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“in pursuit of PIA’s commitment to provide a national mechanism for the free flow of timely, accurate and relevant information… “

VOL 2 ISSUE 63 Daily E-Newsletter of Philippine Information Agency - 8 March 17, 2014

T he Rotar y I nternat ional par t icular ly Distr ic t 3870

Rotar y Club of Quezon Cit y and Distr ic t 3860 Rotar y Club of Ormoc , amid cheers and smi les f rom the f isher folk benef ic iar ies f rom Ormoc, Albuera and Palompon, d istr ibuted 46 f ishing boats dubbed as Rotar y Fleet at the beach f ront of Ormoc Bay in the morning of March 17, 2014. Before the distr ibut ion of the blue and white Rotar y Fleet , a memorandum of agreement was s igned by the Rotar y Club Distr ic t 3870 represented by I mmediate Past Distr ic t Governor Peter Rodr iguez, Ormoc Cit y Mayor Ondo Codi l la , Albuera Mayor Junie dela Cerna, Distr ic t 3870 Governor Francis R ivera , Dr. Joseph Cor tes and the pres idents of the Fishing Associat ion s-benef ic iar ies. Past Distr ic t Governor Danny Fausto expla ined the MOA saying that the f ishermen benef ic iar ies are obl iged to remit 10% of their dai ly income to their respec t ive f ishing associat ions whi le the remaining 90% goes to the benef ic iar ies themselves. I n case of emergenc y, the f isher folk members may borrow

Rotary Int’l districts show concern for Yolanda survivors, distributes 46 boats in Ormoc City

M edair, an internat ional NGO current ly helping in the

recover y and rehabi l i tat ion of Haiyan-hit areas, i s us ing drones to make new maps for Tacloban and other hard-hit areas in Leyte. M r. Joel K aiser, emergenc y response of f icer of Medair to ld the Phi l ippine I nformation Agenc y that Taloban Cit y and Leyte have maps which anyone could Google, but these were made before the Yolanda onslaught . On Saturday, Medair send off one smal l , l ight weight drone in the presence of Tacloban Cit y M ayor Al f red Romualdez , and a few media representat ive led by the Phi l ippine I nformation continued on page 5

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Agenc y, at the Cit y Hal l grounds. I t was learned that only one drone was assembled because of the unpredic table weather last Saturday in the Cit y. More drone wi l l f ly when the weather is good, M r. K aiser sa id. “ You can just push a button or launch them by hand to see them f ly, and you don’t need a remote anymore —they are guided by GPS and are inherent ly safe,” K aiser added. The drone looked l ike s imple model a i rplane, to sur vey landscapes and take photos with thousands of d igita l images that can be st i tched together into 3-D

Medair launches drones to map Yolanda devastated areas in Leyte

Rural folks from Matuginao, Samar availed of the free medical-dental services extended by the 8th Infantry Division and the Samar Provincial Health office conducted during the Peace and Development Caravan held on March 14 in said town. (Photo by Jun Arceno/PIA-8 Samar)

2 March 17, 2014

DSWD-8 to scale up its poverty alleviation program through NCDDP

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in

Eastern Visayas is set to scale up its operation and coverage of its poverty alleviation program with the implementation of the National Community Driven Development Program in the region within this year. Eubolo Co, Deputy Regional Program Manager of the National Community Driven Development Program (NCDDP) of DSWD Regional Office 8 said, the program is targeting 136 municipalities of the

six (6) provinces across the region. Like the Kalahi-CIDSS, the National Community Driven Development Program (NCDDP) uses community-driven development strategy to empower the people in order to capacitate them in solving community problems that may affect their poverty situation. Under the NCDDP, projects in the local level will be implemented in four cycles and in every cycle there is a municipal allocation. Previously, Kalahi-CIDSS was implemented only in bottom

poor municipalities comprising 25% of the muniopalities in the region. However, under NCDDP which is set to be implemented in the month of May, it shall cover all municipalities whether Yolanda affected areas or not.(PIA-8)

BY: CONSUELO B. ALARCON

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March 17, 2014 3City Fire Marshall aims near-zone fire incidence in Maasin City this year

A s t h e y e a r 2 0 1 4 r o l l s i n , t h e r e h a s b e e n n o r e p o r t e d f i r e

i n c i d e n c e t h a t t h e M a a s i n C i t y F i r e D e p a r t m e n t h a s r e s p o n d e d t o , s o f a r . A c c o r d i n g t o M a a s i n C i t y F i r e M a r s h a l l I n s p e c t o r K e n i t h N . C a s a s o f t h e B u r e a u o f F i r e a n d P r o t e c t i o n ( B F P ) , t h e c i t y f i r e d e p a r t m e n t a i m s t o a t t a i n n e a r z e r o - f i r e i n c i d e n c e i n M a a s i n C i t y t h i s y e a r, i n a n i n t e r v i e w a t A c t i o n C e n t e r K a p i h a n s a P I A , W e d n e s d a y, a t t h e S e n i o r C i t i z e n ’s O f f i c e i n M a a s i n C i t y i n t i m e w i t h t h e n a t i o n a l c e l e b r a t i o n o f F i r e P r e v e n t i o n M o n t h i n M a r c h 2 0 1 4 . F i r e M a r s h a l l C a s a s n o t e d t h a t s i n c e h e a s s u m m e d l e a d e r s h i p a t c i t y f i r e d e p a r t m e n t , “ t h e r e w a s o n l y o n e f i r e i n c i d e n c e t h a t t h e y r e s p o n d e d i m m e d i a t e l y a n d i s o l a t e d a b u s i n e s s e s t a b l i s h m e n t o n f i r e i n S i t i o Tu b u r a n i n B a r a n g a y Tu n g a -t u n g a l a t e l a s t y e a r.” “ H o w e v e r, a t o t a l o f 2 6 f i r e i n c i d e n c e s i n t h e c i t y w e r e r e p o r t e d i n 2 0 1 3 ,” h e s a i d . C a s a s s a i d t h e i r d e p a r t m e n t w i l l w o r k h a r d i n o r d e r t o a t t a i n t o a m u c h l e s s e r

f i r e i n c i d e n c e t h a t t h e y m i g h t e n c o u n t e r t h i s y e a r. T h e n o n - o c c u r r e n c e o f f i r e i n c i d e n c e i n a c o m m u n i t y w o u l d i n d i c a t e t h a t t h e f i r e d e p a r t m e n t i s d o i n g i t s a s s i g n m e n t s a n d i s o l a t i n g f i r e i n c i d e n c e o f a n a f f e c t e d b u i l d i n g s t r u c t u r e a l s o s i g n a l s a q u i c k r e s p o n s e b y t h e i r e n d . T h a t M a a s i n C i t y F i r e D e p a r t m e n t w i l l i n t e n s i f y t h e i n f o r m a t i o n d i s s e m i n a t i o n a n d a r m t h e c o m m u n i t y o n t h e f i r e p r e v e n t i o n t i p s a n d i d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f f i r e h a z a r d s , o r g a n i z i n g f i r e v o l u n t e e r b r i g a d e s i n a l l t h e 7 0 b a r a n g a y s o f t h e c i t y , a m o n g o t h e r a c t i v i t i e s , h e s a i d . T h e c i t y d e p a r t m e n t n o w r e g u l a r l y m a i n t a i n e d i t s 5 u n i t s o f f i r e t r u c k s a n d 2 6 - t r a i n e d p e r s o n n e l t h o u g h t h e s t a n d a r d n u m b e r o f s t a f f s h o u l d h a v e b e e n 6 0 p e r s o n n e l , h e a d d e d . H e a l s o n o t e d t h a t t h e e a r l i e r t h e f i r e v i c t i m s g e t h e l p f r o m t h e m w o u l d s p e l l o u t q u i c k r e s p o n s e s i n c e t h e y a r e r e a d y 2 4 h o u r s e v e r y d a y. “ T h e c i t y f i r e d e p a r t m e n t h o t l i n e n u m b e r i s e a s y t o r e m e m b e r, j u s t d i a l 3 3 3 ,” h e s a i d . ( P I A 8 S o L e y t e )

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1 8 - 2 2 , 2 0 1 4 , t h e C i t y G o v e r n m e n t o f Ta c l o b a n i n c o o r d i n a t i o n w i t h s o m e I n t e r n a t i o n a l H u m a n i t a r i a n O r g a n i z a t i o n s h a v e i n t e n s i f i e d t h e i r a d v o c a c i e s o n t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f p r a c t i c i n g g o o d h y g i e n e t o p r e v e n t h u n d r e d s o f d i s e a s e s . D u r i n g H a r a m p a n g h a P I A h e l d r e c e n t l y a t Le y t e S p o r t s D e v e l o p m e n t C e n t e r ( L S D C ) , i n t h i s c i t y, D r a . G l o r i a Fa b r e g a s , C o n s u l t a n t f o r t h e S p e c i a l H e a l t h Pr o g r a m s o f t h e C i t y G o v e r n m e n t o f Ta c l o b a n h a s r e i t e r a t e d t h a t w a s h i n g h a n d s p r o p e r l y c a n h e l p p r e v e n t t h e s p r e a d o f o r g a n i s m s o r b a c t e r i a t h a t m a y c a u s e 4 0 0 k i n d s o f d i s e a s e s . T h e s t a t e m e n t o f Fa b r e g a s w a s s u p p o r t e d b y K a t e N o l a n o f t h e S a v e t h e C h i l d r e n , a n I n t e r n a t i o n a l H u m a n i t a r i a n O r g a n i z a t i o n w h o h a s b e e n h e r e s i n c e N o v e m b e r a f t e r Yo l a n d a h i t t h e r e g i o n . D r. Fa b r e g a s a i d , w a s h i n g h a n d s p r o p e r l y a f t e r u s i n g t h e c o m f o r t r o o m , b e f o r e e a t i n g

Washing hands properly prevent 400 kinds of diseases, says Dr. Fabregas

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BY: ERNA S. GORNE

BY: CONSUELO B. ALARCON

4 March 17, 2014

DOT with private partner counsels on how to go on after Haiyan

T he Department of Tourism had a series of inter- action with the

private and government sector together with students leader in Tacloban last march 10 which was possible because of support given by the Geiser Maclang Communications Inc. Dir. Karina Rosa Tiopes of DOT revealed. Geiser Maclang is one of the big players in PR industry said Tiopes and among the industry they are one among the few who offered risk management, the group came to Tacloban to talk about business and life continuity after disasters and crisis. Ms. Amor Maclang of Geisler Maclang Communications , Inc shared her experiences for she has been helping places l ike Zamboanga most of her advocacies and projects has been for free as part of their corporate social responsibil ity.

Last Monday with the inter-action, DOT were able to gather enough inputs both from the private and government sector to identify possible project that DOT can do together with the Geisler Maclang Communications Inc. Possible projects said Tiopes has something to do with communications, image building, and trainings. From the inputs and information gathered Tiopes and Maclang met last Saturday to frame up the possible projects to undertake. With the forum with the student leaders Maclang’s objective was to crowd source or come up with a core group of youth leaders who will help build a positive image for Eastern Visayas through the use of social media. This is because of the youth’s active social networking

such as facebook, twitter and instagram. Youth can use their time, talent, creativity, to help build back an better image for Eastern Visayas . Tiopes said that Maclang committed that the core group organized in the north east and northwest Leyte tourism development areas will be scheduled for a training to improve their sk il ls, communications skil ls to convey positive things. Based in Geisler and Maclang Communications, Inc. experience for every number of negative publicity an area gets it can be countered if many people will post positive things for that place in the social media Tiopes added. ( PIA 8 with Lizbeth Ann A. Abella)

The Rotary Club of Ormoc turn-over some 46 fishing boats dubbed as Rotary Fleet for the fisherfolk beneficiaries from Ormoc, Albuera and Palompon held at the beach front of Ormoc Bay, March 17. (Photo by Raul Tiozon, Jr./PIA-8)

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maps. Af ter the aer ia l sur vey and photography, the new 3D maps wi l l a l ready be ready. The same wi l l be ver y useful for the rehabi l i tat ion work that i s ongoing in the Yolanda af fec ted areas. M r. K aiser sa id that the Swiss-based humanitar ian a id agenc y, together with Drone Adventures, a Swiss non-prof i t organizat ion that promotes the humanitar ian use of drones, wi l l a lso launch these devices in other par ts of Leyte l ike Dulag. The ‘eBee drones’ wi l l take hundreds of aer ia l images of the disaster-af fec ted area , which wi l l then be merged to create 2D maps and 3D terra in models. These wi l l be used to help Medair determine where the greatest need is and what the most appropr iate ass istance should be to af fec ted fami l ies as they cont inue to recover. Medair i s current ly ass ist ing recover y ef for ts by

H i Pa n g u l o B e n i g n o S . A q u i n o I I I e n m a k i k i g k i t a h a n i b a -

i b a n g a m g a s e k t o r y a n a n g a s e m a n a p a r a m a k i g - u s a h a e r a p a m i l i n g h i n m g a p a m a a g i p a g p a d a r o d a g m i t h a n p a g -u s w a g h a n n a s u d , s e r i n g h a n Pa n g u l o d i d a h a n Lu n e s . D i d a h i n u s a n g a p a m a h a y a g, h i Pr e s i d e n t i a l s p o k e s m a n E d w i n L a c i e r d a e n n a g s e r i n g n g a p i r m i g i n k a k l a r o h a n Pa n g u l o a n p a p e l h a n m g a l o k a l n g a p a n g o b y e r n o h a n h a p a g p a u s w a g h a n n a s u d s a l i t a m o e n i a n r a s o n n g a m a k i k i g k i t a h i y a h i n i h a e r a y a n a n g a s e m a n a .

A n Pa n g u l o e n m a g d u d u m a r a h a n o a t h o f o f f i c e p a r a h a n o a t h t a k i n g h a n m g a Le a g u e o f Lo c a l G o v e r n m e n t U n i t s n g a n h a n m g a E l e c t i v e O f f i c i a l s , n g a n m a g y a y a k a n d i d t o h a g e n e r a l a s s e m b l y h a n Le a g u e o f M u n i c i p a l i t i e s o f t h e P h i l i p p i n e s ( L M P ) . P a n g u n g u n d a h a n g i h a p o n n i Pa n g u l o A q u i n o a n c o n f e r m e n t c e r e m o n i e s h a n 1 6 t h P h i l i p p i n e Q u a l i t y Aw a r d s n g a n a g r e r e k o g n i s a r h a n e xe m p l a r y p e r f o r m a n c e h a n m g a o r g a n i s a s y o n h a m g a p a m p u b l i k o n g a n m g a p r i b a d o n g a s e k t o r n g a n a k a k u n t r i b w e r n g a d t o h a n

Pangulo Aquino makikigkita ha iba-iba nga mga sektor yana nga semana

p a g p a k u r o k u m p e t e n s y a n g a n p a g i g i n p r o d u k t i b o h a n n a s u d , s e r i n g n i L a c i e r d a . A n o p i s y a l h a n Pa l a s y o e n n a g s e r i n g n g a a n Pa n g u l o e n m a a t i n d e r g i h a p o n h a n O r i g i n a l F i l i p i n o M u s i c S u m m i t p a r a m a k i g k i t a h a n i b a - i b a n g a m g a k a p i t a l i s t a h a n i n d u s t r i y a n g a n i g d u s o a n p a g p a u s w a g h i n i , s e r i n g n i y a . ( Tr a n s . b y m a a /P I A 8 )

providing mater ia ls and exper t ise to bui ld shelters in Dulag, which was hit by Super-Typhoon Haiyan last November. More than 80% of the town’s homes and cropland were destroyed. “Recover y f rom a disaster of th is magnitude can be complex,” sa id K aiser. “ The maps produced f rom the images taken by the drones wi l l give ever yone, inc luding communit y members themselves, an oppor tunit y to better understand not only where the greatest needs are, but a lso their potent ia l solut ions.” “Having accurate images of af fec ted areas wi l l a l low us to address the needs of indiv idual households and advocate on their behal f when necessar y,” he added. The images wi l l be made publ ic for f ree onl ine, enabl ing communit y leaders and humanitar ian organizat ions to use the information to coordinate reconstruc t ion ef for ts . Meanwhi le, M r. K aiser sa id that the Pres ident of Drone

Adventures Adam K aptocz gave the assurance that drones have great potent ia l to help dur ing humanitar ian cr is is . “L ight weight drones such as the eBee are safe and easy to operate and can provide crucia l imager y at a precis ion and speed unatta inable by satel l i te imager y. Their re lat ively low cost of deployment make the technology atta inable even by smal l communit ies throughout the developing wor ld. Not only can drones be deployed immediately fo l lowing a disaster in order to assess damage and provide detai led information to f i rst-responders l ike Medair, but they can a lso ass ist communit y leaders in planning recover y ef for ts ,” the Drone Adventure Pres ident sa id. Medair responded within 24 hours to the Phi l ippines cr is is in November 2013, and is current ly providing emergenc y shelter k i ts to those most in need. (P IA 8)

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Iglesia ni Cristo naglunsad eco-farming nga pasilidad ngan lugar nga pagbabalayan ha Leyte

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An Iglesia ni Cristo nga pinamumunuan ni Executive Minister Eduardo V.

Manalo en nangundahan dida han ground-breaking ceremonies nga gindumara dida han 14 Marso 2014 para han pagbalay ngan panginabuhi nga mga proyekto para han mga biktima han bagyo Yolanda ha Leyte. An kanan INC nga pagbalay ngan eco-farming nga lugar en usa nga 3,000 ka-hektarya nga tuna han Iglesia ni Cristo didto ha Sitio New Era, Barangay Langit ha bungto han Alangalang han lalawigan han Leyte.

An modelo nga komunidad en nakapahamtang 18 kakilometro tikang ha siyudad han Tacloban nga ginkukunsiderar nga “ground zero” han distruso nga dara han bagyo Yolanda. Pinaagi han pagbalay ngan pakabuhi nga proyekto, nagdadahum an INC nga makakakuntribwer han dagmit nga pakatalwas ngan rehabilitasyon han lalawigan han Leyte nga naigo han Yolanda. Nahibaruan nga an panguna nga lugar kun diin pagdudumaraon an pagbalay, pakabuhi parti pag-uma ngan

pabrika hin mga higamit en usa ka-768 kahektarya nga pahuhurohilawigon pa ha urhi nga mga adlaw. Eni en nangangahulugan nga an mauuna nga 1,000 kabug-os nga mga kabablayan dida han relocation area en ig-aalutaga ngadto hin 1,000 nga nagkawawarayan panimalay nga mga pamilya mahitungod han Bagyo Yolanda. An New Era resettlement ngan eco-farming nga komunidad en magkakaada gihapon hin pabrika hin mga binulad nga isda, parahimo hin mga higamit nga pabrika, ngan usa nga planta hin mga botelya. Ngatanan eni en maghahatag hin pakabuhi ngadto han mga tatagan hin tagsa-tagsa nga panimalay. Para han Eco-Farming nga mga proyekto ha Sitio New Era, an masunod amo an mga tanom nga igkukultibar dida han komunidad: tikang ha langyaw nga iba-iba nga klase hin humay, tikang ha langyaw nga mga tanom nga namumunga hin prutas, tikang ha langyaw nga mga utanon ngan cultured mushrooms. An ngatanan nga mga produkto han eco-farming en para ha gawas, o de-kalidad nga mga produkto. An panguna nga mga benepisaryo han proyekto, an eco-farming nga proyekto ngan han iba-iba nga mga pabrika ha Sitio New Era amo an mga meyembro han Iglesia nga naapektohan han bagyo Yolanda nga nakaigo han Central Philippines dida han Nobyembre 8, 2013. An pundo para han mga bulig nga higamit, proyekto pagbalay ngan eco-farming nga proyekto, upod an pabrika hin mga higamit, planta hin mga binulad nga isda, planta hin botelya en tikang han pundo nga ginhikay ha Iglesia ni Cristo dida han”Worldwide Walk for those affected by typhoon Yolanda” nga gindumara dida han Pebrero 15, 2014 ngan tikang han mga donasyon han Iglesia Ni Cristo nga mga myembro para han “Lingap sa Mamamayan” o Aid to Humanity. (Trans. by maa/PIA8)

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Rotary Int’l...from page 1half of the 10% and at the end of the year, the Associat ion have the opt ion to div ide the 10% contr ibut ions among themselves as div idends or whatever the board may agree. Distr ic t 3870 Governor Francis R ivera was tear y- eyed at the spec tacle he was witness ing. He sa id the Rotar y I nternat ional feel what the Yolanda sur vivors are feel ing. This i s the reason why af ter the Soup K itchen which Rotar y Distr ic ts 3870 and 3860 conduc ted in Ormoc, i t was resolved for h is d istr ic t to help some more. He sa id that the 46 boats compris ing the R o t a r y Fleet i s just the f i rst batch as he announced that some 150 to 200 boats wi l l be donated by a Rotar y Distr ic t in Cal i fornia . Meanwhi le, I ncoming Distr ic t Governor Samuel Pagdi lao

a n d b e f o r e o r a f t e r h a n d l i n g f o o d h e l p p r e v e n t t h e s p r e a d o f v a r i o u s f o r m s o f d i s e a s e s p a r t i c u l a r l y g a s t r o e n t e r i t i s , s o m e o f w h i c h c a n c a u s e s e r i o u s h e a l t h p r o b l e m s . O n h e r p a r t , N o l a n s a i d , w a s h i n g h a n d s p r o p e r l y w i t h s o a p a n d c l e a n w a t e r i s v e r y i m p o r t a n t . I t w a s l e a r n e d t h a t a n u m b e r o f i n f e c t i o u s d i s e a s e s c a n b e s p r e a d f r o m o n e p e r s o n t o a n o t h e r b y c o n t a m i n a t e d h a n d s p a r t i c u l a r l y g a s t r o i n t e s t i n a l i n f e c t i o n s , i n f l u e n z a a n d h e p a t i t i s A . T h e WA S H c l u s t e r i n c o o r d i n a t i o n w i t h s o m e

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who is a lso a Congressman, sa id that he wi l l a lso adopt the projec t dur ing his term so that more f isher folks who are the most af fec ted in the coastal areas of Western Leyte wi l l be able to recover their lost l ivel ihood. Af ter the bless ing of the boats by Fr. R aymond Calubid, the ceremonial break ing of Champaign on the boats was done by Ms. R ina Rodr iguez, Ms. Baby Al legue and PIA Region 8 Direc tor Ol ive Tiu whose late husband was a Past Distr ic t Governor of R I Distr ic t 3860. As ide f rom the boats, 7 .5 horsepower engines, gasol ine and f ishing gear inc luding St yrofoam containers were given to the benef ic iar ies, the ac t ive Rotar y Club of Ormoc Class 1 Pres ident Troy Bumagat who is the overal l busy-body for the ac t iv i t y, sa id. M r. Bumagat sa id the

projec t has three phases : the f i rst was the boat-mak ing where local boatmakers were employed; the second phase is the Fishing af ter the distr ibut ion of the boats. The third phase, he added, i s the L ivel ihood component for the f isher folk fami l ies through Tinapa-mak ing where the t inapa-makers f rom Samar wi l l be tapped to t ransfer technologies. The Rotar ians and the f isher folk benef ic iar ies conduc ted a shor t Ormoc Bay cruise to the del ight of the Ormocanons. The Rotar ians then proceeded to Barangays Naungan and L inao to turn over 11 rehabi l i tated c lassrooms and a l l 38 c lassrooms which were repainted by the Rotar y I nternat ional . (P IA 8)

i n t e r n a t i o n a l h u m a n i t a r i a n o r g a n i z a t i o n s a r e p r o m o t i n g g o o d h y g i e n e w i t h t h e u s e o f c l e a n a n d p o t a b l e w a t e r. S u r p r i s i n g l y, “ t h e r e h a s b e e n n o r e p o r t e d c a s e s o f a c u t e w a t e r y d i a r r h e a i n t h e c i t y a f t e r t y p h o o n Yo l a n d a d e v a s t a t e d t h e r e g i o n f o u r m o n t h s a g o. H o w e v e r, t h e r e w e r e c a s e s o f g a s t r o e n t e r i t i s b u t n o t a l a r m i n g”, Fa b r e g a s s a i d .R e l a t i v e t o t h i s , h e a l t h e x p e r t s h a v e s a i d , s o m e f o r m s o f g a s t r o e n t e r i t i s c a n c a u s e s e r i o u s c o m p l i c a t i o n s , e s p e c i a l l y f o r y o u n g c h i l d r e n , t h e e l d e r l y, o r t h o s e w i t h w e a k e n e d i m m u n e s y s t e m .

H o w e v e r, d r y i n g t h e h a n d s p r o p e r l y i s a s i m p o r t a n t a s w a s h i n g t h e m p r o p e r l y.T h e C i t y G o v e r n m e n t o f Ta c l o b a n t h r o u g h t h e WA S H c l u s t e r i n c o o r d i n a t i o n w i t h t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f E n v i r o n m e n t a n d N a t u r a l R e s o u r c e s ( D E N R ) a n d t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o m m u n i t y w i l l t a k e p a r t i n t h e c e l e b r a t i o n t o p r o m o t e w a t e r c o n s e r v a t i o n b y t a k i n g a c t i o n f o r w a t e r a n d s a n i t a t i o n .T h e t h e m e f o r t h i s y e a r ’s c e l e b r a t i o n” Ta k e A c t i o n f o r w a t e r a n d S a n i t a t i o n”. ( P I A - 8 )

8 March 17, 2014

Presidente Aquino otro nga ginpahamtang an saad nga modernisasyon sa depensa ngan pangabuhian san mga sundalo

Si Presidente Benigno C. Aquino III nagpatapod san mga myembro san

pwersa armada san gobyerno sin suporta basi magkayaon sin gamit ngan kabatiran para sa epektibo nga pagbuhat san trabahuon ngan obligasyon. Ini an mensahe san Presidente durante san pagtapos san Philippine Military Academy san Domingo nga adlaw nga an gobyerno maaram san panginginahanglan san mga sundalo ngan ginbubuhat an ngatanan para mapaupay an kahimtang. An karuyag naton: tagan sin kusog an mga sundalo nga pauswagon an tagsa ngan pamilya. Padayon an gobyerno nga nagpaplano sin pitad basi diri mabayaan san kahibabruan kumo sundalo sa kakayahan nga ipahamtang an maupay nga kabubuwason. Ini an

mensahe san Presidente. Kaapi san mayor nga ginduduso san administrasyon mao an paghatag san mga myembro san pwersa aramada sin armas ngan gamit nga ira kikinahanglanon basi mas maging epektibo. Sugad halimbawa, nga an bidding nga pamalit sin duha nga twin-engine naval anti-submarine helicopters gintikangan na. An militar liwat liliwanan an Vietnam War-era rifles san bag-o nga napalit nga 63,000 assault rifles para san mga sundalo sa masunod nga mga bulan, sugad niya. A gobyerno liwat in andam pumalit 12 nga lead-in fighter trainer aircraft tikang sa South Korea nga gagamiton para san kanan nasud operasyon depensa sa teritoryo.

Antes pa sini, an military nagbalyo moderno nga barko para pagpatrolya san kadagatan, walo nga Sokol combat utility helicopters, tulo nga Navy helicopters ngan iba pa nga bag-o nga mga sarakyan pan militar. Gintatarget liwat san gobyerno nga pumalit walo nga kadugangan nga combat utility helicopters nga gagamiton para san search ngan rescue ngan disaster-relief missions antes an presidente lumusad sa pwesto. Labot san pagmoderno san militar, an administrasyon nagprograma liwat para san mga sundalo sugad sin panbalay ngan pangabuhian. Ini an sugad san Presidente. Sa yana, yaun na 54,449 nga mga balay an napahimo para san mga myembro san militar.