LUCENA CITY - Personnel of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) in Quezon province can look forward to receiving compensation for their hard work that puts their lives at stake whenever calamities strike. This, after members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved during their regular session on Monday the proposal of Councilor Vinette Alcala-Naca to give a PHP2,500 monthly hazard pay to all the personnel of PDRRMO-Quezon. "It's about time the sacrifices of the Disaster Team should be compensated because they selflessly put their lives on the line every time they respond to people's emergency in times of calamity," Naca said. She said the PDRRMO has 38 employees, including its Incident Commander, Dr. Melchor Avenilla. Avenilla, in an interview, expressed gratitude to Naca and to Governor Angelina Tan for the recognition of his staff's efforts. "We submitted a request to Governor Tan in January and she agreed, cognizant of the
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LUCENA CITY - The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Quezon province launched on Monday an online program dubbed "Bay-tu-ah", which is derived from a common expression in the northern part of the province which means "ano ba ito?" or "what is this"? According to Ashton Garcia, a member of the Provincial Communications and Information Team (PCIT) of the DILG-Quezon, the project aims to inform the people about the programs and projects of their agency through the social media platform. "In a three to four-minute video clip, our office will relay to the public our most recent project, interact with the netizens, and inquire about the immediate needs of all barangays of Quezon," Garcia said. For its pilot episode, Bay-tu-ah discussed the recently conducted programs in Barangay Lavides in the town of General Luna. The video informed the public about the two primary needs of the barangay: roads and barangay health stations. It sa