Areas with class suspension starts to get longer
in SurSur
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Dec. 5 (PIA) – The
list of localities ordering suspension of classes has started to add up in
Surigao del Sur more so that the province was included among the places
affected by Typhoon Ruby with Signal No. 2 in Weather Bulletin No. 5 issued at
5:00 a.m. today by the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical
Services Administration (PAGASA).
The latest additions are the towns of Lingig,
Cagwait, and Cantilan which classes at all levels were ordered suspended
effective today, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office
(PDRRMO) headed by Abel De Guzman bared.
Prior to this, both cities of Tandag and Bislig
have already announced suspension of classes at all levels also starting today,
December 5.
However, the towns of Carmen, Cortes, Bayabas, and
Barobo have gone ahead with the suspension of classes since yesterday,
particularly in pre-school except for Bayabas which, outright, went all the
way.
Meanwhile, key people from the PDRRMO believed
that as Typhoon Ruby intensifies further, more local government units (LGUs) in
the province are going to follow suit in declaring suspension of classes.
(NGBT/Radyo ng Bayan Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Agnor commemorates World AIDS day
By Mary Cheryl Sabandal-Monoy
BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 5 (PIA) - The Provincial Health
Office (PHO) of Agusan del Norte recently commemorated the World AIDS Day last
December 1 with the theme: "Getting to Zero - Zero new HIV infection, Zero
discrimination and Zero AIDS-related deaths" at the PHO grounds, Libertad,
here.
Data from the Department of Health (DOH) revealed
that there were 135 cases of people infected with HIV/AIDS in Caraga Region, as
of September 2014. It was learned that in every one hour and 15 minutes, one
Filipino gets infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and thousands of
people lost their lives due to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
Fladelita dela PeΓ±a, the Provincial HIV/AIDS
Council (PHAC) Coordinator, encouraged the Agusanons to learn more about HIV/AIDS
in order to avoid the disease and to practice safe sex.
Present during the said activity were Dr.
Elizabeth N. Campado - PHO-II, Dr. Marilou O. Talan - PHO - I, Dr. Joevy Jay C.
Oliva, HIV/AIDS Core Team Leader, Dr. Reggie Dompor, nurses, midwives, nursing
students, patients and their watchers with the special appearance of a Person
Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). (LGU-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Tandag City starts to carry out mass evacuation
due to Typhoon Ruby
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Dec. 5 (PIA) – Preemptive evacuation
due to Typhoon Ruby has already started to be carried out in Tandag City,
according to Vitchie Bandoy, City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office
(CDRRMO) chief.
This course of action began at around 7:00 a.m.
and will continue to be done until 12:00 noon today, adding that afterwards, at
around 1:00 p.m., forced evacuation will follow, she pointed out.
Residents in places classified as high risks
areas—referring to all coastal barangays—are priority in the list, Bandoy said.
Likewise, she added that identified evacuation
centers for people from the Poblacion areas include the Jacinto P. Elpa
National High School (JPENHS) and the Capitol Seminar Hall, among others.
Other barangays have their own identified
evacuation centers, Bandoy insisted.
She stressed that Mayor Roxanne Pimentel already
decided to carry out preemptive evacuation since strong winds brought about by
Typhoon Ruby have already started to be felt. (NGBT/Radyo ng Bayan/PIA-Surigao
del Sur)
