by magnolia_eic | Aug 7, 2010 | Local News / Bohol Balita
FOLLOW the lead provided by Maribojoc, and Tagbilaran City, urge Bohol Police Commander Pssupt. Rodolfo Llorca, during the recent Kapihan sa PIA on disaster awareness.
Bohol Maribojoc and Jagna have just institutionalized their municipal emergency medical service (EMS) teams to respond to disaster and accident victim recovery.
On the other hand, Tagbilaran has its Tagbilaran City Emergency Medical and Rescue Operations Team, which does the same function as the EMS.
Llorca raised the issue upon seeing that most towns here have not put up properly trained EMS responders that many motor vehicle accident survivors have died instead for improper handling by untrained rescue personnel.
He also added that the EMS team, which Maribojoc has, is given appropriate training and equipment support.
We may be able to save lives and avert more disaster casualties if we prepare, Llorca stressed. (PIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Jul 5, 2010 | Local News / Bohol Balita
POLITICS barely affect the community life tours, says Abatan River Development and Management Council (ARDMC).
New leaderships or any wayward development plans along the Abatan river is decided by not just one but a council, and that consultative forum does not threaten the operation of the tours, agree both erstwhile and present council chairs and former Maribojoc Mayor Gavino Redulla and current re-elected Catigbian Mayor Roberto Salinas.
Mayor Salinas said even with new leaders elected for Antequera and Balilihan, the new-comers are not new to the program as they have been a part of the widespread participatory planning process, which laid the ground-works for the new eco-tourism product.
Former Mayor Gavino Redulla, who used to head the council also said that they were careful that the product development, that is, that the community life tours undergo participatory planning sessions from communities in five towns to make sure everybody knows what they are into.
Speaking at the recent Kapihan sa PIA which tackled the newly launched community life tours of Abatan River towns as ecotourism development strategy to sustainably manage the river resource, both council leaders believe newly leaders are generally familiar with the activities and the Abatan River development master plan.
Balilihan’s new mayor, Dominisio Chatto was then vice mayor, while Antequera’s Mario Pahang also sat as the town vice mayor during the product development stage.
Cortes Mayor Apolinaria Balistoy, Maribojoc Mayor Leoncio Evasco Jr and Catigbian’s Mayor Salinas have retained their seats and would continue so in the next three years, at least.
Often regarded by many as a competition for the already famous Loboc River Cruises, the Abatan Community Life Tours is an entirely different experience, stresses Governor-elect Edgar Chatto, whose congressional funds then helped finance the endeavor.
The community life tour as managed by the beneficiary towns showcases aside from the often misunderstood mangrove ecosystems, the communities living about in their usual daily rituals, Redulla said.
Starting from the main community village center in Cortes, the tour takes one to some five major stops, all in riverside communities of Abatan-Lincod, Santo Rosario, Kawasan Falls and Catigbian’s Dagook Falls.
The tour also includes artistic and cultural presentations showcasing rituals of Wadji, nipa mangrove livelihood activities, basket-weaving and home industries, rural community immersions in Balilihan and Catigbian as well as a package of innovations in governance.
Interested tourists can drop by at the Abatan Main village center at national Highway in Junction Cortes and book a trip. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Apr 26, 2010 | Local News / Bohol Balita
MARIBOJOC – Residents of the 22 barangays of the municipality were beneficiaries of the Summer Operation ‘Tuli’ and Dental Extraction 2010 initiated by the Divine Word College-High School Department Batch 1993 (DWCT-HS Batch ’93) in cooperation with LGU Maribojoc.
137 young boys were circumcised during the operation ‘tuli,’ while 37 barangay residents benefited from the free dental extraction held at the Parola Hall in Poblacion, Maribojoc, Bohol last April 17.
Dr. Elva D. Evasco-Auza, DWCT-HS Batch ’93 president, expressed elation over the heavy patient turnout from far-flung barangays. According to her, because of the successful pilot activity done last year in Maribojoc, DWCT-HS Batch ’93 alumni organization decided to conduct another civic activity in the municipality to make the services and medicines available to Maribojocanons.
Mayor Leoncio B. Evasco, Jr., commended DWCT-HS Batch ’93 for choosing Maribojoc as a beneficiary of their yearly medical missions. Evasco declared that the people of Maribojoc are very fortunate to have the support of countless organizations and government agencies who share the common goal of pro-active local governance.
The operation tuli volunteer doctors included Dr. Evasco-Auza, Dr. Luci Dianne Ejercito, Dr. Charmaine Magpayo, Dr. Allan Magpayo, Dr. Ronaldo Rances and Dr. Shary Manuta-Baton. Another Batch ’93 alumna, Dr. Anthony Vitorillo, provided free dental extraction. 30 registered nurses, headed by Marc Vallar, volunteered to assist in the surgical area.
Auza.Net, Unilab/Pediatrica, Inc., Pasonangka, Hats-Inn, Pharmalink Sales, and Batch ‘93 alumna Oliver Pingkian sponsored the medical mission.
Other DWCT-HS Batch ’93 alumni who assisted during the activity were Crisamerl Geonzon, Jescel Lagari, Joyce Cris Badinas, Myrna Fabiosa, Malle Bataycan, Jeffrey Inojales, Anastacio Torralba III, Ray Esperanza, Jovenal Remolador, Regel Cenabre, Jaeson Vicar Inting, Jun Hontucan, and Mary Ann Garcia.
LGU Maribojoc provided manpower support and meals to the medical mission team. Several Maribojoc residents also volunteered and helped in the prelisting and pharmacy areas during the one-day activity.
DWCT-HS Batch ’93 Medical Mission Team is also had another Operation Tuli and Dental Extraction at the island of Cabilao, Loon. The activity was in coordination with the local government of Loon headed by Mayor Lloyd Peter M. Lopez, M.D.
