40 Butuan villages placed under MECQ
By Doreen Marielle N. Rosales
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 4 (PIA) -- Forty barangays in Butuan City were placed
under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) effective August 25 to
September 7, following the continuous rise in local transmission cases in the
city.
Of the 265 cumulative confirmed cases in the city, 148 are locally
transmitted. One hundred thirty-four of these remain active.
Stated in the Executive Order No. 45 issued by the city government on
Monday, September 2, 2020 the following barangays under heightened community
quarantine: Agao; Agusan PequeΓ±o; Ambago; Ampayon, Baan Km. 3; Baan Riverside
Km. 3; Baan Riverside; Bading; Bancasi; Bayanihan; Bonbon; Buhangin;
Dagohoy; Diego Silang; Doongan; Dulag; Fort Poyohon; Golden Ribbon; Holy
Redeemer; Humabon; Imadejas; J. P. Rizal; Lapu-Lapu; Leon-Kilat; Libertad;
Limaha; Mahogany; Maon; Masao; New Society Village; Obrero; Ong Yiu;
Pangabugan; Rajah Soliman; San Ignacio; San Vicente; Sikatuna; Silongan;
Tandang Sora; Urduja; and Villa Kananga.
City Administrator Reynante Desiata stated that there have been reports
of mass gatherings among these areas, particularly in the barangays located in
the city's outskirts, hence the reimplementation of MECQ.
“Why we are doing this is because we want to limit the movement of the
people in these areas,” he said. This is also to aid contact tracing.
Meanwhile, the Department of Health (DOH) Caraga has called for the
cooperation of the public in the conduct of identifying contact persons.
Persons and entities should report and/or respond to notifiable diseases or
affected by the health event of public concern, as stated in Section 9 of the
Republic Act11332 or the Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases and Health
Events of Public Health Concern Act.
“Early detection is good for early management. Isolation can help us in
preventing the mass transmission of the disease,” DOH Caraga OIC-Assistant
Regional Director Dr. Gerna Manatad emphasized.
Non-compliance will result to a penalty of not less than P20,000 but not
more P50,000 pesos and/or imprisonment of not less than one month but not more
than six months. (DMNR/PIACaraga)
SurSur farmer commits
to continue noble job amidst COVID-19 pandemic
By Aurelius P. Arais
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 4-- The threat of COVID-19 pandemic did not hinder
farmers to produce more.
Richard Virtudazo, a corn farmer of Tago, Surigao del Sur, stands firm
and committed to continue his noble job despite the health crisis nowadays.
A chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Anahao Bag-o Farmer’s
Association, Nong Richard as fondly called by friends, was one of the
participants on the Training and Demonstration of 4-Wheel Drive Tractor held at
DA-ILD Compound, Taguibo, Butuan City on September 1, 2020.
The said training is a pre-requisite for seven farmer’s associations in
the region who were identified as recipients of a 4WD tractor, one unit each
with implements amounting to P20 million under the CY 2020 Corn and Cassava
Program.
He said that farming is their main source of livelihood and grateful
that the government is reaching their arm to help them.
“In this time of crisis, we will not stop planting because this is our
way of life, and I am thankful that DA is always there for us,” he said.
With 68 active members, Anahao Bag-o Farmer’s Association has a
cumulative area of 200 hectares alternately planted with corn and rice.
“During the wet season, we are going to plant rice and on the dry season
we will plant corn, that is why the tractor that we are going to receive from
DA is a big help in tilling our land,” Virtudazo said.
Other recipients of the 4WD tractor are the San Patricio Farmer’s
Association of La Paz, Azpetia Farmer’s Association of Prosperidad, and
Mapulian Cassava Farmer’s Association of Esperanza, Agusan del Sur; Tabok
Socorro Farmer’s Association of Socorro, Surigao del Norte; and Tubajon Cassava
Growers and Producer’s Organization of Tubajon, Province of Dinagat Islands.
“I am appealing to the recipient to take care of the machinery given by
the government so it would be maximized by the farmers at a longer period of
time,” DA Caraga Regional Technical Director Nicandro Navia, Jr. emphasized.
A ceremonial turnover was held after the training and the unit will be
delivered soon to the recipient upon compliance of the required documents.
Operating the farm tractor by himself, Regional Executive Director Abel
James I. Monteagudo of DA-Caraga highlighted one of the eight paradigms of
Secretary William D. Dar to level-up Philippine agriculture, the continued
modernization through farm mechanization. (DA-Caraga/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
40 na mga barangay sa Butuan, muling isinailalim sa MECQ
By Doreen Marielle N. Rosales
LUNGSOD NG BUTUAN, Setyembre 4 (PIA) -- Nasa 40 na barangay sa lungsod ang isinailalim muli sa modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) mula Agosto 25 hanggang Setyembre 7 kasunod ng patuloy na pagtaas ng kaso ng local transmission sa lungsod.
Sa 265 na kabuuang kumpirmadong kasong naitala, 148 dito ay locally
transmitted. Nasa 134 dito ay nananatiling active cases.
Ang sumusunod ang mga barangay na isasailalim sa MECQ, base sa Executive
Order No. 45 na inisyu ng city government noong Lunes, Setyembre 2, 2020: Agao;
Agusan PequeΓ±o; Ambago; Ampayon, Baan Km. 3; Baan Riverside Km. 3; Baan
Riverside; Bading; Bancasi; Bayanihan; Bonbon; Buhangin; Dagohoy; Diego Silang;
Doongan; Dulag; Fort Poyohon; Golden Ribbon; Holy Redeemer; Humabon; Imadejas;
J. P. Rizal; Lapu-Lapu; Leon-Kilat; Libertad; Limaha; Mahogany; Maon; Masao;
New Society Village; Obrero; Ong Yiu; Pangabugan; Rajah Soliman; San Ignacio;
San Vicente; Sikatuna; Silongan; Tandang Sora; Urduja; and Villa Kanangga.
Ayon kay City Administator Reynante Desiata, may mga ulat umano ng mass
gatherings sa mga naturang lugar, lalo na sa mga malalayong barangay kung
kaya’t kinailangan magpatupad muli ng istriktong community quarantine.
“Ginawa po namin ito upang malimitihan ang galaw ng mga residente sa
naturang lugar,” sabi ni Desiata.
Ito din ay upang mapadali ang pagsagawa ng contact tracing.
Samantala, nanawagan din ang Department of Health (DOH) Caraga sa
kooperasyon ng publiko sa pagsasagawa ng contact tracing. Bukod sa mapapadali
ang pagkilala ng mga contact persons, kabilang sa prohibited acts sa section 9
ng Republic Act11332 or the Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases and
Health Events of Public Health Concern Act, ang “non-cooperation of persons and
entities that should report and/or respond to notifiable diseases of health events
of public concern.”
“Ang maagang pagtutop sa sakit ay nakakatulong sa maagang pagpapangasiwa
nito. Nakakatulong ang isolation upang mapigilan ang kanyang malawakang
pagkalat,” pagbibigay-diin ni DOH Caraga OIC-Assistant Regional Director Dr.
Gerna Manatad.
Ang sinumang lalabag sa naturang batas ay papatawan ng penalty na P20,000 hanggang P50,000 o maaaring makulong ng hanggang anim na buwan. (DMNR/PIA-Caraga)
