1972, an estimated 1,500 residents of Palimbang were massacred in and around the Tacbil Mosque.
Even after the passage of almost half-a-century, only a few Filipinos have heard about this heinous crime committed by this brutal authoritarian regime against its innocent civilians. Now comes a most important document which should have been published much earlier and copies should reach every corner of Mindanao – the Tacbil Mosque Palimbang Massacre: A Reader, published by the Human Rights Violations Victims’ Memorial Commission/
A handsomely-designed book of 275 pages it is a most comprehensive documentation of the situation of Palimbang just before, during and the aftermath of the massacre, complete with photographs, maps, illustrations, citations from the archives of both the logging firm that operated in the area, declassified communications from the US Embassy in Manila as well as military records, newspaper accounts, affidavits, personal tes timonies and interviews.
In an attempt to ferret the truth of what really took place – and avoid any disinformation – the various editors, authors and everyone involved in the entire process from research to designing the lay-out triangulated the data checking facts and figures thoroughly before final publication. For their own safety, naturally they are unnamed in this publication, except two authors (A. E. Amaral who wrote On the Palms of My Hands (Bloomington: Authorhouse) in 2007 and the news reporter, Sheilfa B.Alojamiento (writing for The Moro Kurier).
Also identified are the members of the Human Rights Victims Claims Board or HRVCB who signed affidavits (who included Ambai Hadji Mohammad, Hadji Druz Ali, Non-ain H. Utoo, Dondo Edo, Muhamad Paudzi Piana and Kamad Tacbil Gunao) and the oral testimonies of Mariam Kanda, Mohamad Piang, Dondo Edo Balabang, Abduladzid Tacbikm Nigannad Jabda abd Nadaju Kanda. Interviews were conducted by mem bers of the HRVVMC and the Sultan Kudarat State University.
The municipality of Palimbang is located along south western Mindanao facing the Celebes Sea, founded as a town in 1959 consisting of 46 barangays, 24 of which are located along the coastline including Barangay Malisbong where the Tacbil mosque is located. Its adjacent towns in Sultan Kudarat and South Cotabato include the towns of Senator Ninoy Aquino, Kalamansig ang Lake Sebu.
Except for the coastal areas, its terrain is mountainous where there are still forests left. Its land is fertile and suited to extensive agriculture cultivated by both Muslims and Christians, some of whom were also fisherfolk. An American private log ging company – the Weyerhaeuser Company – had acquired a logging concession in the area since 1968 and continue to oper ate in the area until the 1970s. Many of the Christian settlers were dependents of this company.
Two developments in the early 1970s would lead to the tragedy that unfolded in Palimbang in 1974. First was the spread of the Ilaga-Blackshirt conflict that had erupted across Cotabato-Lanao in the late 1960s and which even expanded to coastal areas such as Palimbang owing to its mixed population where armed clashes began to take place. The Moro National Liberation Front had also expanded and it was not long after its conflict with the Philippine government would lead to violent encounters and Palimbang became an MNLF sanctuary, espe
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cially in the interior near barangay of Libua.
By June 1974, there were rumors that the MNLF facilitated training camps there and route supplies through the area to rebel groups in Cotabato City. In the process the Meyerhaeuser operations got disrupted and thus, the company sought military intervention as ambushes of their personnel by MNLF forces were taking place. The logging employees began to express concern and not a few expressed the desire to leave the place but the military governor, Colonel Siongco promised reinforce ment. A C-47 aircraft then began strafing the area hoping to drive the rebels away leading to 50 casualties including 10 military deaths.
Eventually the Weyerhaeuser officials asked for aid and Colonel Siongco responded with a ruthless campaign includ ing ambushing civilians. Gen. Fortunato Abat – over-all com mander of the Central Mindanao Command - arrived shortly at the company’s airstrip in Milbuk along with a joint Philippine Marine-Philippine Army forces whose operation in the area was meant to dislodge MNLF positions there. The joint MarineArmy amphibious exercises was organized which began on September 22 starting at Kraan River, towards Kolong-kolong and was terminated by September 25.
The Philippine government, time and again, denied that a massacre had taken place. But primary and secondary sources gathered by the HRVVMC have proven conclusively without any doubt that a massacre took place with most of the killings taking place in and around the mosque on September 24. The bombardment of the coastal settlements took place before the military landed. Once the soldiers reached shore, they gathered the residents and the men were segregated and detained inside the mosque. They were then “systematically killed under the custody of the members of the Armed Forces, taken out of the mosque in different batches over the course of several days.”
This report further asserts that “the true scale of death is still unknown as with the total number and identities of all its victims.” The first reports indicated that only around 300 men were killed, but later the number was increased to 678 with a report in The Moro Kurier. Initially the seven-member Com mittee tasked to investigate the massacre came up with a list of 848 names, but more investigation through oral interviews and statements of local residents indicated that the number could go up to 1,500 men. Thus when the Philippine Commission on Hu man Rights issued a report, it acknowledged the deaths at 1,500.
The Commission on Human Rights last September 6, 2019 came out with Resolution No. AM2019-183 recommending that each year on this day be declared a commemoration day of the massacre while the Provincial Government declared September 24 a non-working holding in the municipality of Palimbang.
A marker that served the massacre’s memorialization is being proposed right at the sight of the massacre – the Tacbil mosque which still stands proudly today in Malisbong, Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat.
One form of memorialization of the Palimbang massacre is right now on exhibit at the Ateneo Art Gallery at Arrete, Ateneo de Manila University, mounted through the auspices of a mother-project “Weaving Women’s Transitional Justice Nar ratives,” under the leadership of Prof. Ma. LourdesVeneracionRallonza, Mr. Robert Francis Garcia and Prof. Roy Mendoza. It involves women of Palimbang, Manili, Kalinga, Manili, Lake Sebu, Tboli, Jolo and Tawi-tawi. Curator is Marian Pastor Roces and Lead Artwork Developer is Karl Castro.
There are six major art installations, the most moving being the one on Palimbang. In “Palimbang’s Thousand-Fold Grief: Endurance,” black slabs on which are engraved the names of the victims of the massacre are arranged in a procession-like formation, one can read through the names and even if we do not personally know the victims, they become part of us. These are both lapidas honoring the dead but also tributes to innocent victims of a carnage finally named and remembered and no longer the anonymous, faceless tragic victims of a tyrant!
Immediately adjacent is a multi-mixed media installation
complete with a video clip and an image projection – “The Engraved Seventy-Plus Amplification,” dominated by an image of a white mosque appearing like a ghost in the midst of total darkness, luminous and whose beauty takes the breath away. This was the mosque of Manili, a small village in Cotabato which became the site of a mass grave where more than seventy bodies, killed by the Ilaga, were buried. The mosque itself was destroyed, and only its reconstructed image has survived. The video clip showed a ritual of burying the remains of the mosque with utmost care.
Four other installations complete the set and each one has its own unique feature showing the specificities of how indigenous women use art to remember how they got victim ized by a ruthless regime but how they also resisted all forms of oppression and domination. With the Tbolis’ “Discretion,” it is a tnalak inspired installation of strips of red and black ribbons on which are typed the narratives of both their victimization and resistance. There are layers of meaning in the symbols used from the hollow of the abaca balls woven into cloth and the interweaving of the abaca strips crisscrossing through the rows of ribbons. It is a most ephemeral work of art, delicate but forceful!
Even more militant is the Kalinga women cloth (“Tenac ity”) with their narratives embroidered into the handwoven tex tile. Two narratives stand out in the texts, namely the women’s role in resisting the construction of the Chico River Dam and how some of them took up arms from the New People’s Army to the Cordillera People’s Liberation Army. Both the texts and the formation of the cloth – designed as if it were a tent – attest to the courage of the women as well as their capacity to provide comfort to comrades.
Next installation is a collection of the Tausog women eve ryday blouse and headgear (“Equanimity.”) These are ordinary women’s wear devoid of glitter and glamour but one can tell that these are very functional allowing for maximum comfort. And yet with their choice of cloth that have colored designs but made of light materials, they would be easy to carry if they are forced to evacuate, for these can easily be washed. And of course, the women’s paraphernalia at home is not complete if she has no access to what could serve as blanket, shelter or carpet.
Lastly, there is the Sama (“Grace”) installation of white sand and hand-woven small multi-colored banigs. The vast oceans across the Sulu archipelago, the ancestral waters of the Sama people (especially the Sama D’laut) are interspersed with islands and islets of pure white sand, some of which disappear when it is high tide. On some of these islets are the pandan leaves that can be processed into the straws that can be dyed and woven into fabulous mats of intricate designs. Sama women’s artistic creativity shines best in such settings and with such art forms.
So what accounted for the gender perspective of this exhibit. This project was an offshoot of a Transitional Justice project which if defined refers to a variety of processes and strat egies wherein a society comes to terms with past criminal mass atrocities, usually committed during periods of armed conflict or of authoritarian regime, e.g. the entire Marcos dictatorship era which resulted in massacres like those in Palimbang and Manili. Ordinarily, in reference to victims, the highlighted ones are men especially where there are combatants. Women and children are oftentimes made invisible and voiceless.
The organizers of this exhibit on Women Artists made sure that this venture would take stock of a discursive past that has a distinct gender perspective involving women who were victimized by a brutal dictatorship but went on record to manifest their agency and now are willing to collaborate with other artists and cultural workers in producing art installations that function to memorialize their quiet heroism so as to never forget such resistance!
[MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. Re demptorist Brother Karl Gaspar is a professor at St. Alphonsus Theological and Mission Institute in Davao City and until recently, a professor of Anthropology at the Ateneo de Davao University. Gaspar is Mindanao’s most prolific book author. He writes two columns for MindaNews, one in English (A So journer’s Views) and the other in Binisaya (Panaw-Lantaw). He is a Datu Bago awardee, the highest honor the Davao City government bestows on its constituents.]
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 24 Sept) -- The Ukraine-Russia war is already seven months old with no end in sight. Russian President Vladimir Putin has remained steadfast in pursuing his greed regardless of the cost. The West continues to arm Ukraine to counter and slow down the Russo aggression. Thus, the war has turned Ukraine a venue for an arms fair, where smart ultra-efficient killing machines and bombs are exhibited, tried and used for the whole world to see, to covet. These smart weapons kill and abolish the targets with no risk or danger to the life of the killer behind them.
It’s a heyday for the arms industry across the globe; it’s making a huge killing overnight in the Ukrainian-Russo war. US alone has already spent $2.98 billion in military hardware and other war material a month after the February 24 Russian invasion in addition to the $13.5 billion security assistance com mitment to the beleaguered country in 2021. UK also extended $1.5 billion worth of modern weaponry as aid to Ukraine. Ger many. France, Poland, Canada and Australia are also outstanding
A Sustainable War TURNING POINT
WILLIAM R. ADANdonors to the war effort against Putin’s unprovoked aggression.
The arms industry is apparently one of the most profitable of all industries, next, perhaps, only to the big pharmaceutical industry. The big pharma will be always Number 1 because almost everybody needs medicines; whereas only a few needs to do some killing.
Like the big pharma, the arms industry invests tremendous amount in research, tapping the topnotch in engineering, com munication technology, chemistry, biology and many other disciplines in developing sophisticated equipment and tools of war. The arms industry also pours money in politics to win policy makers that could further its interest.
It appears that as long as arms and bullets are produced, there would always be wars or at least battles or armed skir mishes in various locations across the globe. There is always an uprising or a rebellion here and there, labeled as low intensity conflicts. There is no secret how, without resources, ragtag rebel groups, are able to secure arms and munitions. Some friendly forces would simply emerge from nowhere to supply the rebels, the return of investment is collected from the huge arms sale made with the threatened regime.
There may be no end to armed conflicts because they fuel the economy of some developed countries.
War is good business. If there’s none, the most enterpris ing of entrepreneur will have to invent one and may make it sustainable.
(MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. Wil liam R. Adan, Ph.D., is retired professor and former chancellor of Mindanao State University at Naawan, Misamis Oriental, Philippines)
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She said vaccine hesi tancy remains one of the challenges they face in the inoculation campaign.
Olavides said available brands at vaccination hubs in the region are Comirnaty of US-based Pfizer and Coronavac of China-based Sinovac.
“These are the same COVID vaccines. It is the manufacturer that’s differ ent... That is the reason why we are allowed heterologous (vaccination) because these are all the same COVID vac cines,” she said.
She said the region has a buffer stock of 300,000 Comirnaty doses and 7,000 Coronavac doses.
She said the regional of fice would request additional vaccines from the national government when supplies run low.
Olavides added they are working with the Depart
ment of Education-Davao to encourage parents to have their children vaccinated against the virus, especially since face-to-face classes have resumed.
Health authorities con tinue to urge the public to wear the face masks even af ter the issuance of an execu tive order making optional the wearing of face masks in public.
As there is still risk of contracting COVID-19, she said face masks are an addi tional layer of protection not only against COVID-19 but also against other airborne diseases.
She said the region has a total of 1,200 active cases as of September 18.
“Let’s continue our minimum public health standards,” she said as she asked the public to continue wearing masks. (Antonio L. Colina IV / MindaNews)
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ducting a thorough inspec tion of the visitors.
Silo said they adhere to the strategic peace and security framework dubbed MKK=K (Mala
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Radar (IFSAR), the area was sitting on an old landslide body.
The City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Of fice- Davao Risk Assessment Team had conducted a geo hazard risk assessment. The landslide area was geotagged using Global Positioning Sys tem or GPS.
According to findings, the landslide area, which has now affected 50 hectares, is
sakit, Kaayusan, Kapa yapaan tungo sa Kaun laran) that its personnel are going the extra mile to perform their duties and responsibilities.
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for the next three years.
As discussed by DILG Davao Director Vicky Sar cena, the "ELA will also become the basis for the Local Development Invest ment Plan (LDIP)".
The LDIP will contain the executive and legisla tive list of projects and
programs for funding from all sources.
Mayor Baste Duterte, in his speech, urged the executive and legislative offices to work together to implement priority projects and programs to be identi fied under the ELA. By Rhoda Grace B. Saron
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from Manila, it’s time we move forward to growing our regional hubs as we work toward restoring 100% of our pre-pandemic capacity in the coming months,” said Xander Lao, CEB Chief Commercial Officer.
Fully vaccinated guests entering Singapore are not re quired to submit a pre-depar ture COVID-19 test and are not required to undergo quar antine upon arrival. They must instead present their proof of full vaccination (VaxCertPH or BOQ Yellow Card), and fill out a Singapore Arrival card three (3) days before arrival.
Coming home to Davao,
GCASH...(frompage4)boosted Filipinos no longer need to take a COVID test pre-departure. For more in formation, passengers may refer to CEB Travel reminders page for the latest updates and complete travel guidelines to their destination.
CEB continues to offer its guaranteed low fares to stimu late travel across its widest domestic network in the Phil ippines. It continues to imple ment a multi-layered approach to safety, while it operates with a 100% fully vaccinated crew, 95% of whom have been boosted – all to ensure every Juan flies safely and conveni ently on Cebu Pacific.
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Section 3 states that the law applies to all grocery stores, meat shops, supermar kets and other establishments inside malls, marts, and cent ers and those outside malls whether registered or not.
The ordinance was passed “to promote, protect and respect, the religious belief, customs and traditions of our Muslim community in Davao City in their sacred concept of halal and to ensure spiritual purity and cleanliness on their food.”
Section 6 states: “Suppli ers, owners of grocery stores or supermarkets through the managers, staff, and tenants shall provide separate storage, container, or freezer exclu sively for halal food items and halal-certified meat products.”
It adds that they must put in place a structure and equip ment, from storage, container or freezer, tools, and gears, to prevent mixture and ensure absolute separation of halal food items and halal-certified
DTI... (frompage4)meat products from non-halal ones.
“They shall also use separate equipment, tools, gears, and other apparatus which are exclusive for halal food items and halal-certified products only,” it says.
Among the prohibited acts, under Section 12, are improper covering or sealing of halal products, mixing of halal with non-halal products, and failure to provide a space at the payment counter in supermarkets and shops or stores.
Buat said they hope to strengthen the local Halal in dustry, particularly food.
“As far as food is con cerned, we have to consider the processing of food before we can say that it is Halal. As to the specific area where we can provide Halal foods, as of now, it’s in the planning stage,” he said.
He said the agency is monitoring the thorough en forcement of the ordinance in the city. (Antonio L. Colina IV/ MindaNews)
primarily used for agriculture and is characterized as having steep to very steep slopes. A similar landslide incident was also recorded in 2008.
An ongoing Department of Public Works and High ways (DPWH) Regional Of fice project was also observed near the Upian River and Sitio Malaluan, a community around 150-200 meters away from the landslide area. (PIA/ RG Alama)
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phone worth PHP7,000, cash amounting to PHP1,570, and other personal belongings.
The suspects were flagged in Barangay Tigatto, but Tama no, the back-rider, alighted and fired his homemade revolver at responding police officers, who were forced to retaliate.
The other suspect es caped on his motorcycle while Tamano was taken to the Southern Philippines Medical Center where he was declared
dead on arrival.
Brig. Gen. Benjamin Silo Jr., Davao Region Police Regional Office chief, said the incident should serve as a stern warning that the PNP will always go after criminals.
"Indeed, life is beautiful and eventually the PNP will get rid of criminals like him with the help and support of everyone for a safe, peaceful, and orderly community," he said. (PNA)
the pandemic. It has served as a lifeline for many who lost their jobs because of the lock downs. GCash helped numer ous micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) build and sustain their businesses despite pandemic restrictions through its no-contact pay ment options.
Government assistance funds for the Social Ameliora tion Program (SAP) were also distributed via GCash with over P16 billion received by more than 2 million recipients.
“In pursuit of our goal of reaching millions of unbanked and underserved, GCash made it possible for ordinary Fili pinos to access safe, secure, and convenient financial ser vices such as send money, bills payments, savings, loans, insurance, and investments,” said Sazon. “That’s why It is no surprise that four out five adults in the Philippines now have a GCash account.”
By providing digital ser vices and minimizing the need for on-site processing, GCash also helps Filipinos lessen their carbon footprint and fight climate change. Moreover, GForest, an in-app feature that converts every transaction into GEnergy, can be used to plant
actual trees – allowing users to be a part of reforestation efforts. As of 2021, GCash, together with its GForest partners, has planted 1 million trees nationwide, which not only helps the environment but also prevents heavy flood ing and reduces the damage of typhoons in the country.
In line with its mission to make every Filipino’s life bet ter every day, GCash also ena bles an estimated 1.77 million Overseas Filipino Workers to send financial support to their families in the Philippines with various affordable remit tance options. The company continuously adds remittance platforms, billers, merchants, and other partners to offer OFWs more convenient ways of sending money back home. Through GCash, Filipino workers worldwide can also save and invest, all on a single platform.
With its rapid growth, GCash now aims to go beyond its core financial service of ferings, extending the app’s capabilities to fit the lifestyle of users, empowering businesses and entrepreneurs from micro to large, and expanding the app’s ecosystem through part nerships with other institutions.
materials on different consum er laws and programs, such as the consumer rights and responsibilities, “No return, no exchange” policy, labeling requirements, online secu ritips, suggested retail price (SRP), price tag, warranty, and Product Standard (PS) mark and Import Commodity Clear ance (ICC), among others.
In addition to the standee unveiled at EMCOR’s main store in Bajada, Davao City, additional three standees were unveiled and filled in with various information materi als at their Agdao, San Pedro, and Toril branches, making it a total of four standees of EMCOR, Inc. as of July 21 this year. DTI11
dress the economic gap and bring forth immediate aug mentations to family incomes.
Mrs. Charmel Camino, one of the parent-beneficiar ies, shared that the livelihood assistance would be extremely beneficial to her as a mother who handles budgeting in the household. “DOLE has already done their job to as sist us. Now, I challenge my fellow parents here today to be optimistic despite the chal lenges that we face. Let us show them our dedication and our willingness to thrive. Let us promise DOLE that from now on, our children will only focus on their schooling, enjoy their childhood, and will never engage in any labor,” to which her fellow parent-beneficiaries agreed in unison.
DOLE XI-DOFO Pro vincial Head Rodolfo Cas tro, Jr. took delight in the commitment of these parentbeneficiaries to start anew
and thanked them for their cooperation. “We are glad to see how motivated and encouraged you are to gift our children with better and healthier lives. With your undertaking, of course, DOLE XI will hopefully achieve its goal to downright eradicate child labor here in Davao Ori ental and the entire nation.”
Also present during the awarding were DOLE XIDOFO CLPEP Focal Person Francis Dominique Y. Naz ario and CLPEP Community Facilitator Xophia Bernadine Bouffard.
In one of his messages, DOLE XI Regional Direc tor Atty. Randolf C. Pensoy emphasized that aside from the cash assistance, the parentbeneficiaries will be provided with training on basic entre preneurship and continuing technical advisory services in partnership with private and government offices.
NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the late Spouses FLORENCIO B. GONZAGA and TEODORA GULTIANO GONZAGA, who both died intestate on January 16, 2007 and March 7, 1993, respectively, in Davao City. The deceased spouses at the time of their death, left a parcel of land, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-149275 more particularly described as follows:
TRASNFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-149275 A parcel of land (Lot 7, Blk. 25 of the consolidation and subdivision plan, Pcs-4790 being a portion of Lot 731 of the Cadastral survey of Davao Island of Mindanao, containing an area of Six Hundred Eight (608) Square Meters more or less. That pursuant to Sec. 1 Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, the above mentioned described property has been the subject EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE FLORENCIO B. GONZAGA and TEODORA GULTIANO GONZAGA made and executed by and among theirs heirs per Doc No. 480; Page No. 97; Book No. LXXII; Series of 2022 of the Notary Public PLACIDO A. GARDE, JR. of Davao City.
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is well-prepared for their first [regional] elections in 2025.”
Member of Parliament Atty. Laisa Alamia described the BTA inaugural session as a “historic” moment for the Bangsamoro peace process, as after 46 years of separa tion, the MILF and MNLF are now reunited.
“That day brought so much light and hope to the Bangsamoro journey to peace. We were so happy as members of the Parlia ment of the BTA. Everyone was able to witness what happened that day,” Alamia said.
As a testament of the MILF and MNLF’s unity and commitment to work together for the welfare of the Bangsamoro people, she said the BTA no longer has a majority and minority block.
“We don’t have a ma jority-minority block any more in the BTA. This is one BTA. I used to be the minor ity floor leader. But we have decided and agreed upon by the entire BTA that there will be no [majority]-minority block,” Alamia said.
She said that as one BTA, the body “is united and committed in making sure the directives given by the President, by OPAPRU, by the security sector at the national level, and of course, the provisions of the Bang samoro Organic Law, the CAB and the FAB, will be implemented.”
Mussolini Lidasan, executive director of Al Qalam Institute, said that OPAPRU’s work to sustain the gains of the Bangsam oro peace process “requires much focus and concentra tion, as well as support from all our stakeholders.”
“The call for unity is very promising and Presi dent Marcos’ appointment of the new BTA shows his true commitment to continue the gains of peace that the previous administration has started,” Lidasan said.
To sustain the gains of the peace processes with the MILF and MNLF, Gal vez said the national gov ernment shall carry out a normalization process that aims to bring about the ho
listic transformation of the former combatants and their organizations.
“[This] entails four lev els of interventions – from provision of basic services, capacitation and productiv ity, generating corporate business ventures to social healing, reconciliation and unity,” Galvez said.
He said the national government’s peacebuilding efforts in the Bangsamoro are anchored on the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Reconciliation and Unity’s (OPAPRU) expand ed mandate and the Marcos Administration’s 5-Point Peace, Reconciliation and Unity Agenda.
The 5-Point Peace, Rec onciliation and Peace Agen da includes the following:
- Completion of peace agreements with the MILF and MNLF towards healing and reconciliation in the Bangsamoro;
- Ending of local com munist armed conflict by expanding the transforma tion programs for the local conflict peace process;
- Completion and sus tainment of the gains of the signed peace agreements with the RPM-P/RPA/ABB AND CBA-CPLA;
- Enhancement of the resilience for peace of com munities and vulnerable groups through social heal ing and peacebuilding ap proaches in support of the peace processes; and
- Enhancement of the delivery of CSPP-compliant socio-economic interven tions in addressing the key drivers of conflict through convergence and comple mentation in support of the peace processes.
As part of its efforts to preserve the dividends of peace, Galvez said the OPAPRU has been work ing closely with its peace partners, particularly the academic community and civil society, to promote the culture of peace throughout the country.
He said the peace agen cy has partnered with the Ateneo de Davao University and other peace stakeholders to effectively communi cate the “Document on Hu
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man Fraternity,” which was signed by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmad Al-Tayyeb in 2019.
“OPAPRU aims to promote and integrate the principles of the Human Fraternity Document into the peacebuilding initiatives of various learning institutions and its other peace partners,” Galvez said.
In line with its efforts to revitalize peace education, he said the OPAPRU seeks to institutionalize peace edu cation and advocacy in for mal education and informal learning institutions through the proposed issuance of a strengthened executive order.
Galvez said this pro posed EO aims to promote the culture of peace, enhance community resilience, and provide a proactive approach to counter the recruitment and mobilization by violent extremist groups, especially among vulnerable communi ties and individuals.
“The strengthened EO shall provide for the manda tory establishment of peace centers in all public and private higher education institutions that shall plan for the integration of peace education into the formal and non-formal curricula,” he said.
Galvez said this will be carried out through imple menting alternative learning systems and other peacerelated modules, developing content and other learning materials, and the capacitybuilding of peace educators, among others.
Before ending his presentation, the peace adviser shared the state ment delivered by Presi dent Marcos on September 20 during the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York.
“My country’s expe riences in building peace and forging new paths of cooperation can enrich the work of the Security Council. Our success in the Bangsamoro Autono mous Region of Muslim Mindanao in the southern Philippines is the center piece of these efforts,” the President said.
Davao Ros-Ver Pawnshop, Incorporated
Ilustre St., Davao City Tel # 224-1204; 222-6086
AUCTION SALE!
The DAVAO ROS-VER PAWNSHOP, INC. and NEW PAG-ASA PAWNSHOP will be having its JOINT AUCTION on all unredeemed pawned items left during the month of July 2022. The said items will be sold to the public at the following VENUE AND DATE.
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through the Department of Health, shall make available commensurate financial and non-financial matching grants, including capital outlay, hu man resources for health, health commodities, and such other management support and technical assistance, to improve the functionality of the province-wide and citywide health systems.
And RA No. 11223, Sec tion 22.3 further states that the province-wide and citywide health investment plans like the LIPH, and the annual operational plan (AOP) shall serve as the basis for the grants from the national government to account for the complemen tation of public and private health care providers and public or private health sector investments to national invest ment plans.
The LIPH, as per Depart ment of Health Administrative Order (AO) No. 2020-0022 Guidelines on the Develop ment of Local Investment Plans for Health Section V. General Guidelines A.3, shall be developed by every LGU based on the local health epidemiology and situation, local objectives for health, and
FEROCE PAWNSHOP & MONEY CHANGER INC.
UNIT 108 SANTOS BUILDING 2, DUTERTE ST., DAVAO CITY 295-6332
NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE
All Jewelry and other articles pawned at FEROCE PAWNSHOP AND MONEY CHANGER INC. from MAY 01 TO 31, 2022 if not renewed or redeemed on or before OCTOBER 25, 2022 will be SOLD to Public Auction on OCTOBER 31, 2022 at 10:00am at our pawnshop premises.
Gipahibalo ang tanan na ang FEROCE PAWNSHOP AND MONEY CHANGER INC. magasubasta sa tanang prenda nga nagsugod MAYO 1 hantud 31, 2022 , Ang tanang Prenda ibaligya sa Publiko karong OKTOBRE 31, 2022 sa alas 10:00 sa buntag.
guided by the Ambisyon Natin 2040, Sustainable Develop ment Goals (SDG), Philippine Development Plan (PDP) and the National Objectives for Health (NOH).
The AO also states that the LIPH shall be translated into three Annual Operational Plans (AOPs) and that AOPs shall be considered by the DOH in its yearly budget proposals, with appropriate feedback provided to LGUs and shall be the basis of finan cial and non-financial grants from the national government, particularly DOH, and other health partners.
The same AO also pro vides for establishing and composing the LIPH/AOP Monitoring Team.
The AOP/LIPH Monitor ing Team shall comprise the city health officer as chair man and the city DOH rep resentative as vice chairman. Its members are the DOH Center for Health Develop ment staff, HFDU (Health Facility Development Unit) head/representative, CHO administrative officer/ repre sentative, CHO Supply Chain Management head/representa tive, CHO Procurement Unit
Head/representative, CHO ICT head/representative, CHO Technical Division Program managers, and CHO Fund controller.
The AOP/LIPH Moni toring Team’s coverage of monitoring includes the status of physical accomplishment of PPA (Programs, Project, and Activities); DOH assistance, particularly for the major cost drivers/investments, namely: health facilities development and ICT, human resource for health, commodities, other technical assistance and ma jor programs/ project, activi ties (PPAS); local counterpart through the Annual Investment Plan; other areas that may be identified as necessary to be monitored; conduct of systems or program-based Program Implementation Review (PIR), LGU Health Scorecard review, regular team meetings, and sub mission of monitoring reports, review of implementation shreds of evidence, among others.
The operational costs of the LIPH Monitoring Team are chargeable against CHO’s available funds and resources, subject to the usual accounting and auditing rules and regula tions.
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MARKET BASKET DAMOSA COMPLEX J.P LAUREL AVE. LANANG, BRGY. ALFONSO ANGLIONGTO BUHANGIN DIST. DAVAO CITY. 282-3355
NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE
All Jewelry and other articles pawned at G-ROCE PAWNSHOP from MAY 01 TO 31, 2022 if not renewed or redeemed on or before OCTOBER 25, 2022 will be SOLD to Public Auction on OCTOBER 31, 2022 at 10:00am at our pawnshop premises.
Gipahibalo ang tanan na ang G-ROCE PAWNSHOP magasubasta sa tanang prenda nga nagsugod MAYO 1 hantud 31, 2022 , Ang tanang Prenda ibaligya sa Publiko karong OKTOBRE 31, 2022 sa alas 10:00 sa buntag.
NEW... (frombackpage)New body created to monitor LIP for health
BY RHODA GRACE B. SARONTHE LOCAL government here has created the City Health Office Local Invest ment Planning for Health (CHO LIPH) Monitoring Team through Executive Order (EO) No. 44, Series of 2022, effective immediately.
Mayor Sebastian Du terte signed EO 44 on Sept. 21. The EO cited Article II, Section 15 of the 1987
Constitution, which states that “the State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness
among them,” and Article XIII, Section 11, which says that “the State shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health development which shall endeavor to make essential goods, health and other social services avail able to all the people at affordable cost. There shall be a priority for the needs of the underprivileged, sick, elderly, disabled, women, and children. The State shall endeavor to provide free medical care to pau pers.”
Section 3.1b under General Objectives of Re public Act (RA) No. 11223, also known as the “Univer sal Health Care Law,” seeks to “ensure that all Filipinos are guaranteed equitable access to quality and af fordable health care goods and services and protected against financial risk.”
Section 22.1 of RA No. 11223 provides that the national government,
DOLE’s Kabuhayan Program to aid parents of child workers
THE Department of Labor and Employment has devised measures and responses to rescue children from the worst forms of labor in the coun try through its Child Labor Prevention and Elimination Program (CLPEP). Among the strategic initiatives is providing livelihood grants to parents of child laborers through its DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program (DILP) or Kabuhayan Program.
As of August this year, DOLE XI has already ex ceeded its target by 4% for parents of child laborers to be assisted, wherein 139 parentbeneficiaries throughout the region were already given livelihood assistance.
Recently, DOLE XIDavao Oriental Field Office
hiked up the figure after iden tifying children who were engaged in various fishing and aquaculture works in Mati City. As an intervention, the Office awarded livelihood starter kits worth Php 627,500 in sum to 45 parents of child laborers on September 21, 2022. Out of the total, 36 parents received a rice retail package which included ten sacks of 25kg rice, a weighing scale, a calculator, and plastic cellophane. While six parents received sari-sari store pack age consisted of 21 kinds of basic goods such as instant noodles, canned goods, and coffee.
In addition to preventing the incidence of child labor, the assistance intended to ad