25 ka tawo nagkalibanga
LABING minos 25 ka mga lumolupyo sa usa ka hilit nga barangay sa lungsod sa Tudela, Camotes ang nagkalibanga ug dunay amoebiasis.
Ang mga biktima nakainom sa kontaminadong tubig gikan sa usa ka atabay sa dapit.
Sa 25 ka mga lumolupyo, 10 ka mga tawo, sagad mga bata, ang na-confine sa Ricardo Maningo Memorial District Hospital sukad niadtong Martes.
Naglakip pa kini sa usa ka masuso ingon man mga batang nagpanuigon og usa ngadto sa duha ka mga tuig.
Si Dr. Cristina Giango, Provincial Health officer, nikompirmar sa Sun.Star Cebu kagahapon kalabot sa hitabo.
Siya niingon nga pipila sa apektadong mga residente dunay mucus sa ilang mga hugaw, samtang ang uban duna pay pat-ak sa dugo, nga maoy timailhan sa amoebiasis.
Nidugang si Giango nga ang tubig nga giinom sa mga lumolupyo, atol ning ting-uwan, nga nagagikan sa atabay hayan maoy tinubdan niini.
Sa laing interview kagahapon, si Nerissa Gorgonia, chief nurse sa Ricardo Maningo Memorial District Hospital, nisulti sa Sun.Star Cebu nga 10 ka mga tawo ang nanga-admit sa ospital, sagad kanila mga bata.
Ang nanga-admit mao sila si Julian Ace Carmel Pernetes, 11 pa ka buwan ang edad; Joseph Emmanuel Paluga, 9; Meisha Calambo, 6; Axel Rose Sanchez, 8; Chrismarie Tonie Reusora, usa ka tuig ug unom ka mga buwan; Vic Emmanuel Pernetes, 2; Florian Reusora, 18; Nathaniel Maratas, 15; Marjorie Maratas, 18; ug Niel Jake Maratas, 6.
Matod sa provincial ug municipal health officials nga kontrolado na ang insidente ug gisalikway ang taho nga dunay outbreak sa dapit.
Kalabot sa mga taho nga dunay dos anyos nga batang lalake nga nagpuyo sa lugar nga namatay tungod sa pag-inom sa kontaminadong tubig, giklaro ni Giango nga namatay kini tungod sa depekto sa lawas sukad sa pagkatawo niini didto sa Ormoc City niadto pang Martes.
Cebu City among areas with high malnutrition cases: report
CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama says lowering the incidence of malnutrition in the city will be a key challenge to his administration.
Rama issued the statement after the city was listed among the areas in Central Visayas with a high incidence of malnutrition.
The National Nutrition Council (NNC) 7 ranked Cebu City 5th in the listing of areas with high malnutrition. The City reported 5.68 percent malnutrition prevalence.
In Lapu-Lapu City, however, officials reported a drop in the number of severely malnourished children to just 1.4 percent, compared with the 20 percent prevalence rate in Metro Manila.
The drop earned the city an award for the implementation of its health program from 2006 to 2009.
The NNC 7 listed Negros Oriental cities as the top four areas in terms of malnutrition prevalence: Canlaon, 11.34 percent; Bayawan, 10.62 percent; Bais, 10.2 percent; and Tanjay, 6.42 percent.
Rama is scheduled to meet with former city mayor Florentino Solon, the city's nutrition consultant, and some city officials to discuss the issue.
Last January to March, the Cebu City Health Department conducted Operation Timbang on 130,383 preschoolers up to six years old who comprise 15.7 percent of the city's 827,285 children.
Of the total number of preschoolers weighed, 821 were found severely malnourished. The number, however, is lower than the 938 malnourished children reported last year.
NNC 7 nutrition officer Susan Orpilla earlier complained that some local government units, particularly the barangays, failed to prioritize health programs.
Rama said he has to check first all the programs of the city with regards to nutrition since he is still in his first week as mayor.
Projects
He, however, said his administration will definitely appropriate funds for intervention programs such as feeding projects.
The latest report of the Cebu City Health Department indicated that Barangay Ermita has the most number of severely underweight or malnourished children in the city.
"We don't look at the barangay captain, we look at all the residents, as a mayor, I will be serving all the constituents, I am the mayor of all," Rama said.
Orpilla said one reason the city ranks high in the list is the increasing migration of indigents from other areas.
Rama said the problem of migration should also be addressed, because it will affect support for constituents.
Other barangays in the city with the most cases of malnutrition are Mambaling, Buot Taup, Inayawan, Duljo-Fatima, Sapangdaku, Pamutan, Agsungot, Pahina San Nicolas and Punta Princesa.
Sawang Calero was reported last year as having the highest prevalence of malnutrition among the 80 barangays in the city but it is already out of the top 10 this year.
In Lapu-Lapu City, Barangay Bankal in the mainland and Caubian Islet have the most malnourished children, City Health Officer Rodulfo Berame said.
He said the city was able to lower the number of malnourished children because they visit their homes every day and provide them with micronutrients and supplementary food for 120 days.
He said the number of cases have steadily gone down because of their program.
The Lapu-Lapu City District Hospital closed its malnutrition ward in 2008 after the City decided to focus on the barangays, hiring barangay nutrition scholars to supplement barangay health workers.
DSWD chief finds leaks in food-for-school program, orders review
Under the FSP, the government gives a kilo of rice each day for 95 days in five months to encourage them to keep on attending their classes.
In a 2007 report, the Commission on Audit (COA) said that the program became more of a burden than relief to teachers and parents as they ended up spending their own money to distribute the rice from the National Food Authority (NFA).
Pasyente may P600 mil nga bayranan, `gitanggong'
NIPASANGIL ang inahan sa usa ka pasyente sa Cebu Doctors University Hospital nga gitanggong ang iyang anak sa tambalanan human sila napakyas pagbayad sa ilang responsibilidad sa tambalanan dihang nalandig niadtong Mayo.
Niini, si Flora Edillon, inahan sa usa ka magtutudlo nga si Aurora Edillon, nga naospital niadto pang Mayo 25 human nakasugat og vehicular accident, nisang-at og petition for habeas corpus sa korte niadtong Hulyo 1 nga nag-awhag nga makagawas ang iyang anak sa tambalanan.
Apan, ang abogado nga nirepresentar sa tambalanan nga si Cornelio Mercado nipadayag nga wa nila gitanggong ang pasyente.
Hinuon nipasabot siya nga ang pasyente adunay obligasyon nga ilang bayran ang ilang responsibilidad sa tambalanan.
Kagahapon, gihusay ni Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 19 Judge Wilfredo Navarro ang petisyon nga gisang-at ni Edillon ug nimando siya nga pagawason sa Cebu Doctors University Hospital si Aurora.
Wa makatambong ang pasyente sa korte kagahapon nga maoy hangyo sa inahan kay anaa pa siya sa tambalanan.
Moabot nag P600,000 ang kantidad sa bayranan nilang Edillon sa hospital hinungdan nga wa una sila pagawasa.
Gikataho nga ang pasyente hangtod ning pagsuwat wa pa makahatag bisan sa pasiunang bayad sa tambalanan.
Ang inahan sa pasyente nitumbok nga wa siyay trabaho ug ang iyang anak nga maoy anaa sa tambalanan wa nay ikabayad sa ilang responsibilidad busa gipugngan si Aurora nga makagawas sa hospital.
Bisan sa awhag nga makagawas ang pasyente uban sa pasalig nga ilang wa pa mabayri nga responsibiliad sa hospital ilang bayranan pinaagi sa "installment" bisan ang iyang mga doktor ni-advise nga makagawas na siya apan ang tambalanan padayong nipatuman sa ilang palisya nga "no full pay, no release."
Police: Case strong vs. Ting "killer"
The police claim they have a strong case against Ruel Velez, the alleged assailant of hotelier Manuel Ting who was ambushed last June 22 even as a lawyer questioned the validity of his arrest.
St. Bernard village chief killed in blast -- report
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Philippines - A barangay chairman in St. Bernard died on Thursday reportedly due to a bomb explosion at his farmhouse in Ground Zero of the old Guinsaugon village.
Police Senior Inspector Billy Billaoac said New Guinsaugon Barangay (village) chairman Iglecerio Coquilla was killed at around 11 a.m. Thursday when the bomb exploded.
His wife Rosario, whose eyes were injured, was rushed to the Salvacion Oppus Memorial Provincial Hospital in Maasin City at around 3 p.m. for further treatment.
Billaoac said they were still investigating whether the bomb was a grenade or a homemade bomb.
"We are still at the site with bomb experts to look into angle or motive of the crime," Billaoac told the Philippine Daily Inquirer in a telephone interview.
Witnesses said that when Coquilla opened his farmhouse, a big explosion was heard.
Farming or living in the Ground Zero in the former Guinsaugon village was prohibited after the landslide where the entire village was buried with tons of mud, killing more than a thousand residents and the same number missing on February 17, 2006.
P500,000 RETIREMENT PAY FOR ROA: Airport personnel cry foul over grant
Several personnel of the Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) are questioning the propriety of the granting of severance pay of P500,000 to former Department of Tourism (DOT)-7 regional director Patria Aurora Roa.
She claimed that the 15-man MCIAA Board passed a resolution during their meeting on April 15 granting Roa P500,000 in recognition of her invaluable service and contribution to the airport's board as alternate member-director for 15 years.
Cabrera to finish compost facilities to address city's garbage problem
Councilor Maria Nida Cabrera is now working to continue unfinished and unimplemented projects that seek to address the city's garbage problem.
Rama readies P200M supplemental budget
- Road asphalting, health, lights, peace and order, garbage, traffic and drainage are among the items to be funded in the fourth supplemental budget of Cebu City which Mayor Michael Rama is now finalizing to submit before the city council.
Liberal Party eyes 6 deputy speakers
Mandaluyong Rep. Neptali Gonzales II said 5 of the congressmen being eyed as deputy speakers are Quezon Rep. Lorenzo Tañada III (LP), Northern Samar Rep. Raul Daza (LP), Cavite Rep. Jesus Crispin Remulla (Nacionalista Party), Camarines Sur Rep. Arnulfo Fuentebella (Nationalist People's Coalition) and Cebu Rep. Pablo Garcia (Lakas-Kampi Christian Muslim Democrats). They will still have to choose the 6th deputy speaker.
Garcia is a known ally of lawyer Jose Miguel Arroyo, husband of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. He is a member of a Lakas-Kampi CMD independent bloc of 42 congressmen that has allied itself with the LP.
Earlier nominees for deputy speaker, Batangas Rep. Hermilando Mandanas and Zamboanga Rep. Ana Isabelle Climaco, are now eyeing other posts in the lower house of Congress.
Gipugos pagpapirmag affidavit batok Greg?
KANHI kawani ni Bise-Gobernador Gregorio Sanchez nipasangil nga gipugos siya sa pagluwat og mga pamahayag aron iduot ang bise gobernador ug pasanginlan nga nalambigit sa anomaliya sa pagpatrabaho kanila sa pribadong farm sa Tuburan.
Si Manuel Montebon naabtan sa mga sakop sa media sa buhatan ni Sanchez kagahapon.
Matod pa ni Montebon nga nagkakita sila ni Provincial Legal Officer Marino Martinquilla niadtong Hunyo 12 sulod sa buwangan atol sa besperas sa fiesta sa Tuburan.
Gitanyagan siya ni Martinquilla nga tabangan nga makatrabaho gihapon sa Kapitolyo ug makadawat og pahalipay kang Gobernador Gwen Garcia kon moluwat kini og pamahayag batok sa bise gobernador.
Kahinumduman, si Montebon uban sa laing duha niya ka mga kauban nga nagtrabaho sa buhatan sa bise gobernador gipaimbestigar tungod sa pasangil nga gigamit ang ilang serbisyo sa personal nga negosyo ni Sanchez sulod sa pribadong
farm sa Tuburan.
"Miingon siya nga mopirma ko og affidavit against gyud ni Vice Gov. Sila ang bahala sa akong renewal ug ibutang ko sa lugar nga maayo ang pagka himutang. Basin pa ug mahatagan ko og incentives ni Gov. Garcia," matod ni Montebon.
Sa ilang panagsulti, wa niya gisanong si Martinquilla ug nagsigi kini og insister pagpangayo sa iyang cell phone number, apan wa gyud niya kini hatagi.
Nasayran na lang ni Montebon nga wa na siya gi-renew sa Kapitolyo ug giimbestigar.
Gipasalig usab ni Montebon nga andam siyang moatubang sa imbestigasyon ug mipasalig nga wa siya magtumo-tumo sa iyang pasangil batok kang Martinquilla.
Ang Sun.Star Superbalita nisuway pagkuha sa habig ni Martinquilla, apan wa kini sa iyang buhatan kay adunay importanting tigom nga gitambungan.
Sanchez asks COA's legal opinion on LAF
Vice Governor Gregorio Sanchez Jr. is asking the Commission on Audit to render an opinion on the legality of Governor Gwendolyn Garcia's memorandum relative to the use of the Legislative Assistance Fund in the province.
Aquino names new LTO chief
Virginia Torres, who took her oath of office in Malacañang, replaced Alberto Suansing.
Jose Angel Honrado also took his oath as the new general manager of the Manila International Airport Authority and Rico Puno as the new Interior Undersecretary for peace and order.
The others who took their oaths before Aquino are the following:
1.Atty Jose Amor M. Amorado, senior deputy executive secretary
2. Atty Ericson A. Alcovendaz, assistant executive secretary (AES) for finance and administration and OIC DESFA office
3. Atty Ronald A. Geron, AES for legal affairs and OIC DESLA office
4. Atty Teofilo S. Pilando Jr., AES for government administration and OIC DESGA office
5. Atty Michael Frederick Musngi, Undersecretary OES
6. Ms. Ma. Lourdes Ong, Presidential Assistant I, with the rank of UnderSECRETARY, office of the special assistant to the president
7. Ms. Susan Reyes, AES of Socials Secretary's Office
8. Mr. Eric Gosengfiao, deputy director general of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency.
Former QC police chief is new NBI director
DILG exec to BFP: Efficiently manage your resources
MANILA, Philippines – The newly appointed official of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has ordered the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) to efficiently manage its resources to be able to deliver services to the public.
During his dialogue with BFP personnel, DILG Undersecretary for Peace and Order Rico Puno said he expects the BFP to provide quality service to the people despite suffering a shortfall in equipment and manpower.
Puno said the goal of the administration of President Aquino, who is also the concurrent DILG chief, is to make sure that "the needs of the people should be given to them."
He also promised to give support the modernization effort of the BFP, which has been plagued with equipment shortage.
"I am here to listen to you and see how we can improve our bureau and find ways to solve the problems," Puno, a former liaison officer for the Armed Forces and Philippine National Police, said in his message to the BFP leadership.
DPWH to spend P5B for safer roads
Palace bares resignation of 'midnight appointees'
Holiday economics law remains in effect—Palace
60% of 2011 Bar exam will be multiple choice questions
MANILA, Philippines – The Bar examinations next year will be composed largely of multiple choice questions (MCQs), the Supreme Court disclosed today.
SC Justice Roberto Abad, head of the 2011 Bar Examinations Committee, has proposed 60 percent of the tests to be MCQ, which he said will test the examinees' knowledge not only in codal provision but also their comprehension and analysis.
The remaining 40 percent of the tests will be essay-type questions, Abad said.
In his proposal, the MCQ exams should be able to assess three main skills of the examinees: knowledge and recall; comprehension or understanding; and analysis and application.
The MCQ exams will only save time for examiners to prepare and correct the test papers.
The Bar examinations are currently comprised of essay-type questions for eight subjects — Political Law, Remedial Law, Taxation, Criminal Law, Civil Law, Mercantile Law, Labor Law, and Legal Ethics and Practical Exercises.
The SC annually conducts the Bar exams pursuant to its constitutional mandate to promulgate rules governing, among others, the admission to the practice of law.
The exams are traditionally held in four consecutive Sundays of September.
De Lima to review Morong 43 case
Lacson sends surrender feelers - DoJ
De Lima assures Lacson of fair treatment
Aquino welcomes Faeldon's return
No talks on amnesty yet for Faeldon - Palace
High-ranking military official questions AFP appointment
The two-star general, who declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter, said that "seniority and meritocracy" no longer served as bases for promoting or appointing military generals to key positions in the institution.
"Parang bata-bata na ito… sinasaksak lang nila kung sino yung gusto nilang ilagay (This is just like patronage… They appoint into office who they want to appoint)," the military general told reporters at Camp Aguinaldo.
The top-ranked general highlighted the appointment of Major General Gaudencio Pangilinan as the new commander of the Northern Luzon Command, saying there were 10 other division commanders more senior than Pangilinan. These were supposed to be the choices for the NOLCOM chief position.
Pangilinan, who replaced newly appointed Armed Forces chief Lieutenant General Ricardo David, was promoted as NOLCOM Commander effective Thursday. He was formerly the Vice Chief of staff for Operations and has served as Civil Relations Service chief of the AFP.
He also questioned Pangilinan's credentials to run NOLCOM when he was not appointed as a division chief.
"Si Pangalinan hindi pa dumaan ng division e, and yet siya ang nilagay doon (Pangilinan did not become a division [commander], yet he was appointed there), so where is seniority and meritocracy there?" the general said.
He also questioned the appointment of Brigadier General Romulo M. Bambao as the new Intelligence Service Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) chief, alleging that Bambao did not fare well in the intelligence eligibility list which considers previous positions held in the military's intelligence service.
Etta Rosales says Aquino chooses her as CHR chief
Bong-Bong Marcos hoping for fair treatment under Aquino administration
No need for Truth Commission, says Bongbong
Ecleo Jr. attends House seminar with GMA, Imelda et al
Excited Pacquiao wants to deliver privilege speech
Mangudadatu orders manhunt for massacre suspects
FPI releases P1.6M to families of Maguindanao massacre victims
Former NICA chief named national security adviser
8 vie for Sandiganbayan presiding justice
New Customs chief's target: 2 big smugglers every 2 weeks
Aquino not keen on anti-smuggling body
New Customs chief: No special favors for logistics firm that employed me
Philippines to catch corrupt officials in cyberspace
'Genuino used PAGCOR funds for son's campaign'
Palace ready to provide security to Lorenzo
'Fertilizer fund scam went on despite probe'
PNoy land, 1-M hectare others, up for distribution
BIR June collections below goal
COA called in to probe growing debt of government corporations
Ifpri: 5% yearly farm output can stop RP rural poverty
Purisima orders probe into P171-billion NFA debt
DFA: e-passport application cheaper in RP
MANILA, Philippines – The application and processing fee for e-passports being issued by the Philippines government is cheaper than those in other countries, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
According to the DFA's official website (http://dfa.gov.ph), the $60 application fee of the country is lower than that of Malaysia, which charges about $88, and other countries such as Turkey ($150), the US ($97) and Japan ($182).
The $60 fee that the government charges to Filipino applicants abroad is a standard rate in all cases whether urgent or expedited applications, the DFA said.
It added that there are 27 Philippine embassies and consulates general that are already issuing, or in the process of pilot-testing, e-passports.
For its part, Migrante-Middle East, a migrant workers' rights group, said the rate for the application and renewal of e-passports is "misleading."
"Besides the cost of living in the countries mentioned in the DFA statement is relatively low as compared to the Philippines. OFWs are also receiving low wages compared to expat workers of those countries," the group said.
Catholic priest, nun murdered in China
Communist Cuba set to free 52 political prisoners
Pacquiao adviser works on possible Cotto rematch
Donaire all set for 'dangerous' 'Tyson' Marquez
JuanMa predicts Latinos will sweep Pinoys in 'The Challenge'
Filipino bowlers win gold, 2 bronzes in tenpin championship
GM Gonzales preparing self for Guinness record attempt
Cojuangco seeks PSC leadership that can work with POC
MANILA, Philippines -- Philippine Olympic Committee president Jose Peping Cojuangco Jr. wants a POC-friendly Philippine Sports Commission this time.
Cojuangco said on Thursday that every official on the list he recommended to Malacaang to compose the new PSC board has been proven capable of responding effectively to the various functions the government sports agency should carry out.
An uncle of President Aquino, Cojuangco said he recommended his close friend Richie Garcia as chair for his vast experience at the PSC where he worked as commissioner during the terms of President Estrada and President Macapagal-Arroyo.
Aside from seeking another term for outgoing commissioner Akiko Thomson-Guevarra, the local Olympic chief also endorsed POC deputy secretary-general Buddy Andrada, former PBA player Chito Loyzaga and Little League executive Jolly Gomez.
Cojuangco also batted for POC athletes commission vice chair Dina Bernardo as executive director.
If you look at the overall picture, these people can cover efficiently all the functions that the PSC will undertake, said Cojuangco.
Thats how I look at the qualifications of each of the people I recommended. These people are involved in sports for many, many years and they know how to win.
Under former softball president and Manila congressman Harry Angping, the PSC, among others, resisted POC efforts to secure funds for what the agency considered as unreasonable and unjustifiable international participation of national athletes.
As of Thursday, the appointment papers of Garcia, a friend and golfing buddy of Cojuangco, and the four other recommendees have not been released by Malacaang.
Even Cojuangco isnt quite sure when his recommended officials would take their oath of office.
Like all recommendations, it will go through a process before finally getting the Presidents signature, said Cojuangco.
But I dont think it will take long. I asked them (Palace officials) to make a decision and speed up the process because were pressed for time.
He said the new PSC board should be set up at once since the country would be competing in the 1st Youth Olympic Games in Singapore next month and the Asian Games in Guangzhou on Nov. 12 to 27.
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