DOH Caraga chief calls for community effort to
combat dengue
By
Nora L. Molde
BUTUAN
CITY, Jan. 16 (PIA) – With the significant increase of dengue cases in Caraga
region, Department of Health (DOH) Caraga regional director Dr. Jose R.
Llacuna, Jr. urges the communities especially barangay councils to help combat
dengue.
As
per data from DOH Caraga as of January 10, 2019, 11:00 a.m., a total of 153
patients with suspected dengue have been confined in the different hospitals of
Butuan City and Agusan del Norte, majority of which are admitted at the Butuan
Medical Center in Butuan City.
In
a statement from Dr. Llacuna, during a press conference held recently in Butuan
City, he is asking the community to lead an intensified 4S campaign.
The
4S campaign, he said, includes Search and Destroy, Use of Self Protection
Measures, Seek Early Consultation and Saying No to indiscriminate fogging
campaign in their barangays.
Llacuna
also said that in the case of the increasing dengue cases in the region, the
DOH Center for Health has extended the Code White Alert from January 4 up to
February 14 in an effort to decrease the number of dengue cases.
“Dengue
fast lanes have been implemented in all different hospitals in the region to
give chance for those who are being suspected of dengue especially the referral
cases from the rural health units to be given priority in the DOH and other
health facilities,” Llacuna said.
For
the year 2018, a total of 7,529 suspected cases have been reported to the
Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, this is 186.2 percent higher
compared to the 2,631 total cases in the year 2017.
Among
the provinces and cities, majority of the cases came from Surigao del Sur with
2,197 and Bislig City with 539. Hot spot barangays identified in the region
include: Taglatawan and Poblacion of Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur; Doongan,
Ambago, Barangay 21 of Poblacion, Mahogany and Libertad in Butuan City; Doyos
of Carrascal, Surigao del Sur; Tagasaka, La Casa Poblacion and Roxas of
Hinatuan and Sabang of Lingig in Surigao del Sur; and Rizal in Surigao City,
Surigao del Norte.
“In
times like these, responsibility towards protecting the community falls on the
shoulders of every member of the community. Collective effort and unity are
needed to combat dengue disease," Lacuna said.
Also,
the DOH Service Delivery Network Helpline is also open to cater to Dengue
queries from Monday to Sunday from 8:00 a.m. up to 5:00 p.m. through contact
numbers 0945 3592632 for Globe/TM and 0948 2241857 for Smart/Tnt/Sun.
(NCLM/DOH, PIA Caraga)
AgSur town declares NPA terrorist persona non
grata
By
Jennifer P. Gaitano
SIBAGAT,
Agusan del Sur, Jan. 16 – The local government unit of Sibagat of this province
has declared the Communist Party of the Philippines-New Peoples Army (CPP-NPA)
terrorist as persona non grata through a Municipal Resolution Number 137-18
dated Dec. 21, 2018.
Municipal
Mayor Maria Liza L. Evangelista and all the members of the legislative council
signed the resolution.
The
declaration was due to the raid of the NPA terrorist of the New Tubigon Patrol
Base at dawn of Dec. 19, 2018, where they abducted the 12 CAFGU Active
Auxiliaries (CAAs) and two soldiers, aside from carting away several firearms
from the soldiers and CAAs.
The
abducted soldiers and CAAs were, later on, used as hostages by the CPP-NPAs
while demanding ceasefire from the government.
The
resolution stated that “the incident made the families of the hostages in chaos
leaving them psychologically and mentally disturbed."
Moreover,
the local officials as representatives of the people condemned the atrocious
acts as they cited on the resolution that “the kidnapping and abduction
perpetrated by the NPAs is a manifestation of betrayal of achieving peace, thus
disrupting the peace and security of the community.”
The
LGU also sighted the demands of the families of abducted CAAs and soldiers for
the unconditional release of their loved ones.
Reached
for comment about the resolution, BGen. Andres Centino, Commander of 401st
Brigade said that “we welcome the declaration of the LGU of Sibagat with the
CPP-NPA as 'persona non grata.' This shows that the CPP-NPA already lost their
support from the people. These terrorists only confirm their true color as the
enemy of the people and that nobody is supporting their lost ideology.” (401st
Brigade, PA/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
PNP Caraga tops nationwide crime solution
efficiency
BUTUAN
CITY, Jan. 16 --The Police Regional Office (PRO) 13 topped, among the 17 police
regional offices in the country, in the Crime Solution Efficiency (CSE) for the
4th quarter of 2018.
According
to Senior Supt. James T Goforth, Chief of the Regional Investigation and
Detective Management Division, PRO13 garnered a rating of 86.19 percent
followed by the National Capital Region Police Office with 86.07 percent as
second and Police Regional Office4A with 79.32 percent as third.
In
the last three months of 2018, the total crime volume in the region reached
2,259 comprised of 406 index crimes and 1,853 non-index crimes.
Out
of 2,259 crime volume, 1,947 crime incidents were solved by the police units.
Chief
Supt Gilberto DC Cruz, PNP Caraga Director, thanked the community, other law
enforcement agencies and all stakeholders that contributed in the crime solving
efforts of the police force.
CSE is the percentage of solved cases
out of the total number of crime incidents handled by the PNP for a given
period of time. (PNP Caraga/PIA Caraga)
