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HEALTH

Soft but lethal 'Piccolo' cuts SoCot farmer's finger

KORONADAL CITY
– A 43-year-old man was among the 16 Christmas Eve revelers wounded in South
Cotabato due to a banned firecracker, health authorities said.The injury was
so serious for a farmer from Surallah, South Cotabato that physicians recommended
to severe one of his fingers after a piccolo, a soft but dangerous firecracker,
went off while in his hands.

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Drugstore ignores harassment of child mistaken as shoplifter

Drugstore ignores harassment of child mistaken as shoplifterCOTABATO CITY -- The local management of the Mercury Drug refused to apologize for the maltreatment of a 16-year-old student of the Notre Dame University (NDU) here whom a security guard mistook for a shoplifter last Monday.Relatives of Li Owen Chua, who, as a child, is protected by Republic Act 7610, also known as Anti-Child Abuse Law, said officials of the Mercury Drug are simply passing the blame on the security guard, whose surname is Biñez, as an excuse.Binez belonged to the Asiatic Security and Detective Agency, a contracted

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8 Kidapawan students positive for illegal drug use - mayor

KIDAPAWAN CITY - Eight students of various public schools here were found positive of illegal drug use, an official today said.No less than Kidapawan City Mayor Joseph Evangelista made the public announcement about young students, who he did not identify, after theywere found positive of illegal drug use following a randomdrug test. The city government, he said, will continue monitoring the students along with their parents and guardians. Evangelista was surprised to learn that some of the students' parents were also into illegal drug use.

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IPHO-Maguindanao pushes for 4 o'clock habit as dengue cases rise

COTABATO CITY - Dr.

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(UPDATE) Amoebiasis downs villagers in NorCot

ALEOSAN, North Cotabato -At least 62 persons were downed by amoebiasis in a remote village of Aleosan, North Cotabato over the weekend.Dr. Miguelita Patinio of Aleosan District Hospital said of the number of those who complained of severe stomach pain, stress, gas pain,and experienced vomitting, majority have been discharged. Only four remained in the hospital and will be discharged today, she told DXMS Radyo Bida today.About 20 of
the patients were minors aged 18 and below.

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NorCot household without toilets will be penalized

KIDAPAWAN CITY - Starting next week, barangay officials from a remote village in a hinterland town in North Cotabato will impose penalties on households without sanitary toilet and proper sewage system. A violator would be fined P1,000, according to barangay officials of Barangay Kabalantian in Arakan, Cotabato. On Monday, the Barangay Kabalantian will be declared ‘zero open defecation’ (ZOD) after it passed requirements set by the Rural Health Unit of the Arakan municipal LGU and the ACF International, a humanitarian non-government organization (NGO).

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Maguindanao `WaSH plan’ launched

MAGUINDANAO -- Stakeholders on Thursday pledged support to a pioneering water and sanitation thrust of the now partners United Nations Children’s Fund, the A Single Drop for Safe Water (ASDSW) and the office of the provincial governor.Local officials from Maguindanao’s 36 towns and representatives of different civil society organizations signed a manifesto committing unanimous support to the provincial Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) initiative of the three cooperating outfits during a summit in Buluan town.The summit capped the launching of Maguindanao’s provincial WaSH plan, which th

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DOH-ARMM wants hike in BHW honorarium

COTABATO CITY -- The Regional Legislative Assembly in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is now studying the proposed increase of honorarium for Barangay Health Workers in the region, officials said Friday.Earlier, the Department of Health (DOH-ARMM) requested the regional law making body of the region to increase, through legislation, the honorarium of health workers by Php3,000.Currently, the more than 2,000 health frontliners are only receiving Php500 a month as honorarium.Dr.

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Tacrurong City PWDs avail of free medical services

TACURONG CITY - Persons with disability (PWDs) and cooperative members
in Tacurong City availed free medical services such as electrocardiography or ECG,
fasting blood sugar test or FBS, and medical check-up on December 9. The City
Cooperative Development Council conducted the medical mission in coordination with LGU-Tacurong through the Office for the
Development of Cooperatives, SK Medical Mission Group of Hospital and Health
Services Cooperative. PWDs were gathered through the assistance of the City

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Youth urged to be vigilant on reproductive health issues

TACURONG CITY— In
the photo, Regional HIV/AIDS Program Manager Dr. Ali Tumama encouraged students
to be vigilant on reproductive health issues during the Students
Awareness Tour on HIV-AIDs and other sexually-transmitted infections conducted
on December 2.

According to Dr.
Tumama, it is high time for the youth to acknowledge these issues and face
these with an open mind.

To be able to
protect yourself, you must be aware. Use what you know to avoid these
diseases,” he said.

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