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8/31/2012

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Legazpi City, Albay --- Does your pet become wild and uncontrollable, even though they normally have a friendly disposition, or do they tend to hang their tongue and continuous drooling? Well, if that so your pet is positively infected with rabies.

The Department of Health (DOH) and other public health organizations hold annual seminars to educate the people about rabies.

Dogs are the main sources of rabies in the country, which is why households are always encouraged to have their dogs vaccinated and restricted within their properties.

Since rabies is a fatal disease which can kill those who get infected with it, a person should seek treatment immediately after bitten by a rabid animal.

“If bitten by a rabid dog, make sure to get medical attention immediately. To prevent the incidence of rabies in your area, make sure to have your dogs vaccinated every year and keep them within the confines of your home or property”, veterinary officer of Legazpi City said.

According to DOH, rabies is a rampant health problem in the country, with approximately 600 citizens dying of it every year. The lack of discipline towards animal care and the fact that animals are allowed to roam around freely in the streets are the main culprits behind the high incidence of rabies in the Philippines.

The furious type of rabies is when the dog becomes restless and has difficulty in eating and drinking. It roams around aimlessly and will snap at or bite anyone who crosses its path. Of course, the most obvious and popular symptoms of rabid dog is the continuous foaming of the mouth.

On the other hand, the dumb type of rabies is the total opposite of the furious type, and symptoms include the absence of appetite and difficulty in breathing. A dog becomes depressed, lethargic and tends to hide in quiet, isolated places. Dog with this type of rabies will die suddenly without any indication beforehand. So, you better watch out.


By: Maribel Evasco

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BFP Legazpi underscores insufficiences 

8/31/2012

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Legazpi City, Albay ---The Bureau of Fire Protection is dedicated on enhancing environmental protection and creating a more business friendly environment.

BFP conducts seminars and trainings in different schools and public establishment in order for them to be aware on how to prevent this kind of calamity.

The goal of fire prevention is to educate the public to take precautions to prevent potentially harmful fires, and be educatedabout surviving them. It is a proactive method of reducing emergencies and the damage caused them.

In Legazpi City, the places which are prone to fire accident are Sabang, Pigcale, San Roque and other areas where houses are mostly crowded.

Fire safety refers to precautions that are taken to prevent or reduce the likelihood of a fire that may result in death, injury, or property damage, alert those in a structure to the presence of an uncontrollable fire in the event one occurs, better enable those threatened by a fire to survive, or to reduce the damage caused by a fire.

F/Insp. Sarena Socorro S. Tolarba stressed its station’s insufficiency in equipments along with its human resources.

“We have 6 fire trucks including 1 ambulance, but 1 of our fire trucks is under repair. And we just have 66 personnel, 9 of them undergoes in mandatory training”, Tolarba said.

 

By: Maribel Evasco

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Youth vows to make difference 

8/31/2012

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LEGAZPI CITY--Young Bicolanos pledged to commit a change for the involvement in social issues during the Albay Youth Summit yesterday at Albay Astrodome.

The one day activity was participated by four thousand youth all-over the Bicol with its neighboring provinces. It was made possible with the help of Globe Telecommunication. The opening remark was delivered by Mayor Geraldine Rosal. Vice-Governor Harold Ong Imperial gave us inspiring thoughts, that we should respect our individual differences, love ourselves to gain self-confidence, and help others to make their voices to be heard.

Mr. Jay Jaboneta was the first speaker. He is the chief storyteller and the founder of Yellow Boat project. He shared to us his struggles before he achieved his honor and prestige inside and outside of the country. He told us that there are no accidents in life. The Yellow Boat project gives hope for the kids, HOPE stands for H-harnessing your potential, O-opening your mind and your heart, P-perspiring or taking action, and E-empowering others. We, as young leaders can be a dealers of hope, like what Napoleon Bonaparte once said.

The second speaker was no other than Governor Joey Salceda. He delivered his speech in sarcastic but with emphasis on social issues not only here in Albay but to the whole nation. He was very comical but the substance or the content of his speech has a great impact to us, as his audience. He told us that we should excel more I arts, because a true progressive province can be identified by having rich in arts.

I was amazed by the next third speaker, a powerful and empowered woman, Rep. RisaHontiveros. I was stunned by her presence. She’s very pretty, tall and intelligent. Though I’m not so focused with her speech, I was really enchanted by her and fantasized to be like her someday.

Congresswoman Mitos Magsaysay was the last speaker in the morning. Even though I became bored of listening to her, I forced to be attentive because she’s very persuasive; she got the power to move her audience. Her message has a direct and immediate powerful effect. She urged that the government should allocate money for education and not for contraceptives. She admitted that she’s very vocal on different issue. She shared her insights that we should believe in ourselves and trust our instinct.

Let’s claim the fact that the social media help us to promote for social change. We live in a society that depends on information and communication to keep moving in the right direction and do our daily activities. We should not take media as negative source of impact. It depends to us on how to be a responsible user of these technologies. In my opinion, text messaging should not be banned because we couldn’t deny that texting help us to be informed ahead of time and we became dependent on it.

A company, like the Globe Telecommunication advertises their promos and offers on television, we are exposed into it, and so it affects our decision to buy and use globe simcards or broadband. Yes, it cater not our needs but their company’s need, on the other way to prove the influence of media is of government initiatives that can publish and broadcast a pure and good channel of communication, so it is ethical to City Government to sponsored for telecommunication.

We have become a society that does not necessarily think for itself or use internal value system to shape our decisions. This has become cultural norm to seek outside advice thus eliminating the need, and ultimately the ability, to think critically, based on unbiased information. Given the massive and intensive media messages being fed to us at every turn, we, students need to be taught how external messages being shape internal perspectives and thus decisions, one word at a time. Students need to know that mass media has a specific agenda and once values and ideals are shaped-it’s very difficult to undo.

It all comes down to this, it doesn’t matter how much media is exposed to us, and we must be able to decipher the messages sent by media and ask questions so we are not influenced in a negative manner.



By: Maribel Evasco

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6 Masbate LGUs to receive 10M worth each of water system project

8/31/2012

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LEGAZPI CITY ---The municipalities of Cataingan, Cawayan, Mandaon, Milagros, Placer and Uson of the province of Masbate were among the one hundred fifteen (115) local government units nationwide identified by the National Anti-poverty Commission (NAPC) based on the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction to receive a P10M-worth each of water system project under the “Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig sa Lahat”.

The project is the flagship program of the Aquino administration and is anchored on millennium development Goal No.7 to half the population without access to safe and potable water and is included in the Philippine Water Sector Roadmap.

Specifically, the LGU beneficiaries were identified and ranked based on thematic concerns such as that of being the poorest LGU, high incidence of waterlessness and poverty incidence.

The project has two components: Water Supply Projects and Capacity Development to include monitoring, coaching of water and sanitation teams in planning and implementation of water programs.

The “Sagana and Ligtas na Tubig para sa Lahat” program is a multi-agency program implemented by the DILG, DOH, and NAPC. 



By: Maribel Evasco


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Tolarba ratifies new BFP station

8/31/2012

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LEGAZPI CITY --- F/Insp. Sarena Socorro S. Tolarba confirmed the ongoing construction of the new Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) station in Dap-Dap, Legazpi City.

“We are very thankful to our City Mayor that she granted our request to have a more conducive fire station soon”, Tolarba said.

But there’s still no definite date when they will be moved in Dap-Dap. According to F/Insp. Tolarba, she’s satisfied with Mayor Rosal’s efforts on helping the BFP, as well as to serve the general welfare.

Tolarba was very thankful because for the past month and until now, the number of fire incident in Legazpi City decreases. It goes to show that the people are getting aware on how to avoid this kind of calamity.

Their dedication to the community is measured by the services that they are providing to Legaspeńos which include Fire Prevention, Suppression, Medical, and Rescue Services .


By: Maribel Evasco

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LGU to bat DILG

8/31/2012

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LEGAZPI CITY --- Local Government Unit (LGU) maintains its supports to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Legazpi to defense the city against environmental calamities.

  “ DILG further strengthened its link with the LGU’s as it continuously empower its respective Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils (LDRRMC’s) at all levels ”, DILG Personnel, Pasano said.

  The Department advocates to ensure the organization of their various LDRRMC’s to secure its preparedness measures and maintain coordination with the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils (RDRRMC’s) in all phases of crisis.

With the enactment of Republic Act 10121, otherwise known as “Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction Management Act” paved the way to the rebirth of innate sense of giving high regard to individuals as the very basic yet the priceless natural wealth of the community.

Through Disaster Risk Management specifically by strengthening their LGU’s capacities to minimize their vulnerabilities, to this very objective, the DILG is one of its significant pillars in the first line of defense against disasters.

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