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Herbie Gomez
TREND MAKER. Mindanao Gold Star Daily was established in 1989 to set ablaze a new meaning & flame to the local newspaper business. Throughout the years it continued its focus and interest in the rural areas & pioneered the growth of countryside journalism.
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RC schools, IFI diocese formally declare opposition vs Opol casino
The Cagayan de Oro Network of Archdiocesan Schools (Conas) and the IFI Diocese of Libertad simultaneously released their position papers on Wednesday, two days before Misamis Oriental’s legislature resumes its investigation into the operations of Grand Imperial casino in Barangay Taboc, Opol town.
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Covid-19 surge forces Opol casino to stop operations
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) included Misamis Oriental in the list of provinces under the higher alert level category from January 16 to January 31 because of the surge in the number of Covid-19 infections in the country.
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Misor officials kept in dark about Opol casino
“But there are realities in life that go beyond legalese. We cannot restrain Opol from allowing that, but the people can… I would wear the hat of a Catholic and would be happy to join mass actions led by the Church,” Moreno added.
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Oro dads to probe crematorium complaint
“This suggests that not only is this a mere environmental concern. It looks like the cremation ashes of people who died of Covid-19 are mixed with PVC and other foreign objects. I don’t know how the loved ones of the dead would react to this,” said Goking.
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‘Faith’ fans vaccine hesitancy
Pastor Roa, who estimated Cagayan de Oro’s evangelicals to comprise at least 10% of the city’s population, somehow shared the position of the Nigerian preacher.
“Mas gamhanan pa ang Ginoo kaysa sa vaccines,” he said.
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Oro worsens after ECQ classification
“The government approach is simply not working in Cagayan de Oro and elsewhere. Quarantine measures alone won’t get the job done. As we have seen and as the data have shown, these measures are just band-aid solutions to the bigger problem,” said Councilor George Goking, chair of the city council’s trade and commerce committee.
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Oro ramps up vaccinations
Quarantine measures and efforts to quickly identify and isolate Covid-19 carriers and those they had been in contact with have done very little to keep the virus from spreading in Cagayan de Oro and elsewhere in Northern Mindanao. Officials have now pinned their hopes on the prospects of herd immunity by speeding up mass vaccination.
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Oro records most Covid-19 cases in a day since 2020
With the increase in cases also came a rise in Covid-19 deaths. In just three days since last Thursday, the health department registered 33 deaths throughout the region, 21 of which were recorded mostly in Cagayan de Oro last Sunday.
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