Dos mil ka mga seedlings natanum sa 500 ka mga partisipante

Dos mil ka mga similya sa klase-klasing kahoy ug kawayan,  ang natanum sa halos kinyentos ka mga partisipante sa nagmalampusong gipahigayon nga nasudnong Bamboo and Tree Planting Activity didto sa Mt. Lab, barangay Sto. Niño dakbayan sa Dapitan kagahapon sa buntag, Setyembre 13. 

Si Sto. Niño Brgy. Kapitan Crisologo Jumuad nagpasalamat sa kagamhanang probinsyal sa pagpangulo ni Governor Rosalina “Nanay Nene” Jalosjos uban sa mga kadagkoan niini lakip ang 50ka mga barangay sa dakbayan sa Dapitan.

 

Dako ang pasalamat ni Jumuad kay ang ilang barangay maoy nahimong gitamnan sa maong 2mil ka mga seedlings, bisan paman sa kabungtod  sa ilang lugar.

 

Asoy ni Kapitan Jumuad nga mismo ang mga barangay opisyales ang moatiman sa maong gipangtanum tungod kay daku kinig ikatabang ilabinag mudagko na ang mga kahoy.

 

Gibutyag sa Kapitan nga ang ilang barangay matag ting-init makabsan sila sa tubig sa ilang mga tubod ug nagtuo sila nga kon managko na ang mga kahoy nga gipangtanum, makatabang kini nga moabunda kon mokusog ang ilang mga tubod nga maoy ilang gisaligan.

 

Sa samang bahin ang Assistant Regional Director sa Department of Interior and Local Government  (DILG)  nga si Engr. Carmilo Enrique Libut, mipadayag usab sa iyang pagdayeg ug pasalamat sa kagamhanang probinsyal pinaagi ni Nanay Nene sa dakung suporta niini nga nahimong nagmalampuson ang maong nationwide bamboo and tree planting activity.

 

Gidayeg sa DILG nga ang kooperasyon ug panaghiusa  sa LGU nga nagmabulukon ang nasangpit nga kalihukan.

 

Nanghinaut kini nga mapadayun ang pagpananum sa mga kahoy bisan sa mga bakanteng luna aron masalbar ang kinaiyahan ilabina kay adunay climate change nga ang tanan naapektuhan.

 

Gikahibaloan nga si Governor Jalosjos ang padayon kining mosuporta sa tanang kalihukan ug programa alang sa kalambuan ug kaayuhan sa katawhan ning lalawigan sa Zamboanga del Norte. (PIC-Joeue Sacol Ramirez-Writer, Rosie Jane Villorejo-News Gatherer, Raymond Garrovillo-Cameraman)

Hemodialysis patients get more free sessions from PhilHealth benefit

By Clennkei C. Peñalosa

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept 5 (PIA) – In response to the ongoing challenge to our country's health system, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) sets maximum hemodialysis benefit package up to 144 sessions for the year 2022 through PhilHealth Board Resolution No. 2718 s. 2022.

 

Philhealth-9 Benefit Administration Section Head, Dr. Jacob Maria D.V. Mendoza said the purpose of this Circular is to present the recommendations for outpatient hemodialysis that sets the maximum limit of hemodialysis up to 144 sessions for the year 2022.

Before the resolution, only 90 sessions are covered in the hemodialysis benefit package but due to COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, PhilHealth increased its yearly hemodialysis coverage to 144 sessions which costs Php2,600 per session.

He stressed this policy covers all PhilHealth members and their usual dependents with chronic kidney disease stage 5 (CKD5) who are currently enrolled in the PhilHealth Dialysis Database (PDD). This policy states the payment of more than 90 to 144 hemodialysis sessions until December 31, 2022.

Dr. Mendoza clarified if a patient with CKD5 is hospitalized and needs dialysis, they cannot use this benefit because this policy is exclusively set for outpatient hemodialysis sessions only. 

Moreover, if the patient with CKD5 does not use the 91st - 144th hemodialysis sessions, it cannot be used or added to the year 2023 because the scope of this policy is only until December 31, 2022.

This year’s policy on increased coverage for hemodialysis outpatients was release in the month of August, however, if a member or patient already paid the 91st – 144th hemodialysis sessions, they can directly file it to the nearest PhilHealth Regional or Branch Office or Local Health Insurance Office and follow the existing criteria based on PhilHealth Circular No. 20 s. 2014 (ACR Policy No. 4 - Directly Filed Claims for All Case Rates and Return to Sender). (EDT/MLE/CCP/PIA9-Zamboanga City)

DOLE assists canning workers affected by fishing ban

By: Clennkei C. Peñalosa

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept 1 (PIA) – Department of Labor and Employment 9 (DOLE 9) prepares the assistance for approximately 35,000 to 60,000 canning factory workers, who will be affected by the closed fishing ban season in Zamboanga Peninsula on December.

DOLE-9 and its stakeholders came up with Project Hope under Tulong Pangkabuhayan Program (TUPAD) to help disadvantaged and displaced workers during fishing bans or during the closed fishing season for three months every year.

Photo Credits: Bong Serondo 

DOLE-9 Regional Director Roy Buenafe said the budget of TUPAD increases for the implementation this year.

He stressed to help the workers during the fishing ban, under Project Hope, workers in the canning and fishing factories and companies cultivate the Project Hope Farm that produces raw materials needed in the canning factories.

Project Hope Cooperative supplies chili products which are one of the main ingredients taken from the farm, and others like tomatoes, lettuce, and carrots. During the season, the farm supplies squash, sayote, and other vegetables as necessary provisions for the fishing vessels.

In December, if the cooperative is able to issue dividends, this will go to the workers and they will use it to cover at least one month without a salary after the fishing ban.

Factory workers continue to request that funds will be increased for the program through an ITC resolution institutionalizing the TUPAD every closed fishing season.

“We have to give value to the industry because many people depend on it”, Dir. Buenafe added.

The closed fishing season which will start on December 1 to February 28, is one way of conserving and improving fish stocks and other marine resources. Commercial fishing is banned during the closed season in the conservation areas such as the Sibugay Bay, East Sulu Sea, and Basilan Straight. (MLE/CCP/PIA9-ZamboangaCity)