CONTAMINATED WATER. The Local Health Board of Valderrama town holds an emergency meeting upon receipt of the result of a water sample taken from a communal water source in Barangay Iglinab which was positive for E.coli on Sept. 15, 2022. Eric Espia, Valderrama information officer, said in an interview Friday (Sept. 16) that Mayor Jocelyn Posadas has ordered residents to stop sourcing their drinking water from the contaminated spring water.(Photo courtesy of Valderrama LGU) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, ANTIQUE- A sample taken from spring water in Barangay Iglinab in the municipality of Valderrama was found positive for E.coli bacteria. The Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) carried out the laboratory test on Monday and was released on Thursday. The pipes leading to the homes of the residents were not properly laid so these fell into a dirty canal, said Valderrama Sanitary Inspector Joel Castillon in an interview Friday. He said that E.coli bacteria could be due to human or animal fec
DIARRHEA. San Remigio Municipal Mayor Margarito Mission Jr. checks on the condition of residents affected by diarrhea in the town's far-flung barangays on Saturday (Sept. 10, 2022). The municipality has recorded 73 cases of diarrhea with three deaths as of said date.(Photo courtesy of San Remigio LGU) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The municipal government of San Remigio has expressed alarm over the 73 reported cases of diarrhea with three deaths from its two upland barangays with contaminated drinking water as the suspected source of infection. The municipality's rural health doctors and health workers joined Mayor Margarito Mission Jr. during a visit to the far-flung barangays of General Fullon and Banbanan on Sept. 10 a day after receiving a report and found out the cases were clustered in 23 families. "We went to General Fullon and Banbanan bringing with us medicines and gallons of mineral water to be distributed to the affected individuals," Mission said in an