Live a healthy lifestyle to prevent kidney
diseases - NKTI
By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 6 (PIA) -- A nephrologist from
the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) told the public to observe
and live a healthy lifestyle in order to prevent kidney diseases.
During the conduct of the Advocacy Campaign for
Renal Health Care for the third quarter held at the PIA-Caraga Regional Office
here, Dr. Romina Rusillon, one of the two nephrologists for adults in the
region said kidney diseases can be prevented if people live healthy lifestyles.
Rusillon said the recent record from the
Department of Health (DOH) and the NKTI, reveal the number of patients with
kidney diseases significantly increased as compared with the previous quarter.
Rusillon said one way to obtain proper health is
to have at least eight hours of sleep and avoid taking foods that are too sweet
or too salty. “This may lead to kidney disease,” she added.
Furthermore, Rusillon said drinking at least
eight glasses of water is also a good habit to have internal body cleansing.
According to studies of the NKTI, kidney
diseases rank as number 10 cause of death in the Philippines, killing about
7,000 Filipinos every year.
The NKTI also said in 2010, almost 14,000
Filipinos suffered from end-stage renal disease and underwent dialysis.
Unfortunately, kidney disease often cannot be cured.
Early detection and prevention of kidney failure
is vital, so that it will not progress to chronic kidney disease.
Rusillon also advised the public to undergo
regular urinalysis because this is the only way that can reveal diseases that
went unnoticed because they do not produce signs or symptoms. “Among these
include diabetes mellitus, various forms of glomerulonephritis, and chronic urinary
tract infections,” Rusillon said.
Meanwhile, chronic glomerulonephritis used to be
the most common cause of end-stage renal disease in third-world countries,
including the Philippines. It usually afflicts children, adolescents and young
adults in their productive years. Children and young adults with latent
glomerulonephritis can escape detection for months or years, causing the
condition to progress to a chronic state.
“Prevention is better than cure," Rusillon
reiterated. (RER–PIA-Caraga)
2 Surigao del Sur LGU compete for reg'l search
in best sanitation practices
By Nida Grace B. Tranquilan
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Oct. 6 (PIA) -- The
province of Surigao del Sur has two entries to compete for this year’s
"Search for the Barangays with Best Sanitation Practices" for the
regional level.
The provincial health office (PHO) revealed that
Barangay Maticdum, Tandag City and Barangay Manlico, Cortes will be the entries
to represent them for the regional level after grabbing the first and second
rank in the provincial level competition conducted August this year.
The evaluators’ team from Caraga region visited
last October 4 Barangay Maticdum, which is about eight kilometers away from the
city, for the physical assessment and evaluation based on their criteria.
Barangay Manlico was visited by the team the next day.
In her acceptance speech during the feedback on
the evaluation conducted, Maticdum Barangay Captain Letecia Malalis said that
the “Tabo” system in their barangay has been initiated in 1990s, where all of
their crops and vegetables were displayed in one place. Since then, the Tabo
system was practiced in the area and now their place was known as one of the
local producer of crops and vegetables in the “Tabo” conducted every Saturday
in Tandag City.
Tandag City Mayor Alexander Pimentel also
expressed his support to the barangay council for the competition and lauded
the efforts made by his constituents for winning first prize in the provincial
level search for the "Barangay with Best Sanitation Practices."
The evaluators’ team said that the results will
be revealed in mid-October, and the winner will represent the Caraga Region to
compete for the national level. (NGBT/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
NSO-Caraga to conduct enhancement training on
civil registration
By Danilo Makiling
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 6 (PIA) -- The National
Statistics Office (NSO) Caraga will be conducting the enhancement training on
civil registration on October 9 at the Prince Hotel, Montilla Blvd., this city.
According to Rosalinda Celeste, NSO-Caraga
regional director, the training will focus on the process flow, requirements,
and priority loading of special civil registry documents affected by the court
decrees and legal instruments (CDLI). It also concerns Republic Act (RA) 9048
or known as the “Correction of clerical or typographical error law,” and RA
9255 also known as “An Act allowing the illegitimate children to use the
surname of their father."
The official also said that the training is
designed to improve front-line services and to minimize feedback and re-work
cases of annotation requests.
With this, NSO Caraga is inviting all the civil
registrar or registration officers assigned in CDLI and RA 9048 cases in the
region to attend the training.
For more information, contact Bernadeth
Bonachita of NSO Caraga at (O85) 225-5219 or email nsocaraga@bxu13.bayandsl.ph.
(NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
Comelec offices province-wide very silent on
first day of filing of COC
By Alexis G. Cabardo
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Oct. 6 (PIA) -- Offices of the
Commission on Election (Comelec) province-wide were likened to graveyards
during the first day of filing of certificate of candidacy (COC) of those who
wish to run for public office on 2013 election.
Lawyer Francisco Pobe, Comelec regional director
and concurrent provincial election supervisor for Agusan del Sur, their records
and monitoring reports show that as of 4 p.m. yesterday, not even one candidate
has filed his COC from congressional down to the Sangguniang Bayan/Panglungsod
posts.
“It is sad to note that not even one candidate
have filed his or her COC during the first day of filing and that was
yesterday. In other places as seen in television, even nuisance candidates were
already busy filing their COC, but of course, Comelec will screen the COC filed
and if found not qualified or nuisance, we will hold their COC,” Pobe said.
Because of the situation yesterday, the Comelec
is calling the attention of the candidates to file their COC early because after
Friday, October 5, Comelec will never give extension on the filing of the COC.
Pobe also said that upon filing their COCs,
candidates will be reminded of the strict schedule of the campaign period to
include other rules and regulations that the Comelec imposes covering the
election period since the filing of candidacy until during election time.
“It is very important that every candidate will
spend enough time in filing their COCs so that they will know the updated rules
and regulations that cover the election period. These will include among
others, the campaign ethics, sizes and posting of campaign materials and the
period when the campaign start and end,” Pobe said.
According to Comelec, candidates for mayor, vice
mayor and Sangguniang Bayan members can file their COCs at the Office of the
municipal election supervisors while those who will run for governor, vice
governor and Sangguniang Panlalawigan can file their COCs at the Office of the
Provincial Election Supervisor. For the congressional posts, they can file
their COCs at their district’s election supervisors.
For the senatorial candidates, they can only
file their COCs at the Comelec main office at Intramuros, Manila.
Meanwhile, registration of voters are
temporarily suspended from October 1 until October five to give way to the
filing of candidacy. Registration of voters will resume after the filing of
COCs by the candidates. (DMS/LGU-PPIO/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Rehab road to make travel to residents, visitors
of La Paz comfortable
By Melody E. de Vera
PATIN-AY, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, Oct. 6
(PIA) -- Some 3,000 residents of Brgy. Panagangan, nearby barangays of La Paz
town, and visitors now enjoy safe and comfortable travels after a 12-kilometer
road was rehabilitated inter-connecting three other barangays.
Jolina Macario, a farmer and a pioneer resident
of Purok 7, Sitio Mahmah, Brgy. Panagangan said farmers like him have one
common feeling as they witness the opening of the newly rehabilitated road
network: happy and with high hopes for the future.
“Since I was born here in Sitio Mahmah, all I experienced
was hardship and sacrifices especially when we transport our farm products to
Poblacion La Paz during rainy season. Sometimes, the sale of our products is
just enough to pay to the drivers of the motorcycles we used to ride in
transporting our farm products. But now that the road network was rehabilitated
and well graveled and compacted, our travel time are reduced to almost half of
our travel time before, while the cost in transporting our products reduced to
almost one half also, and travel at present is safe and comfortable,” Macario
said.
Barangay Panagangan Chairperson Lily Empleo said
the funds used to rehabilitate the road network was taken from the 20 percent
Provincial Development Fund of the 2011 annual provincial budget, amounting to
P1 million.
This is given annually by the provincial
government to all the 13 municipalities and the lone city in Agusan del Sur to
finance their priority projects.
“Having our dreams come true and in order to pay
tribute to the sincere support of Gov. Adolph Edward Plaza to us, we passed a
barangay ordinance No. 005 series of 2011 stating that we religiously set aside
funds to maintain and prevent the road from getting damaged,” Empleo said.
She said the ordinance also states that trucks
with heavy loads of logs and other heavy cargoes are prohibited to pass on the
road while sanctions are also defined. She is also hopeful that more projects
will be given to their area by the provincial government. (PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Tagalog news: Komite, binisita ang mga
nakabilanggong senior citizens ng lungsod
By Danilo S. Makiling
BUTUAN CITY, Agusan del Norte, Okt. 6 (PIA) –
Binisita ng Regional Inter-Agency Committee (RIAC-SC) ang mga nakabilanggong
senior citizens sa Butuan City Jail kasabay sa pagdiriwang ng Elderly Filipino
Week sa taong ito.
Ang RIAC-SC ay pinangugungunahan ng Department
of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) – Caraga sa pakikipag-ugnayan ng
Office of Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA).
Alinsunod sa Presidential Proclamation No. 470,
na idinideklara ang buwan ng Oktubre 1 hanggang 7 bilang “Linggo ng Katandaang
Filipino” inilalayon nitong itaguyod ang kaalaman ng publiko sa mga karapatan
ng mga matatanda sa bansa.
Habang isinasagawa ang aktibidad, ang mga
manggagawa ng Butuan City Jail ay nagbigay ng parangal sa mga senior citizens
sa pamamagitan ng pagbibigay ng mga bulaklak, samantala ang ibang miyembro ng
RIAC-SC ay namahagi ng iba't ibang mga bagay sa 17 na senior citizens sa
bilangguan.
Sa kanyang mensahe, ipinahayag ni Bureau of Jail
and Management and Penology (BJMP) Senior Inspector Felix O. Resullar ang
kanyang pasasalamat sa mga miyembro ng RIAC-SC dahil ipinaabot nila sa mga
senior citizens ang kanilang suporta.
“Gusto ko po sanang ipaabot sa mga ahensya na
kabilang sa mga sumuporta sa mga senior citizens sa pagbibigay sa kanila ng
oportunidad na maki-isa sa pagdiriwang ng Elderly Filipino Week," ani
Resullar.
Isa sa mga senior citizens detainees, si Samuel
Camantes, ay nagpahayag din ng kaniyang pasasalamat. “Masaya po ako dahil hindi
po kami nakakalimutan ng pamahalaan ng Butuan City bagaman nandito kami sa
bilangguan kasama parin kami sa pagdiriwang ng Elderly Filipino Week,” ani
Camantes.
Binigyang diin ni Wilma Geralla ng DSWD-Caraga
na bawat senior citizens ay may karapatan na makatanggap ng karagdagang
benepisyo at pribilehiyo, na nakasaad sa Republic Act No. 9994 or kilala
bilang, “Batas na nagbibigay ng karagdagang benepisyo at pribilehiyo sa mga
senior citizens.” (NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
Cebuano news: Mga websites sa gobyerno
protektado sa cyber attacks, sulti ni Coloma
By Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Okt 5 (PIA) -- Mga websites sa
gobyerno nagpabilin nga protektado sa cyber attacks taliwala sa mga hulga gikan
sa mga hackers nga nasuko tungod sa pag-imposar sa Cybercrime Prevention Act,
matud ni Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio
Coloma Jr. sa iyang pamahayag kagahapon.
“We continue to adopt appropriate security
measures to ensure the integrity of our websites,” sa pamahayag ni Coloma isip
tubag ngadto sa mga taho nga giatake ang mga websites sa gobyerno.
Giklaro usab ni Coloma ang mga taho nga ang
website sa Office of the President (www.president.gov.ph) dili na kono ma-abli
sa publiko sukad alas 7:50 sa gabii niadtong Miyerkules.
Ang website sa Pangulo mipailawom sa gikatakdang
systems maintenance nga miluntad sa hapit lima ka oras niadtong buntag sa
Oktubre 3, matud pa niya, nga atol niadtong panahona, ang mga sumosunod sa
Facebook fans ug Twitter sa Pangulo ang gi re-directed ug nakahimo paggamit sa
maong mga social media channels nga walay pagkahunong.
Matud pa usab ni Coloma nga bisan ang laing mga
websites sa gobyerno wala usab ma hacked niadtong niaging semana, sukwahi sa
mga taho nga ang website sa Philippine Information Agency giatake.
“There was no actual defacement of the PIA
website and at no time was there a service disruption. In the morning of 2
October, a hacker apparently got into the personal email account of one of the
online editors and inserted a link that appeared in one of the posted stories,”
matud pa ni Coloma.
Aduna usab mga taho nga giatake sa maong mga
hackers ang pipila ka mga websites sa gobyerno niadtong Miyerkules, ang unang
adlaw sa pag-epekto sa Cybercrime Prevention Act.
Pipila ka mga grupo ang mikuwestyon o misupak sa
maong bag-ong balaodnon, partikular na sa pipila ka mga probisyon sa online
libel nga posibleng hulga sa katungod sa katawhan ngadto sa kagawasan sa
pagpahayag. (RER/FEA/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
