by admin | Dec 28, 2015 | National News
MANILA, Dec. 28 (PIA)–Nanghinaot ang Malakanyang nga suportahan unta sa publiko ang kampanya sa Department of Health (DoH) batok sa paggamit og paboto sa pagsugat sa Bag-ong Tuig sa nasud.
Gidasig hinuon sa Malakanyang ang publiko nga magpahigayon na lang og party sa kalsada imbes nga magpaboto sa pagsugat sa Bag-ong Tuig.
Kumbinsido si Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Kalihim Herminio Coloma Jr. nga kun magsaba-saba lang sa kalsada ang mga tawo, malayo sila sa peligro kaysa mogamit sa makadaot nga paboto.
“Sa pagpanguna sa DOH ubos sa kampanyang “Tetano: Nakamamatay, Huwag Pasaway; Sa Paputok May Goodbye” subli natong gipahinomdoman ang katawhan, ilabi na ang mga ginikanan nga bantayan ang ilang mga anak sa paggamit sa mga paboto ug aghaton silang mogamit nalang og mga alternatibo ug luwas nga pamaagi sa pagsaba-saba sama sa torotot, musika, kaldero ug bisan ang pagpahigayon og kasadya sa kalsada o ‘street parties’ isip pagsugat sa Bag-ong Tuig,” hangyo ni Coloma.
Matud pa, padayon ang pakiglambigit sa DOH sa uban pang ahensya sa gobyerno sama sa Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) ug Philippine National Police (PNP) aron mapugngan pa ang pagbaligya og ilegal nga paboto, makuhaan ang mahimong biktima niini ug mapa-amgo sa mga ginikanan ang kakuyaw nga dala sa mga paboto sa kinabuhi sa ilang mga anak. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Dec 26, 2015 | Opinion
By: Jerome Auza
It’s that time of the year again when kids are expecting to receive lots of toys and other gifts. My wife already had the usual Christmas day gifts all wrapped up, labeled and placed near the “belen”. I had promised to myself that I’ll not do any work the day before Christmas and spend as much time as I could with my kids.
My wife, an OB/GYNE, unfortunately was running the risk of not being able to get home on Christmas eve. Some of her patients at her maternity clinic were in labor. Her obligation as a doctor might prevent her from making the two hour trip back home from her clinic. Still, it was cool that she might be delivering babies on Christmas day. With baby Jesus born on Christmas day, what great honor to deliver babies on his birthday.
So what to do to entertain the kids? I was tempted to pass them the iPads but they’re still lagging behind their Kumon homework so they can’t their reward that easily. Then, I had an idea. Why don’t I show them what I used to do as a kid: make my own toys?
My three boys were still fast asleep late in the morning of December 24, 2015. I played trailer videos of the recent installment of the Star Wars saga with maximum volume and I had all three by my side in a few minutes. Then I asked them, “Do you want to make wood blocks so you can build stuff with them?” I got a very enthusiastic “yes” from all of them.
After the bathroom routine and breakfast, we headed out to a nearby hardware warehouse. As usual, we had a fill of the store’s free iced tea as we headed out to the far end to look for some wood. After making our selection, we bought three 8-foot long 1″ x 2″ pieces of smooth lumber. We also got some sandpaper and a small saw.
Back home, I showed them how to measure and mark the sections of the wood where I would cut. In a short while, their cousins joined in and before I could start cutting, they started jostling for position to get the first piece. I had to intervene a bit before someone starts crying.
Years of tapping keyboards does not make one a great carpenter. The demand was high (six kids in line) and supply was low (I was too slow in sawing the wood). One by one, the 6″ wood blocks were passed to the “owners”. I showed them how to smooth the edges out using sand paper.
My hands were aching using the tiny hack saw that was more of a toy saw rather than a real saw. Fortunately we had a real carpenter who was working on something at the house. He came to the rescue and finished cutting all the wood blocks in just a few minutes.
I didn’t realize it right away, but the kids had other plans for the wood blocks. I thought they’d just be putting them on top of each other and build crazy structures. They brought out their coloring pens and started drawing on the wood blocks. I could hear them talking about the Navy captain about to board the ship and the family members about to swim in the swimming pool that they will build. There were other stories and a few of them made me wonder where they got those ideas from. Some of the blocks were designated as the characters they talked about and they had drawn faces on them.
As more wood blocks become available, the ship was “built” and the swimming pool became “ready” for diving. It was satisfying to realize that the very simple wood blocks could stir up their imagination so much. For several hours that day, my little boys and their cousins imagined different structures, vehicles and many more with just some wood blocks and coloring pens. The wood blocks that were characters even started to “interact” with their other toys.
Reflecting on what happened that day, I realized that the best technology for play is the human brain. My kids have battery operated toys that become other characters when they run out of power. Their well played Plants vs. Zombies stuffed toys have become more than their original characters: one had “given” birth and another one “died” because it got old. Their imagination can run so wild and my wife and I would often laugh at their hilarious stories.
As an IT professional, one might expect that my kids are surrounded by high tech toys. While they do have some time to use their iPads and other gadgets, most of their play time is with real toys. I often tell them to play real games with their cousins. And just recently, I gave them wood blocks. I hope that real-time interaction with real things and real people will make them very capable to face the real world when they grow up. I also hope that when that time comes, we are still living in the real world and not in a virtual one.
More than just woodblocks after the kids used the coloring pens.
by admin | Dec 23, 2015 | National News
MANILA, Dec. 23 (PIA)–Nipahinomdom ang Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) sa mga mamamalit nga susihon gayud ang expiry dates o shelf life sa mga palitong produkto nga pang-noche buena.
Matud pa sa abiso nga gipagawas sa DTI, sa dili pa paliton ang produkto, kinahanglang susihon gayud sa mga mamamalit ang expiry date o ‘best before date’ ug bisan ang price tag sa mga produktong pang-noche buena ilabi na ang hamon.
Giingong angay siguradohon sa mga mamamalit nga ang shelf price sa item susama sa presyo sa kahera tungod na usab sa gidaghanon sa mga produktong midagsang karon tungod sa holiday ug mahimong masayop o masipyat sa pricing o sa presyo.
Apil sa gitutokan sa price monitoring sa DTI ang hamon, fruit cocktail, keso ug keso de bola, palamat, pan, mayonnaise, spaghetti ug pasta, elbow ug salad macaroni, spaghetti sauce, tomato sauce ug creamer.
Una nang namaskil ang DTI sa mga poster nga nagbutang sa suggested retail price (SRP) sa mga produktong pang-noche buena sa mga establisimento aron mahimong giya di lamang sa mga mamamalit apan apil na usab sa mga retailers o nagtinda. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Dec 23, 2015 | National News
MANILA, Dec. 23 (PIA)–Posibleng mapalit na sa mga botika sugod sunod tuig ang bakuna batok sa dengue.
Matud pa ni Department of Health (DOH) Kalihim Janette Garin, sa dili pa matapos ang tuig, ipagawas na nila ang pag-aprubar sa Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alang sa pagbaligya og bakuna batok sa dengue.
Sukad lamang Enero hangtud Disyembre, nakatala na og kapin 100,000 ka kaso sa dengue ang DOH, diin 300 niini ang naule sa kamatayon.
Ang Pilipinas ang ikaduhang nasud nga magbaligya og anti-dengue vaccine sunod sa Mexico.
Ning Disyembre lamang, gi-aprubahan na sa Mexico ang pagbaligya og dengvaxia, usa ka anti-dengue vaccine nga hinimo sa Sanofi, usa ka French pharmaceutical company. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
by admin | Dec 21, 2015 | National News
MANILA, Dec. 21 (PIA)–Gisaka na sa code white alert sa Department of Health (DOH) ang tanang mga ospital niini sa tibuok nasud sugod karong adlawa, Disyembre 21.
Matud pa ni DOH Kalihim Janette Garin, kini isip parte sa ilang pagpangandam alang sa posibilidad nga mosaka ang gidaghanon sa mga magkasakit tungod sa bugnaw nga panahon.
Pasabot ni Garin, mas daku ang posibilidad nga maigo sa ubo, sip-on, hilanat ug trangkaso ang mga bata ug mga tigulang.
Tungod niini, gipahinomdoman sa DOH ang publiko nga hingosgan ang resistensiya ug mokaon og mga masustansiya nga pagkaon aron makalikay sa mga sakit karong tingtugnaw.
Kun naa sa white alert status, tanang hospital personnel naka standby alang sa deployment ug augmentation kun kinahanglan ang dugang medical services.
Una niini, nag-andam na usab ang DOH ug uban pang ahensiya sa gobyerno alang sa posibleng mabiktima sa paboto ug saag nga bala dungan sa pagsaulog sa Pasko ug pagsugat sa bag-ong tuig. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
