ORIENTATION. Personnel of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Ilocos regional office holds an orientation with potential new beneficiaries under Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program last week. Some 56,750 were identified as potential beneficiaries in the region.(Photo courtesy of DSWD Ilocos regional office) MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has identified some 56,750 indigent households as potential beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps) for this year in Ilocos Region. In a phone interview on Monday, 4Ps information officer Jaesem Ryan Gaces of the DSWD Ilocos regional office said the number was a target given by the 4Ps National Program Management Office (NPMO) to meet the 4.4 million national target. He said of the total number 48,728 are from Pangasinan, 4,031 from Ilocos Sur, 3,230 from Ilocos Norte, and 761 from La Union. "These are from the Listahanan 3 Database as a new set of potential 4Ps benef
FREE EYE SCREENING. The Department of Health gives free eye screening services to indigents, especially those with diabetes in Luna town, La Union province on Feb. 16-17, 2023. The health department targets to conduct more free eye screening services in the other parts of the region, particularly in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas.(Photo courtesy of DOH-CHD-1) MALASIQUI, Pangasinan -The Department of Health (DOH) in Ilocos Region (Region 1) is offering free retinopathy screening to the residents in the region in partnership with the Ophthalmology Department of Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC). In a statement issued on Monday, DOH-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD)-1 Regional Director Paula Paz Sydiongco called on all diabetic patients in the region to avail of the free mobile eye screening. "We will be visiting more communities this year and seeking outpatients, especially those living in GIDAs (geographically isolated and disadvantaged area
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan-Some 24,429 individuals from Ilocos Region are set to take the Civil Service Examination pen-and-paper test scheduled on March 26 this year. Civil Service Commission (CSC) Ilocos Region chief human resource specialist Jerwin Linsangan, in a forum hosted by Philippine Information Agency Ilocos regional office, on Friday said of the total number of examinees, 6,963 are from Western Pangasinan, 3,212 in Ilocos Norte, 4,659 in Ilocos Sur, 5,110 in La Union, and 4,485 in Eastern Pangasinan. "For those who will take the exam, they just have to wait for the notice if they would still need antigen result for the unvaccinated or (if) they would still need to present a health declaration form," he said. He added that there would be another exam on Aug. 13 this year and the filing for the August exam will start on May 15 until June 14. Linsangan said there are available jobs in the government and in the local government units for those who will be eligible after pa
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - The Department of Health (DOH) has launched a dance contest open to all high school and college students in the province of La Union as part of its cardiovacsular health and wellness campaign. "The campaign will be piloted in the province of La Union, to promote fitness and healthy diet including literature on the importance of physical activity in preventing heart disease," said DOH Ilocos region director Paula Paz Sydiongco in a statement on Wednesday. The participants should be a group of seven to 15 members, either male or female or both. The duration of the dance must be from five to seven minutes and the dance composition must emphasize the theme of the event. Vulgarity, obscenity and explicit movements are not allowed. Props and other materials needed for visuals can be used and dance music must not contain inappropriate or offensive content. The registration for the dance contest started on Feb. 14. Interested parties may register online throug
READY TO SERVE. The seven graduates of the Doctors to the Barrios Program of the Department of Health (DOH) pose with DOH Ilocos regional director Paula Paz Sydiongco (middle) in this undated photo. The graduates will be deployed in the provinces of La Union, Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur. (Photo courtesy of DOH Ilocos Region) MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - The Department of Health (DOH) has deployed seven doctors who graduated from the Doctors to the Barrios (DTTB) Program to several provinces of the Ilocos Region to give health care services to depressed, marginalized and underserved communities. "These medical doctors will be responsible for implementing the national and local health programs. They will conduct regular medical consultations and referral of critical cases to appropriate health facilities," said DOH Ilocos regional director Paula Paz Sydiongco in a statement on Tuesday. Three of the seven DTTBs were deployed in Ilocos Norte province, two in Ilocos Sur, and two in La