STAY ALERT DURING RAINY SEASON

Posted on June 17, 2020  by administrator

Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte has advised Dabawenyos, especially those residing in danger-zones, to stay alert and vigilant against risks of disaster and diseases common during wet season.

Mayor Sara warned that calamities such as flooding and landslides can happen as the country enters the rainy season from June to December.“Ang dala sa ulan, number one – landslide, ikaduha – baha, lightning. Mag-ingat ta everytime na kusog ang ulan (The rainy season can cause number one – landslide, second – flood, lighting. Let’s be vigilant during heavy rains),” she advised.

The mayor said it is also the season when diseases affect people such as leptospirosis, dengue, and tetanus.“Usually dala aning ulan is ang mga sakit nga leptospirosis, mao na siya ang hugaw sa ilaga na naa sa floodwater. So dili ta basta-basta mulusong sa tubig baha because duna na siya’y dala na mga hugaw, mga kagaw. Dili lang ang leptospirosis, posible tang masamad and magkasakit ta og tetanus (Usually the rain brings diseases like leptospirosis which is a bacterial infection acquired from rats during flood. We should avoid floodwater because of the bacteria and germs in it. Aside from that, we can get wounds and get tetanus),” Mayor Sara stressed.

She also reminded the people to be aware of their surroundings as dengue can be widespread influenced by rainfall. Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection.“Paniguraduhon nato nga malabay nato ang mga nagpundo nga hugaw nga tubig kay posible ni siya nga mahimong balay sa mga lamok (Let’s ensure to throw away the dirty, stagnant water because mosquitos inhabit there),” she warned.She said that increase of cases like these (dengue, leptospirosis, tetanus) will add to the problem in the hospitals not being able to serve so many patients.“Kung mudaghan atong mga dengue cases, kung mudaghan atong mga leptospirosis, ang mga nasakit ug tetanus… tanan nga lain nga sakit, magdungan sila tanan sa hospital so mubalik na pud ta sa atoang problema nga dili na makakaya ang atoang hospital nga magcarry og mga tao nga dunay sakit (If our dengue, leptospirosis, tetanus cases, and all other diseases increase and patients overwhelm the hospital, we will go back again to our problem of hospitals not being able to cater everyone),” Mayor Sara said.

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DDO goes digital for household profiling and assessment

After a series of launching for the digital innovations of the Davao de Oro farmers (DDO Bagsakan), Virtual Capitol for the on line services, Call DdOC for those who needs medical attention thru online for the out-patient in 4 hospitals of the province, this time the household survey will be fully digitalized.

Through KoboCollect-powered application for the Household Profiling and Needs Assessment (HNPA), it is an easy way to get data and information from the people of DDO. Using any mobile device with Koolbox Apps, the transmission of data online for validation is faster compare to manual data gathering.

The main purpose is to value the importance of establishing a concrete, accurate and reliable baseline data that provides a point of reference and serves as basis for the decision makers and development planners to come up with an evidence-based quality, doable and implementable plans, policies programs and projects to be prioritized in facing the COVID-19 crisis.

Through this way the government will get new, accurate and correct data in terms of health, demographics characteristics, building/house structural characteristics, climate change and disaster information, and accessibility and communication.

On June 10, 2020 the Provincial Household Profiling and Needs Assessment Committee (PHPNAC) of DDO kicks off its activities with the Households Enumeration and Geo-tagging. Trained teams went to Barangays Sao-sao, Conception, Nueva Visayas and Andili of the Municipality of Mawab for the ongoing survey.

"The provincial management acknowledges the importance of having a qualify data set that facilitates in understanding the general situation and specific characteristics of individual households and family or all households in the population of the province, whereby decision making and policy investments will be appropriately directed towards implementation of programs and projects that best serve to the people in need", part of the Executive Order 0039-2020 states.

This activity is set to be completed until November this year and shall be conducted in all municipalities of the province as part of steeping up data collection, and improving DDO through Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

(Rey Antibo, ID DDO)

Davao de Oro gives out food packs to displaced tourism workers

Davao de Oro --- A total of 228 displaced tourism workers received grocery food packs from the provincial government of Davao de Oro spearheaded by Governor Jayvee Tyron L. Uy to help withstand amidst the crisis brought by COVID-19 pandemic.

The affected workers were from 16 tourism establishments which were not included to COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) under Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

Tourism establishments such as resorts, hotels, inns, travel agencies and restaurants were the first to hit the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) and were closed for almost three months due to close-contact activities that may happen. The owners are at a great disadvantage and the employees are also the most affected.

The Provincial Tourism Office of Davao de Oro facilitated the application of 86 tourism establishments through DOLE's CAMP assistance whereas each employee receives Php 5,000 and only 70 of them are included in the program.

As a result, Governor Uy mobilized the release of food packs to the listed establishments as follows: Plates N'Cups, Lake Leonard Ecotourism, Beach View Resort, Tony's Beach Resort, Dayok Dayok Beach Resort, Comval Hotel, Rain and Angel Beach Resort, Einkorn Bakeshop, Leopard, Bundan, LS, Edison's Marie and Katrina's, Katrina's Grill, Pepito's Café and Countryside Café.

It is also a welcome blessing that within the new Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ), the establishment can start again and operate under 50% operational capacity after obtaining the Certificate of Authority to Operate (CAO) by the Department of Tourism for accommodation establishments (AEs) and provisional permits for non-AEs issued BY the Mayor's Office.

Not even the dreaded virus can take away the “bayanihan” spirit of the people in the province of Davao de Oro, ensuring that no one will be left behind. (Rheafe Hortizano, ID Davao de Oro)