Herbie Gomez is the former Editor-in-Chief of Mindanao Gold Star Daily. A multi-awarded journalist with decades of experience, he has been a pivotal voice in chronicling the complex narratives of Northern Mindanao. His extensive body of work includes investigative reporting and editorial leadership, with contributions also appearing in national and international news platforms like Rappler.
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TWO more patients quarantined at the state-run Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) on suspicion of contracting the 2019 novel coronavirus disease died on Monday, the regional hospital's chief confirmed this morning. One of those who died was from Cagayan de Oro.
COTABATO City -- Nineteen Filipinos, who attended the recent tabligh gathering in Malaysia, have been placed under medical quarantine there after testing positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the National Commission on Muslim Filipino-Region 12 (NCMF-12) said today.
THE health department said 10 patients in an isolation facility at the Northern Mindanao Medical Center in Cagayan de Oro have tested negative for Covid-19 as of March 22.
TWO barangay health workers and a village official were killed when a truck plowed through a checkpoint in Maramag town, Bikidnon, an hour before a strict community quarantine measure took effect in the province.
SO… The change in everyone’s lifestyle over the past couple of weeks is radical. And the fact that it is something over which we have little or no control has resulted in fear and negativity.
ILIGAN City -- Like most of our local officials here, we the constituents were in "denial" mode. That is as far as this present scourge of Covid-19 is concerned. "That's only in Wuhan, China, in the Hubei province," we say.
DURING this time of crisis, many of us have to do are asked to do the things that need to be done according to the talents we have to address this crisis.
CAGAYAN de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez statement on the Covid situation and on Mayor Oscar Moreno’s call for collective efforts:
BESET by rising deaths from the deadly COVID-19, President Rodrigo Duterte decided to declare a unilateral ceasefire with the Communist rebels nationwide.
INSTEAD of resorting to overbuying, think about others. This was the appeal of Councilor George Goking and City Price Coordinating Council chair Jose Edgardo Uy to the public amid reports of panic buying in the city.
THE Department of Health on Wednesday confirmed that the 58-year-old Patient No. 201 who died at the Amai Pakpak Medical Center in Marawi City was positive for Covid-19.