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==Malls in QC to have bloodletting booths==
*Source:http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=51812
*Wednesday, August 31, 2011
:by  Alfred Guiang (RJB/AKG- PIA-NCR/QC-PIO)
QUEZON CITY, August 31 (PIA) -- The Quezon City health department is eyeing malls in its bid to extend the city’s efforts in encouraging people to donate blood especially for dengue patients and those with high-risk illnesses.
The QC government is coordinating with heads of different malls in QC as it is set to put up blood donation booths at three SM malls-- SM North Edsa, Cubao, and Fairview, and at Trinoma and Ever Gotesco - Commonwealth. This is according to city health officer Dr. Antonieta Inumerable. The city health department regularly conducts mass blood donation activities at the QC Hall and district health centers.
The QC government has been active in the information campaign against dengue which stresses the importance of maintaining cleanliness and sanitation of the community. This, in turn, would help reduce the number of potential breeding grounds for the dengue-carrying mosquitoes, which usually thrive on stagnant water.
From August 1 to 20, the epidemiology and surveillance unit of the city health department reported about 3,948 dengue cases, with 29 death cases. This year’s cases registered a 125.2 percent change in the number of cases as compared with the same period last year.
Barangays registering the most number of dengue cases are Bagbag, San Bartolome, Commonwealth, Batasan Hills, Gulod, Holy Spirit, Sauyo, Sta. Monica, and Novaliches Proper.
To date, the city health department has declared the areas of Bagbag, San Bartolome, Novaliches Proper, in District II, and Barangays Pansol and Matandang Balara, in District III and Barangay Bahay-Toro, in District I, as dengue hotspots.
In addition, larvitraps were also set up in some barangays to alert the public on the index of mosquitoes. Likewise, an ovilarvicidal traps from the Department of Science and Technology were set up in the dengue hotspots to control the density of the dengue-carrying mosquitoes.
Institutions and hospitals to benefit from the QC expanded bloodletting drive are the Philippine Blood Center, Lung Center of the Philippines, Phil. Heart Center, St. Luke’s Medical Center, QC General Hospital, and the Quirino Memorial Medical Center in Proj. 4, which have registered the most number of confinement for dengue cases.
==Informal settlers ready to barricade EDSA anew ==
*Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/08/30/11/informal-settlers-ready-barricade-edsa-anew
*Wednesday, August 30, 2011
: (abs-cbnNEWS.com)
QUEZON CITY, Philippines - Informal settlers in Quezon City warned Tuesday that they are ready to barricade EDSA again if the government pushes through with their relocation.
Estrelieta Bagasbas, chairperson of an urban poor group in San Roque, North Triangle, Quezon City, said they have been on high alert since August 27 following a deadline set by the city government for their relocation to Rodriguez, Rizal.
In September last year, the informal settlers had a pitched battle with police last year, resulting in a violent confrontation that spilled into EDSA.
"We have designed every aspect of our barricades to thwart any attempt by NHA and the police to demolish our community," Bagasbas said.
"We expect public commuters to understand us for we don't have choice for this government has already turned deaf to our legitimate demands. Barricading EDSA will remain essential as thousands of urban poor remain as victims to the government's failure to address the housing problem in urban centers," she claimed.
Relocation houses sold
:After the 2010 demolition attempt, some 5,000 families voluntarily transferred to Rodriguez, Rizal and San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan.
:However, half of the them returned to the slum area after selling their housing units, according to urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap.
:Bagbasbas confirmed this, describing the act as "righteous."
:"We'll make sure Aquino will regret it if his government continues in demolishing our homes," she said.
:Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista, meanwhile, has reportedly extended the deadline for the informal settlers' relocation.
==Thousand young hopefuls take PMA entrance test ==
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=51512
*Monday, August 29, 2011
: by Jell E. Guzman(AFP/RJB/JEG-PIA-NCR)
QUEZON CITY, Aug. 29 (PIA) -- More than 800 young hopefuls yesterday braved the rains and trooped to Ramon Magsaysay High School in Cubao, Quezon City to take the Philippine Military Academy Entrance Examination along with hundreds of young candidates from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
“This is a significant day for the Filipino youth,” said PMA Superintendent Major General Nonato Alfredo T. Peralta Jr.
According to the PMA, an estimated 12,000 applicants have applied for this year’s entrance exam which is higher compared to last year's total applicants of 11,428.
Likewise, application via regular mail for this year has increased by 63 percent or 1,864 compared to last year’s 1,143 applications. Additional testing centers were also set up in Bontoc, Mountain Province and Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat.
The young hopefuls underwent selection process for a chance to serve the country in the noble profession of arms.
Successful candidates will be eligible to a four-year full-scholarship program aimed at transforming them into future leaders of the Armed Forces.
Imbued with nationalism, patriotism and strong ethical values in addition to the traditional skills and knowledge of soldiery, these attributes will help the future officers to be protectors of the people and the land, as well as carry on positive changes in the society.
“This event recognizes the hope of our country in our youth and the value of their idealism in nation building. It is also a clear response to their desire to serve our motherland,” added Peralta.
==NHCP backs transfer of Tandang Sora remains ==
*Source:http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php/news/metro/12202-nhcp-backs-transfer-of-tandang-sora-remains
*Sunday, August 28, 2011 00:00
: by Cory Martinez
THE Quezon City government has found a strong ally with the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) on its pursuit for the transfer of the remains of the Grand Old Lady of the Katipunan, Melchora Aquino, from Himlayang Pilipino to the Tandang Sora Shrine.
This was learned after the NHCP has expressed willingness to support the QC government’s interest to pursue the transfer of the heroine’s remains in order to gain congressional approval for its exhumation.
Mayor Herbert Bautista said that there is a need to transfer the remains of Tandang Sora since Himlayang Pilipino was not included in the list of NHCP’s national historical shrines and the failure of the memorial park’s administration to provide the city government with valid documents supporting claims that the heroine should remain buried at Himlayang Pilipino.
Tandang Sora’s remains were transferred to Himlayang Pilipino in 1970.
According to Architect Veronica Dado, chief of NHCP’s historical sites and education division, only an act of Congress would force the transfer of Tandang Sora’s remains.
==DOH Sec says DOST studying healing properties of 'Tawa-Tawa' herb ==
*Source:http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=51307
*Saturday, August 27, 2011
:by Andrea Renevera-Bancud
QUEZON CITY, August 27 (PIA) -- Department of Health Secretary Enrique T. Ona said that the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is still in the process of studying the herbal plant Tawa-Tawa as a potential cure against dengue.
In yesterday’s Communication and News Exchange Forum (CNEX) of Philippine Information Agency (PIA), Sec.Ona said, “Mukhang ma-I-isolate na ang active ingredient sa tawa-tawa (It seems like the active ingredient in tawa-tawa will soon be isolated).”
He admitted that the said herbal plant Tawa-Tawa or Euphorbia Hirta may have some medicinal potential against dengue.
The scientific method of forming a medicine according to Ona, is finding the active component in the plant, isolating it and from there, a more concentrated form of medicine can be made.
According to anecdotal reports, drinking boiled water with tawa-tawa leaves can cure dengue patients. Sec. Ona, however, cautioned the public against self-medication, especially to cure dengue fever.
On reports that there is already a tablet form of tawa-tawa in the market, Ona said he would like to see it for himself, if there is such.
Meanwhile, new reports from Zambia and Uganda says the chemical, Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) is once again becoming effective against certain types of mosquitoes. This prompted some to think that DDT can be used against Dengue-carrying mosquitoes. But Secretary Ona said it is not advisable to use DDT because it has toxic effects on human and it oftentimes causes resistance to mosquitoes.
==PNoy confers outstanding public servants ==
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=51113
*Friday, August 26, 2011
:by Jell E. Guzman(AFP/RJB/JEG-PIA-NCR)
QUEZON CITY, August 26 (PIA) –- President Benigno S. Aquino III led today a Joint Conferment Ceremonies at the Rizal Hall in Malacañang Palace.
The President conferred the winners of the 2011 Metrobank Foundation, Inc. and Rotary Club of the Philippines, The Outstanding Philippine Soldiers (TOPS), Country’s Outstanding Policemen in Service (COPS) and Search for Outstanding Teachers (SOT).
Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Eduardo Oban said these exceptional soldiers, police and teachers will definitely serve as an inspiration, embodying the noble commitment to serve the Filipino nation.
“I am confident that more will be motivated to continue doing commendable performance of their vowed duties and responsibilities to our country,” added Oban.
Meanwhile, the winners will also participate in a series of events. A joint TOPS and COPS Winners’ Forum will be held on August 27, 2011.
Conferment Ceremonies of Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos (TOPS, COPS and SOT Awardees) is slated on September 5, 2011.
Likewise, the Metrobank Outstanding Filipinos awardees will also make a courtesy call at the House of Representatives on September 6, 2011, while the TOPSOLDIERS Winners’ Forum is slated on September 7, 2011.
The annual search is a joint undertaking of the Rotary Club of New Manila East and the Metrobank Foundation, implemented in close coordination with the Philippine National Police.
The prestigious award is given to the noble men and women in the public service in recognition of their shared responsibility among to the community.
Established in 1979, the Metrobank Foundation is the corporate social responsibility arm of the Metrobank Group founded by its chairman Dr. George S.K. Ty with the theme Excel, Engage, Empower.
Over the years, Metrobank Foundation has promoted a culture of excellence among Filipinos through its various programs, such as the C.O.P.S., Search for Outstanding Teachers, Metrobank Art and Design Excellence, The Outstanding Philippine Soldier, the Metrobank Math Challenge and College Scholarship Program.
The Foundation also engages its partners and awardees in different activities geared towards giving back to the society. Through these initiatives, the Metrobank Foundation empowers its awardees and partners to become better citizens of the community.
==Dialysis clinics for QC proposed==
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/332053/dialysis-clinics-qc-proposed
*Thursday, August 25, 2011, 5:31pm
:By CHITO A. CHAVEZ
MANILA, Philippines — A Quezon City councilor has proposed an ordinance seeking the establishment of a dialysis clinic in five health centers in the city.
Councilor Jessica Castelo Daza of the fourth district said that if her proposal is approved, the dialysis clinics will also be equipped with x-ray facilities and chemotheraphy rooms.
With the rising number of patients with renal diseases, Daza said the costly dialysis treatment could be a burden to families whose members need the treatment.
The Quezon City Health Department plans to establish dialysis clinics in Toro Hills Health Center, Dona Narcisa Health Center, Escopa Health Center, Arsenia Maximo Super Health Center and Kamuning Super Health Center.
Daza said the Quezon City government first needs to secure a license to operate dialysis clinics from the Department of Health (DoH) before the city can set up such clinics.
==What's new with the AFP?==
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=50775
*Wednesday, August 24, 2011
:by Gideon M Gapayao(PND GMG-PIA GHQ)
QUEZON CITY, August 24 (PIA) -- Armed Forces of the Philippines Commodore Jose Miguel Rodriguez will be interviewed at DZRB Talking Points on AFP National Development Support Command (NADESCOM) programs and projects.
NADESCOM, which is mandated to conduct development programs in underdeveloped, depressed, and conflict areas is composed of enlisted army, navy, and air force personnel.
A NADESCOM medical and dental mission together with the Armed Forces Reserve Command and Quezon City Health Department earlier this month is one of the institution’s various development programs. Three military reservist dentists, two military doctors, and civilian doctors provided BP testing, ECG, X-Ray, ultrasound, pediatric and dental services during the mission at Fairview Quezon City last August 9.
Department of Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin also signed a memorandum of agreement with Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon Soliman to formalize social welfare and development programs done by both parties. The DND will support DSWD through NADESCOM especially for services in conflict-affected areas.
Commodore Rodriguez’s interview will be aired in DZRB Radyo ng Bayan at the Philippine Information Agency from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., August 25.
==Nutrition Awards promotes nutrition projects and breastfeeding advocacy==
*Source:http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=50441
*Tuesday, August 23, 2011
:by Alfred Kristoffer Guiang(RJB/AKG- PIA-NCR)
QUEZON CITY, August 23 (PIA) -- Nutrition being the primordial driving force toward having intelligent, healthy, and productive citizens in a progressive world, served as the central theme during the Regional Nutrition Awarding Ceremony (RNAC) held August 18 at the Shangri-La Hotel in Mandaluyong City.
In due recognition of the invaluable service of nutrition scholars as well as the individual nutrition programs of the local government units in Metro Manila, the Regional Nutrition Committee awarded several prizes to outstanding performances.
Mandaluyong City Mayor Benjamin Abalos praised the efforts of the participating areas in NCR for giving importance to the nutrition awareness initiative of the National Nutrition Council. He also encouraged his constituents to uphold their dedication for the city’s nutrition advocacy as Mandaluyong was awarded the Most Outstanding LGU in Nutrition Implementation and Management.
Office of Political Affairs Assistant Secretary Rolando Cuccio underscored the importance of nutrition in the mental and intellectual development of children who will eventually be the economy’s driving force. “Kamalayan at karunungan kaugnay sa nutrisyon ay mahalaga dahil ito ang nagtataguyod ng maunlad na pamayanan,” Cuccio added.
Nutrition programs, according to Department of Health Secretary Enqirue Ona, through his representative DOH Undersecretary Gerardo Bayugo, acknowledged the nutrition-related services done in each LGU in Metro Manila. He noted the dedication and ingenuity of Filipino civil servants in implementing nutrition initiatives that would be lead the road toward progress.
Ona added that teamwork is necessary in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals as well as the Aquino administration’s goals for the country. “Kailangan ang sama-samang pagkilos upang makamit ang MDG at ang Universal Health program ng Pangulo,” Ona said.
The awarding ceremony also served as venue to emphasize the advocacy on breastfeeding of the Nutrition Council.
Mothers must breastfeed their children as this is one way of solving malnutrition among children. Breastfeeding, too, is seen as the best food for infants to achieve optimum physical, mental, and intellectual growth.
The Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC), led by this its chairman Dr. Eduardo Janairo, has been active in engaging LGUs in their active implementation, management, and innovation of nutrition projects to promote healthy living among their constituents.
The Regional Nutrition Evaluating Team, chaired by Philippine Information Agency’s Lucia Broño, took the lead in evaluating the nutrition programs of the various LGUs in the National Capital Region and select the most outstanding and effective programs.
==25,000 informal settlers get houses==
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/331634/25000-informal-settlers-get-houses
*Monday, August 22, 2011 3:28pm
:By CHITO A. CHAVEZ
MANILA, Philippines — The Quezon City government Monday said it will award 25,000 housing units in the National Housing Authority (NHA) relocation sites to the city’s informal settlers especially those living in areas listed as danger zones.
Ramon Asprer, head of the city’s Urban Poor Affairs Office (UPAO) said the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is in the midst of validating the master list of informal settlers to ensure that qualified beneficiaries are immediately relocated after the submission of the list to the NHA.
He added that the NHA has allotted 25,000 housing units for the city’s squatter families mostly those affected by the demolition of illegal structures and shanties located near transmission lines, sidewalks, esteros and major waterways.
Mayor Herbert Bautista stressed that the city government will continue to push the city’s advocacy for housing for local residents in need of decent homes to live in.
“We will do our best to fulfill our promise to relocate families living in danger zones,” Bautista said.
He also directed city legal officer Christian Valencia to inquire from the Department of Finance, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and Philippine Deposit Insurance Company the status of the 80-hectare Banco Filipino property in Barangay Payatas, a site that could accommodate 24,000 housing units once it is turned into a housing project by the local government.
Bautista said he expects thousands of the city’s informal settlers to benefit from the housing units being offered to them by NHA. Aside from the NHA housing project, the city government is also offering two other options for informal settlers to choose from.
Two other options are to resettle in the city’s socialized housing units either in Payatas, a housing project to be built by Habitat for Humanity or Kaligayahan by Phinma Properties and the “Balik Probinsya” program.
Under the socialized housing project, Phinma is set to construct more than 800 housing units at the Arce homesite in Barangay Kaligayan while the Habitat for Humanity will build almost 400 units at the Oviedo homesite in Payatas.
Bautista added that more policemen, teachers, firemen, jail officers and other government employees could avail themselves of the city’s socialized housing once it is completed next year.
The mayor expects the bulk of informal settler’s families living in danger zones to be accommodated in the NHA housing sites either in San Jose Del Monte or in Montalban (Rodriguez, Rizal).
He also ordered to fast track the development of the city’s big socialized housing projects, the first ever in the history of local government units in line with his pro-poor program of building housing communities for the city’s underprivileged residents.
As this developed, with the heavy rains prevailing in the metropolis, a Quezon City councilor asked the city’s informal dwellers living near the danger zones to voluntarily vacate the area for their safety.
Councilor Jimmy Borres of the third district of Quezon City said that squatters’ cooperation is necessary to avert untoward incidents like deaths or serious injuries in times of natural calamities.
He reminded them that by being law abiding citizens “they are doing the country a great deal of service’’ since a huge burden of the emergency and rescue groups are stricken off their shoulders.
“Malaking bagay ang maitutulong ng mga mahal natin kababayan kung makikipagtulungan sila sa pamahalaan. Kaya po nagsusumaamo po ako para sa inyong kaligtasan na lisanin niyo nap o ng kusa ang mga lugar na malapit sa daang tubig lalo na ngayong panahon ng tag-ulan, (It would be a big help if the citizens cooperates with the government. I’m appealing to you to voluntarily leave the danger zone this rainy season for your safety’’) Borres noted.
Borres called on informal settlers to cooperate and submit themselves to the census by the National Statistics Office and other legal authorities to facilitate the granting of assistance to legitimate beneficiaries.
Joselito Cabungcal, chief of the Quezon City Engineering Department (QCED, said that his team’s efforts to clean the canals, creeks, rivers and other waterways are hampered by the presence of illegal structures. He noted that collecting household and industrial discards from the drainage systems and waterways would have been much easier without the illegally-constructed structures near the danger zones.
==Strict enforcement of bus tagging scheme starts Monday-MMDA==
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=50108
*Sunday, August 21, 2011
:by Lucy F. Broño(PIA-NCR/RJB/LFB)
QUEZON CITY, August 21 (PIA) -- The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will start the strict implementation of bus tagging scheme of metro Manila buses tomorrow.
First time violators will be fined P500 while second time violators will face cancellation or suspension of their franchises.
The implementation of the bus tagging scheme started on August 15 and a one week dry run was given where apprehended violators were only given warnings.
MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino said, “We will now start with the very strict enforcement of the bus tagging scheme. Any city bus caught violating will be meted with appropriate sanctions."
The tagging scheme will expand to other public utility vehicle including school shuttle services, taxis, provincial buses, and cargo trucks plying the major and secondary metro roads by October.
Under the tagging scheme, the number of the license plates of the PUVs will be painted prominently on the roof, front, back, and sides following a color code to facilitate tracking and identification of traffic violators through CCTV cameras posted in different strategic places of Metro Manila.
The tagging scheme was approved by the Metro Manila Council (MMC) composed of the 17 mayors of the National Capital Region last February and was supposed to be implemented last July.
The scheme is a re-implementation of a 2002 resolution authorizing the MMDA to implement vehicle tagging on all registered and franchised utility vehicles plying the major and secondary roads of the metro.
==QC Mayor vows to continue Quezon’s housing program for poor==
==QC Mayor vows to continue Quezon’s housing program for poor==
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=49970
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=49970
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