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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Mayor Rolando Uy is set to convene the City Peace Development and Security Council (CPDSC) to discuss a series of high-profile crime incidents in this city.
Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Rolando “Klarex” Uy (Photo courtesy of Cagayan de Oro City Information Office)
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MISTING OPERATIONS. A City Health Office worker conducts misting operations Tuesday (July 5, 2022) in Sitio Lumiyap, Barangay Divisoria, Zamboanga City, on a stagnant body of water that serves as a breeding ground for dengue-carrying mosquitos. The massive misting operations aim to contain the spread of dengue cases in the city that have already reached 2,886 since January this year. (Photo courtesy of Zamboanga CIO) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The City Health Office (CHO) Wednesday kicked off massive misting operations in areas with recorded high number of dengue cases to contain the further spread of the disease. CHO data showed that cases of dengue here continue to climb to 2,886 with 19 mortalities since January this year. Engr. Jose Carl Rubio, the Guiwan district sanitary inspector, said the misting operations are complemented with the release of larvicide in areas with stagnant bodies of water that serve as the breeding ground of Aedes aegypti, the dengue-carrying mosquito. "We also c
ZAMBOANGA CITY -Lawmen have seized a total of PHP4.93 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and arrested seven people in two separate anti-smuggling campaigns in the Zamboanga Peninsula during the week, a top police official said Saturday. Brig. Gen. Franco Simborio, Police Regional Office 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) director, said the bulk of the smuggled cigarettes were seized in an intelligence-driven anti-smuggling operation in Barangay Cabatangan, this city at about 8:10 a.m. on Tuesday. Simborio said the smuggled cigarettes, worth PHP4.23 million and loaded in a closed van covered with packs of assorted puffed corn snacks, were seized by operatives of the police, military, and Bureau of Customs (BOC). Three people were arrested. They were identified as Khan Jawari Adin, 24, the van driver, and two spotters aboard a motorcycle - Aldin Sabtal, 30, and Bensharif Bari, 32. He said the confiscated smuggled cigarettes were supposed to be delivered to a warehouse in Barangay Divisoria here.
VAX DRIVE CONTINUES. The Philippine Red Cross vaccination bus visits Barangay Ayala, Zamboanga City on May 25, 2022. Since its deployment on May 2, the bus has already vaccinated 1,679 in the city, 148 of them already with complete doses. (Photo courtesy of Red Cross Zamboanga City) ZAMBOANGA CITY - There are only 14 villages with active cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) here, data from the City Health Office showed Saturday. This highly-urbanized city has 98 villages with a population of 977,234 as of the 2020 census. Of the 20 active cases, Barangay Divisoria has the highest with three; Canelar, Mercedes, Santa Catalina, and Tumaga have two cases each; while with one each are Buenavista, Calarian, Lunzuran, San Jose Gusu, San Roque, Sinunuc, Tetuan, Vitali, and Zambowood. The City Health Office said 18 of the 20 active cases were acquired through community transmission and the other two are detainees. Fifty percent of the active cases are asymptomatic, 35 percent have