Saturday 26 July 2014
Now a cleaner beach
Rubbish attack
… Residents of Baranggay Parang, in Mambulao, CamNorte, have joined forces to spruce
up the shoreline. This has been a regular activity since the beach made its
debut as a beach fit for strolling and bathing as well. The locals, specially
the shoreline residents, are now part of the clean-up brigade recently formed
by Baranggay chairman Willie Relao. The resurrection of Parang Beach was big
news for all Mambulaoans, especially the OFWs, who are now eager to see the
beach of their childhood. The development of the beach into another tourist
destination is one of the tourism programs being pursued by the local
government under the supervision of Councilor Artem Andaya, who was named
Mambulao’s “tourism tzar” by Mayor Ricarte “Dong” Padilla. – Photo courtesy of
WILLIE RELAO/Facebook
After Glenda, frenzy at the beach
All 27 baranggays sent volunteers
Kids at work...
Brotherhood in action...
To the rescue … The 27 baranggays in Mambulao, CamNorte came
out in full force on Saturday to clean the beach in Parang marred by rubbish
brought in by recent Typhoon Glenda. The cleanup, which has become a daily
affair at the beach to keep it clean, was spearheaded by Parang baranggay
council headed by chairman Willie G Relao under the supervision of the
municipal government’s Parang Beach Cleanup Czar Artem Andaya. The Philippine Guardians
of Bicol, Inc (PGBI), a brotherhood of men from Parang, led the initiative. Housewives
and children joined the frenzy, which lasted for a day. Pictures show the
rubbish beach attack frenzy. – Text by AP HERNANDEZ/photo courtesy of WILLIE G RELAO/Facebook
JPPHSC gears up for Level 1 category
The primary hospital ... upgrade to Level 1 category in order.
By ALFREDO P HERNANDEZ
THE Jose Panganiban Primary Hospital Services Cooperative (JPPHSC)
is gearing up to boost its internal strength and meet the challenges of a Level
1 category hospital the cooperative expects to achieve next year.
The co-op said during the last general meeting in March that it
has programmed a number of initiatives that would boost its strength as a
cooperative health service
.
JPPHSC said it is now in the process of building the second
floor of the hospital at a cost of Php1.5 million to earn the Level 1 grade and
operate various medical services.
Priscilla G Mariano, chairman of the board, said during the
general assembly meeting early this year that JPPHSC should be able to upgrade
to Level 1 by 2015 to be able to expand services as called for under new rules
set by the Department of Health (DOH), which categorizes health care services
in the country.
At present, the JPPHS falls under the category of “other health
facilities”, and not a full hospital.
Mariano said as a Level 1 hospital, which JPPHS hopes to
achieve in 2015, it can do consultation, be specialist in medicine, pediatrics,
OB-Gyne, surgery, emergency and out-patient services.
It will also operate emergency and out patient services,
isolation facilities, surgical and maternity facilities, dental clinic,
secondary laboratory, blood station (blood bank), first level
X-ray services and pharmacy.
Mariano said should JPPHSC fail to hit this target, the co-op
would remain just an ordinary primary hospital facility and lose at least 30%
of benefits from PhilHealth according to the number of patients it had served.
She said the JPPHSC can not afford to remain just a primary
health care facility amid the growing number of people in Mambulao needing
improved services.
To boost its capacity, the co-op will work to increase its
membership by at least 20% this year, or 73 new members, through recruitment
from the baranggays, recruitment of patients and those who had patronized its
services.
At the end of last year, the co-op had 627 members and 40
regular staff headed by the medical director.
The co-op said it would give incentives to staff, officers
and members for every recruit they bring in.
As part of its capacity building, JPPHSC will hold two
post-membership education seminars and one ownership training session during
the year involving the members of the education committee and the board of
directors.
The co-op will also hold monthly meetings during the year,
and quarterly meeting for the staff and other committees.
To upgrade the skills of its staff and officers, an in-house
training will be held year-round.
Concerned staff will be sent to relevant trainings sponsored
by private groups and government health agencies.
The co-op has lined up yearly upgrades in the salaries, wages
and incentives of its staff and honorarium of the board members and officers.
Mariano said that such would depend on the availability of
funds.
This year, the co-op expects to hire another female doctor
specializing the pediatrics.
Last May, JPPHSC achieved its targeted capital build-up (CBU)
of to Php15 million from the Php10 million it had at the end of last year.
Besides the planned second floor facilities, the co-op has
raised at least Php5 million to upgraded its physical plan under Administrative
Order 2012 of the Department of Health.
It has also launched a drive to seek financial assistance
from civic groups, non-government organizations and government organizations.
The co-op recently reported the acquisition of X-ray and
other facilities as part of its expanded services.
With all this, the co-op expects improved services to the
client-patients of the health facility.
For comment, email: ahernandez@thenational.com.pg
Wednesday 16 July 2014
MWBuzz sports new logo
The
spiced up logo of MWBuzz.
STARTING in
this edition Year 2 No 27, your news tunnel MWBuzz will be sporting a new logo,
which depicts our town’s most popular landscape – the troika of cell phone
towers atop the mountain overlooking the poblacion and the Mambulao Bay.
Just like the
nostalgic silhouette of the chimney tower of the defunct smelting plant on
Calabayungan Island, these twin towers and one will soon become new icons that
would easily tell anybody looking at them in pictures that they are looking at
the town of Mambulao.
Two of these
transmission facilities are operated by Globe and the third is run by Smart.
The new banner
logo’s cell phone towers reflect the townspeople’s bushfire passion for new
technology embedded in the gadgets or devices they carry in their pockets, purses
and handbags.
The three
towers also symbolize the ongoing developments and progress that the community
has been enjoying these past two years, courtesy of the revved up
administration under Mayor Ricarte “Dong” Padilla.
The emergence
of fast mode of spreading news and exchanging ideas is what these towers are
here for and they would be heralding our community’s newfound source of pride
from here on.
And for our
part, we at the MWBuzz would always be enthusiastic to report on this.
Our new logo
was designed by a computer graphic artist from Fiji who is based in Port
Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
He earlier
produced the logo of The Alumni Waves, which is now trumpeting the editions of
this online bulletin board that caters to Mambulaoans in the Philippines and
overseas.
Feel free to
enjoy our stories in this edition.
View of the three cell phone towers atop the mountain overlooking the
poblacion and the bay. – MWBuzzpic by AP HERNANDEZ
- Alfredo P Hernandez
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