TESDA Agusan Norte
chief reminds personnel on the workplace
By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, June 30 -- Acting Provincial Director Liza B. Budtan of the
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)-Agusan del Norte
Provincial Office reminded all personnel to strictly adhere the workplace
guidance for the new normal.
Speaking before the personnel of the provincial office during the
Provincial Quality Management Committee (PQMC) meeting held recently here, Dir.
Budtan emphasized the need of the personnel to religiously follow the
guidelines issued by TESDA Sec. Isidro S. LapeΓ±a so that health of the
personnel as well as the clients will not be places to risk, especially that
the City of Butuan was placed back to Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine
after the number of COVD-19 cases increased in the previous days.
“Though the said guidelines were already discussed with the personnel
upon receiving the TESDA Circular 055, series of 2020 re: TESDA Workplace
Guidelines for the New Normal,” it is but necessary that personnel should be
always reminded of the do’s and don’ts in dealing with clients especially these
times,” Dir. Budtan stressed.
Dir. Budtan further said, the TESDA Circular is composed of eight
guidelines that will surely be taken into consideration as the personnel is
dealing with different types of clients daily.
The official underscored the importance of wearing face masks. She added
the provincial office has already implemented a “No Face Mask, No Entry” policy
immediately after the city was placed in community quarantine in March. “We
made sure that all personnel as well as our clients have followed this policy.
Just recently, Dir. Budtan said all clients who wish to transact with
the provincial office must be subjected to no-contact thermal scanning. She
pointed out that as per TESDA Guidelines, person/s whose temperature reading is
37.5 degrees and above and those suffering from fever, flu, cough, and colds shall
not be allowed to enter. All operating units in the RCPOTI are required to
purchase thermal scanners.
“Actually, those who will enter the provincial office have undergone two
times no-contact thermal scanning since the provincial LGU is also conducting thermal
scanning to those who enter the provincial capitol premises where the
TESDA-Agusan del Norte Provincial Office is located at the back of the capitol
building,” she said.
As of June 29, 2020, the Department of Health (DOH) Center for Health
Development (CHD) Caraga posted in their Facebook page a total of 138 COVID-19
confirmed cases in Caraga Region with Butuan City as the second highest in the
region next to Surigao del Norte with 34 and 35, respectively. (TESDA-Agusan
del Norte/PIA Agusan del Norte)
DOH Caraga announces
22 new COVID-19 cases
BUTUAN CITY, June 30 – The Department of Health (DOH) Caraga announced
on Monday, 152 RT-PCR (Real-Time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain
Reaction) results received from Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC)
sub-national laboratories.
Of the said RT-PCR results received, 120 tested negative while 32 turned
positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) virus.
The negative RT-PCR results are from a) Three follow-up tests of
previously confirmed cases, b) Four suspect cases, c) Eight probable cases, and
d) results coming from high-risk individuals who either have turned positive in
the Rapid Antibody-based Test or with relevant travel and exposure to COVID-19.
As revealed, 32 samples are RT-PCR confirmed positive for COVID-19: a)
Ten follow-up tests of previously confirmed cases and b) Twenty-two (22) new
cases.
Of the 22 cases, 81.82% (18) are Locally Stranded Individuals, 9.09% (2)
Returning Overseas Filipinos, 9.1% (2) one is a health worker while the other
has a history of travel to an area with local transmission. As to sex
distribution, 54.55% (12) are females while 45.45% (10) are males. For age
group, 50% belong to ages 20-30 years old. Cases are distributed in the
following areas: Butuan City (1), Cabadbaran City (2), municipalities in Agusan
del Norte- Buenavista (1), Carmen (2), Jabonga (1), and Nasipit (2),
municipalities in Agusan del Sur- Esperanza (1), Loreto (1), Prosperidad (2),
and Sibagat (1), municipalities in Surigao del Norte- Alegria (1), Del Carmen
(1), Mainit (1), Tubod (1), Bislig City (1), and municipalities of Surigao del
Sur- Carmen (2), Lingig (1).
“Based on the data at hand, we documented a steadily increase of cases
with the highest number on the 25th morbidity week since January. As of this
time, 70.29% (97) of our confirmed cases are coming from the LSIs, 13.04% (18)
are ROFs, and 16.67% (23) are health workers and individuals who traveled to
areas with local transmission,” DOH Caraga Regional Director Jose R. Llacuna,
Jr. said.
Majority of the cases (20) are asymptomatic (90.91%) while two or 9.09%
have mild symptoms. All cases are admitted and isolated at designated
quarantine facilities region wide for monitoring and management.
“We are decisive with our containment strategies together with the
Regional Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Disease (RIATF-EID) and
the Regional Task Force COVID-19 One Caraga Shield bodies," Dr. Llacuna
said.
"Areas with two or more recently confirmed cases should strictly
follow quarantine and isolation protocols. For areas with at least one or one
case, should still adhere to the health standards and physical distancing
practices. We need to do this because these approaches can reduce further
spread of the virus. Likewise, we also need to protect the vulnerable groups
like our elderlies, children and those with pre-existing medical condition; and
sustain capacity of critical and isolation beds, as well as protect our
frontliners and health care workers,” the health chief added.
As of this time, Caraga region now has a total of 138 confirmed positive
COVID-19 cases. (DOH Caraga/PIA Caraga)
Probinsya sa Dinagat
Islands mihatag og level 3 water system sa Basilisa
By Susil D. Ragas
SAN JOSE, Dinagat Islands, Hunyo 30 (PIA) -- Ang probinsya sa Dinagat
Islands mitunol bag-ohay pa lamang sa level 3 water system didto sa Barangay
Coring, lungsod sa Basilisa, ning probinsya.
Ang maong level 3 water system nga kantidad kapin kon kulang P4.4 milyon
gipaningkamotan sa lokal nga pangagamhanan sa probinsya ubos sa liderato ni
Gobernador Kaka Bag-ao agig tubag usab sa dugay ng problema sa tubig sa mga
lumolupyo sa maong baryo.
Si Gob. Bag-ao pinaagi sa iyang gahum isip gobernador mipagawas og Executive
Order No. 1 series of 2019 nga magbuhat og usa ka Water Resources Management
Council sa probinsya isip primerong lakang aro matuman ang maong water system.
Sa iyang bahin, si Punong Barangay Ernesto P. Dialde uban sa iyang mga
konsehal ug mga residente sa naasoy nga barangay madasigon nga nagpasalamat nga
natuman na gyud an dugay na nilang gidamgo ug gipangandoy nga makabton sa maong
water system ug iya usab gihatag ang pasalig kang Gob. Kaka nga ila kining
ampingan ug amomahon.
Sigon pa niya dako og katabang si Gob. Kaka sa ilang barangay isip
katimbayayong sa mga proyekto sa pagpalambo ug tungod sa karon nga panahon dili
na sila maabot sa layong dapit alang sa pagpangabo og tubig ilabi na sa
ilimnon.
Dugang pa Punong Barangay Dialde nga kaniadto nakatagamtam sila ug ½
kilometer nga dalan gikan sa ilang barangay padulong sa reservoir nga kab-anan
sa tubig og sa kadugay sa panahon gikan pa sa iyang pagkabata hangtod karon nga
niabot sa iyang pangidaron karon pa niya natagamtaman ug nakita nga wala na maglisod
ang ilang barangay sa pagpangabo, mahitungod kay ang tubig anaa na sa tugkaran
sa tagsa-tagsa nila ka panimalay.
Ang turn over ceremony gitambungan nila Gobernador Kaka Bag-ao uban sila
DPWH Resident Engineer Jonecie G. Glico, Board Members Anna Lyn C. Dilade ug
Noli B. Abis.
Sigon pa kang Kapitan Dialde dako ug katabang si Gob. Kaka sa ilang
barangay isip katimbayayong sa mga proyekto sa pagpalambo ug tungod sa karon
nga panahon dili na sila maabot sa layong dapit alang sa pagpangabo ug tubig
ilabi na sa ilimnon. Kaniadto nakatagamtam sila ug ½ kilometer nga dalan gikan
sa ilang barangay padulong sa reservoir nga kab-anan sa tubig ug sa kadugay sa
panahon gikan pa sa iyang pagkabata hangtod karon nga niabot sa iyang
pangidaron karon pa niya natagamtaman ug nakita nga wala na maglisod ang ilang
barangay sa pagpangabo, mahitungod kay ang tubig anaa na sa tugkaran sa
tagsa-tagsa nila ka panimalay.
Sa laing bahin, atol sa gihimong turnover ceremony niadtong Hunyo 25,
2020, ang lokal nga pangagamhanan pinaagi sa buhatan sa Provincial Community
Affairs Office (PCAO) sa panguna ni Jay Benitez nagtunol usab og tseke ngadto
sa Barangay Poblacion ug Barangay Coring nga nagkantidad og ₱50,000 kada barangay isip financial assistance sa pagpalit sa fiber
glass board with ring sa Barangay Poblacion ug roofing and tiling sa Bacwasa
Office sa Barangay Coring lungsod sa Basilisa. (Susil D. Ragas/Dinagat
Islands-PIO/PIA-Dinagat Islands)
