March 31, 2020

Mayor Ando, gilugwayan ang community quarantine


OZAMIZ CITY—Sugod karong adlawa, Abril 1, moinat pa ug katorse ka adlaw ang community quarantine (CQ), mao kini hukom ni Mayor Ando Oaminal.

Gianunsiyo ni Oaminal ang iyang executive order kagahapon kabahin niini.

Didto sa bag-o niyang EO, gibutang sa mayor ang paglugway usab sa mga dili angay buhaton ug asa kutob lamang ang buhaton nga maoy unod sa nahaunang mga executive orders nga iyang gipagawas.

Kini tanan maoy paglantaw sa corona virus nga dili makasulod sa dakbayan. Pareha ra gihapon ang nakalatid, dugang sa mayor, striktohon lang pagpatuman ug kinahanglan tumanon sa tanan.

Hangtod karong adlawa, kamulo pa ang pagpanghatag sa mga relief goods sa tanang household sa siyudad.

Sa iyang facebook post, gibutyag sa mayor nga niadtong Sabado, miabot 15 na ka barangay ang nalibot pagpanghatag sa mga BHW ug iyang mga tawo sa hilit nga mga barangay ug kabukirang bahin. Karong adlawa, nabantayan sila nga anaa na Brgy. Lam-an.

Sa impormasyong nakuha, ang relief goods gilangkoban sa 10 kilos sa bugas, 10 ka canned sardines ug one-half kilo nga bihon.

Personal kini nga itunol sa mga kabalayan sa tagsa-tagsa ka putos ug dawaton sa pultahan lamang aron malikayan ang panagtapok ug ma-obserba ang social distancing.

Ang pagpanghatag sa mga relief goods apil ang hiniusang tampo nila ni Gov. Philip Tan ug 2nd District Rep. Henry Oaminal.

“Magtinabangay kita, ang pagpang hatag sa relief goods kinahanglan kada household and makadawat. Walay pili, dili kada pamilya,” matod ni Oaminal.

Kung ang household wala makadawat, mao na ang panahon nga pahibaloon ang executive assistant ni Oaminal nga si Rino Karlo Lim. Dili pwede ang moreklamo daan unya wala pa diay nalista.

“Hulaton nato mahuman ug wala ba gyud naapil. Kung on-going pa, ayaw sa mo pag message. Hulata nga maapil ang inyong barangay sa lista nga na-declare nga nahuman na. Kung nakadawat na mo, ayaw na usab pag message,” pagpatin-aw niya.

“Kining atong krisis karon, dili ta mag malamposon kung dili kita magkahiusa. Undang na sa pag-pangdaot kay wala kitay maabot. Undang na ta sa pag-pangaway, kay ang virus dili nato diha mapatay, dugang sulti ni Oaminal.

“Kung nag kulang man gani pagpanglista, hinaot sabton nato ni. Tabangan nato ma-insakto ug sundon nato ang saktong mga pamaagi. Mag-ampo kita nga giyahan ug protektahan kanunay,” panapos niya. ( M. MEDINA via DEXTER MANUGAS)


Stay in your homes until help arrive, mayor asks residents

OZAMIZ CITY-Mayor Ando Oaminal has asked residents to support his policy and stop arguing with him.

Yesterday, he boosted hopes of many by making clear the receipt of relief goods from the city.

It's for every household, not every family. There are other group of people living together in one house or family. This is obvious.

Just wait for your turn to receive as the mayor has organized everything, starting from those really in need.

Don't complain to me if you are not yet given, Oaminal suggested.

"Dili ta magmalampuson kung dili ta maghiusa," he said in a post in facebook.

"Mag-ampo kita nga (giyahan) ug protekhan," he added. (M.MEDINA)

March 30, 2020

2 PUIs confirned positive in Zambosur


PAGADIAN CITY—Here’s what everyone in the province is anticipating nervously. Governor Victor Yu has confirmed today, March 30, that they have two persons under investigation (PUI) who are positive at last.

Yu said the two PUIs have symptoms for COVID-19. One is a 52-year-old man from Labangan, who had gone from Taguig and Zamboanga cities. The other is a 62-year-old woman who went to Manila and arrived here  early March.

Dr. Anatalio Cagampang, Zamboanga del Sur Medical Center (ZSMC) chief of hospital said the elderly man from Labangan is presently confined there since March 17.

The man exhibited cough, sore throat, fever and colds, sure COVID-19 symptoms after his arrival at the hospital and had been placed in ZSMC’s isolation area.

The woman PUI who came from Manila complained of having cough, sore throat and colds to them last March 19.

Cagampang said the two PUI patients are both physically able and not severe as the province immediately deployed a team to conduct contact tracing for persons who may have been exposed to the two transmitter of the disease.

The governor said that these two positive cases in the province will not incite the Zamboanga del Sur Task Force COVID-19 into action and order a lockdown in the province for now.

Yu said he will just order the intensification of security patrols along the borders of the province on instances of people from other places from entering.

Latest update from Zamboanga del Sur listed a total of 6 PUI patients confined in hospitals for a total of 74 PUIs; with 1 PUI discharged. A total of 4,079 are persons under monitoring (PUMs) and 923 PUMs have completed their 14-day quarantine. (m.medina)


April 21, 2019

Isay says her love for Clarin overwhelms her


By Michael Medina
Chief Editor
Misamis News Digest

Clarin, Misoc—Running for mayor may be tough but it is easy getting there if you have the inspiration to win; bolstered by your love and dedication to serve the people, Marisa “Isay” Long Villa said.

“Gusto ko mag-promote ug peace and order, kanang adunay kalinaw, pakighiusa ug pakigsandurot sa tanan regardless of political colors,” she said in an interview.

“Ang butang nga naka patukmod nako nga modagan kini ang gugma nako sa lungsod,” she added.

Villa said that growing up in her hometown has guaranteed what she is today, with the many of the same familiar faces from her childhood and what she’s been up to, even without the benefit of being luxurious.

“Kining lumad ta nga nagpuyo sa usa ka lugar, nailhan nato halos tanang tawo, atoang mga kadugo, halos tanan paryente hinungdan nga masud-ong nato ang ilang kahimtang,” Villa stressed.


“Atong nasuroy ang Clarin sukad sa gamay pa ta, dula-dula sa mga suuk-suuk nga lugar ug dili malikayan nga makalantaw dili lang sa atong kaugalingon kondili sa uban usab.”

She clarified that this didn’t stunt her emotional maturity as she sees now is the time to  actually “grow up” and be responsible.

“Moabot atong panahon ba nga mohamtong atong edad, mag-expand sad ang panglantaw nato sa kinabuhi nga kinahanglan kita mo-share sa atong kahibalo ngadto sa mga tawo kay atoa silang gihigugma,” she said.

“Hatagan nato sila ug good governance, not only made possible through infrastuctures kondili mga nindot nga projects nga anaay impact sa kada pamilya,” she outlines her blueprint.

Villa shared a decent civil society’s basic needs include safe water, food, medical care, environmental conservation and education and all these is what a new governance in her town must meet.

“Wala man nagkulang ang gobyerno karon but the implementation must reach all sector of the general public, especially those who need it most,” she ended.