Central Number 23 Mon - Sat April 12-17, 2021 Punto! PANANAW NG MALAYANG PILIPINO! Luzon E-Pray Launched for Healing by Armand M
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www.punto.com.ph P 10.00 Volume 14 Central Number 23 Mon - Sat April 12-17, 2021 Punto! PANANAW NG MALAYANG PILIPINO! Luzon E-Pray launched for healing By Armand M. Galang natuan created an online Cabanatuan was the re- because of this experi- platform to attend to spir- sult of their efforts to ence,” referring to the ef- CABANATUAN CITY - itually and physically ill look for ways and means fect of pandemic. Amid the distress brought people. to get in touch with “the “Ito’y isang paanyaya by the pandemic, the Cabanatuan Bishop many of our brothers and para sa ating lahat upa- clergy and the religious Sofronio Bancud said the sisters who truly suffer, ng sa pagkilala natin sa in the Diocese of Caba- ministry called E-Pray who were left desperate Page 9 please Clark execs return new vehicles, villas By Bong Z. Lacson LARK FREEPORT – The Clark Development Corp. said Monday it recalled all service Cvehicles and staff houses issued to its board of directors in response to the Commission on Audit’s report red-flagging the practice. “The CDC manage- sion, a majority of the ment has already ordered board members signified the recall of the vehicles the willingness to lease which will be pooled for the houses themselves so the use of the entire orga- they can continue to have nization, said CDC pres- a safe place to stay when ident-CEO Manuel R. in Clark,” he added. Gaerlan in a statement. In a 2020 audit report “In an executive ses- Page 10 please Mayor EdSa pushes sustainable agriculture CITY OF SAN FER- “EdSa” Santiago has NANDO -- To maintain ordered the intensifi- food security and live- cation of the city gov- lihood opportunities in ernment’s gardening The pictures, taken 3 p.m. Tuesday tell the whole sad story. All photos by BZL different communities and farming programs. here amidst the pan- “Napakahirap po ng All of SM City Pampanga now under strict protocols demic, Mayor Edwin Page 11 please CITY OF SAN FER- do Mayor Edwin Santi- ed, among other strict- and restaurants offer- NANDO -- The whole of ago’s Executive Order er regulations, that only ing food takeout and de- SM City Pampanga mall No. CMO0221-21 in a establishments offer- livery will remain open on Tuesday has been bid to contain the surge ing “essential services,” from April 12 to April 18. placed under the strict of coronavirus cases in specifically, supermar- But on the first day protocols embodied the city. kets, banks, pharmacies of the EO enforcement in City of San Fernan- The EO mandat- and hardware stores, Page 10 please BALANGA CITY Jabbing of elderly starts By Ernie Esconde on until April 24. The elderlies came tering the vaccine to the Gov. Albert Garcia from 25 barangays with seniors after finishing the BALANGA CITY -- This said there are 9,328 se- every village assigned its vaccination of 1,027 city component city of Bata- nior citizens (aged 60 scheduled date of vacci- health workers. an on Monday started years and above) in the nation. “Sa pagbabaku- vaccinating senior citi- city but only 3,110 con- City health officer Dr. na, hindi lamang ang Mayor Edwin Santiago uproots cassava. zens against the corona- sented to undergo inoc- Mariano Antonio Banzon ating sarili ang ating ma- Contributed photo virus disease that will go ulation. said they began adminis- Page 10 please Public schools in CL receive 203,041 early registrants A TOTAL of 203,341 new 99.79% of schools which This initiative encour- prevailing COVID-19 pub- Aside from incoming a chronic illness; having entrants for the School submitted data on early ages all incoming Kinder- lic health emergency, the Kinder and Grades 1, 7, nutritional problems; a Year 2021-2022 have registration. garten, Grades 1, 7, and conduct of early registra- and 11 students, it also victim of child abuse or participated in the Ear- The Early Registra- 11 in public elementary tion shall be done remote- seeks to locate, identify economic exploitation; ly Registration Cam- tion for SY 2021-2022, and secondary schools ly in areas under General and register out of school stateless/undocumented; paign conducted in public which will be conducted to pre-register to allow Community Quarantine youth and children who in conflict with the law; schools in Central Luzon. from March 26 to April the Department to make (GCQ). In-person reg- may be identified as liv- living on the streets; and As of April 12, 2021 at 30, aims to ensure that necessary preparations istration through par- ing with disabilities; liv- no longer in school but in- 6:28 PM, there are 43,674 incoming learners are and incoming plans for ents or guardians may ing in an off-grid commu- terested in going back to registrants for Kindergar- registered for the School the coming school year. be allowed in areas un- nity; living in a barangay school. ten, 89,308 registrants Year and help the De- Meanwhile, DepEd der Modified General without a school; living in The early registration for Grade 1, 39,013 reg- partment better prepare reminded schools and Community Quarantine a geographically isolat- campaign ensures the istrants for Grade 7, and for possible issues and the public to still follow (MGCQ) provided physi- ed area; displaced due right of all school-aged 31,046 registrants for concerns that may arise, precautionary measures cal distancing and health to natural disaster; liv- learners to enroll and Grade 11. The total num- as stipulated in DepEd against COVID-19 trans- and safety protocols are ing in an armed conflict be equally provided with ber of early registrants Order No. 3, s. 2018, or mission for the early reg- strictly observed,” Secre- area; living in an area quality, accessible, rele- come from 3,845 out of the Basic Education En- istration activity. tary Leonor Briones said with a high level of crim- vant, and liberating basic 3,854 public schools or rollment policy. “In the context of the in a statement. inality/drug abuse; having education. Riding-in-tandem attacks in NE: Online seller killed, bizman survives CABANATUAN CITY - A 32-year-old fe- cousin when the gunman shot her “us- male online seller was killed while a rice ing a short firearm.’ mill owner survived in separate gun at- Earlier, about 7:30 a.m. that same tacks, both perpetrated by riding in tan- day, businessman Albert Duran, 64, dem suspects, in Nueva Ecija on Sunday. was “standing inside his compound Joan Santos, resident of Barangay (rice mill) when shot by two men on Bantug Norte, died on the spot after board a motorcycle,” police reported. she was shot by still unidentified sus- Hit “several times in his legs, arm pects along the Nueva Ecija-Aurora and stomach,” the victim was rushed to road in Barangay Pangatian this city at the Bongabon District Hospital and lat- around 6:20 p.m., police said. er transferred to a private hospital here. Investigation showed Santos was Investigations are being conducted driving an improvised tricycle, locally as the suspects in both attacks have known as kolong-kolong, with a male managed to escape. PDEA command center in Clark The mega DATRC in Fort Magsaysay. FB photograb/CTTO. CLARK FREEPORT (CIAC-CCO, a public utility and therefore a public 14 April 2021) --- An interdiction concern,” Aquino said. Mega rehab center unit of the Philippine Drug Enforce- Aquino is himself a former po- ment Agency here in Central Luzon lice general who led the PDEA and has a new home at Clark, according the national campaign against illegal to Clark International Airport Corp. drugs from 2017 to 2020 before be- open to Covid patients president Aaron Aquino. ing appointed to head the state-run Aquino said he granted the re- aviation firm. By Armand M. Galang run by the Bureau of Quar- tient confinement. quest of PDEA on Wednesday to He noted that the international antine. Meanwhile, Dancel provide a 600-square meter office airport and the Bureau of Customs’ CABANATUAN CITY - “Para sa mga Covid said they are implement- building at the Clark civil aviation Port of Clark are major channels that The mega Drug Abuse positive talaga ‘yun,” Dab- ing strict health protocols complex owned and managed by continue to be used in the illicit drug Treatment and Rehabili- cel said, referring to the in the facility from basic the CIAC. trade. tation Center (DATRC), a area where returning over- rules on sanitation to tem- The facility will be used by the The CIAC currently sits with the Chinese-donated facility seas Filipinos were quar- porary ban on visitation to PDEA regional staff and as com- Philippine National Police Aviation for drug dependents inside antined last year. residents. mand center of the agency’s Drug In- Security Group as fellow deputies of Fort Ramon Magsaysay, At present, the TTMF Acknowledging the terdiction Task Group tasked to stem the Clark International Airport’s Se- has some 400 beds ded- has 90 patients, including need for family support in the flow of illegal drugs in the region. curity Committee led by its private icated to coronavirus dis- soldiers, he said. While rehabilitation, residents “CIAC has to take the initiative to operator, LIPAD. ease patients. the DATRC is under the can talk to their loved have the presence of a PDEA task PDEA’s new office building is lo- DATRC medical chief Department of Health, the ones but only through tele- force headquarters here as it will cated in a 3,000-sqm lot and will also Dr.