Agusan del Norte, Butuan LGUs ink support to
'Biyaheng Kulambo'
By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, July 2 (PIA) -- Local government
units of the province of Agusan del Norte and this city has signed a manifesto
of support to strengthen the “Biyaheng Kulambo (mosquito net)” project of the
national government in support to the nationwide campaign for malaria
elimination by 2020.
Jimmy Egay, provincial malaria coordinator of
the province of Agusan del Norte, said today’s Biyaheng Kulambo is the third
leg in Mindanao, next to Bukidnon and in Cagayan de Oro City. He added same
activity will be conducted in some key points in the island soon.
Among the objectives of the program are to
establish local government support through renewed and sustained investments,
increase community awareness for the accelerated elimination strategies, and
develop stakeholder collaborations and mechanisms for linkages.
During today’s ceremonial transfer of the Long
Lasting Insecticide Net held at the provincial training center in Agusan del
Norte, key officials of the provincial and city governments showed their
support by giving their commitment to intensify the anti-nationwide malaria
campaign.
Provincial health officer Elizabeth Campado said
that with the high incidence of malaria cases recorded in some regions in the
country, the national government, through the cooperation of Pilipinas Shell
Foundation, has come up with a project aimed at generating an environment of
awareness and antecedent support to the elimination strategies of the malaria
program hinged on firm political will and leadership, community empowerment,
and organized participation and structured stakeholder roles.
Campado also emphasized that in 2011, the
province of Agusan del Norte was noted to have achieved zero casualty rate in
malaria.
This was also supported by Egay, saying that
although there were 13 cases recorded, the province was noted to have achieved
zero casualty last year. He said the last casualty was recorded in 2006.
He added that from 2010 to 2011, an 80 percent
reduction of malaria cases was noted in the province due to the massive
campaign of the provincial government to fight malaria. Egay said the province
is close to its target of achieving a malaria-free area. (RER/PIA-Caraga)
NCDA, RCDA conduct audit access in Tandag City
BUTUAN CITY, July 2 (PIA) -- The National
Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) and the Caraga Regional Committee on
Disability Affairs led by the Department of Social Welfare and Development
(DSWD) has conducted an access audit in Tandag City.
The activity is pursuant to the implementation
of Accessibility Law or Batas Pambansa Blg. 344, An Act to Enhance the Mobility
of Disabled Persons by Requiring Certain Buildings, Institutions,
Establishments and Public Utilities to install Facilities and Other Devices for
differently abled persons.
Regional Program Coordinator for the Caraga
region Flerida Labanon said that President Benigno S. Aquino’s directive to
NCDA is to look into the accessibility of government buildings based on the
provisions of Batas Pambansa 344.
Governor Johnny T. Pimentel welcomed the conduct
of the access audit and acknowledged that local officials also need some
wake-up calls from other government agencies to provide better services to the
public.
During the audit, five features of a building
were checked, the ramps, entrance, toilets, parking space, and stairs.
The team that conducted the audit included NCDA,
DSWD, Surigao del Sur Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office,
provincial engineering office, Tandag City Social Welfare and Development
Office and the city engineering office.
Labanon said among the problems identified
during site audit were steep ramps, lack of handrails, no signage, and
inadequate and obstructed entrance, ramps, washrooms and parking space.
According to Labanon, ramps should be located at
the main entrance, not steep, with handrails on both sides and spacious width
for wheelchair passage. She also emphasized that washrooms and toilets for PWDs
must permit easy passage of wheelchair with 1.50 cm turning space; door width
must be 0.80 m clear, swing out; one movable grab bar and one fixed grab bar
mounted at height usable by PWD wheelchair user; tilted mirror; lever-type
faucet and built with non-skid materials for flooring.
With these findings, Pimentel told the
provincial engineer and his staff that first priority is to repair the building
features that do not meet the standards set by BP 344 that are doable and easy
to comply with. Those that need thorough study and planning will be second
priority because it would entail a considerable amount for the repair.
According to Labanon, government buildings like
schools, offices and hospitals should be made accessible to persons with
disability. (RER/NCLM/DSWD-Social Marketing Unit/PIA-Caraga)
DSWD Caraga reorganizes quick response team
By Leah T. Quintana
BUTUAN CITY, July 2 (PIA) -- The Department of
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga region has reorganized its quick
response team (QRT) and has recently conducted capability building to its
members at a hotel here.
Conducted in two batches, DSWD Caraga Regional
Director Mercedita P. Jabagat said the reorganization of the QRT of the field
office is basically done to refresh the members of their respective roles and
functions for future undertaking relative to disaster management.
Jabagat said the training has provided QRT
members opportunity to enhance their understanding of disaster risk reduction
and management, appreciation of disaster response and their contribution to
said committee, management of evacuation camps and community kitchen, knowing
the process of disaster relief operations and reporting, identifying the
psychosocial process, and understanding the roles and functions of the other
committees of the QRT.
The resource persons from DSWD Caraga were Ana
T. Semacio, head of Crisis Intervention and Disaster Management; Glezza T. Ty,
IDU Head; Ramel F. Jamen, supply officer; Leah T. Quintana, head of Social
Marketing Unit; Nerisa T. Murih, chief of Policy and Programs Division;
Angelita B. Amista, chief of Institutional Development Division; Ramil M.
Taculod, management audit analyst; Eval B. Makinano, social welfare assistant.
Other resource persons were Forester Amado Posas of the Office of the Civil
Defense and Engineer Lolita Vinalay of PAGASA. (DSWD-Social Marketing
Unit/RER/NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
DSWD-Caraga orients new workers
By Leah T. Quintana
BUTUAN CITY, July 2 (PIA) -- The Department of
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga recently oriented the 42 new
project development officers (PDOs) of the Sustainable Livelihood Program
(SLP).
The new workers were oriented on the basic
knowledge, skills, and attitude of the program and also the vision, mission,
values, functions, programs and services, different policies and rules of the
Department that the workers need to adhere to, as well as the details of the
SLP.
DSWD regional director Mercedita P. Jabagat said
that the orientation is part of the strategic measures of the field office to
ensure quality program implementation.
Jabagat also said that the goal of the activity
is to develop the basic competencies of newly hired workers in the efficient
and effective implementation of SLP in Caraga region.
The SLP is part of DSWD’s convergence program
for poverty reduction. It provides entrepreneurial capacity building for all
Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries. The program offers two tracks of assistance
namely, Self-Employment Assistance-Kaunlaran and Guaranteed Employment.
The SLP is a bridge program for Pantawid Pamilya
beneficiaries, which aims to uplift the socio-economic conditions of the
extremely poor households of the society. (RER/NCLM/DSWD-Social Marketing
Unit/PIA-Caraga)
Workshop for Pantawid Pamilya implementers held
By Leah T. Quintana
BUTUAN CITY, July 2 (PIA) -- The Department of
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga Region Field Office held a team
building workshop on June 20-22, 2012 in Socorro, Surigao del Norte.
The team building workshop was aimed at
organizing Pantawid Pamilya workforce to work more effectively and efficiently
as a team.
Director Mercedita P. Jabagat of the Caraga
Social Welfare and Development Office said this is one activity that will
strengthen and sustain the commitment of the implementers.
Jabagat said the team building workshop level 1
is designed to develop a high performance regional project management team in
the program implementation of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. Managed by
the Institutional Development Unit (IDU) of the field office, the team building
workshop used the module developed by Social Welfare Institutional Development
Bureau as reference in the implementation of the activity with slight
modification to suit the needs of the participants.
Various modes of team building activities had
been facilitated such as structured learning exercises, games, interactive
discussion, workshops, field exposure, and simulations, which ensured the
achievement of the training goal and objectives.
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilpino Program is a
conditional cash transfer (CCT) that provides cash grants to poor households
with children 0-14 years old and/or pregnant mothers, on the condition that
these households make investments in the human capital of their children, and is
now four years in Caraga Region since its implementation in 2008. (RER/NCLM/DSWD-Social
Marketing Unit/PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog news: Aquino pangungunahan ang paglunsad
ng 2 key medical benefits
Ni Danilo S. Makiling
BUTUAN CITY, Hulyo 2 (PIA) -- Pinangunahan ni
Pangulong Aquino ang paglulunsad ngayon sa MalacaΓ±ang ng dalawang medikal na
programa na tutugon sa pangunahing pangangailangan sa benepisyong pangkalusugan
para sa mga Pilipino.
Ang Pangulo, kasama ni kalihim Enrique Ona ng
Department of Health (DOH), ay nanguna sa paglulunsad ng DOH "rota virus
vaccine campaign" at ang Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s
(PhilHealth) Type Z Benefit Package.
Ang "rota virus vaccination campaign"
ay unang naisagawa kasabay ng 13th Asian Conference on Diarrheal Diseases and
Nutrition noong nakaraang Enero nitong taon.
Ang kampanya ay inisyal na benepisyo sa mahigit
700,000 na mga bagong panganak galing sa 5.2 milyon na mahihirap na pamilya
(poorest of the poor) na kinilala ng Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD) sa ilalim ng National Household Targeting System (NHTS).
Ang rota virus na sanhi ng malubhang diarrhea ay
kadalasang tumatama sa mga kabataan na may edad lima pataas. Ito ay
pumapangalawa sa nangungunang pagkakamatay ng mga kabataang Pilipino na nasa
edad lima, na mabibilang sa mahigit 3,500 ang namamatay kada taon.
Ayon kay Ona, ang DOH ay magsisimula sa kanilang
kampanya sa pamamagitan ng pagbabakuna sa mga kabataan ng bawat pamilya na
ipapanganak sa Abril 2012 hanggang Abril 2013.
Ang Type Z Benefits Package naman ng PhilHealth
ay isang benepisyong package para sa mga biktima ng cancer, na pinaulad ng
sub-specialties ng oncology ng breast cancer, prostate cancer, acute
lymphocytic leukemia ng mga kabataan, at kidney transplant, na dumalo sa
Oncology Summit 2012.
Ang "special health program" ay
layuning mabigay sa mga biktimang nagdudusa sa Type Z illnesses kung saan ayon
sa PhilHealth ay kahit sa anong sakit na nangangailangan ng matagalan at mahal
na gamutan, o kahit sa anong health care kung saan ay kakapusin ang pondo ng
pamilya sa pagpapagamot.
Ito ay magiging abot-kamay sa lahat ng legal na
miyembro ng PhilHealth. (RER/DSM/PIA-Caraga)
Cebuano news: Palasyo gidawat ang pagkapapha sa
31 ka opisyales sa DENR
SURIGAO CITY, Hulyo 2 (PIA) -- Gidawat sa
MalacaΓ±ang kagahapon Domingo ang lakang ni Department of Environment and
Natural Resources (DEBR) Secretary Ramon Paje sa pagpapha sa 31 ka mga
opisyales sa DENR gikan sa ilang mga katungdanan gumikan sa kapakyas niini sa
pagpakgang sa mga illegal activities sa ilang mga tagsa-tagsa ka mga erya.
Sa press briefing sa radyo dzRB Radyo ng Bayan,
si Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte miingon nga suportado sa
gobyerno ang lakang ni Paje ug giawhag niini ang gilayon nga imbestigasyon sa
maong kaso.
“There has to be an explanation and there has to
be an investigation …’yung nangyari po mga logs na ‘yon, ‘yung mga
nai-transport under the watch of these officials. So, yes, they have a lot of
explaining to do,” sulti ni Valte.
Gipapha ni Paje niadtong Sabado ang mga
opisyales sa DENR gumikan sa kapakyas niini sa pagpatuman sa direktiba ni
Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III nga mahunong ang pagdaghan sa illegal logging
nga iyang gimando niadtong niaging tuig.
Ang mga gipapha sa ilang mga katungdanan mao
sila: Region 13 executive director Leonardo Sibbaluca ug Region 11 executive
director Jim Sampulna, Region 13 regional technical director (RTD) for forestry
Musa Saruang, Region 11 RTD for forestry Hardinado Patnugo, Region 11 Forest
Resources Conservation Division OIC chief Claudio Jumao-as;
Provincial Environment and Natural Resources
Officer (PENRO)–Agusan del Norte Rosendo Asunto, PENRO-Agusan del Sur Belo
Udarbe, PENRO-Surigao del Sur Domingo Cabrera Jr., PENRO-Davao del Norte Marcia
Isip, PENRO-Davao Oriental Gregorio Lagura, PENRO-Compostela Valley Julius
Valdez;
Community Environment and Natural Resources
Officer (CENRO)-Butuan City/Nasipit Vicente Sembrano, CENRO-Tubay Cabadbaran
Elvin Indig, CENRO-Bayugan Ruel Efren, CENRO-Bunawan Jerome Tadem, CENRO-Loreto
Alberto Bacanaya, CENRO-San Francisco Marlon Gelingo, CENRO-Talacogon Eufracio
Subayno; CENRO- Cantilan Mario Tioaquen, CENRO-Bislig Ferdinand Alba,
CENRO-Lianga Jose Mario Reyes, CENRO-Tandag Rogelio Montenegro;.
CENRO-Davao City (West) Napoleon Paje, Davao
City (East) Melchor Ozaraga, CENRO-Baganga Robinson Camacho, CENRO-Lupon
Basilio Caralos, CENRO-Mati Restituta Dime, CENRO-Manay Dioscor Gavarra,
CENRO-Maco Marvin Parilla, CENRO-Monkayo Victor Billones, ug CENRO-Nabunturan
Antonio Inguillo. (PIA-Surigao del Norte)
