DOH, AECID turn over birthing facility to Dinagat
Islands LGU
By Amiable Ahmz Fuentes
SAN JOSE, Dinagat Islands, Mar. 10 (PIA) – The
Agencia Espaniola de Cooperacion International para el Desarollo (AECID)
through the Department of Health (DOH) officially turned over a birthing
facility to the provincial government of Dinagat Islands on March 7, 2017 in
Cagdianao town.
The birthing facility was funded by AECID through
the DOH and the fund was downloaded to the Provincial Health Office (PHO) who
facilitated the construction of the said facility.
The said facility will cater the non-PhilHealth
member/patient but will not accept first-time mother to delivered in the
facility since they belong to the high-risk group.
In his message, Vice Governor Benglen B. Ecleo
thanked the Spanish government for giving the funds and support to the health
needs of the province.
On her part, barangay captain Flordelina Licaylicay
expressed her heartfelt gratitude to the provincial government in realizing the
said project.
“The facility is a dream come true for us
especially for the women because they don’t need to travel to Dinagat district
hospital just to give birth,” Licaycay said.
During the ceremony, Vice Gov. Ecleo led the ceremonial
ribbon cutting together with Provincial Administrator Gwendolyn Ecleo-Pols,
Cagdianao Mayor Adolfo E. Longos and witnessed by some members of the
Sangguniang Panlalawigan, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Vicente Soco, Jr. and
his staff, Provincial Engineer Fe Botanas and her staff, teachers of R.E. Ecleo
Elementary School, municipal officials, and barangay officials.
Meanwhile, Community Affairs Officer Jay G. Benitez
handed over a check worth P3,000 each as an aide to barangays R. E. Ecleo Sr,
Del Pilar, Poblacion, Cabungaan, Maatas, Sta. Rita, and Mabini. (Provincial
Information Office-Dinagat Islands/PIA-Dinagat Islands)
P5.5-B worth of infra projects pipelined for
Mindanao under PRDP
By Jay M. Rosas
BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 10 - Around P5.5-billion worth of
infrastructure subprojects are pipelined for Mindanao under DA’s Philippine
Rural Development Project (PRDP) aimed at improving agricultural productivity
in the countryside.
According to PRDP’s February 2017 report,
farm-to-market roads (FMR) make up the bulk of the pipelined subprojects with a
total of 46 subprojects amounting to P4.49 billion.
These subprojects are awaiting endorsement of the
issuance of no objection letter (NOL), which signals approval, while others are
awaiting approval of the Regional Project Advisory Board (RPAB), or subprojects
undergoing validation.
Undergoing implementation are 62 FMR subprojects
while 37 are under various stages of procurement.
“Under PRDP, we aim to build concreted road
networks that will connect production areas and farms to markets which will
hopefully translate to bigger incomes of farmers,” PRDP Mindanao cluster
director Ricardo OΓ±ate said.
He said that local government units have seen the
importance of FMR projects in enhancing the productivity of their commodities
and improving the connectivity of their areas, which is why he said LGUs have
strongly lobbied for more road concreting projects.
“This is in line with the Project’s thrust in
ensuring that reliable infrastructures are put up where it is needed,” OΓ±ate
added.
Aside from FMR projects, small infrastructure
subprojects were also pipelined amounting to P151.09 million. These subprojects
include construction of warehouses and solar dryers, as well as infrastructure
support to PRDP’s enterprise development subprojects.
Meanwhile, there are also pipelined five FMR
projects with bridge component, four irrigation subprojects and 2 potable water
supply (PWS) systems subprojects.
Currently, 26 subprojects classified under small
infrastructure are undergoing procurement process.
Under PRDP’s infrastructure or I-BUILD component,
proposals for infrastructure subprojects must be identified as critical
intervention in the priority commodity investment plans (PCIP) of the
provincial LGU.
During the last I-BUILD coordination meeting, it
was disclosed that pipelined subprojects total to P25 billion. Mindanao owns
the largest percentage in cost for the whole portfolio with 30 percent.
“These pipelined subprojects will still be
validated to ensure that it meets the requirements and standards set by the
Project before they are elevated to the next level of approval,” OΓ±ate said.
He added that the Project will also ensure that an
Operation and Maintenance Audit System is installed to strengthen monitoring of
the various subprojects’ implementation. (PSO Mindanao/PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog News: Agusan river nagsisimula muli and
pagtaas dahil sa patuloy na pag-ulan
Ni Venus L. Garcia
LUNGSOD NG BUTUAN, Marso 10 (PIA) - Dahil sa
malakas na pag-ulan na nararanasan simula pa ng nakaraang mga araw dulot ng
isang Low Pressure Area at Tail-End of a Cold Front, tumaas na ang tubig sa
Agusan river na umabot na sa 3.05 meters ngayong alas tres ng hapon ayon sa
City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council o CDRRMC ng Butuan.
Sa kasalukuyan ay umabot na sa hangang beywang ang
tubig sa may barangay Banza, Buhangin, Baan Riverside, Maug, Golden Ribbon,
Mahogany, Obrero at iba pang mababang barangay ng lungsod. Bagamat ang pagtaas
ng tubig ay karaniwan na sa mga nakatira dito, patuloy namang nakaalerto ang
pamahalaang lokal sa anumang maaring maging pinsala ng ulan sa nasabing mga
barangays.
Sa tala ng CDRRMC, may 303 ka pamilya o 1,126 na
individual ang lumikas na sa kani-kanilang tirahan at kasalukuyan nang nasa
designated evacuation centers.
Sa lungsod ng Surigao, ilang low-lying barangays
din ang binaha dahil na rin sa pagtaas ng tubig sa Surigao river. Nasa alert
level one pa rin ang lungsod at kanselado pa rin ang klase sa pre-school level.
Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and
Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)-Surigao, umabot na sa 12.6
millimeters ang naitalang accumulated rainfall level ng lungsod kaninang umaga.
Nakaalerto na rin ang mga tauhan ng CDRRMC sa Surigao kung saka-sakaling
kailanganin na magpatupad ng karampatang aksyon.
Samantala, sa Agusan del Sur ay bahagya nang humupa
ang tubig-baha sa ilang apektadong barangay. Ngunit patuloy pa ring
binabantayan ng provincial DRRMC ng Agusan del Sur ang pinangangambahang
pagtaas na naman ng tubig sa Agusan river dahil sa malakas na ulan sa
Compostela Valley province. (JPG/VLG/PIA-Caraga)
