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People Of Davao Oriental Deserve The Best Public Service – Gov Dayanghirang

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Davao Oriental:    As the province marked its 53rd Founding Anniversary today amid a highly dreaded pandemic COVID-19, Governor Nelson Dayanghirang has rallied his people to pay tribute to the frontliners who “selflessly put their lives on harm’s way every hour of the day to carry out essential roles outside their homes to support us all.”

Stressing that the people of Davao Oriental “deserve the best public service,” the Governor said “the Province of Davao Oriental owes you all a debt of gratitude” specifically referring to the men and women on the front line of the government’s anti-COVID-19 campaign like the medical doctors, nurses, and all the health and medical care workers, barangay officials and functionaries, the AFP and the PNP.

And as the government is slowly easing restrictions, the Governor urged the people not to be complacent and to always follow health protocols set by authorities so the collective efforts and sacrifices would not be put to waste.

Because of the pandemic, however, the province marked its 53rd founding anniversary with no fanfare unlike the previous years. Although the day was declared by the Governor as a special non-working public holiday, only a Holy Mass celebrated by Mati Bishop Abel Apigo held at the sprawling Mati Cathedral was the only event that marked the celebration of the province’s 53rd founding anniversary.

Bayanihan: Katawhan, Kaayuhan, Kalampusan

This year’s founding anniversary’s theme is Bayanihan: People, Healing, Goodness, Progress. For the first time in the province’s history, the Governor delivered a Founding Anniversary speech during a Holy Mass held at the San Nicholas de Tolentino Cathedral also known as the Mati Cathedral. Although the Holy Mass was sparsely attended by officials of the local government and national government agencies, it was being aired live on local television and radio stations.

“The COVID-19 crisis we now face is something entirely different. It has demanded us to do things out of the ordinary, changed our lifestyles, emptied our streets, closed our doors and tore us apart from the very people who, during those times of distress in the past, were there to help us through — our family, our friends, our neighbors, our community.

Bisan pa man niini, ato kining giatubang tulo ka bulan kapin sugod niadtong Marso, og padayon nato kining atubangon sama sa pag atubang nato sa mga nangaging kalisdanan.

I feel deep pride in saying that the entire province greatly benefited from the COVID-19 response measures we have implemented as these prevented the entry and limited the spread of the coronavirus in our area. Since we have no allocation for this particular crisis, in our 2020 annual budget, other funds amounting to P211 million were realigned and made available for COVID-19 response, food security and health services interventions”. says Governor Dayanghirang during a speech he delivered at the Holy Mass in the Mati Cathedral Photos by Eden Jhan Licayan

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