SAMAL, Bataan- Skateboarders almost in top speed rolled on Sunday before noon in long boarding along MacArthur Highway from barangay Mabatang in Abucay town to Samal, Bataan or a distance of about four kilometers.
Many stood balancing on their skate boards while some preferred to sit down on their skates as they passed the dangerous sharp curve in barangay Sta. Lucia, some meters away from the Samal plaza.
BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The multi-awarded component city of the province , who has already attained a Hall of fame status in the Department of Health (DOH) Red Orchid Awards is at the forefront of Bataan’s campaign against smoking .
Speaking before some 100 delegates mostly medical practitioners and local government officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the Justice Cayetano Arellano hall, The Plaza Hotel in this City. Governor Albert Raymond S. Garcia yesterday stressed that the provincial government has already created a Smoke-Free Task Force for the implementation of a provincial ordinance banning smoking, approved last year.
BALANGA CITY, Bataan – In its bid to strengthen the core capacities for disease surveillance and response to avert the occurrence and international spread of diseases and other public health threats, as required by the World Health Organization among all Member States, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Bataan approved a resolution institutionalizing and strengthening the Bataan Provincial Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (PESU) at the Provincial Health Office (PHO).
BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Target ng Provincial Health Office (PHO) na mabigyan ng bakuna kontra sa tigdas at polio ang 95% o higit pa ng kabuuang bilang ng mga batang nasa edad 5 taon pababa sa buong Bataan kasunod na rin ng isasagawang nationwide Measles/Rubella-Oral Polio Vaccine Mass Immunization (MR-OPV MI) campaign ng Department of Health (DOH) sa buong buwan ng Setyembre.
PROVINCIAL CAPITOL, Bataan – Provincial officials yesterday warned poultry farm owners of the possible closure of their poultry farms if they continue to ignore warnings against the swarm of flies in the province.
Board member Gaudencio Ferrer said they had already issued the warning after the public complained about the proliferation of flies pestering residents in host communities. Poultry farm owners can easily contain the flies if they want to since they are well-financed by their financiers, newsmen learned.
CITY OF BALANGA, Bataan – The water test this week off Samal town’s waters turned out negative, drawing hopes for a waited ending to the longest red tide phenomenon in Bataan history.
The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) disclosed that the water sample from Samal, which is the remaining town in Bataan affected by red tide, turned out negative August 5. This means that two more consecutive weeks of negative tests and the nightmare of fishermen and the consuming public will be over.
BALANGA CITY, Bataan – In its earnest desire to fully implement the Province’s smoke free ordinance, the ABET (Alis Bisyo Eliminate Tobacco) Team held its first meeting for 2014 with the Provincial Smoke Free Task Force last July 14 at the Maternal and Child Health Conference Room of the Provincial Health Office (PHO), this City.
Presided by Dr. Rosanna M. Buccahan, PHO Head, said meeting was well attended by the different Provincial Smoke Free Task Force member agencies namely, DILG, Provincial HRMO, PEO, Provincial Legal Office, PIO, Provincial Treasurer, PGENRO, DEPED, PNP, BACFETODA and League of Municipalities.
BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The Department of Health’s National Tuberculosis Control Program (NTP) in collaboration with the Innovations and Multisectoral Partnerships to Achieve Control of TB (IMPACT) Project aims to improve TB case detection and achieve successful treatment of all cases.
In this connection, the Provincial Health Office of Bataan together with the Balanga City Health Office has been conducting trainings on Interpersonal Communication and Counselling (IPCC), aimed at enhancing the counseling competencies of our local health workers in the care of TB clients. Participants to this series of trainings are NTP nurse coordinators, midwives and barangay health workers from Bataan’s Rural Health Units.
BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Bagama’t isang bayan na lamang ang positibo sa red tide toxin, hindi pa rin maituturing na “red tide free” na ang buong lalawigan ng Bataan.
Kinumpirma ni Department of Agriculture Chief Imelda Inieto na sa 11 bayan at isang lungsod ng Bataan, ang karagatan ng bayan ng Samal na lamang ang positibo sa red tide toxin.
BALANGA CITY, Bataan – In observance of the Nutrition month, the Bataan Provincial Health Office (PHO), headed by Dr. Rosanna Buccahan who is also the Provincial Nutrition Action Officer, held this morning at the Crown Royale Hotel, this City a Disseminating Forum on Health Cluster with Subcluster on Nutrition, Water Sanitation and Hygiene and Health.
