DILG-Mimaropa: bilang ng mga nakapasa sa SGLG ngayong 2017, dumami

Dumami ngayong 2017 ang bilang ng mga nakapasa sa Seal of Good Local Governance o SGLG sa Mimaropa. 

Ayon kay DILG Assist. Regional Director Karl Caesar Rimando,  14 na lokal na pamahalaan ang nakapasa noong nakaraang taon at ngayon ay umabot na sa 20. 

Ang mga 2017 SGLG passer na pinararangalan sa mga oras na ito sa Maynila  ay ang Oriental Mindoro; ang mga lungsod ng Puerto Prinsesa at Calapan;  Gloria, Naujan, Pinamalayan, San Teodoro at Socorro sa Oriental Mindoro;  Abra de Ilog, Calintaan, Lubang, Sablayan at San Jose sa Occidental Mindoro; Magdiwang, Odiongan, Romblon at San Andres ng Romblon; Brooke's Point, Narra at Sofronio Espanola ng Palawan.

Ang Brooke's Point ay mayroong Special Distinction dahil sa pagkakapasa sa tatlong magkakasunod na taon sa SGLG.

Bawat isang nakapasang lokal na pamahalaan, nagpakita ng prinsipiyo ng katapatan, kahusayan at integridad sa kanilang paninilbihan sa mga kababayan, ay tatanggap ng ayuda mula sa Performance Challenge Fund para sa kanilang mga development project.

Ang ayuda ay nagkakahalaga sa pagitan ng 2 - 3 milyong piso.#

24 Nobyembre 2017

Kampanya kotra iligal na droga, palalakasin sa barangay

Nakatakdang pag-usapan sa nalalapit na Barangay Assembly sa buong bansa ang isyu ng bawal na gamot.

Ayon kay James Fadrilan, regional director (RD) ng Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) - Mimaropa, karamihan ng mga insidente na may kinalaman sa iligal na droga ay nasa mga barangay.

"Mayroon hong dapat itayo ang barangay, kung tawagin ay Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council. Para ho ang paglaban sa barangay level ay maisakatuparan. Malaki po (ang papel ng mga kababayan sa barangay)...sila po ang pwedeng makapagbigay ng impormasyon: kung nasaan ba itong pushers, users, na involved sa iligal na droga," sabi ni RD Fadrilan.

Kung walang impormasyong magagamit, sinabi ni RD Fadrilan na hindi matutukoy kung sino sino ang sangkot sa iligal na gawain.

Ang Barangay Assembly ay dalawang beses sa isang taon ginagawa ng mga barangay.

Sa asembliya iniuulat ng mga pinuno kung anong mga proyektong pinaglaanan ng pondong nalikom sa kita ng kanilang barangay.

" Ang nakapaloob doon ay yung kanilang accomplishment noong second semester ng 2015. Kasama dun ang kanilang financial report..."ani RD Fadrilan.

Para kay RD Fadrilan, ang asembliya ang "pagkakataon (ng mga kababayan) para makapagtanong sa kanilang mga opisya" hinggil sa mga proyektong naipatupad o aktibidad na napaglaanan ng pondo.

Ang nalalapit na Barangay Assembly ay gaganapin ngayong Sabado, ika-26 ng Marso.

Kaugnay nito, pupuntahan ni RD Fadrilan ang Barangay Lapu-lapu, ang napiling showcase barangay sa Mimaropa.

Ang Barangay Lapu-lapu ay matatagpuan sa Santa Cruz, Marinduque. 

Alamin ang iba pang detalye sa nalalapit na Barangay Assembly, tingnan sa http://bit.ly/1PsJiiG at http://bit.ly/1ZvoZsz. 

BADAC: strengthening drug abuse prevention in the barangays

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is calling on kababayans living in Mimaropa to participate in the upcoming Barangay Assembly.

The assembly is held twice a year (semestral) by barangay leaders, across the country including Mimaropa, to report their accomplishments to their constituents.

Likewise, the assembly provides the venue for kababayans to ask or inquire how barangay funds were alloted and spent

Among the topics to be tackled in the assembly is the establishment of Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Councils otherwise known as BADAC.

DILG-Mimaropa Regional Director (RD) James Fadrilan said drug trade incidents occur in barangays and putting up a BADAC will intensify the campaign against illegal drug trade in the neighborhood.

RD Fadrilan underscored the important role of civilians in the campaign against illegal drugs: by providing critical information on suspected pushers and users.

The Barangay Assembly is scheduled this Saturday, March 26. 

Learn more about the Barangay Assemblies, see http://bit.ly/1PsJiiG and http://bit.ly/1ZvoZsz.

DOH asks parents to help protect children from intestinal worm infections

The Department of Health (DOH)  is encouraging parents of 5 to 12 year old children in public elementary schools to participate in the nationwide Oplan Goodbye Bulate (worm).

The region will kick-off the campaign on Wednesday at the  Jagmis Memorial Elementary School  and San Pedro Central School, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan.

Soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) or infections from intestinal worms may lead to cognitive impairment and malnutrition among children.

“School children harbor the highest load of infection that is why it is imperative to provide them the most effective measure to eliminate it by administering Albendazole, a 400 milligram chewable deworming drug for children, which is efficient and cost-effective” DOH Mimaropa Regional Director Eduardo C. Janairo said.

Director Janairo clarified that "deworming tablets will be given to children who will present a parent’s consent duly accomplished by their parent or guardian. Teachers were  advised to provide the drug to children who have taken their meals to avoid complication and serious adverse effect from the medicine.”

Adverse reactions such as allergy, mild abdominal pain and diarrhea may manifest within the first 10 hours after ingestion of the deworming drug.

But Director Janairo assured that these adverse reactions are "mild and transient."

Oplan Goodbye Bulate Campaign, a nationwide program implemented by DOH in partnership with the departments of Education and the Interior and Local Government,  is done twice a year simultaneously in all public elementary schools during January and July.

For Mimaropa, DOH is targeting to reach 470,947 school-based children.

Teachers and their school nurses will  provide the deworming medicine with assistance from barangay health workers and barangay nutrition scholars.

Children participating in the campaign are also expected to drilled in proper and frequent handwashing and toothbrushing. (LP)

26 January 2016

DOH, hinikayat ang mga magulang na suportahan ang Oplan Goodbye Bulate

Makikisa ang Mimaropa sa Oplan Goodbye Bulate na gaganapin ngayong Miyerkules, ika-27 ng Enero sa mga pampublikong paaralan sa elementarya.

Ang simbulong paglulunsad ng kampanya sa Mimaropa ay gaganapin sa Mateo Jagmis Memorial Elementary School at San Pedro Central School sa Puerto Princesa City, Palawan.

Nilalayon ng Oplan Goodbye Bulate ay mabigyan ng proteksyon ang mga batang lima hanggang 12 taong gulang sa mga bulate, karaniwang galing sa lupa.

Kapag may bulate sa tiyan ang bata, maaaring siyang maging malnourish.

Paliwanag ni Regional Director Eduardo C. Janairo ng Department of Health - Mimaropa,  mga bata sa paaralan ang madalas makakuha ng bulate kaya mahalagang mabigyan sila ng pamurga tulad ng Albendazole.

Ang Albendazole ay isang  400 milligramong gamot na mangunguya ng bata.

Pero paalala ni Director Janairo, ang Albendazole ay ibibigay lamang sa mga batang may dala-dalang pahintulot sa magulang at nakakain na.

Maaring makaranas ang bata ng allergy, pananakit ng tiyan o kaya ay pagtatae sa loob ng sampung oras matapos makakain ng pamurga, pero tiniyak ni Director Janairo na ang mga ito ay mawawala rin kaya walang dapat ikabahala ang mga magulang at mga guro.

Bahagi din ng kampanyang Oplan Goodbye Bulate ay sanayin ang mga bata sa wasto at madalas na paghuhugas ng kamay at pagsesepilyo.

Ang Oplan Goodbye Bulate ay isang kampanyang itinataguyod ng DOH kasama ang Department of the Interior and Local Government at ng Department of Education.

Ang mga magbibigay ng pamurgang gamot ay ang mga guro at mga nars sa paaralan at silaý aalalayan ng mga barangay health workers at barangay nutrition scholars.

Sa Hulyo ang susunod na pagbibigay na pamurga sa mga bata sa elementarya.

Para sa Mimaropa, target ng DOH na maabot ng Oplan Goodbye Bulate ang may 470,947 na mga bata sa mga paaralan. (LP)

26 Enero 2016

DOST disaster info roadshow off to SOCCSKSARGEN

Now on the homestretch, “Iba Na ang Panahon (INAP):Science for Safer Communities”  -  a collaboration between the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of the Interior and Local Government, and the Office of Civil Defense, turns  to SOCCSKSARGEN region for its second to the last leg of information and education campaigns (IECs) for disaster mitigation and preparedness.

The SOCCSKSARGEN leg will be held from May 26-27, 2014 at the KCC  Convention Center in General Santos City, South Cotabato.  The city has just re-organized its  City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council for a more effective disaster management program.

The regional IECs constitute a nationwide roadshow which began in March 2014 to arm local government units (LGUs)  with disaster information  via science-based tools  like 3D hazard maps, flood models, Project NOAH website, hazard simulation software, and mobile applications.

Provincial governors, city and municipal mayors, disaster risk reduction and city planning officers, as well as LGU consultants are expected to attend the two-day event which will focus  on local hazard risks in the region. 

According to DOST Secretary Mario G. Montejo, INAP “embraces  the change in our seasonal climate and weather patterns  and  the severity of the impact of weather-related natural hazards in the country.”

In recent years, the region, composed of the provinces of South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, and the city of General Santos, has experienced its share of natural calamities including heavy rainfall which caused flooding and landslides in 2012. The catastrophe led to the evacuation of hundreds of families in General Santos City and Alabel.  Several houses and highways were also submerged in 1-2 meters of floodwater in General Santos as  well as in Sarangani province.

Just last April 20, 2014, a twister hit Barangay Tinagacan in General Santos City, reportedly affecting eight puroks.  

Through exercises and workshops to be conducted during the IEC, participants will be able to identify hazards in their own localities such as fault lines, previous flood and storm surge episodes, and other calamities that affected and may still affect their communities especially in the face of climate change. They will also have the chance to formulate action plans in response to various  disasters  including a typhoon as destructive as Yolanda and an earthquake as powerful as  that which pummeled parts of  Visayas in October 2013.  

“Early warning leads to early action,” said Sec. Montejo. “If our local leaders are able to act early, then they will be able to minimize loss and lead their communities into early recovery.”

INAP will be capped by its National Capital Region leg set for May 29-30 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila. (STII)