TACLOBAN CITY- Police in Samar continue to conduct hot pursuit operations against two detainees of the Calbiga Municipal Police Station after they escaped on Monday evening, March 11.
Police identified the two inmates as Roel Mabahin,22, and his brother Rodel,19, both residents of Barangay Minata of said town.
The brothers, both single and jobless, are facing robbery case.
“We must do everything in our ability to prevent such untoward incidents from happening again. I am calling on all the chiefs of police to stay on the ground with your men to be in full force to maintain the peace and order of the community,” said Police Director Chief Supt.Dionardo Carlos.
Initial investigation showed that after the brothers bolted out from their detention jail, they stole a motorcycle which they used as their getaway vehicle and took a hostage who luckily managed to escape from them.
Police said the two escapees are armed and dangerous.
The public is advised to report immediately to nearest authorities the whereabouts of the two detainees.
Meanwhile, Carlos ordered all the police stations in the region to be more alert and vigilant in their respective areas of jurisdiction.
(RONALD O. REYES)
Manhunt continues against brothers who bolted from their cell detention in Samar town
Multi-storey, 9-classroom building in Liloan National High School
ORMOC CITY-Leyte Fourth District Engineering (DEO) led by District Engineer Lino Francisco C. Gonzalez, together with Rep.Lucy Marie Torres – Gomez and Mayor Richard I. Gomez turns over a multi-storey, 9-classroom school building to Liloan National High School and Department of Education (DepEd) officials.
According to DE Gonzalez, the school building was designed to be typhoon resilient as to withstand any calamities. The new school building also comes with a complete push button fire alarm set, a stainless steel overhead water tank that can hold up to 2000 gallons of water, 3 Hp booster pump, and fire sprinklers making it safe and convenient for the students.
This school building amounting to 24.47 million pesos is part of the 68 school building projects of Leyte 4th DEO under the Basic Educational Facilities Fund (BEFF) 2017.
At present, Leyte 4th DEO is fast-tracking the implementation of the schools building to accommodate more enrollees come this June 2019. (PR)
Northern Samar Provincial Hospital starts use of new three-storey building
(Contributed photo)
In Northern Samar
CATARMAN, Northern Samar- The Northern Samar Provincial Hospital (NSPH) will start admitting patients at its new three-storey building, beginning today( March 16).
Governor Jose ‘Jun’ Ong, together with some provincial department heads and other stakeholders, led in inspecting the facilities of the new hospital building on March 13 with NSPH chief of hospital Dr. Joseph Estanislao showing them around.
“Improving the state of the Northern Samar Provincial Hospital has been one of the main thrusts of my administration. Providing quality health care to the Nortehanons sits high on my priority agenda,” Gov. Ong said.
Though patient rooms are still waiting to be fully used, administrative offices have already started occupying rooms at the first level.
With the improvements, the bed capacity of the NSPH will now be 200, double from its current bed capacity.
Dr. Estanislao underlined that with a higher bed capacity, the hospital could now serve more patients.
“In all government hospitals, the number of patients always exceeds their bed capacity,” he said.
Dr. Estanislao is hopeful that with the construction of new facilities and improvement of old ones, NSPH is closer to being accredited as a Level 2 hospital by the Department of Health.
“We are overqualified as a Level 1 hospital but though it is a long road to attaining Level 2 certification, the major upgrades we are having is a big step towards achieving that goal,” the chief of hospital added.
In order to become a level 2 hospital, Dr. Estanislao said that there is a need to double NSPH’s manpower requirements such as additional doctors, nurses and social workers.
“Currently, NSPH has 28 specialists and 11 resident doctors. Still, there is a shortage in general practitioners,” Dr. Estanislao lamented.
General practitioners or family practice doctors will see patients with nearly any issue and refer them to hospitals and other medical services for urgent and specialist treatment.
Level 2 accreditation also requires a DOH licensed tertiary clinical laboratory and level 2 imaging facility, and the provision of respiratory therapy services.
“We need to upgrade our secondary clinical laboratory and to procure an arterial blood gas (ABG) machine [for respiratory therapy] and a portable X-ray machine,” Dr. Estanislao enumerated.
As to the level of competitiveness of NSPH as compared to other private hospitals in Northern Samar, the chief of hospital believes that they are still the best hospital in the province, debunking the notion that private hospitals are better than those government-run health facilities.
Dr. Estanislao announced that the hospital is waiting for the arrival of a new ambulance and that NSPH is a candidate recipient for a CT scan machine from DOH.
On concerns regarding the shortage of drugs, medicines and supplies available at the hospital pharmacy, he mentioned that the provincial government is procuring medicines through consignments and outsourcing agreements with pharmacies for the benefit of NSPH and other district hospitals.
NSPH, instituted in 1956, offers outpatient consultations, in-patient services in pediatrics, internal medicine, OB-gynecology, emergency and elective surgery, dentistry, optometry, radiology and physical therapy.
It maintains a clinical laboratory, pharmacy and blood bank, in addition to its operating room, delivery room, and emergency room. It operates both free and private wards.
It also has a TB-DOTS/PMDT Satellite Treatment Center for the management of tuberculosis and it is the only hospital in the region outside of Tacloban City with an HIV-AIDS treatment hub.
(JENNIFER SUMAGANG-ALLEGADO)
Sales agent, woman arrested in a buy-bust operation in Catbalogan City
GOVERNMENT CENTER, PALO,Leyte- Anti-drug elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) RO8-SPO and Catbalogan CPS arrested a drug personality during the conduct of a buy-bust operation in Barangay Maulong, Catbalogan City on March 9, 2019 at around 10:35 am.
In a report submitted to PDEA Director General Aaron N. Aquino, elements of PDEA RO8-SPO under Director Edgar T. Jubay together with Catbalogan CPS identified the suspect as Efren Lim,28,single, sales agent and resident of Brgy 4 of said city, and Nancy Montilla,35, married, jobless, resident of Sto. Nino Extension, Brgy 6, Tacloban City.
Purchased and confiscated during the said operation were two pieces heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu weighing more or less 0.14 grams with an estimated market value of P1,000.
The suspect will be facing charges for violation of Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs) and Section 11 (Possession of Dangerous Drugs), Article II of RA 9165 and is now temporarily detained at Catbalogan CPS Lock-up Facility.(PR)
My Dream, Your Dream, Our Dream
By: Mr. Emmanuel R. Yunting
School Head/OIC Kananga NHS-Libertad Annex
A dream is a part of the human nature. It flows in every person’s being to desire for something pleasant in life. He or she may pursue to acquire something that his heart really longs to have- be it a college education, a degree, a happy married life, etc. It is something that pushes someone to focus and achieve his goals. It is already incorporated in every individual’s unique system of life.
THE LEARNER AS A DREAMER
Every learner has a special dream. Someone once asked one of our learners: “Why do you tend to go to school?” “I want to finish my studies and to help my family when I get a stable job.” A learner’s special dream is not for himself alone but mainly for his family. He wants to help lift them out of poverty. He wants to give back in return what his parents have done for him. He wants to prove that “poverty is not hindrance” instead, it is an encouragement to strive hard and become a successful individual in the future.
What can hinder the learner’s achievement of his dreams? Some learners struggled for lack of parental moral support. It is believed that the teenage years is the most crucial period in a person’s life. During this time, a person is more sensitive. Some learners would admit that they think their parents do not love them and they don’t care about them. They feel alone in their journey of making their dreams come true. It makes them decide to stop schooling because they think they are not appreciated. Lack of financial support from their parents is a great challenge. Going to school every day needs to be assisted with money to support their baon and other expenses such as fares. It is sometimes the reason why some learners would be forced to be in and out of school from time to time because they still need to work for themselves in order to sustain their needs in going back to school. Distance from home to school is another problem. KNHS-Libertad Annex is the most accessible High School to Bagabao, Margen, Tapol, Bertulfo, and Sto. Domingo. Most of the learners are coming from these sitios and barangays. The learners need to walk an average of 7 kilometers every day in order to reach school. Health is a problem, too. In most cases, the learners are forced to drop out from school due to some illness. It is very difficult for them to go to school regularly especially when they do not feel well about their health. Child-labor is also one that challenges the learners. The learners are hooked by the influence of getting a money from working in the farm. It makes them want to rather work and earn money than go to school. But some of these learners if not most are just forced to work because of their family situations that needs help from them to work in the rice fields especially during planting and harvesting season to raise money for family’s financial shortage to support for their daily consumptions.
A TEACHER AS A DREAMER
A teacher is also a dreamer. The learner’s dreams are like seeds. These seeds are sown in the fertile ground which is the school. The cultivators are the teachers who are also the dreamers. The teachers dream to see their learners finish their education, earn a degree and become a successful individual who can face every challenges in life without fear and hesitation.
Alarmed by the high dropout rate from last school year, the KANANGA NHS-LIBERTAD ANNEX school head together with the teachers came up with a program called TASK-SARDO (Technical Assistance and Solutions for Keeping Students Against Risks of Dropping Out). Through this, the school is able to come up with certain interventions to save the learners who are under the SARDO (Students At Risk of Dropping Out). As of this school year, the school has 6 number of learners who are considered at risk of dropping out due to the same reasons already mentioned. The following are the interventions:
a. Home Visitation-In this activity, advisers of each Grade level started by identifying the learners who are at risk of dropping out. Then, the schedule to visit the child was set. During the conduct of home visits, the teachers will be able to realize and understand the child’s situation and possible can apply interventions in order to help the learner.
b. Counselling-In this activity, the advisers help the learners to realize their potentials to achieve their dreams by enhancing their confidence and self-esteem.
c. Feeding Program-This activity is done to support the health and nutritional status of the learners so that they can concentrate in their studies and soon reach their dreams.
In addition, the government’s program is also a big help to the learners. Through the 4P’s or Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, their financial needs are somehow being supported. With the allowances they receive from the government, the learners are able to buy the things they need including their food which is basic needs
Dreams are worth achieving. In the process, it can be difficult due to many hindrances. But nothing or no one can stop anyone who has a powerful desire to achieve those dreams. Just like the learners who area dreamer can achieve what they conceive about themselves. The teachers will do every possible thing to help the learners achieve their dreams in life because the learner’s dream is a teacher’s dream.
Health services highlight Women’s Month in Oras town
In Eastern Samar
BORONGAN CITY- A health service caravan was held in Oras town in celebration of the 2019 National Women’s Month.
On March 6, some 500 Orasnon women from the 42 barangays trooped to the municipal gym to take part in the different activities prepared by local government.
Mayor Viviane Alvarez, in her speech, said she prioritizes the health of her women constituents.
“Akon igin-kakabakyang an tanan nga nakakabulig hit panlawas hit aton mga nanay (I see to it that I seek those who can help make our mothers healthier),” she said.
The lady mayor also said she is constantly coordinating with government agencies concerned with the health and welfare of women.
She informed them that she is pursuing projects in agriculture, livelihood, health and social welfare to ensure the welfare of the people.
Shown in the venue were tarpaulins showing the health achievements of the villages. The barangay chairmen gave a two-minute presentation adding issues and concerns like malnutrition, refusal of mothers to immunize their kids, absence of sanitary toilets and poor access to potable water.
The mayor vowed to try to address the different health issues with her department heads.
“This is how we celebrate Women’s Day by making sure that the health needs of the women in Oras, are addressed,” the mayor told this reporter.
Barangays Tiguib, Minap-os and Alang-alang were awarded as Best Performing Barangay for Health for their initiatives to address the different health issues.
Further, women entrepreneurs displayed their products, mostly food.
In another corner of the gym, the rural health staff had consultation and immunization among children.
Municipal Nutrition Action Office- designate Liezel Balaca also had a mini-lecture on how caregivers can sustain well-nourished children through the new program ‘Idol ko si Nanay’.
Meanwhile, local women leaders from Oras and from some non-government organization were present during the affair. (NBQ/PIA 8-E. Samar)