by anyajulia | Jun 18, 2009 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
MAS lapad nga serbisyo sa panglawas ngadto sa mga Catigbianon, kini human ipangtunol ngadto sa tanang Barangay Health Workers (BHW) ang medical kits gikan sa kagamhanan atol sa kasaulogan sa ika 5 nga Katigbawan.
Kini usab ang gikalipay sa mga BHWs kinsa naglaum nga kapalapdan ang ilang serbisyo sa katawhan nga nagpadayong nagsagubang sa kuwang nga serbisyo sa panglawas.
Si Mayor Roberto Salinas mibutyag nga nalipay ang lungsod sa gasa sa medical kits nga naglakip sa mga himan sa blood pressure, stethoscope, bendahe ug gunting, forceps, tongue depressor, iodine, icepack, sterile gauze, gapas ug nagkadaiyang tambal.
Gidudang usab ni Dr. Jacqueline Uy nga iyang tudloan ang mga BHWS nag nakadawat sa himan sa saktong paggamit niini aron kapilo-piloan pa ang pwersa sa mga tinugyanan sa maayong panglawas sa Catigbian. (rachiu/PIA)
by anyajulia | Jun 18, 2009 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
PACKING more come-ons for Bohol as super-regions’ hot tourist destination, police regional office 7 (PRO 7) now dreams of converting Bohol tourist areas into ultimate gun-free zones.
When realized, it should further elevate Bohol as destination status into a distinct wholesome family destination, shares PSSupt. Louie Oppus.
The Boholano police officer showed mayors graphs showing going down of the crime trend in the Central Visayas in the last 5 years, and was quick to add that the success is due largely to the efforts of mayors.
The achievement however seems not enough for Col Oppus who hinted that crime presence in a tourism destination is still not good.
The Camp Sergio Osmena-based police operations officer then told mayors gathered during the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) Bohol Chapter meeting in Inabanga recently of the plan wich means zero tolerability for guns in designated areas.
Briefing mayors on the peace and order situation here, Col. Oppus, who spoke for Police Regional Director Lane-o Neres added that the overall peace and order showing for Bohol is very appealing as he points out crimes going down as against the last three ratings.
On the proposed plan, if pushed, peacekeeping authorities would deny entry or armed bodyguards of public officials and escorts of very important persons.
“Only police officers in uniform are allowed to carry firearms in designated tourist areas,” he said as he elucidated on the plan to convert areas into safe zones.
Once converted, even persons with permits to carry fire-arms outside residence should deposit their firearms at the tourist police desks or they would be denied entry, he added.
The police official also pointed out that most crimes here involve some good number of unaccounted loose firearms, one that must be addressed as fast.
Finding a good entry, Col. Oppus asked local chief executive’s help in rocovering loose firearms and lead in registering these cases. (rachiu/PIA)
by anyajulia | Jun 18, 2009 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
THERE is a danger more disastrous than swine flu and about 141 Boholano children have it.
Dr. Cesar Tomas Lopez bared this as he reported to the mayors gathered during their bi-monthly meeting in Inabanga that about 141 Boholanos children having tuberculosis.
With the needed urgency and while these children are under intensive treatment, Dr. Lopez, who also sits as the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Health Committee Chair told mayors to help local health authorities do something about it.
He told them that an average treatment regimen covers 6 to 8 months and patients need to spend more or less P10,300 each to get the uninterrupted treatment going.
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious bacterial disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis, which mostly affects the lungs.
While now considered curable, tuberculosis treatment regimen would need supervised full course of correct anti-TB medicines to assure continued regular, uninterrupted treatment.
Recent cases of discontinued treatment has cause the surfacing of a new kind of bacteria now resistant to anti-TB medicines, so that a treatment system called Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (DOTS) is used where 90% of the cases are cured. World Health organizations said.
The United States Government, through a project called Linking Initiatives and Networking to Control Tuberculosis (TB LINC), is partnering with Bohol through a Memorandum of Agreement signed by the governor, LMP and US ambassador Christie Kenney years back.
With the TB LINC in Bohol, USAID, local officials and the LMP agree to co-share in the costs and partner in the project implementation.
Dr. Lopez then reminded mayors of the MOA commitments they signed: to provide policy support especially on anti TB ordinances as well as allowing municipal staff to attend trainings relative to implemented programs against TB.
The overall dream then is to drastically reduce tuberculosis death by 50% in 2015, a tough act to perform with the country still considered burdened with the disease. (rachiu/PIA)
by anyajulia | Jun 17, 2009 | Headlines, National News
The number of unemployed Filipinos in April dropped to 7.5 percent from 8 percent last year, the National Statistics Office said Tuesday. The employment rate, on the other hand, for April was 92.5 percent.
Among the various occupation groups, laborers and unskilled workers comprised the largest proportion with 32.5 percent of the total employed population in April 2009 and 32.7 percent in April 2008. Farmers, forestry workers and fishermen were the second largest group, accounting for 17.0 percent of the total employed.
More than half or 51.9 percent of the employed persons were wage and salary workers, more than one-third or 34.9 percent were own-account workers, and 13.1 percent were unpaid family workers. (PNA)
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by anyajulia | Jun 17, 2009 | Headlines, National News
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will definitely step down in 2010 and run for Congress in her home province of Pampanga. This was disclosed by the Agrarian Reform Secretary Nasser Pangandaman. “This should allay the fears of the opposition about the no-election scenario,” Pangandaman adds.
The opposition has warned that the Charter change (Cha-cha) being pushed by Malacanang’s allies in the House of Representatives through a constituent assembly (Con-ass) was meant to extend her term beyond 2010.
But Pangandaman said Ms Arroyo had no hand in the Cha-cha efforts and that it was the initiative of Congress, particularly Speaker Prospero Nograles. He said Ms Arroyo herself was not in favor of Cha-cha under her administration. “She said it could come later. Let the people decide after the elections,” Pangandaman said.
A latest Social Weather Stations survey shows 43 percent of Filipino voters do not believe Ms Arroyo intends to step down next year.
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