Jan 28, 2015

SunStar: Medellin Employs Mobile Nurses

Art III Masbate January 28, 2015 Edit

By Oscar C. Pineda

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

THE municipality of Medellin, Cebu now has two roving nurses tasked to answer house calls and provide medical assistance to senior citizens in its 19 barangays, said Mayor Ricky Ramirez.

Medellin has around 5,000 senior citizens, said Ramirez. The 2010 census placed its population at 50,000.

“Mas nindot ni kay ang di kalakaw murag gi-door-to-door ang pag-atiman nila (This is good because it is like providing a door-to-door service to those senior citizens who can no longer walk),” said 66-year-old Angelina Mangubat, Office of the Senior Citizen Affairs (Osca) president and Barangay Dayhagon secretary.

Ramirez said that the blood pressure and vital signs of the elderly will be regularly checked by the nurses, giving priorities to those who are bedridden and on wheelchairs. He revealed that the nurses will use two motorcycles.

These nurses, who are also called mobile health care workers, are given barangay assignments where they would visit the homes of the elderly from Monday to Friday.

They are also on-call anytime of the day to respond to emergency cases.

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Sinulog 2015 Live Coverage

Art III Masbate January 18, 2015 Edit

Sinulog 2015 Livestream

Pope Francis in the Philippines Livestream

Art III Masbate January 16, 2015 Edit

Watch Pope Francis in the Philippines via livestream.

9News/CNN Philippines

TV5/News5

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Day 2

Day 1

Live Audio

Live via DZIQ Radyo Inquirer (Ustream)

Live via Aksyon Radyo Tacloban (Ustream)

Live via DZMM

Live via DZBB

Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry To Organize Chapter in Bogo

Art III Masbate January 15, 2015 Edit

THE Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) will organize chapters in the City of Bogo and Toledo City this year to help professionalize local business organizations.

It will be like a "Big Brother concept" as CCCI itself will reach out to these organizations. Ma. Teresa Chan, CCCI president, said that this will help the local business chapters become like CCCI so they could become drivers of growth in their own locality. They will also become local extension of the chamber.

Currently CCCI has a local chapter in Bantayan Islands which is created after super typhoon Yolanda hit the area.

CCCI planned to have a presence in the northern and southern part of Cebu Province so that local business organizations can benefit and participate in the private-public partnership (PPP) which can help achieve economic goals in the locality.

Sunstar reported that CCCI will be assisted by the NGO “WECan” in institutionalizing the formation of cluster business chambers in the countryside.

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Bogo and Toledo cities have huge potential to become economic drivers of Cebu province, she said.

Bogo, which is located 101 kilometers north of Cebu City, has the potential to become a local transshipment hub to other provinces.

Early last year, the Cebu Provincial Government and the Bogo City Government announced it will jointly develop the Polambato Wharf in northern Cebu where 40 hectares of flatlands have been declared a part of a special economic zone.

According to a Philippine News Agency report, Bogo City Mayor Celestino Martinez Jr. said locators have expressed interest to locate at the proposed industrial site and are looking for a port for the shipment of cargoes.

The area is said to be ideal for light to medium industries and sets an advantage because of its immediate access to the port of Polambato and the major road networks of the province.

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PhilStar: Livestream Papal Visit in San Vicente Parish Church and San Juan Nepomuceno Parish Church

Art III Masbate January 15, 2015 Edit

PLDT to livestream papal visit in 33 public viewing sites

By Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star) | Updated January 15, 2015 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - Leading telecoms and multimedia service provider Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) will livestream the visit of Pope Francis to the Philippines in 33 free public viewing sites beginning today until Monday.

PLDT spokesman Ramon Isberto said the PLDT Group, including wholly owned subsidiaries Smart Communications Inc. and Sun Cellular, would establish viewing sites in select parishes and PLDT Sales and Service Centers (SSC) in and outside Metro Manila.

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Cebuanos can go to San Vicente Parish Church in Bogo, San Juan Nepomuceno Parish Church in San Remigio and the Cebu Cathedral.

The St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Tagbilaran, Bohol and the Parish of the Most Holy Rosary Church in Estancia, Iloilo will also establish viewing site for their communities.

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Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Lalawigan List of Winners

Art III Masbate January 13, 2015 Edit

Screengrab from Sinulog website

The Sinulog sa Kabataan is one of the highlights of the Sinulog Festival which is held a week before the Sinulog Grand Parade.

Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Lalawigan 2015

Here is the complete list of winners of this year's Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Lalawigan.

Elementary Division

1st place: Talisay City Central School

2nd place: Opao Elementary School/Tribu Mandauehanon

3rd place: City of Bogo

4th place: Pundok sa Nagahanon sa Sugbo, City of Naga

5th place: Maya Elementary School/Tribu Kandaya

Best in Musicality: Opao Elementary School/Tribu Mandauehanon

Best in Costume: Opao Elementary School/Tribu Mandauehanon

Best in Street Dancing:
1st place: Opao Elementary School/Tribu Mandauehanon
2nd place: Talisay City Central School
3rd place: Pundok sa Nagahanon sa Sugbo, City of Naga

Secondary Division

1st place: Tinubdan sa Kauswagan Cultural Troupe, Municipality of Tuburan

2nd place: Carcar City Division

3rd place: Hugpong sa Kulturang Kahumayanon, Danao City

4th place: Cordova National High School

Best in Musicality: Tinubdan sa Kauswagan Cultural Troupe, Municipality of Tuburan

Best in Costume: Tinubdan sa Kauswagan Cultural Troupe, Municipality of Tuburan

Best in Street Dancing:

1st place: Carcar City Division

2nd place: Tinubdan sa Kauswagan Cultural Troupe, Municipality of Tuburan

3rd place: Hugpong sa Kulturang Kahumayanon, Danao City

Bogo's Kris Dece Ortizano Wins 2014 Regional Children’s Singing Contest

Art III Masbate December 01, 2014 Edit

Kris Dece Ortizano of Bogo City topped the singing category of the 2014 Regional Children's Contest which was organized by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII.

Kris Dece Ortizano
Photo source: www.fo7.dswd.gov.ph

Around 200 day care children from different cities and towns in Central Visayas participated in the 2014 Regional Children's Contest held at J Centre Mall, Mandaue City. The event aims to showcase the different talents of children and to raise awareness of the public on the positive effects of children experiencing psycho-social-spiritual stimulation in Day Care Centers. Children competed in three creative art categories: Singing, Folk Dance, and Draw & Tell contest.

Bogo City's Kris Dece Ortizano impressed the audience with her angelic voice and soulful interpretation of a Cebuano song "Tatay Pauli Na". Mica Mhiel Ebrado of Dumaguete City bested other 15 kids and emerged first place in the Draw & Tell contest. The Mandaue City contingent was declared the winner for the Folk Dance category. All winners received cash prizes and certificates of recognition. Non-winning contestants also received consolation prizes.

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