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 ==[[Sorsogon News]]==
-'''Bishop concerned over obscenities in FM radio'''
+==Sorsogon gets $300,000 for a 3-year anti-rabies program==
-*Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/11/14/11/bishop-concerned-over-obscenities-fm-radio
+*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=64160
-*11/14/2011 6:38 PM | Updated as of 11/14/2011 9:42 PM
+*Tuesday, November 15, 2011
-:by  abs-cbnNEWS.com
+:by   Irma A. Guhit
-MANILA, Philippines - Sorsogon Bishop Arturo Bastes is asking concerned agencies to act against FM radio stations using profane and obscene languages on their shows.
+SORSOGON CITY, November 15 (PIA) -- The Sorsogon Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) here will be a recipient of a 3-year program on Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC), a program under the Communities Against Rabies Exposure (CARE), according to provincial veterinarian Dr. Enrique Espiritu.
+Espiritu said that the program under the GARC of the American government will be funded by the UBS Optimus Foundation with $300,000 prorated on a $100,000 yearly.
-In a report from the CBCP News, Bastes said: “Dapat talagang i-monitor at parusahan ng KBP (Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas) ang mga anchor-DJ’s (disc jockeys) sa radyo na malaswa magsalita.”
+"It will facilitate the coordination of surveillance, molecular epidemiology, dog population model control, participation in health economics group and consultation for rabies prevention and control models," he said.
+Espiritu also said that this undertaking has been an offshoot of the Bohol success story that demonstrated that rabies can be eliminated and children can be saved by empowering communities to take responsibility, develop and share adequate tools for sustainability provided by global assistance and expertise.
-“Nakakahiya yan. We should use good words on air na makakatulong upang maiangat ang pagkatao at moralidad ng mga Filipino,” he said.
+Using the Bohol model, Espiritu said that the proposal of Sorsogon is to replicate this experience and make the province a sustainable rabies free area.
+He said that based on studies conducted, rabies is a disease of poverty that mainly affects children living in marginalized communities. Over 99 percent of human rabies deaths today occur in Africa and Asia as a result of being bitten by an infected dog and up to 60 percent of all dog bites and rabies deaths occur in children under 15 years of age.
-He is referring to radio programs that accept calls from the public. The DJ then gives them advice on relationships, including sex matters.
+Rabies, according to world statistics, is a life-threatening risk for over 1 billion people living in poverty across Asia and Africa.
+Espiritu said that with this program, the local government will strengthen awareness to prevent exposure to this disease by eliminating or controlling the source of infection in dog populations.
-“Some of the DJs, especially in midnight programs, are using indecent language and vulgar language, which is not good,” said Bastes.
+“Massive dog vaccination is cost effective to control rabies and sustainable than interventions aimed at humans only," he said.
+The program will also recommend the reduction of dog population to be supported by local communities and that by reducing the reproduction rate of dogs, the cost of rabies control programs will also be significantly reduced as would the incidence of public health problems associated with dogs as vectors.
-Other programs even discuss sexually-oriented topics, he said. DJs even use “double-meaning” words, he noted.
+Espiritu also expressed that this proposal to the GARC was made possible through the recommendation of former governor Sally Ante Lee and was submitted in 2009 during her incumbency but was only approved this year. (MAL/IAG, PIA Sorsogon)
 ==Photo Gallery of Sorsogon, Philippines==