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Mindanao Daily Volume II, No. 019
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June 13, 2013
Your Mindanao-wide Network Newspaper
Dengue kills 4 in B’non
HERITAGE SITE.
By Walter I. Balane of MindaNews
MALAYBALAY City––Nine-year-old “BT” should have been enrolled as a Grade 3 pupil in a private school here. But he did not survive a painful ordeal with dengue, a mosquito-borne disease more common during rainy days. “BT,” the younger of two children of government employees, was one of the 47 recorded cases of dengue here. The Department of Health (DOH) in Bukidnon said that at least 183 cases were recorded across the province from January
to May 2013. Romy Sulit, field operations officer of the DOHBukidnon mosquito-borne disease control program, said that dengue fever killed four residents so far this year. For the same period last year, he added that 32 den-
gue cases were recorded, with only one death. The sharp increase in dengue cases in the province was expected, Sulit said, citing the so-called “three-year pattern of dengue that has been observed to be true in the province since 2003.” He clarified that the
SINCE MAY
Oil firms hike fuel prices for five times By MARYA SALAMAT of Bulatlat.com
AS oil companies raise prices again June 11, the fifth round of price hikes since the May elections, public utility drivers and small operators led by Piston protested in front of the headquarters of Petron Oil Corporation in Mandaluyong. prices | page 11
Hikers pass along stunted trees on their way down from the summit of Mt. Kitanglad in sitio Intavas, Barangay La Fortuna in Impasugong, Bukidnon. The mountain is one of the peaks that form the Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park, an ASEAN Heritage Site. MindaNews photo by Aries Sandino Mordeno
Laguindingan airport is safe to use: DOTC
number of cases accounted only those who were admitted and who passed through proper dengue diagnosis in both public and private hospitals in the province. By Apipa P. Bagumbaran of PIA-10 The four deaths were recorded each in Malaybalay LAGUINDINGAN, Misamis features a 2.1 kilometer City and the towns Oriental––The Department runway that can accomDENGUE | page 11 of Transportation and Com- modate airbus A330-300 munications (DOTC) said aircraft with seating capacity the Laguindingan Airport of about 300 passengers, is safe to use based on asIt has 42,900 square mesessment of experts and ter passenger apron, 10,700 airline companies. square meter general aviaDOTC Secretary Jo- tion apron and two perpenseph Emilio Abaya said dicular taxiway, each with AIRPORT | page 11 the P7.853-billion aiport
Local gov’t should be self-reliant, independent
CAGAYAN de Oro City––Governor Oscar Moreno of Misamis Oriental on Wednesday exhorted local government units in the country to become self-reliant and independent from the national government. Moreno issued the call on the occasion of the “115th Independence Day Anniversary” in a speech at the Piston members burn a representation of Aquino-Big 3 oil companies’ ‘collusion’ in past provincial capitol Wednesday protest action. File photo by Jhun R. Dantes / www.bulatlat.com local | page 11 MORENO
Free funeral services for dead indigents sought By Ma. Victoria I. Palomar
DEATH doesn’t have to be even more tragic for poor people who could not afford to provide a decent burial for their departed loved ones. A lawmaker has proposed free funeral services to those living below the poverty level.
Rep. Loreto Leo S. Ocampos (2nd District, Misamis Occidental) said dying leaves bereaved families, especially the poor, physically, emotionally and financially drained. “A long list of funeral customs and traditions has to be observed before putting a loved one to his final rest, entailing a huge amount of expenses,”
Ocampos said. He said that indigent members of the society can barely afford to feed themselves. Under House Bill 3920, all indigent members of society as identified and certified by the barangay shall be eligible to avail of the free funeral services.
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