by magnolia_eic | Oct 21, 2010 | Headlines, National News
THE Department of Health National Electronic Injury Surveillance System on Monday revealed that motorcycle-related accidents still remain as the most common cause of transport related injuries. It also showed that only 11.5% of those injured motorcycle occupants were using helmets at the time of accident.
“All road users should take the necessary precaution, especially motorcycle riders”, Heath Secretary Enrique T. Ona appealed.
From April to June this year, a total of 2,015 transport/vehicular accident-related injuries were reported. Nearly half (49.8%) of the transport/vehicular accidents were collision accidents.
About 40% of the total reported transport/vehicular accidents occurred in Central Luzon followed by MIMAROPA (19.8%). Majority (73.3%) of those injured were males and the 15-44 years age group were the most common victims of transport/ vehicular accidents, accounting for 64.9% of the total cases.
Majority (99.4%) of those injured secondary to vehicular accident reached the hospital alive, while 18.8% of fatalities declared dead on arrival were motorcycle occupants.
The most commonly sustained types of injuries were open wound/laceration (39.3%), abrasion (29%), and contusion (13.9%).
Ona also disclosed that fall accidents rank number 2 among the external causes of injuries. This is because falls due to the use of waveboard reached 363 in the second quarter of 2010. Other causes of injuries include mauling (14.83%) and contact with sharp objects (13.06%).
Ona added that most (92.6%) of waveboard fall related injuries involved children below 15 years old. There were more males (83%) than females (17%), and that majority (90%) of cases occurred at the National Capital Region. (DOH/PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Oct 21, 2010 | Headlines, National News
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III expressed satisfaction over the excellent handling by the national government and local government units (LGUs) of the super-typhoon “Juan“ (international codename Megi).
Aquino cited the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) through the leadership of Science and Technology Secretary Mario Montejo and Undersecretary Graciano Yumul, for its accurate and timely weather forecasts that prompted other agencies to prepare for typhoon Juan.
The President also commended Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, Social Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman, and National Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Council Executive Director Benito Ramos for their effective management of their respective mandates and that the needs of affected communities were promptly delivered.
At the same time, the President extended his deepest sympathies and condolences to the families of those who have lost their loved ones.
Initial reports said Typhoon Juan killed at least 10 people as it generated waves as big as houses and destroyed thousands of hectares of crops. (PCOO/PIA)
by admin | Oct 18, 2010 | Headlines, National News
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 3,973 out of 8,216 passed the Certified Public Accountant Licensure Examination given by the Board of Accountancy in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan De Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo and Legazpi this October 2010.
Results are now indexed on PRCPassers.com.
by magnolia_eic | Oct 18, 2010 | Headlines, Health and Medicine, National News
NIPASIDAAN ang Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) nga usa pa ka makuyaw
nga tambal ang marijuana o Indian hemp ug iligal kini ubos sa Republic Act 9165, ang
Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Kini human mapamantala sa usa ka pahayagan sa New York Times News Service sa
America ang usa ka balita nga adunay titulo nga “Marijuana brings some families closer”.
Gibutyag sa maong balita ang paglambo sa pagdawat sa marijuana nga adunay medikal nga
katuyuan sa ubang estado sa Estados Unidos.
Matud pa ni PDEA Chief Dionisio R. San-tiago nga sa ubang nasud, ang processed cannabis
o derivatives niini gigamit aron pagkontra sa sintomas sa pagkalipong, pagsuka sa panahon
sa chemo ug radiotherapy, glucoma, multiple sclerosis, AIDS ug pagkawala sa gana, spinal
cord injury ug chronic pain management sama sa severe arthritis ug Tourette’s syndrome.
Apan ubos sa gipatuman nga balaod sa Pilipinas, ang marijuana nagpabiling usa ka
makuyaw nga tambal. Wala pa’y giingon nga medikal nga panginahanglan alang sa
marijuana dinhi sa nasud ug wala’y nakare-histro niini sa Food and Drug Administration
alang sa pharmaceutical preparations nga nakabutang nga Cannabis o unsa mang
derivatives niini.
Nipasidaan si San-tiago sa publiko sa dili pag-eksperimento isip basihan sa pagpangandam
sa medikal tungod kay siguradong madakpan ang mohimo niini sa paglapas sa anti-drug law.
(PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Oct 18, 2010 | Headlines, National News
MALACAÑANG cautioned the candidates for the coming barangay and Sangguniang
Kabataan elections on Oct. 25 not to resort to violence and killings “as this is just an election
and being voted upon is not the only way to be of service to the people.”
In an interview with Radyo ng Bayan Saturday, Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail
Valte said “we should not resort to violence or other undesirable means just to be elected
into office as serving the people does not end with getting elected.”
Go slow and do not be too emotional or excited as this might distract your focus. Let us all
work together to ensure that the coming election will be clean and that the results will reflect
the genuine sentiments of the voters, Valte added.
Last week, President Aquino ordered Philippine National Police Chief Gen. Raul Bacalzo
to look into the killing of a candidate for kagawad and put the perpetrators before the bar of
justice so that no other similar incidents will happen as the elections near.
Bacalzo said the President asked him to impose stricter measures to ensure that such poll
violence will not occur again. (PCOO/PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Oct 18, 2010 | Headlines, National News
WITH one week to go before the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, the Aquino
administration has identified six percent of 42,000 barangays in the country as “election
watch areas” or more commonly referred to as hot spots.
Among those identified as “election watch areas,” according to Interior and Local Government
Secretary Jesse Robredo are Abra, Masbate, Maguindanao and some parts of Mindanao.
Robredo disclosed this Friday before the start of the Philippine Business Conference at the
Manila Hotel, where he signed on behalf of the local government units the memorandum of
agreement with the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the improvement of
the business environment.
“Based on our assessment, if you compare this with the May 2010 elections, we expect it to
be more peaceful and orderly as we have had intensive discussions and monitoring of the
situation in the local governments,” Robredo said.
“Basically we have categorized two groups such as areas with a proliferation of private armed
groups or private armies and those that have active presence of rebel groups like the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front, the Abu Sayyaf Group and the New Peoples’ Army,” he said. (PIA)
