Aquino pledges US$1-M assistance to earthquake and tsunami victims in Ishinomaki, Japan

by | Sep 29, 2011 | National News, World

PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III on Monday pledged a US$I-Million assistance for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami disasters in March 2011 in Ishinomaki, Japan and the city’s reconstruction program.  The Chief executive made the pledge during the turn-over ceremonies of the donation to Ishimiyaki City Mayor Hiroshi Kameyama at the Ishinimaki City Hall here.

Ishinomaki City was among the most seriously affected by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. A tsunami about 10 meters high traveled 600 meters inland and destroyed around 80 percent of the 700 houses in the coastal whaling port of Ayukawa and the district of Kadonawaki.  According to a fact sheet, approximately 46 percent of the city was inundated by the tsunami.  One, elementary school, Okawa Elementary, was completely destroyed killing 74 of the 108 students and 10 of 13 teachers and staff.  The fact sheet also said that as of June 17, 2011, a total of 3,097 deaths have been confirmed in Ishinomaki City due to the tsunami, with some 2,770 unaccounted for. It added that approximately 29.000 city residents lost their homes.

President Aquino personally handed over the pledge of assistance to Mayor Kameyama in the presence of other officials of the city, namely, vice mayor Etsuro Kitamura, Ishinomaki City Council chairperson Hiroshima Abe, and Parliamentary senior vice minister for Foreign Affairs Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, and the Philippine delegation led by Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, Transportation and Communications Secretary Mar Roxas, Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Sonny Coloma, and Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras among others.

The President pointed out that the actual cash will be given by the Philippine Embassy in Japan through Ambassador Manolo Lopez.

As he turned over the letter containing the pledge of assistance to the Ishinomaki official, the President reiterated his sympathy for the losses. (PCOO)

Mga Pinoy daghang pamaagi sa pagbatok sa radiation

by | Apr 7, 2011 | Headlines, National News

GAWAS sa pagkaon sa mga seaweeds nga puno sa iodine, gitambagan sa usa ka
toxicologist ang mga Pinoy sa pag-inom og mga oral detoxifying agents, mokaon og mga
prutas ug utanon ug mga anti-radiation herbs aron pagbatok kun moabot sa nasud ang
radiation nga naggikan sa Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant sa Japan.

Matud pa ni Dr. Romeo Quijano, professor sa Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
sa University of the Philippines, Manila, mahinungdanon ang himsog ang panglawas nga
makuha pinaagi sa healthy lifestyles.

Isip precautionary ug migation measures, niingon si Quijano nga mahinungdanon ang
pagkaon sa mga dili kontaminadong seaweeds, prutas ug utanon nga mga anti-oxidants.

Nagpahigayon niadtong Miyerkoles ang Senate Committee on Health and Demography
kalabot sa posibleng mahimong epekto sa mga Pilipino sa radiation exposure gikan sa planta
sa Japan.

Giingong apil sa mga prutas ug utanon nga puno sa antioxidants ang berries, bayabas,
guyabano, bignay, soy bean, saluyot, alugbati, beets, spiriluna ug uban pa.

Gikonsidera usab nga anti-radiation herbs ang Turmeric o luy-ang duwaw, roselle, Angelica
sinensis (Dang Gui), Tinospora (makabuhay), ginseng, green tea, Ganoderma, ug Bupleurum
chinense.

Gitambagan usab ni Quijano ang mga Pilipino nga magpabilin sulod sa ilang mga panimalay
kun adunay radioactive fallouts ug likayan ang pag-inom og tubig-uwan o rainwater ug ang
paggamit niini sulod sa panimalay. (ecbPIABohol)