Tambuling Batangas Publication February 13-19, 2019 Issue

BALITA February 13-19, 2019 Yellow corn sufficiency program patuloy ang paglago 15th Annual General Assembly ng Batangas City Corn Growers Association Inc.(BCCGA) sa pamamagitan ng Office of the City Veterinary and Agricultural Services (OCVAS) Paglilinis... kumpara noong bisitahin ito ng Ka- BRAD solid baybay cluster coordinators noong Nobyembre 2018 at sa kasalukuyan. Ipinagmalaki ng mga barangay ang kanilang regular na paglilinis ng tabing dagat bukod pa sa pakikiisa sa mga malawakang coastal clean-up. Ipinakita rin sa kanilang AVP ang tamang pangangasiwa ng basura kung saan ang 13 barangay ay may Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), compost pit, magkakahiwalay na lagayan ng mga basura sa bawat tahanan at ang kanilang tree planting activities. mula sa pahina 1 Pinasalamatan naman ni Mayor Beverley Dimacuha ang pagtalima ng mga residente sa nasabing batas at ang pakikiisa ng mga ito sa mga programang pangkalinisan ng lungsod. “Ang clean and green program po ay sinimulan pa ni Mayor Eddie Dimacuha at ipinagpapatuloy po natin, inakda rin po ni Cong. Marvey ang E-Code, at ang Batangas City po ay awardee sa larangan ng clean and green,” sabi niya. Kasama ng Mayor na dumalo sa okasyong ito ang konsehal at iba pang kandidato ng Team EBD. Naging bahagi rin ng general assembly ang open forum na pinangunahan nila City Environment Officer Oliver Gonzales at General Services Officer at Solid Waste Management Board Technical Working Committee Chairman Joyce Cantre. Ang 13 coastal barangay ay binubuo ng Simlong, Talahib Pandayan, Talahib Payapa, Pagkilatan, Dela Paz Pulot Aplaya, Dela Paz Pulot Itaas, Pinamucan Ibaba, Ilijan, Tabangao Aplaya, Ambulong, Mabacong, Dela Paz Proper at Pinamucan Proper (PIO Batangas City) BATANGAS CITY- Nananatiling maunlad ang pagmamaisan sa Batangas City dahilan sa patuloy na suporta ng pamahalaang lungsod sa pamamagitan ng Office of the City Veterinary and Agricultural Services (OCVAS) at sa demand sa mais ng mga feedmills sa lalawigan. Sa 15th Annual General Assembly ng Batangas City Corn Growers Association Inc. (BCCGA) na siyang katuwang ng pamahalaang lungsod sa pagpapatupad ng Yellow Corn Sufficiency Program nito, sinabi ni Mayor Beverley Rose Dimacuha na ipagpapatuloy niya ang pagbibigay ng suporta sa pagpapalago ng naturang programa.. “Mula sa puso ko ang kagalakan na aking nararamdaman dahilan sa ang pinasimulan ng tatay ko ay nag papatuloy at marami ang natutulungan nito.” Idinagdag pa ng Mayor na papaunlarin rin niya ang pag hahalaman at paghahayupan dahil nais niya na maiangat ang antas ng pamumuhay ng mga magsasaka. Ayon naman kay Avelita Rosales, regional corn/cassava coordinator ng DA Region IV-A, tanging ang Batanga City lamang ang mayroong ganitong katatag na samahan sa pagmamaisan. Hinikayat niya ang mga corn growers na pataasin pa ang produksyon ng mais upang patuloy na matugunan ang demand sa supply ng mga feedmills sa lalawigan. Napansin rin niya na marami sa mga corn growers ay matatanda na kayat hinikayat niya ang mga anak nila na ipagpatuloy ang pagmamaisan. Ang kanilang tanggapan aniya ay handang tumulong o magpahiram ng tractor at harvester na magagamit ng mga myembro ng BCGA. Biningyang diin ni Victor Arellano, presidente ng BCCGA, na natutuwa siya na dumarami pa ang nagtatanim ng mais sa lungsod. Nagpapasalamat siya sa tulong ng pamahalaang lungsod. kagaya ng libreng binhi at libreng paggamit ng traktora, corn sheller at corn drier at mga trainings at seminars.(PIO Batangas City) DENR assures DOH-Calabarzon forms task force amidst rising measles cases preservation of Tawilis By MCA/PIA4A pooled report CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, (PIA)-- The Department of Health in Calabarzon has created a task force to guarantee the implementation of the government’s mass immunization drive against measles amidst rising cases in the region. . In a statement, DOH Director for Calabarzon Eduardo Janairo said the measles task force will ensure that strategies and plans are carried out and, at the same time, address the needs of measles patients. ”We need to have a uniform strategy (in the mass immunization activity) especially in the recording, reporting and monitoring of cases,” Janairo said in a meeting on February 11 attended by local government health officers, national immunization program coordinators, and other officers involved in the campaign. He added: ”This is also to ensure that we have enough supply of vaccines at the local level including health human resources who will administer it to the target population.” Janairo said the task force will involve local government leaders and ensure that logistics are in place. Based on the DOH’s Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU), at least 972 measles cases have been recorded in the region from January 1 to February 9, 2019 with 25 confirmed deaths or up by 683 percent compared to last year’s 124 cases and 1 recorded death for the same period. The age of measles cases this year ranges from 9 months to 59 years old. Records also showed of the 972 measles cases, 202 were vaccinated leaving 359 without vaccine; 192 were below 9 months old; and 174 have unknown vaccination status. Rizal Province charted the highest number of measles cases with 465 followed by Laguna with 167, Batangas with 142, Cavite with 126, and Quezon with 72. Meanwhile, the local governments have beefed up immunization activities to control the spread of measles. In Antipolo City, the City Health Office has been conducting various Measles- Rubella Supplementary Immunizations in various barangays and sitios beginning January 28 and will continue until February 28. Pililla town in Rizal will provide health reminders to various religious entities in the town such as the Roman Catholic Church, Iglesia ni Cristo, and Seventh Day Adventists, among others. Places for vaccination will be assigned by the Pililla Municipal Health Office while various non-government agencies and schools have expressed support for the campaign and the Armed Forces of the Philippines will provide support for the immunization activities to be held in areas with armed conflict. Vaccination sites will be set up in local fast food chains and churches during weekends complete with special vaccination card for identification while a house-to-house campaign will also take place in Pililla during weekdays. In Laguna, the Provincial Health Office, led by Dr. Rene Bagamasbad, has started a catch-up immunization activity especially in affected communities and has coordinated with the DOH to prepare an Outbreak Response Immunization (ORI). The Batangas Provincial Health Office has begun an information drive and encouraged parents to have their children vaccinated at the nearest city or municipal health units. According to Myreen Valenzuela of the Batangas Provincial Disease Surveillance Office-Provincial Health Office, the age of children who can be given measles vaccines has been Sundan sa pahina 2.. By Joy Gabrido CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, (PIA) – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda assures public that the government shall ensure that Tawilis will not become extinct and will continue to provide alternative livelihood to affected fisherfolks. “Magdedeclare na lang ng preservation area ang DENR. Talagang binibigyan na po natin ng kaukulang pansin itong tungkol sa Tawilis na hindi po natin papayagan na tuluyang maglaho ang lahing tawilis,” he said in an interview during the DENR 4A Dicot Building inauguration in this city last January 25. (DENR will declare a preservation area. We are paying close attention to the problem with Tawilis, we will not let it get extinct.) The Sardinella Tawilis, which is an endemic sardine in Taal Lake, Batangas, was recently Undersecretary Benny Antiporda declared as an endangered species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). IUCN said it was caused by ”overexploitation, pollution, and competition and/or predation by introduced fishes which lead to a continuous decline in habitat quality and number of mature individuals.” With this, Antiporda added that there will be a closing season for Taal Lake to make sure that the Tawilis species will have time to breed. He, however, guaranteed that alternative livelihood interventions will be employed by DENR through partnering with concerned national government agencies like the Department of Social Welfare and Development and Department of Labor and Employment, among others. “We will try to make it an interagency responsibility to take care of the welfare of our fisherfolks,” he said. (Joy Gabrido, PIA4A)

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