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DOH donates ambulance to 3 Leyte public hospitals

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Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla turned over the symbolic key of an ambulance to Dr. Corazon Grace, chief of hospital of the Western Leyte Provincial Hospital. The said hospital was one of the three hospitals under the supervision of the provincial government that received ambulance from the Department of Health. The turnover was held last Feb. 13 held at the Leyte Provincial Hospital in Pawing, Palo. (Gina P. Gerez)
Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla turned over the symbolic key of an ambulance to Dr. Corazon Grace, chief of hospital of the Western Leyte Provincial Hospital. The said hospital was one of the three hospitals under the supervision of the provincial government that received ambulance from the Department of Health. The turnover was held last Feb. 13 held at the Leyte Provincial Hospital in Pawing, Palo. (Gina P. Gerez)

PALO,Leyte – The Department of Health through the Health Facilities Enhancement Program (HFEP) has turnover three ambulances to hospitals under the supervision of the provincial government of Leyte.
The ambulances, each worth P2.2 million, were donated to the Leyte Provincial Hospital, Western Leyte Provincial Hospital in Baybay City and Ormoc District Hospital.
Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla and provincial health officer, Dr. Ofelia Absin, received the donated ambulances from the DOH-8.
“We recognize our limitation as a level 1 hospital. It is for this (reason) that we need to refer them to a higher center because of our limited capability. As much as we are trying to give the best treatment that we can, there are instances that our patients needs higher treatment or operation,” Absin said.
“It is important that (we have) a good ambulance to ferry our patients to higher health facility the safest and comfortable way,” she added.
The provincial health official added that aside from the three hospitals, they hope that the DOH will also extend help to seven other hospitals that are also maintained by the provincial government.
DOH Assistant Regional Director Exuperia Sabalo stressed that all hospitals should have their own ambulances, adding that their office will just be glad to help health centers still lacking such facility.
She then asked the recipients of their donated ambulances to take good care of them.
“With DOH providing, the recipient’s role and responsibility is to provide the competent manpower and well as the maintenance of the vehicle,” Sabalo said.
Meantime, Gov. Petilla expressed his gratitude for the assistance extended by the DOH.
“We are thankful to the DOH for helping us. The province had been beefing up its capabilities in all aspect including in health, disaster preparedness and peace and order,” the governor said.
Aside from the ambulance, the province also received budget for infrastructure project under the Health Facilities Enhancement Program (HFEP) of the DOH which includes rehabilitation of rural health units in the towns of Tunga, Carigara, Capoocan and Jaro and district hospitals in Burauen and Carigara.
Petilla added that improvement of district hospitals in Abuyog and Palompon are also on-going.
(ROEL T. AMAZONA)

Population officer hopeful bill seeking creation of LGU-level population offices will be approved by Congress

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TACLOBAN CITY- An official of the Population Commission and Development is hopeful that Congress will approve a measure making it mandatory for all local government units (LGUs) to create their local population development offices.
The said bill, principally authored Laguna Rep. Sol Aragones, is still pending at the committee level of the House of Representatives.
Undersecretary Antonio Lopez, who was in Tacloban City last week, said that once the measure will be enacted by Congress, it would now be mandatory for all LGUs to create the local population development office.
Lopez said that under the Local Government Code of 1992, LGUs are given the option whether to create such an office or not.
Thus, it’s the reason why only a few of LGUs have a population development office, he said.
Lopez also pointed out that barangay service point officers (BSPOs), the front liners in the delivery of population-related programs in the villages, have also became limited.
As of today, there are only 9,000 active BSPOs serving in the country.
The agency only has 2,000 local population officers and workers in the country.
Lopez said that two weeks ago, he had a meeting with Rep.Aragones, the main author of the proposed bill, who vowed to work hard so that the measure would be approved by next year.
Still, Lopez said that even if the bill has yet to be approved by Congress, he personally coordinates with the Regional Development Councils (RDCs) and encourage them to create population and development offices voluntarily so that the Department of Health will have the necessary support to promote health, family planning and other related policies.
(LIZBETH ANN A. ABELLA)

9 couples tie knots in PNP mass wedding during Valentine’s Day celebration

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PALO, Leyte- At least nine couples from the Philippine National Police (PNP) here in the region exchanged vows in a mass wedding rites on Thursday(Feb.14), coinciding the Valentines celebration.
Police Regional Director Dionardo Carlos initiated the mass wedding ceremony held at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel, located within Camp Ruperto Kangleon, the regional PNP headquarters, this town.
The ceremony was solemnized by regional pastoral officer, Police Superintendent Joselito Borja.
“This mass wedding allows our personnel to enjoy the blessing of the sacrament of matrimony and further legitimize their relationship with their partners in line with the PNP’s call for morality and decency,” said Carlos.
“The Police Regional Office in Eastern Visayas strongly emphasizes our high regard for family life and the essence of matrimony in this season of love,” added the police regional director who stood as one of the principal sponsors of the wedding.
The newly-married couples were Police Senior Inspector Reynaldo Sobreviga and wife Melinda; PO 3 Alexis Balana and wife Remedios; PO 3 Jeffrey Betonio and wife Marieta Betonio;, PO3 Randi Cañete and wife Janelle;PO3 Herminio Garcia and wife Joy; PO 3 Ronnel Saklay and wife Lorlyn;PO2 Erick Carbona and wife Janice;PO1 Vicente Navidad Jr and wife Zenny; and non-uniformed personnel Lowell Peterson Pascua and wife Beverly.
(RONALD O. REYES)

District engineer hopes for a better working relation with contractors

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CARIGARA, Leyte- After a month in office, the new district engineer of Department of Public Works and Highways- 2nd Leyte Engineering District Gerald Pacanan vowed to strengthen partnership with the contractors.
According to District Engineer Pacanan, conducting a regular coordination meeting with them is an initial step in forging a closer partnership between them and his office.
“The DPWH and the contractors are partners. Without (them), we cannot execute our projects, and without us, (they) will have no projects. So we are here to help each other,” expressed Pacanan.
Pacanan stated that it is high time to evaluate, supervise inventory and expedite project implementation in the second engineering district.
“Let us do away with time suspension. However, if we cannot avoid that, let us prepare the necessary documentation at the earliest possible time,” he added.
He mandated the project engineers to settle concerns and have close coordination with the contractors.
At the same, the district office must also conduct strict monitoring on projects.
Pacanan further instructed to prioritize public safety by providing early warning signs on the ongoing projects to avoid any untoward incidents.
He then emphasized that the office must adhere with the quality policy of the department which is “to implement the right projects at the right cost with the right quality delivered right on time by the right people”.
(LIZBETH ANN A. ABELLA)

378 students from Samar finish TESDA programs

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A contestant from Gandara town prepares the winning pastry recipe at the pastry skills competition in Catbalogan City on February 6, 2019. (GMT/PIA-8 Samar)
A contestant from Gandara town prepares the winning pastry recipe at the pastry skills competition in Catbalogan City on February 6, 2019.
(GMT/PIA-8 Samar)

CATBALOGAN CITY- Some 378 students recently graduated from the vocational skills training program of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Samar Provincial Office.
The mass graduation ceremony was held on Feb. 6, 2019 at the social hall of St. Mary’s College in this city.
Among the graduates, 262 were beneficiaries of the Consuelo Foundation’s bread and pastry-making and cookery hot meals while 116 students were graduates of the special training for employment provided by the provincial government of Samar. They finished courses in bookkeeping, organic agriculture, tiles setting, and carpentry courses.
The graduates, who came from the cities of Calbayog and Catbalogan, and from the municipalities of Sta. Margarita, and Gandara, received certificates of competency and national certificate from TESDA.
Gema Reyes, 50, from Gandara, who graduated from bread and pastry said, “I am thankful for this opportunity. I will use what I learned to put up a small business in bread-making.”
“I will now have an additional source of income. This is very helpful to me and my family,” Reyes added.
On the same day of the graduation, TESDA also conducted food fair and skills competition to showcase the skills learned by the graduates.
For the food fair bread and pastry category competition, Catbalogan City placed first place, while Gandara, Calbayog and Sta. Margarita garnered the second, third and consolation, places, respectively.
On the other hand, Gandara won in the competition for the bread and pastry cookery category, while Catbalogan, Calbayog and Sta. Margarita got the second, third and consolation prizes, respectively.
For the skills competition for bread and pastry, Artemio Amita of Gandara garnered the first place while Jean Celmar, from Catbalogan City and Roselle Andaya who is from Calbayog City got the second and third spots.
For the cookery category, first place went to Jolena Alcober of Catbalogan City and Glenn Guantic of Gandara and Marlyn Gentallian of Calbayog City placed second and third.
The 3-in-1 event: Food Fair, Skills Competition and Mass Graduation was initiated by the TESDA and participated in by collaborating agencies and organizations such as Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Labor and Employment, Center for Community Transformation and the Balicuatro College of Arts and Trade. (NBQ/GMTabao/PIA Samar)

Rep. Romualdez justifies reason why she favors lowering criminal liability of minors

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Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez
Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez

TACLOBAN CITY- Leyte Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez has justified her decision to lower the age of children for criminal liability.
In an interview, Romualdez said that children nowadays are capable of committing crimes and could escape from any criminal liabilities due to their minor age.
Romualdez was among the members of House of Representatives who voted to lower the criminal liability of children to 12 from the current 15.
Originally, the Congress has proposed to put the criminal liability of children to just 9 years which was met with strong opposition.
“I voted for it because we are not here to punish the children but to protect them from nefarious groups who are trying to take advantage of the children (in carrying out their illegal activities),” she said.
According to her, she has been receiving reports that minors who were involved in various illegal activities could not be detained by the law enforces due to their sheer young age.
“They are showing their birth certificates to prove that they are still minors and the police could not arrest them because they are still minors,” Romualdez said.
The lowering of age on the criminal liability of children is being vigorously opposed by various sectors saying it will go contrary to the policies in protecting children.
Under the proposed measure, children of age 12 could be criminally liable if they are involve in crimes like kidnapping, murder, infanticide and serious illegal detention.
And to soften those who opposes the measure, the bill now uses the term ‘age of social responsibility’ instead of criminal liability.
Rep. Romualdez, who is seeking for a congressional seat under the party-list Tingog, said that any issues that appears to be controversial relative to the lowering of the criminal age of minors, could still be solved.
“There is still a long process (involving it),” she said.
(JOEY A. GABIETA)

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