PIA’s Power FM now operates 24/7 in Tacloban
City
TACLOBAN CITY, Nov. 30 (PIA) – The Philippine
Information Agency (PIA) Team Mindanao’s fm station is now operating 24/7 in
this city to help in providing timely, accurate and relevant information to the
public.
PIA’s 99.0 MHz Power FM, the newest radio
station operating out of portable radio transmitter began its operation last
Sunday, Nov. 24. Its studio and transmitter are located at Leyte Sports
Complex.
“With barely a week in operation, I am happy to
inform the people of Tacloban that Power FM has been operating 24 hours since
Friday, Nov. 29 to better serve you with relevant information and good music,”
said PIA Mindanao Team Leader and Northern and Northeastern Mindanao cluster
head Abner Caga.
Since power is still down in the city, its
electricity source comes from a generator set provided by Marcventures Mining
and Development Corporation (MMDC), a multi-million mining company based in
Surigao del Sur.
“Our
programming is getting better because we have partnered with the local media
here. These media men were also typhoon victims and their stations were also
devastated by the deadly typhoon. As part of our intervention, we allow them to
go-onboard but still under the agency’s supervision,” Caga added.
The station is currently manned by personnel of
PIA-Caraga and PIA-Eastern Visayas. (FEA/PIA-Caraga)
‘One Media for Tacloban’ joins PIA Team
Mindanao’s film showing to typhoon victims
TACLOBAN CITY, Nov. 30 (PIA) – ‘One Media for
Tacloban’, a group of local media personalities in the city who were survivors
of Typhoon Yolanda, has joined Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Team
Mindanao’s conduct of film showing to the typhoon victims in the different
evacuation centers and barangays in the city.
“We want to join the activity because we believe
it is timely. At this time of calamity, watching movies is a great way to help
provide temporary relief to our problems,” said Community Mass Media (CMM) TV
anchor Imelda Magbutay aka Lady Camelot, one of conveners of ‘One Media for
Tacloban.’
Magbutay said they will help facilitate the film
showing activity from 5:30pm to 6:30pm at the following identified venues:
Sunday, Dec. 1 at Pawing, Palo, Leyte; Monday, Dec. 2 at Magallanes, Tacloban
City; Tuesday, Dec. 3 at Anibong, Tacloban City; Wednesday, Dec. 4 at San Jose,
Tacloban City; Thursday, Dec. 5 at Nula Tula, Tacloban City; Friday, Dec. 6 at
V & G Subdivision, Tacloban City; and Saturday, Dec. 7 at downtown,
Tacloban City.
Leytenos will experience a free viewing of funny
video clips, movies, and educational films on disaster preparedness.
While the film showing is on going, a free
charging will also be conducted.
The group will also help PIA in orienting the
people on how to use their cellphones as portable radio, which is vital to get
information and updates.
(FEA/PIA-Caraga)
DOE chief calls for energy conservation to back
up EV power outage
By Venus L. Garcia
TACLOBAN CITY, Nov. 30 (PIA) – In a recent visit
of Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla in this city, he
advised the people living in other areas to take the responsibility to reduce
consumption of electricity to generate power supply in Eastern Visayas (EV).
“Others can help improve the condition in
disaster-affected areas by doing a simple sacrifice and effort of reducing
energy bills, that means using electricity in an effective and efficient
manner,” bared Petilla.
He said that they already have started restoring
the tranmission lines and was able to bring back electricity in some
municipalities in Visayas by utilizing the source from Cebu. On the 15th of
December, excess power suppy in Luzon wil practically be used, said Petilla.
Meanwhile, Petilla have recommended the
residents in the entire Visayas region to begin fixing the technical systems of
their houses for everyone to enjoy experiencing a bright Christmas eve, since
electricity is set to return on December 24.
It was learned that power had already restored
in the northern barangays of the city.
(VLG/PIA-Caraga)
9,000 children avail UNICEF, WHO-supported
vaccination
By Venus L. Garcia
TACLOBAN CITY, Nov. 30 (PIA) – The United
Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO)
have started its measles and polio vaccination to some 9,000 children under
five years of age in Visayas region.
Angela Kearney, UNICEF Coordinator for the
Emergency Response in Tacloban, said they are pushing on preventive measures
and doing everything they can to remind the community of its importance.
“Measles is the most deadly childhood rash/fever
illnesses and spreads very easily. I can
say that we are using the highly effective measles and polio vaccines,” said
Dr. Julie Hall, WHO Representative in the Philippines.
They were also putting into consideration the
polio vaccination to combat poliomyelitis, a serious disease caused by a virus.
Vitamin A drops are also given to help boost
their immune system to defend against disease-causing microorganisms.
The mobile health teams have also served in
communities other than in evacuation centers.
The massive campaign aimed to strengthen the
health of young children in typhoon-affected areas. (VLG/PIA-Caraga)
UNICEF, WHO encourage lactating mothers to
breastfeed babies
By Venus L. Garcia
TACLOBAN CITY, Nov. 30 (PIA) - The United
Nations (UN) organizations are encouraging the mothers to feed babies with
their secreted breast milk to protect from unnecesary illnesses.
Dr. Julie Hall, WHO representative in the
Philippines said that “it would be best for babies to acquire the colostrum,
the mother’s first secreted milk after giving birth, which is rich in
antibodies.”
The estimated number of pregnant women in
disaster-stricken areas in Eastern Visayas is 4,000 and 3,000 are lactating.
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health
Organization (WHO) are working together to develop an awareness on the need to
appy breastfeeding especially after the happening of Yolanda.
Potable water also became a serious concern
since most of the displaced families are using infant formulas.
EV needs volunteer electricians
TACLOBAN CITY, Nov. 30 (PIA) - Department of
Energy (DOE) Carlos Jericho Petilla calls on volunteer electricians all over
the country to help in the repair of the electrical wirings of the survivors’
houses in the typhoon-ravaged provinces in Eastern Visayas.
“We have many volunteer doctors, relief goods
are coming but what we also need here are volunteer electricians. We are now
rebuilding the power infrastructure in the region but we lack electricians to
help fix the electrical wirings in our houses and buildings,” said Petilla, who
is also a former governor of Leyte.
He said there were a number of electric
cooperatives from all over the country who have joined hands in restoring and
repairing power lines damaged by typhoon Yolanda last November 8.
Petilla said they will ‘attempt’ to power some
areas in Tacloban City today (Nov. 30). “Since the geothermal plant in Leyte is
down, Cebu is now supplying power to the province. Tacloban’s power source will come from Cebu
until Dec. 15. After that, it will now be partly from Manila, the excess in Metro
Manila,” Petilla added.
Petilla is hopeful that power will be fully
restored in all typhoon-affected areas in Eastern Visayas on December 24. (FEA/PIA-Caraga)
DOLE celebrates 80th anniv; to hold walk for a
cause
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Nov. 30 (PIA) – The Department of
Labor and Employment (DOLE) with its attached agencies namely, the Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), National Labor Relations
Commission (NLRC), National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB), Employees’
Compensation Commission (ECC), National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO),
Philippine Regulatory Commission (PRC), Philippine Overseas Employment
Administration (POEA), and Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board
(RTWPB) will be celebrating its 80th anniversary on December 8, 2013.
“This is going to be a month-long celebration
focusing on the theme “Walumpong Taong Pag-unlad, Walumpong Taong
Paglilingkod,” highlighting our project Angel Tree in pursuit of ‘Batang
Malaya’ for a Child Labor Free Philippines,” said Atty. Johnson CaΓ±ete,
DOLE-Caraga Regional Director.
CaΓ±ete also said that one of the major
activities to be conducted is the ‘Walk for A Cause’ on December 13, 2013, 5:30
a.m. that will start at the Guingona Park going to the Immaculate Conception
Parish in Barangay Imadejas, where the Thanksgiving Mass will be held.
Participants from partner government agencies
and private stakeholders will have to contribute P20 as registration fee during
the Walk for A Cause.
“The money that will collect out of this walk
shall be used to provide the Christmas wish list of 90 identified children who
were once were child laborers,” added CaΓ±ete.
DOLE-Caraga is also set to hold a press
conference on December 2, 2013 at the Prince Hotel, this city. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Ground breaking ceremony of New OSCA, Senior
Citizen-Geriacare Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Center conducted
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN
CITY, Nov. 30 (PIA) – The local government here through Mayor Ferdinand Amante
Jr, together with the Office for Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) headed by
Imelda Nonan, conducted on Friday the Ground Breaking Ceremony of the New OSCA
and Senior Citizen-Geriacare Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Center
situated at the back of the city library.
Nonan bared that the senior citizens of the city
totals to 20,736 members based on the number of ID Card issuances. "The
office does not only provide ID Cards but it also provides other services, primarily
health care programs thus establishing the Geriacare Physical Therapy and
Rehabilitation Center," she said.
Nonan also said that the Physical Therapy Rehab
Center of Butuan which was awarded by the League of Cities of the Philippines
as one of the Ten Most Outstanding Programs of the country, occupies more than
half of its present office space in order to accommodate the physical therapy
modalities, exercise equipment which also includes four treatment beds, a
double five stepper stairs for stair climbing activities for the stroke
patients with leg paralysis, parallel bars for trunk strengthening including
balance and coordination exercise and stationary bikes for lower extremities
activities among others.
“The new OSCA building must follow the correct
standard of building specifications as mandated through Batas Pambansa 344 or
the Accessibility Law. By serving or meeting the requirements of the law, it
would greatly provide safety and protection to our clients, who are the most
vulnerable sector of our society – the senior citizens,” added Nonan.
Also, Mayor Amante asked the senior citizens and
other guests from government agencies and private stakeholders who witnessed
the ceremony to trust his administration that they could give what's best for
the city and its constituents. He also expressed appreciation to the active
senior citizens for their valuable contribution.
"We hope this soon to be built new OSCA and
Geriacare Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Center will serve best to our
senior citizens," he said.
Meanwhile, Moral Recovery Program Head Pastor
Charlie Prior of Butuan City led the blessing at the ground breaking area where
the new OSCA and Geriacare Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Center will be
built soon at the back of the City Library. He also encouraged everyone to pray
and lend a hand to the senior citizens who continue to be part of
nation-building. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
