DOH-Caraga posts 1.05% dengue fatality in 2012
By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 16 (PIA) -- The Department of
Health (DOH) in Caraga Region has recorded a 1.05 percent dengue case fatality
rate in 2012 which is slightly above the national figure of less than one
percent.
In a press statement, the health department in
the region said a total of 22 deaths out of the total number 2,090 cases were
recorded in the region last year.
The DOH officials said the 2,090 suspected
dengue cases were admitted from January 1 to December 31, 2012.
Of this figure, Agusan del Sur had the most
number with 576; followed by Butuan City, 398; Surigao City, 286; Surigao del
Norte, 214; Bislig City, 147; Surigao del Sur, 138; Agusan del Norte, 108;
Bayugan City, 105; Cabadbaran City, 51; Tandag City, 38; and the province of
Dinagat Islands, 29.
The clustering of cases were noted in different
barangays. For Surigao City, residents in barangays San Juan, Taft, and
Washington were recorded to have dengue cases. Barangays 1 and 9 were recorded
in Cabadbaran City.
In this city, the barangays of Ambago, Baan Km.
3, Libertad, San Mateo, San Vicente, Tungao and Villa Kanangga were included in
the list. Meanwhile, three barangays in Bayugan City were also noted to have
been affected. These were the Poblacion, Hamogaway, and Maygatasan.
Further, Barangay Urbiztondo in Claver, Surigao
del Norte; Barangay Poblacion in Esperanza, Agusan del Sur; and Barangay 5 in
San Francisco, Agusan del Norte were also recorded by the agency to have been
affected by the virus.
Health officials in the region explained that
clustering is defined as two or more cases in a week in a certain area or
barangay. Ages of cases ranged from less than one month old to 86 years old
where 41 percent belonged to 0 to 10 years age group. More males, 53 percent
were affected than females, 47 percent.
In a related development, the DOH-Center for
Health Development (CHD)-Caraga has conducted several activities to address the
concern on the increasing number of cases.
The agency reported they have been conducting
close coordination with local government units, hospitals, and Epidemiology and
Surveillance Units (ESUs) to generate updated report.
DOH also disseminated surveillance report to all
provinces, cities and municipalities with clustering of cases, as well as
issuing of advisory and information materials.
Moreover, the DOH said pre-positioning of
insecticides and larvicide in affected provinces and cities was also conducted,
and in collaboration with LGU concerned, they conducted preventive fogging in
areas with clustering of cases. (RER/PIA-Caraga)
SP urges GSIS to grant one-year moratorium on
employees' loans
By Junesther Jean S. Iway
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 16 -- The Sangguniang
Panlungsod (SP) here will request the Government Service Insurance System
(GSIS) in behalf of the employees of the local government who were badly
affected by the recent flooding, for a one-year moratorium in the payment of
outstanding GSIS loans of said employees.
In a resolution passed by the SP recently, it
was pointed out that a suspension or a break would be a good pause from all the
calamities that the city had experienced and still experiencing. The appeal was
to give government employees enough time to repair and fix the damages incurred
during typhoon Pablo.
Through the approval of the resolution, GSIS
members will be given a chance to have breathing space.
The resolution was unanimously approved by all
members of the SP led by Vice Mayor Law Fortun.
Fortun said that if their request is granted, it
will significantly ease the plight of these employees who were victims of the
typhoon. (NCLM/Butuan City Vice Mayor’s Office/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Cebuano news: Lt. Gen Emmanuel Bautista natudlo
isip bag-ong AFP Chief of Staff
Ni Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Enero 16 (PIA) – Si Lieutenant
General Emmanuel T. Bautista maoy natudlo isip bag-ong Chief of Staff sa Armed
Forces of the Philippines nga mohulip kang outgoing AFP Chief Staff Gen. Jessie
Dellosa nga nakatakdang moretiro na, matud ni Deputy Presidential Spokesperson
Abigail Valte Kagahapon.
Matud pa ni Valte, si Bautista nga maoy
kasamtangang Commanding General sa Philippine Army ug miyembro sa Philippine
Military Academy “Dimalupig” Class of 1981, molingkod sa iyang bag-ong posisyon
karong umaabot Enero 20, 2013.
Dugang pa niya nga si Bautista migradawar gikan
sa Philippine Military Academy ubos sa “Dimalupig” Class of 1981, siya mikuha
sa iyang Masters in Public Administrations sa University of the Philippines,
Diliman ug siya nagserbisyo isip Commander sa 3rd Infantry Division sa
Philippine Army. (PIA-Surigao del Norte)
