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LGU Valencia prohibits non-essential travel to employees, Brgy. officials

MALAYBALAY CITY (12 May 2021) – The Local Government Unit (LGU) of Valencia has prohibited non-essential group travel, outings, leisure trips, and group excursions among city government and barangay officials, functionaries, personnel, and Job Order (JO) workers.

Mayor Azucena P. Huervas has issued executive order no. 105, series of 2021 on May 11 for the purpose. The order took effect starting May 12 and will end on the last day of this month and may be extended or revoked by the local chief executive.

The Mayor cited the increasing number of Covid-19 cases in the city, posing danger to the community.

Huervas said Covid-19 cases in Cagayan de Oro City, Iligan City, Davao City, and other neighboring towns and cities are also increasing with new variants having been detected in some areas.

The order said ‘some barangay officials together with barangay functionaries and personnel have been traveling together in groups to other high-risk areas for non-essential group travel, outings, leisure trips, and group excursions thereby increasing the risk of Covid-19 transmission.’

However, official and work-related travels conducted for the purpose of performing an urgent or necessary task, duty, work assignment, meeting, or responsibility are permitted in the exigency of service.

City Government or Barangay officials, functionaries, or employees may take private trips or health breaks only with their respective households in low-risk areas and subject to strict compliance with all health protocols, travel requirements, and safety standards.

Concerned officials and employees who are found to have deliberately violated the provisions of the order shall face appropriate disciplinary action and or administrative sanctions subject to due process.

As of May 11, Valencia has 819 total confirmed positive cases of Covid-19 with 723 recoveries, 78 active cases, and 18 deaths.

Patay sa Covid-19 sa Valencia 18 na

Niabot na sa 18 ang namatay gumikan sa kumplikasyon nga dala sa Covid-19 sa dakbayan sa Valencia sa Mayo 11.

Gipahibalo sa Department of Health ang dugang isa nga namatay ug laing napulo nga nagpositibo sa virus sa maong adlaw.

Sumala sa pahibalo sa maong dakbayan, ang namatay mao ang Case No. 817. Siya 69 anyos nga lalaki kinsa residente sa Purok 5 sa Brgy. Lurugan.

Niadtong Mayo 10, isa ka 69 anyos sab nga lalaki nga residente sa Purok 8, Brgy. Tongantongan ang nareport nga namatay gumikan sa kumplikasyon sa virus.

Sa kinatibuk-an, niabot na sa 819 ang nagpositibo sa Covid sa Valencia as of May 11 gumikan sa napulo nga nadugang. Ang mga nangaayo niabot na sab sa 723 human nadugangan og lima. Sa kasamtangan, 78 ang mga aktibong kaso sa Covid sa maong dakbayan.

P190K kantidad sa shabu nasakmit sa Valencia

Nasakmit gikan sa duha ka drug suspek ang gidudahang shabu nga nagkantidad sa P190,400.00 sa buy bust operation sa Purok 21, Brgy. Poblacion, Valencia City, Bukidnon gabii sa Pebrero 24.

Ang mga suspek nailang si Edmund Miasco y Monsales, lakip sa watclist, 32, minyo, furniture assembler ug residente sa Purok 21, Brgy. Poblacion, ug John Michael Boado y Panilagao, 33, minyo, Job-Order sa Valencia City Hall ug residente sa Purok 4, Brgy. Maapag – tanan sa Valencia City.

Si Police Col. Jun Mark J. Lagare, provincial director sa Bukidnon Police Provincial Office (BPPO), niingon nga napalit gikan kay Miasco ang pakite sa didudahang shabu. Nakuha sab gikan sa iyang posisyon ang laing upat ka pakite sa gidudahang shabu, tribal coin purse, weighing scale, stainless steel scissor, P500 buy bust money, belt bag, ug selpon.

Samtang nakuha gikan kay Boado ang selpon ug laing pakite sa gidudahang shabu.

Sa kinatibuk-an, nitimbang sa 28 gramos ang tanan nga nasakmit nga gidudahang shabu ug adunay estimated market value nga P190,400.00.

Ang mga suspek ug nasakmit nga mga ebidensya ang gidala sa Valencia City Police Station alang sa dokumentasyon, ug pagkahuman, gitugyan sab ngadto sa Bukidnon Provincial Crime Laboratory Office sa Malaybalay City.

Gihikay na sab sa kapolisan sa Valencia ang kaso batok sa mga suspek kalabotan sa kalapasan sa Article II, Sections 05 ug 11 sa R.A. 9165 kon Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

Ang buy bust operation gipahigayon sa mga miyembro sa Bukidnon Drug Enforcement Unit, Valencia City Police Station, 1st Bukidnon Provincial Mobile Force Company (PMFC), Bukidnon 2nd PMFC ug 1003rd Mobile Company, Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB) 10.

Valencia records 13th COVID-19 related death

MALAYBALAY CITY (March 03) – Another resident of the city has died due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) related complications on March 2.

The fatality is confirmed case no. 548, a 67-year old female, a resident of Purok 6, Brgy. Laligan, with no travel history and experienced shortness of breathing.

She was one of the 22 confirmed cases reported on Feb. 18.

Mr. Sammy Langub, information officer of the city government, on March 3, said the senior citizen died while under medical care at Bukidnon Provincial Medical Center (BPMC) in Malaybalay City.

He disclosed that the 13th fatality was buried at the New City Public Cemetery in Purok 4, Brgy. Poblacion on March 2, the day she died.

As of March 2, Valencia has recorded total confirmed cases of 589 with 32 active cases due to 11 new cases, 544 total recoveries, and 13 deaths.

Meanwhile, Mr. Langub said Valencia is a pilot in the first inoculation program of the government. He said, most likely, the vaccination for health frontliners in the city will be held next week upon the arrival of the vaccines.

On March 1, the national government has started the first inoculation program in Manila using the Sinovac vaccine donated by China government. The 600,000 doses of the vaccine delivered in the country on Feb. 28.

The national government said the vaccine intended for Mindanao will be delivered in Davao City on March 5 to 6.

Mr. Langub said they are expecting that from Davao City, the vaccines will be transported to Valencia City soon.

Manna and Quail compound in Valencia under lockdown

Gipamatay sa lalaking silingan ang magtiayon nga senior citizens sa Purok 2, Brgy. Natulungan, Kibawe, Bukidnon niadtong hapon sa Enero 30.

Huervas issued an executive order No. 55 on August 22, 2020, after the Department of Health (DOH) released its confirmatory test on the same day about the patient contracted with the virus.

Being at the critical zone, the movement of all persons within the lockdown area is strictly restricted for 14-days starting midnight on August 22, 2020.

The 28-year old female patient identified as local case No. 41 was exposed to a customer who dined in their family-owned restaurant along Sayre Highway in Brgy. Bagontaas on August 13, 2020.

A customer from the town of Manolo Fortich subsequently tested positive for COVID-19 on August 17, 2020.

The patient and those in close contact with the customer voluntarily submitted themselves to the City’s Isolation Facility on August 17, 2020, for evaluation and monitoring.

Valencia City Task Force against COVID-19 said those in close contact with the customer; only the patient tested positive for COVID-19.

The patient is the 41st confirmed case from Valencia City and the 10th active case. (Mel B. Madera)

Couple from Valencia abducted, killed in Quezon

MALAYBALAY CITY (Feb. 14) – A couple residing in Valencia City were abducted and killed at OADI, Brgy. San Jose, Quezon town at around 5:30 a.m. on February 12.

The victims were identified as Mary Grace Amarillo, legal age, and her husband Wilfredo Amarillo, legal age.

Mrs. Amarillo sustained multiple fatal stabbed and hacked wounds in her body and was brought to a hospital but died later. Her husband, who sustained multiple gunshot wounds, was found dead at the sugarcane plantation around 100 meters away from her location.

A concerned citizen called Quezon town police about a woman who was fatally wounded along the roadside asking for help.

Before Mrs. Amarillo was brought to the hospital, she was able to disclose that unidentified men abducted them from their residence in Brgy. Lilingayon, Valencia City on-board a pick-up.

Recovered from the crime scene were a fired cartridge case of 12 gauge shotgun, two fired cartridge cases of caliber 9mm pistol, plastic cable tie color black, and an inside holster.

Police Lt. Col. Silvetre Asiong Jr., Bukidnon Police Provincial Office (BPPO) Information Officer on Feb. 14, said the Criminal Detection and Investigation Group (CIDG) and Quezon town police are coordinating each other to resolve the case.

Asiong is optimistic that the case will be filed to the suspects sooner. 

By: Mel B. Madera

Generalao & Uplinger opens Tax, Accounting and Law office in Valencia

VALENCIA CITY (Feb. 8) – Generalao & Uplinger Tax, Accounting and Law Office is now expanding their services to the people of the City of Valencia and its adjacent localities.

Generalao & Uplinger opens Tax, Accounting and Law office in Valencia

Rev. Father Jonathan Tianero presides the Blessing ceremony of Generalao & Uplinger Tax, Accounting and Law Office at the 2nd Floor of Montaña Building, Sayre Highway, Brgy. Poblacion, Valencia City on Feb. 8. Hour after the event, Atty. Jarold Rey N. Generalao (center) leads the Ribbon Cutting ceremony of his new office.  (Photo by Mel B. Madera)

Atty. Jarold Rey N. Generalao, a private lawyer led the Ribbon Cutting ceremony of their new office on Feb. 8.

The new office is located on the 2nd Floor of Montaña Building, Sayre Highway, Brgy. Poblacion, Valencia City fronting NVM Building.

Atty. Generalao’s partner is Atty. Jenny G. Uplinger, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) who was one of his previous mentors in the College of Law.

Before the Ribbon Cutting ceremony, Rev. Father Jonathan Tianero presides the Blessing ceremony of the new office.

A short program was also conducted inside the new office.

Atty. Generalao completed his AB Philo Degree at Bukidnon State University (BukSU). He graduated from the College of Law at BukSU in 2016 and passed the Bar Exams year after.

For three years, Atty. Generalao served as an associate partner of Monsanto, Ariño, Gamboa & Sayson Law Offices in Malaybalay City.

“Just like other law offices, we are offering normal civil, criminal, and administrative legal services. We are also offering corporate tax and taxation services as well as bookkeeping,” Atty. Generalao said.

He said the new office is open during office hours from Monday to Friday while his office in Kitaotao town is open for legal services every Saturday and Sunday.

Atty. Generalao is the son of Engr. Teoborcio and Anabel Generalao in Kitaotao town.

By: Mel B. Madera