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NAGA CITY -- Sentinel hospitals here 6 months. This year, the highest reported
have already recorded a total of 235 den- was in the 1st morbidity week, which is
gue cases covering the period January 1 to from January 1 to 26, 2017 with already 51
July 31 this year, a leap of 158.24 percent cases, equivalent to 21.51%. Notice too that
compared to the same period last year. all morbidity weeks for the year 2017 had
This was announced by City Health Of- a case unlike 2016 that there are morbidity
ficer Dr. Vito Borja during a press conference weeks that don’t have a case,” says Borja
with members of the local media Monday while showing a graph of the dengue cases
morning at the City Events Protocol and in the city.
Public Information Office (CEPPIO) media These numbers were clinically confirmed
room, here. by Mother Seton Hospital (MSH), Bicol
“Last year we have 91 cases for the first (Turn to page 7)
Dr. BORJA & Mayor BONGAT
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Pres. Duterte signs Spending Spree Atty. TONY (APA) ACYATAN
Anti-Hospital Deposit Law (Atty. APA – chairs Acyatan & Co., in 2016. The bulk of subsidies (SSL), to adopt the “modified salary
CPAs-DFK International – is past chair disbursed, equivalent to 34.5% schedule” and authorized benefits
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Thursday, of ASEAN Federation of CPAs, PICPA of total, went to NIA, an agency under EO 201 of last year. EO
August 3, signed into law, increasing the past president and Hall-of-Famer, responsible for irrigation development 201 raised salaries of government
penalties for the refusal of hospitals and clinics to and ACPAPP Lifetime Achievement in the Philippines. personnel, granting additional
administer appropriate initial medical treatment Awardee). Last January, President Duterte benefits for civilian and uniformed
in emergency or serious cases. BUDGET DEFICIT: The national stopped NIA from collecting the workers.
Republic Act No. 10932, otherwise known as governnment likely incurred its largest Irrigation Service Fee (ISF) from PASSPORTS, LICENSES:
the Anti-Hospital Deposit Law provides that “in budget deficit for the year in July farmers. (There is also a bill pending President Duterte signed two laws
emergency or serious cases, it shall be unlawful 2017 as the Duterte administration in Congress seeking to make the which extended the validity of
for any hospital or medical clinic to request, continues to accelerate public agency’s free irrigation program passports (to ten years) and driver’s
solicit, demand or accept any deposit or any spending in line with its infrastracture permanent). Based on Treasury licenses (to five years). Under RA
other form of advance payment as prerequisite push - data from the Department of data, the government provided NIA 10928, passports will now have a
for administering basic emergency care, for Finance (DOF) showed. Government with a P20.09B worth of subsidy in validity of ten years for applicants
confinement or medical treatment, or to refuse expects a P147.74B budget deficit the first six-months. In June alone, aged 18 and above, and five years
to administer medical treatment and support to in July, the highest fiscal gap ceiling total state financial aid given to the for applicants below 18 years
any patient.” set for 2017, and a nearly two-fold irrigation agency already reached old. The implementing rules are
Under this new law, any official, medical increase from the P50.67B shortfall P5.72B. Water for our farm will bring to be issued by the Department of
practitioner or employee of the hospital or registered in July 2016. in more harvests – and reduce our Foreign Affairs after the effectivity of
medical clinic who violates the provisions of this Government was expecting rice imports! the law with the requisite publication
Act shall be punished by imprisonment of not total disbursements will rise 50% GOCC SALARIES: Pres. Duterte in national newspapers.
less than six (6) months and one (1) day but not to P332.36B from P220.92B in the is moving to put an end to the alleged RA 10928 extended the validity
more than two (2) years and four (4) months, or previous year. Of that amount, interest excessive salaries and bonuses in of driver’s licenses (three years
a fine of not less than P100,000.00 but not more payments cornered P45.01B. If the government-owned and controlled to five years). The LTO was
than P300,000.00 or both. government attained its spending goal corporations (GOCCs). EO No. mandated by the law to adopt
Higher penalties of imprisonment of four (4) to for July, this will bring the first seven- 36, signed by Pres. PRRD last July measures to prevent any alteration
six (6) years, or a fine of not less than P500,000.00 month expenditures to P1.663T, up 28, suspends the Compensation or falsification of a license, or
but not more than one million pesos, or both, are 15% compared with actual P1.442T and Position Classification System measure that will enable the LTO
imposed upon directors or officers of hospitals same period in 2016. Revenues on (CPCS) for the GOCC sector. The new to detect any unauthorized license.
or clinics responsible for the formulation and the other hand, were projected to presidential directive also authorized It must create an online process
implementation of policies or instructions improve by 8.4% in July to P184.62B “interim compensation adjustments” for the renewal of professional and
violative of this Act. from P170.25B in the previous year. for the affected GOCCs pending a non-professional licenses within a
Three (3) repeated violations, added RA GOCC SUBSIDIES: State-run thorough review of the salary system. year after the enactment of the law.
10932, shall result in the revocation of the health National Irrigation Administration CPCS contained in EO 203 issued Non-violators of LTO Rules and the
facility’s license to operate by the Department of (NIA) took up more than one-third of by then Pres. Aquino in March 2016, Traffic Code during the five year
Health (DOH). government subsidies to government- was meant to rationalize GOCC period will be entitled to renewal of
A presumption of liability shall arise against owned and controlled corporations compensation and make it competitive up to ten years.
the hospital, medical clinic, and the official, (GOCCs) in the first semester of with the private sector to attract and PROVERB: An inheritance may
medical practitioner, or employee involved in 2017. Total funds released to GOCCs retain workers. In the interim, Pres. be gotten hastily in the beginning;
the event of death, permanent disability, serious reached P58.22B in January to June Duterte allowed GOCCs, covered but the end thereof shall not be
impairment of the health condition of the patient- 2017, 59% than the same period by the Salary Standardization Law blessed.
complainant or in the case of a pregnant woman,
permanent injury or loss of her unborn child as a
FROM MY
Block the shabu supply
result of the denial of his or her admission to the
health facility, according to RA 10932.
“The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation
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(PhilHealth) shall reimburse the hospital or NENITA FUENTEBELLA PEÑONES
clinic for the cost of basic emergency care
and transportation services given to poor and The following editorial of the Tempo Luzon, 14 from Visayas, and 26 from easily through the country’s porous
indigent patients,” RA 10932 stated. dated August 5, 2017 entitled “Block Mindanao, three former and current borders.
The law further stated that “the Philippine the shabu suppy” reveals the drug congressmen, and 95 police officials Last week, a Senate Blue Ribbon
Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) shall problem in the country and cited many and personnel. Committee opened an inquiry on a
also provide medical assistance for the basic government officials involved. I’m The cases against these officials report that 600 kilos of shabu valued
emergency care needs of poor and marginalized quoting it hereunder for the information are in various stages of investigation at P6.4 billion had been seized by
groups.” of the public because we need God’s today. One of the mayors in the list customs agents in Valenzuela City
The Department of Health (DOH), in cooperation help on this. What will happen if the was killed along with 14 others last in Bulacan last May. At the hearing,
with PhilHealth, the Bureau of Internal Revenue drug menace will not be eradicated? Sunday in Ozamiz City, in a gunbattle Customs Commissioner Faeldon
(BIR) shall promulgate the Implementing Rules Let’s pray for our country and for all that erupted when police sought to testified that with its present x-ray
and Regulations (IRR). Non-governmental those fighting this illegal trade. There serve a search warrant on the mayor’s equipment, the bureau can handle
organizations (NGOs) advocating for public are drug lords reportedly financing home. There will be many more such only 16 percent of all shipments at
health and patients’ rights will also be consulted terrorists in the country. We need to operations, according to PNP chief the Manila International Container
for the IRR. be civic minded and patriotic Filipinos Director General Ronald dela Rosa. Port.
for the present and future generation’s The reports on the deaths of The consignee of the shipments
sake. thousands of pushers and addicts from China, the Senate found, had
“Block the shabu supply” : and now the incidents involving local long been moving its cargo through
IT has now been over a year since the officials are linked to the consumption the Bureau of Customs “green
start of President Duterte’s campaign and distribution aspects of the drug lane,” introduced in 2013 to speed
against drugs. The initial reports on the trade. Many have asked why very little up the release of shipments. These
campaign were about police operations seems to have been accomplished shipments no longer need to undergo
that led to many arrests, surrenders, in the other end of the trade – the inspection or document verification.
and deaths. The drug problem turned supply end, the source of the shabu Of the company’s 534 shipments
out to be so widespread that the or methamphetamine hydrochloride. from March 21 to May 29, 2017, 484
initial three-month deadline set by the Because shabu is a chemically went through the green lane.
President was extended to six months produced drug – unlike opium and Despite the intensifying anti-
and now, it looks like even six years heroin from the poppy fields of drug operations in the last few
may not be enough to root it out. Afghanistan and cocaine from the months, the supply of shabu in the
In August last year, President coca plantations of Bolivia – its supply country seems to have continued
Duterte named over 150 officials in was initially curtailed when local undiminished. The Senate probe
the judiciary, the police, and local laboratories were discovered and shut may have exposed a major reason
governments who, he said, were down in the early months of the anti- for this and this channel should now
involved in the drug trade. The list drugs campaign. But the main supply, be quickly blocked, as the hunt for
included seven judges, 13 current and it is believed, comes from outside other possible sources of shabu
former local government officials from the country and is smuggled quite supply continues.
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DILG Bicol warns public vs scammers LEGAZPI CITY -- The Department of Interior
and Local Government (DILG) in Bicol is warning
the public against individuals or organizations solic-
iting nominations for barangay chairman, local gov-
ernment post or any other positions in their respective
barangays, a DILG top official said Friday.
Eloisa Pastor, DILG re-
gional director, in an inter-
view Friday said their office
is not endorsing any and all
forms of solicitation regard-
ing appointments to govern-
ment posts.
"We already received re-
ports from different provinces
with these certain groups so-
liciting nominations to be ap-
pointed as officer in charge
(OIC) punong barangay". Our Dir. PASTOR
office is not connected with about the 2017 barangay
any of these organizations or elections.
group of people, Pastor said. "Do not entertain or fall
PREPARING EARLY CEPPIO Joseph Philip Lee, presi- prey to these scammers. Ig-
The regular Peace and Order Council (POC) Meeting on Monday (July 31), discussed traffic and medical team preparations and dent of Liga ng mga Baran- nore messages which may
contingency plan for the coming Peñafrancia Fiesta this coming September.
gay in Albay, posted in his ask you to give money," Pas-
Facebook page, "Help us tor further advised the public.
DOLE Bicol awards P14.9-M livelihood aid combat these illicit activities,
report unauthorized groups to
your local DILG officers".
During the last RPOC
meeting, Pastor turned over
a thick folder to the Nation-
If it is too good to be true, al Bureau of Investigation
National Employment Pro- and all for the benefit of Bi- is in the form of tools and then it is not true, Pastor add- (NBI) containing the names
gram with the aim of provid- col,” Trayvilla said. equipment, and not money. ed, pertaining to the appoint- and pictures of the unscru-
ing Bicolanos with needed “In fact, we have already As a strategy, we are looking ments of barangay or any pulous individuals, groups of
employment and entrepre- mapped out our livelihood at providing employment government post. different organizations from
neurial options. program for it to be poured and source of income for Barangay elections will different provinces soliciting
"A total of P14,937,376 down to the poorest prov- individual beneficiaries so never be by appointment, it is and collecting money in ex-
worth in livelihood grant was inces and municipalities,” she that the programs would have a process and it will undergo change for the nominations
released by DOLE during further stated. a direct impact on the lives of evaluation, Pastor said. as OIC Punong Barangay for
the TNK events in these two Rovelinda Dela Rosa, head every beneficiary, including She added that their office further investigation and case
provinces," Trayvilla said. of the livelihood program, their families”. -Connie is still awaiting further in- build-up. -Connie Destura/
“Choosing the ‘Kabuhay- said: “Our livelihood grant Destura/PNA structions and developments PNA
Dir. TRAYVILLA an", beneficiaries go through
stringent process because
LEGAZPI CITY -- The these are government funds
Department of Labor and and we have to utilize these
Employment’s (DOLE) re- prudently,” she added.
gional office in Bicol released The regional director
some P14.9 million worth of further emphasized that the
livelihood grants during the livelihood funds must only
“Trabaho, Negosyo at Ka- be given to deserving benefi-
buhayan (TNK) Jobs and ciaries.
Business Fair,” also dubbed In the province of Ca-
as "Employment and Live- marines Norte, the DOLE
lihood Summit" recently in released P3,119,417 with
Camarines Norte and Mas- 174 beneficiaries while in
bate, a DOLE top official the island province of Mas-
said Tuesday. bate, DOLE poured a total
Ma. Karina Perida-Tray- of P11,817,959 in livelihood
villa, DOLE regional direc- grant during the conduct of UNITED AGAINST DISASTERS
Camarines Sur Gov. Migz Villafuerte urged all volunteer groups to unite and form a unified communications group in the
tor, in an interview said, the the first TNK in the province province especially in times of disaster, thus, the recently conducted communications conference held at the Sangguniang
job and business fair is a joint with a total of 686 beneficia- Panlalawigan Session Hall, Capitol Complex, Cadlan, Pili where they discussed the issues and concerns surrounding their
effort of the government and ries. organizations and how best to work collaboratively and coordinate their actions in cases of emergency situations in order to
private sectors to develop a “There is more coming provide immediate response in disaster scenarios.