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- Sara confirms HNP talks about her presidential bid
- 62% of TTMFs still unoccupied
- Davao leaders remember former president P-Noy
- Spike in Covid-19 cases in Davao due to 'high-risk' behaviors
| Sara confirms HNP talks about her presidential bid Posted: 24 Jun 2021 08:58 AM PDT THE regional political party founded by presidential daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is already discussing her presidential bid in the 2022 elections. Duterte-Carpio, chairperson of Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP), revealed in a statement on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, that party officials are now in talks with "highly-placed" national officials regarding next year's election. "I am aware that the officers of Hugpong ng Pagbabago are in talks with several highly-placed national officials regarding the 2022 elections," the mayor said in a statement. "I am not privy to these discussions, but I was told that the meetings are about my candidacy for the Presidential race in 2022," she added. Duterte-Carpio said she was "assured" that those involved in the talks will respect her decision if she decides not to run for the presidency. Meanwhile, the mayor expressed her gratitude to Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) party for their support. HNP was founded in 2018 to support President Rodrigo Duterte's government. The mayor had been leading in the presidential survey despite her father's opposition for her to run. In a radio interview on June 21, she quoted her father, saying that "presidency is not a woman's job." "President Duterte said that the presidency is not a woman's job, so particularly [it's] not for me. So if he decided to run for vice-president (VP), let's not expect that he will get me as his running mate [since I am a woman]," the mayor said in an interview on 87.5 FM Davao City Disaster Radio. In March, members of the ruling PDP-Laban party urged President Duterte to run for vice president in 2022. When asked about the possibility of joining the PDP-Laban as a guest candidate, the mayor said she has no plans to join the party. "I have no plans of joining a national political party. As I said, I will stay with Hugpong ng Pagbabago in Davao Region and Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod in Davao City," she said. She also confirmed that there are individuals who signified interest to be her running mate should she decide to run for president in next year's polls. Despite her uncertainty to run for the country's top post, the presidential daughter thanked the continuous support poured into her.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2021 08:56 AM PDT AMID the ongoing surge in cases in Davao City, an official from the Covid-19 Task Force said 62 percent of the quarantine facilities in the city remain unoccupied. Covid-19 Task Force spokesperson Dr. Michelle Schlosser said the city still has more than half of the number of temporary treatment and monitoring facilities (TTMF) available as of June 23. Schlosser explained that this is because the city continues to add more bed facilities as cases continue to surge. She, however, admitted that the city continues to struggle to transfer Covid-19 patients to the city's quarantine facility due to the lack of transporting vehicles. Schlosser said the city's Rapid Action Team can only transport around 300 patients per day. This has resulted in some Covid-19 patients waiting for two to three days with a maximum of five waiting days before they are transported to the city's TTMF. Apart from the problem in transportation, the official also admitted that the patient's refusal to be transferred to the TTMF is also one of their challenges. "Naa (There are) instances when we are about to extract the patient, dili na mag-uban. So balik-balikan po na siya. Mag-abot na siya og pila ka days (they will not come with our team. We keep on coming back. Sometimes it would take many days)," Schlosser said on Thursday morning, June 24, in an interview on 87.5 FM Davao City Disaster Radio. When this happens, the RAT seeks the help of the barangay officials and police to assist them in convincing the patients. Schlosser said patients who refuse to be brought to the quarantine facilities might be penalized in violation of Republic Act11332 or the "Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases and Health Events of Public Health Concern Act." "Honestly, we do have the law to address that issue pero very humane talaga ang Davao [City] (but the Davao City government tries to be very humane) when it comes to that. Imagine, nagsakit na ang tao tapos imo pang pasakaan og kaso (a person is already sick and yet they get penalized)," she said. She said the RAT is trying to explain and convince them to cooperate to avoid reaching legal actions. She also said some patients provide them the wrong address, while some cannot be contacted because they provided false contact numbers. "When you are on the ground level, it's actually difficult to extract the patient, kasi you cannot extract [them] nga dili nimo verified nga positive sila (because you cannot extract them until they are not verified as positive patients)," the official said. She said some patients wanted to personally go to the TTMF, but the city does not allow it as it might cause community transmission or affect the people they will be in close contact with. Schlosser said patients awaiting to be transported are advised to self-isolate and monitor their condition. To address the logistic problems, City Health Office Acting Head Dr. Ashley Lopez said the city added three minibuses/coasters that are mainly for extraction and transport of the confirmed positive patients and five additional public utility jeepneys (PUJs) for those advised to be swabbed from the barangays. "Duna na sad tay 20 units of PUJ for swabees and six ambulances para ma-maximize ang extraction and transport of Covid-19 cases (We already have 20 PUJs for swabees and six ambulances as well to maximize extraction and transport of Covid-19 cases)," Lopez said. As of June 21, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said the city had a total of 1,957 isolation beds, of which 638 were still available, while out of the 443 quarantine beds, 227 beds were still unutilized. Duterte-Carpio recently said the city government is set to distribute "care kits" for mild and asymptomatic Covid-19 patients waiting to be transported at the city's quarantine facilities. The mayor said the health response cluster will be rolling out care kits to positive patients who are self-isolating in their residence. The kit includes instructions on what the patient needs to do while waiting to be transported. Also included are the digital thermometer, pulse oximeter, 10 pieces of vitamin C, five pieces of paracetamol, disposable face masks, and alcohol.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Davao leaders remember former president P-Noy Posted: 24 Jun 2021 08:56 AM PDT THE City Government of Davao has lowered its flags to half-mast following the passing of former president Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III on Thursday morning, June 24, 2021. He was 61. The Davao City government issued a statement, asking for prayers for the repose of the former president's soul. "The City Government of Davao is one with the nation in praying for the eternal repose of the soul of former President Benigno Aquino III," the city said in a statement. The city government also said Philippine flags in the entire Davao City shall be flown at half-mast until his burial. Davao de Oro Governor Jayvee Tyron Uy also extended his condolences to the family of the late president. "We have flown the Philippine flag half-mast in the Provincial Capitol to pay our last respects to Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III, 15th President of the Republic of the Philippines," Uy said in his Facebook post. The governor also remembered Aquino for his help when Typhoon Pablo struck the province, then Compostela Valley. "We remember the former president for all his help to us, especially on our efforts to recover from the devastation of Typhoon Pablo which includes social programs and infrastructure projects," Uy said. Davao City Third District Representative Isidro Ungab, through his Facebook account, also sent his "thoughts and prayers" to the Aquino family. "Today we join the nation in mourning the demise of former President Benigno S. Aquino III. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and loved ones, may the Good Lord console and sustain them during this difficult time," Ungab said. Former House Speaker and Davao del Norte First District Representative Pantaleon Alvarez also paid tribute to the late President and former senator. Alvarez said Aquino "is probably the only Senator who didn't aspire for the Presidency and actually meant it." "Despite his reservations, he nonetheless answered the country's call for him to serve. And by a twist of fate, he won," Alvarez said. Regardless of political affiliation, the former speaker said, "we can all agree that what he did was selfless and courageous." Alvarez admitted that he did not agree with Aquino's decisions when he was in office, but he believed that the latter did what's best for the country. "President Aquino III, as with the other Presidents who came before him, did his best to make this country better. The results have been mixed, as history and experience would show. But this should not discourage us," he said. Former Presidential Aide, now Senator Christopher "Bong" Go also sent his condolences. Go said he and President Rodrigo Duterte have high respect for the late president. The senator recalled his close encounter when Duterte supported Aquino's presidential candidacy during the latter's campaign in the city. "Nakasama namin siya sa maraming mga okasyon lalo na sa kanyang pagtakbo bilang pangulo noong 2010 at nasilayan namin ang kanyang tunay na pagmamahal sa kapwa Pilipino. Salamat po sa inyong serbisyo sa taumbayan," Go said. (We have been together on many occasions, especially during his presidential candidacy in 2010 and we were able to see his true love for his fellow Filipino. Thank you for your service to the nation.) PNoy dies at 61 Aquino was rushed to the Capitol Medical Center in Quezon City early Thursday morning. His siblings, including youngest sister Kris Aquino, arrived at the Capitol Medical before 10 a.m. Thursday. Others who went to the hospital are Liberal Party stalwarts Senator Francis Pangilinan and former senator Manuel Roxas II. At 12:39 p.m., an ambulance with a mini Philippine flag left the Capitol Medical Center. It was believed to be transporting the remains of Aquino to the Heritage Park in Taguig City. "It is with profound grief that on behalf of our family, I am confirming that our brother Benigno 'Noynoy' C. Aquino III, died peacefully in his crib," Pinky Aquino-Abellada, sister of the late former president Benigno Aquino III, said. She read the family's statement with her other siblings beside her -- Kris Aquino, Victoria Elisa Aquino-Dee, and Ballsy Aquino-Cruz. Aquino-Abellada said the death certificate pronounced the former president's death at 6:30 a.m. of June 24, 2021, due to renal disease secondary to diabetes. "No words can express how broken our hearts are and how long it will take for us to accept the reality that he is gone. Mission accomplished ka, Noy. Be happy now with dad and mom. We love you and we are so blessed to have had the privilege to have had you as our brother. We will miss you forever, Noy," she said. Aquino was the only son and third child of the late former senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., whose assassination in 1983 sparked a political upheaval that culminated in the ouster of dictator Ferdinand Marcos, and the late President Corazon "Cory" C. Aquino, who was installed as President during the 1986 People Power Revolution. In August 1987, he was shot and seriously wounded during a fierce gunfight that erupted in Malacañang as rebel soldiers mounted a coup d'etat against his mother. Three of his bodyguards were killed. PNoy, as Noynoy Aquino came to be known, was the 15th President of the Philippines, serving from June 30, 2010 to June 30, 2016. At that time, he also served as chairman of the then-ruling party Liberal Party of the Philippines. Prior to being elected as President, he served three terms as representative of the 2nd District of Tarlac in 1998 to 2001, 2001 to 2004, and 2004 to 2007. He placed sixth in the May 2007 senatorial elections, earning a six-year mandate as senator. He served in the Senate from 2007 to 2010. An economist, having earned an AB Economics degree from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1981, Aquino's priority bills at the House of Representatives included the grant of annual productivity incentives to all workers in the private sector; strengthening the regulatory power of the Department of Trade and Industry to effectively enforce consumer laws; increasing the penalties for non-compliance of the prescribed increases and adjustments in the wage rates of workers. At the Senate, he pursued his measure granting an annual productivity incentive to all workers in the private sector, establishing mechanisms for its implementation, and authored a bill increasing the penalties for non-compliance of the prescribed increases and adjustments in the wage rates of workers to amend Republic Act No. 6727, among others. Aquino was catapulted to the presidency after his mother passed away. Born on February 8, 1960, Aquino was 50 years old when he was inaugurated as President. In 2017, he was charged with graft and usurpation of authority before the Sandiganbayan in connection with the 2015 Mamasapano firefight that killed over 60 people, including 44 Special Action Forces men. He was also charged with 44 counts of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide. The Supreme Court cleared him of all charges on September 3, 2019. On December 14, 2017, he was grilled during a Senate inquiry into the Dengvaxia mess and at the House in February 2018. Graft charges were filed against him, former Health secretary Janette Garin and former Budget secretary Florencio Abad in mid-2018. (RGL with SunStar Philippines)  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Spike in Covid-19 cases in Davao due to 'high-risk' behaviors Posted: 24 Jun 2021 08:54 AM PDT HIGH-RISK behaviors were blamed for the surge in Covid-19 cases among millennials in Davao City. "We all know millennials, these are the population with high-risk behaviors. Eto yung mahilig mag-socialize, mag-get together in social gatherings (They love to socialize and get together). Since they are also part of the working group, they go out to socialize and interact. They are highly likely to get infected," Covid-19 Task Force spokesperson Dr. Michelle Schlosser said. Millennials are defined as under the ages 24 to 40 years old. Schlosser, however, said the recovery rate is high among millennials. "Very high naman tayo sa age-group na ganito. In general naman, mataas recovery rate natin (We have high recovery rate in these age-groups of millennials. We have high recovery rate in general). We have a lot of asymptomatic," she said. Acting City Health Office Head Dr. Ashley Lopez, in his presentation during the Davao City Covid-19 Task Force meeting on June 21, showed that of the 21,453 total cases as of June 19, 2021, a total of 13,394 or about 62 percent infected were in the 20 to 29, 30 to 39, and 40 to 49 age groups where the millennials belong. The 20 to 29 bracket, however, topped the list with the most Covid-19 infections with a total of 5,721 confirmed positive cases followed by the 30-39 group with 4,584 cases. In third came the 40 to 49 bracket with 2,989 confirmed positive Covid-19 cases. Rounding up the list with the most number of Covid-19 positive cases were the 50 to 59 (2,557); 10 to 19 (1,863); 60 to 69 (1,704); 0 to 9 (1,024); 70 to 79 (671); 80 to 89 (207); 90 to 99 (23); undisclosed (nine); and above 99 (one). Millennials also recorded 159 of the 829 deaths as of June 19 in Lopez's report, the 60 to 69 bracket topped with the most number of fatality with 235, followed by the 70 to 79 bracket with 169, 80 to 89 with 54, 10 to 19 with 12, 0 to 9 with 11, and 90 to 99 with seven. Schlosser also said mortality is high among seniors due to their comorbidities such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and impaired immune systems. She added the city is closely monitoring them. Of the city's 4,563 Covid-19 active cases as of June 19, 4,100 were asymptomatic, 338 were mild, 116 were severe, and nine were critical. The city logged a 74.87-percent recovery rate or 16,061 recoveries from the total confirmed cases of 21,453 and 3.75 percent death rate with 829 since March 2020. (With reports from CIO)  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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