Butuan senior citizens seek additional free
meds
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 16 (PIA) --
Though provided with complete meals daily inside the Por Cristo, a center for
the abandoned elderly, the senior citizens asked for free medicines for
different types of medications including vitamin supplements.
Because of old age, they said they
sought the love and care from people around them, especially those who were
neglected by their family and has no one to turn to.
During the visit of the members of
the Regional Inter-Agency Committee on Senior Citizens (RIAC-SC) Caraga at Por
Cristo, the elderly men and women received personal hygiene kits and food
packs. The department of health also conducted free blood sugar testing.
Lola Remedios Ambal, 69 years old
from Gingoog City was one of the elderlies inside the Por Cristo who benefitted
from the said activity.
She said she was delighted to have
been visited by a group of individuals from various organizations and brought
in-kind donations and food. However, she also wished that the government would
provide them free medicines for hypertension, diabetes, and the like.
Ambal was emotional as she shared
how she missed her family, who have not visited her for a long time. “We’re
very happy to see you here visiting us. There were times when nobody visits us,
and it really makes us sad and alone,” she said.
Free medicines were also the main
request of lolo Alfredo Luna, as he also is suffering from arthritis. He said,
Por Cristo could not sustain the provision of medicines due to budgetray
constraints. Hence, he asked for long-term support of medicines by the
government and other concerned organizations.
According to Susan Maestrado, home
supervisor of Por Cristo, with the increasing number of senior citizens
sheltered at the said center, they continue to give their best to provide the
daily needs of the elderly.
She also hopes that the local
government unit and other stakeholders would continue to reach out and give
their donations.
“We are thankful to the city and
provincial government for they are very supportive to Por Cristo. We hope that
they would continue to extend assistance to sustain our services for the senior
citizens here in the center,” said Susan Maestrado, home supervisor, Por
Cristo.
Meanwhile, Ana Semacio, focal
person for senior citizens of the Department of Social Welfare and Development
(DSWD)-Caraga emphasized that children should never abandon their parents. They
must love and take good care of them instead.
“Children should love and take
good care of their parents until they get older. This is our way to pay them
back from their hard work and for the incomparable love and care they show to
us when we were still young,” said Semacio. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Gob Corvera kanunay gibandera ang 'pro-active' nga panerbisyo
By Aimee B. Sienes
DAKBAYAN SA BUTUAN, Oktubre 16 --
Tinuod sa iyang istorya ang amahan sa lalawigan, si Agusan del Norte Gobernador
Dale B. Corvera, nga iyang gilakaw iyang mga pulong nga ‘mag-pro-active sa
pagpanerbisyo,’ alang sa kalamboan sa katawhan.
Mao kini ang usa sa naapil sa
iyang agenda nga iyang gilatad atol sa Transition Ceremony sa unang adlaw sa
iyang pagpanerbisyo isip gobernador.
Sulod sa halos tulo ka bulan sugod
paglingkod pagka-gobernador, gituman na ni Gob. Dale ang iyang saad nga molihok
alang sa maayong serbisyo sa katawhan.
Niadtong Agosto 30, adunay
breakfast meeting sayo sa buntag kauban si Budget Secretary Wendel E. Avisado
aron sakto ang paggamit sa badyet sa probinsya ug unsaon ang mga pamaagi nga
mamenosan ang pagsalig sa Internal Revenue Allotment kun IRA.
Sa susamang adlaw aduna usab
meeting sa mga staff sa Cabadbaran District Hospital aron mas mapalambo pa ang
mga serbisyo ug pasilidad sa ospital ug personal nga nag-preside sa budget
hearing alang tuig 2020.
Adlawng Dominggo, Setyembre 1,
nakig-meeting si Gob. Dale sa tibuok Barangay Council sa Cabinet, Cabadbaran
City ug iyang gi-share iyang mga eksperyensya sa mga pamaagi sa budgeting
kauban si City Budget Officer Bernand O. Ladaga.
Didto usab sa Manila si Gob. Dale
niadtong Setyembre 3 aron sa pagtambong sa meeting pinangunahan ni Agriculture
Secretary William Dar kauban ang ubang Provincial Governors sa tibuok nasod ug
Land Bank President Cecilia Borromeo aron sa pag-discuss unsa ang mga pamaagi
nga makatabang sa sector sa agrikultura ilabina sa ubos nga farm gate buying
price alang sa palay ug pangita og pamaagi nga masulbad ang maong problema.
Sa kataposang iskedyul ayha
mibalik sa lalawigan si Gob. Dale, aduna pay laing meeting iyang gitambongan
kauban si Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo
M. AΓ±o nga gitambongan usab nila Cong. Angel Amante-Matba ug Cabadbaran City
Mayor Judy Chin Amante didto sa Quezon City niadtong adlawng Miyerkoles,
Setyembre 4. (LGU Agusan del Norte/PIA Agusan del Norte)
