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 ==[[Catanduanes News]]==
-'''Virac, Bato sign sisterhood pact with Makati City'''
+'''Health office launches Iwas-Paputok campaign'''
-*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r05&id=67551
+*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=69324
 *By: EA Bagadiong
-*''December 11, 2011''
+*''December 23, 2011''
-VIRAC, Catanduanes- The towns of Virac and Bato here signed sisterhood agreements last November 23, 2011 at the Makati City Hall with Makati.
+VIRAC, CATANDUANES- The Provincial Health Office here in Catanduanes have launched a campaign dubbed as “Aksyon: Paputok Inquiry Reduction” or APIR (give me five) for a safe, accident-free Christmas and New Year Celebration in the entire province.
-Present during the signing of the separate memorandum of agreement (MOA) were Bato Mayor Eulogio Rodriguez and Virac Mayor Jose Alberto II with the members of their respective Sangguniang Bayan and Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay Jr.
+The said campaign was launched by the Department of Health last November 2011 which aims to lessen the incidents involving the use of firecrackers and is pursuant to Republic Act No. 7183.
-The MOA will strengthen the friendship ties and mutual understanding of the local government units through exchanges in Science and Technology, Culture and Arts, Tourism, Planning and Urban Development, Commerce and Trade and Industry, Education and Sports Development, Environmental Protection, Public Health and Social Services, and other concerns.
+Under Republic Act 7183, manufacture, sale, distribution, and use of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices are regulated and controlled to ensure public safety, order and national security as well as the enhancement of the cultural traditions.
-The said towns will also benefit from the sisterhood with regards to the expected assistance from Binay which includes donation of books and multicab, scholarship grants at the University of Makati for the indigent students, calamity assistance, training programs for local officials, and on-the-job observation tours of best practices at the city of Makati to share he best practices.
+In the five reminders of APIR, the dangers of using firecrackers are emphasized especially on the hands of a child. According to DOH’s data, most victims are children aged 10 below with 330 cases last year, comprising 34 percent of the cases.
+The reminders of APIR are as follows: the use of firecrackers is dangerous, all kinds of firecrackers or similar entities are not allowed to be used by kids, keep safe from people who are using firecrackers, do not pick firecrackers that failed to blast off and go to the nearest hospital for immediate treatment if you suffered from any injury caused by firecrackers.
+In line with this, PHO is very positive that the campaign will prosper and will yield good outcomes compared to previous government campaigns to lessen the victims of firecrackers in the country.
+They also urge the public that instead of using firecrackers, people should use small trumpets and beating pots or pans to, "scare away evil spirits."
+Moreover, the local government units of the eleven towns of the province and the media are cooperating in strengthening the advocacy of the DOH against firecrackers use.
 ==Your Story about Cantanduanes, Philippines==