The eMagazine of Philippine Information Agency 10
FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2016
Army joins “Hatud Serbisyo”
IMPASUGONG, Bukidnon – Members of the 8th Infantry Battalion and 4th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army participated in the service caravan “Hatud Serbisyo” activity in Brgy. Impalutao, Impasugong town, Bukidnon, July 11.
As part of their advocacy in upholding peace and development through stakeholder engagement, the military offered free medical and dental services to a thousand residents in the area. Col Rafael A Jaramillo led the 4ID dental team. For its part, the local government of Impasugong distributed sacks of rice for the calamity-affected populace. The activity gives emphasis on helping those who have been affected by calamities such as the recent “El Niño” phenomenon. Further, the activity provided other free services such as haircut, massage, and pedicure/manicure. A mass wedding also took place at the
Barangay Hall of Impalutao, uniting 17 couples through the holy sacrament of marriage. Mayor Anthony Uy commends the unwavering efforts of the battalion headed by LtCol Lennon G Babilonia in fulfilling their mission of serving the people. Uy underscored the importance of partnership among the stakeholders of peace in order to move a step closer towards achieving peace and development. He also lauds the 8IB’s Bayanihan Team Activities (BTAs) which emphasizes the resolution of issues through working together to end the conflict. (8IB/PA)
Solon cites intention to pursue health programs for Kagay-anons CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – We are thankful for, and humbled by, the people’s trust and confidence in our candidacy for city councilor in the last elections ... you could be rest assured of our commitment to serve the people of Cagayan de Oro City the best way possible. We could do this in close coordination, even critical collaboration, with the Office of the City Mayor. This is the message of commitment of newly-elected Councilor Maria Lourdes S. Gaane, chair of the City Council committee on health, sanitation and health insurance. Councilor Gaane graduated from the Divine Word University Tacloban College of Medicine in 1988 and obtained her professional license on February 3, 1992. She has been in the government service since then. The councilor was the medical officer of Talisayan District Hospital from 1992 to 2004, and the municipal health officer of Naawan, Misamis Oriental from 2004 to 2005. She served as the provincial health insurance officer of Misamis Oriental from 2005 to 2013. Councilor Gaane was the city health insurance officer of the city before she was elected councilor of the 2nd District of Cagayan de Oro on May 9, 2016. Doc Malou, as fondly called by her friends and co-workers, believes that the city’s health care delivery
system needs a lot of improvement after years of degradation. Councilor Gaane said upon assuming as head of the City Health Insurance Office (CHIO), she learned that not one of the 54 barangay health care centers in the city had a Department of Health (DOH) license to operate and permit to construct. “But with the political will of Mayor Oscar S. Moreno, they have slowly but surely made major improvements in the health sector,” she cited. “But a lot more needs to be done,” she added. Gaane enumerated her legislative agenda for the people of the city. Among others, the councilor wants to pursue Philhealth Universal Coverage to finance the enrolment of at least 100,000 indigent families in the city and upgrade the J.R. Borja General Hospital to a secondary hospital status with a fully-equipped intensive care unit. The councilor said she will propose the creation of a distinct
and separate Philhealth Department to look into the improvement of the city’s health facilities, purchase of drugs and medicines, and pay administrative costs of delivering Philhealth programs.
Gaane is seeking the cooperation and partnership of everyone, citing that the noble undertaking of the city government could never be achieved without people’s vigilance and support. (JAO/CDO Legislative Information)
PSA partners with 24 local govt in NorMin to hasten issuance of security papers
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in Northern Mindanao has partnered with 24 local government units (LGUs) in the region to provide more convenience to its clientele. The partnership, under the Batch Request Query System (BREQS) scheme authorizes LGUs to receive requests of PSA-issued copies and certifications of civil registry documents from their constituents. The LGU-BREQS partners are Dangcagan, Don Carlos, Kadingilan, Kalilangan, Kibawe, Kitaotao, Lantapan, Malaybalay, Malitbog, Pangantucan, Quezon, San Fernando, and Valencia in Bukidnon province; Claveria, El Salvador, Gingoog, Laguindingan, Medina, Manticao, Opol, Salay and Tagoloan in Misamis Oriental; and Catarman and Mahinog in Camiguin province. Through this, clients from farflung areas will no longer travel to Cagayan de Oro to secure copies of civil registration documents required in schools, employments, claiming
benefits, and others. The PSA said BREQS will not only help clients save time, effort and money, it will also avoid long queues and congestion at the PSA Regional Office. Aside from issuing 500 priority numbers to walk-in clients daily, PSA10 also processes volume of requests from different LGUs throughout the region as well as those with urgent requests for hospital purposes which averaged to approximately 3,300 transactions per day. These transactions are processed at the outlet by five collecting officers and eight request service officers. Thus, PSA-10 is also requesting the public to get their copies of civil registry documents during slack seasons to avoid inconvenience. (APB/ PIA-10)