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GENERAL SANTOS CITY -Admission in hospitals catering to coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) have eased in the last two weeks as the number of new infections in the area continues to decrease. A report from the Department of Health-Region 12's (DOH-12) epidemiology and surveillance unit (RESU) said the occupancy rate for Covid-19 as of Wednesday is down to the warning level after reaching the danger zone in the past weeks. It said some 774 or about 40 percent of the total 1,837 hospital beds in the region that are dedicated to Covid-19 cases are currently occupied. All 112 Covid-19 referral hospitals in the region's four provinces and four cities, including the Cotabato Regional Medical Center in Cotabato City, have occupancy rates of between 30 to 70 percent. Soccsksargen comprises the provinces of South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and North Cotabato, and the cities of General Santos, Koronadal, Kidapawan and Tacurong. For the occupa
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Published May 25, 2021, 10:06 PM
DAVAO CITY – Colleagues and fellow peace advocates in Mindanao are now mourning the death of Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) priest Eliseo Mercado Jr., one of the known prime movers of the inter-religious dialogue initiatives and peace movements in the region.
Fellow OMI priest Roberto Layson, based in Pikit, North Cotabato, said he is saddened by the death of Mercado, saying that he looks up the latter as his icon in inter-religious dialogue and peace building advocacies.
Like Mercado, Layson was also among the active key leaders in initiating grassroots peace building advocacies at the height of the conflict in Central Mindanao.
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