DISEASE SURVEILLANCE. Dr. Roland Jay Fortuna, assistant city health officer, on Friday (Feb. 3, 2023) says six barangays in Iloilo City are under monitoring due to the clustering of dengue cases. He said the areas are being prioritized for vector surveillance.(PNA photo by PGLena) ILOILO CITY - The city health office here is monitoring five barangays in Lapuz district where a clustering of dengue cases has been recorded while a village in Arevalo district has been identified as a hotspot area. There is a clustering of cases when a village has three or more cases in four consecutive weeks while a hotspot has an increasing or clustering of cases in four weeks and one or more deaths. Dr. Roland Jay Fortuna, assistant city health officer, on Friday identified barangays Bo. Obrero with seven cases, Sinikway and Don Esteban with four cases each and Rizal Sur and Mansaya with three cases each to have clustering of cases in Lapuz district. Meanwhile, the village of So-oc in Arevalo district is
DELIVERY. Personnel of the Philippine Statistics Authority in Iloilo delivers the digital copy of the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) to their owners in this undated photo. Jerry Dolutan, supervising statistical specialist and officer-in-charge of the Iloilo Provincial Statistical Office, on Friday (Feb. 3, 2023) said the digital copy of PhilSys ID can function equally as the physical ID cards and are accepted in both government and private establishments requiring proof of identity.(Photo courtesy of PSA Iloilo) ILOILO CITY- The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) here said that 1,399,685 residents of Iloilo province have already received their Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) card, either in digital or physical format, as of January this year. Jerry Dolutan, supervising statistical specialist and officer-in-charge of the Iloilo Provincial Statistical Office, quoted the Philippine Postal Corporation (PhlPost) report as of December 2022 that at least 978,894 phys
AID TO STUDENTS. Agusan del Norte 2nd District Representative Dale Corvera (left) leads the distribution of educational assistance to 161 students in Carmen town, Agusan del Norte, on Friday (Feb. 3, 2023). Some 2,500 indigent high school and college students in the province will receive PHP10 million worth of educational aid from the Department of Social Welfare and Development through the lawmaker's office. (Photo courtesy of Rep. Dale Corvera) BUTUAN CITY - Educational assistance payouts started Friday for 2,500 indigent students from the second legislative district of Agusan del Norte province. "Each of the 161 indigent high school and college students from Carmen town received PHP4,000 educational during the payout on Friday morning," the office of Agusan del Norte 2nd District Representative Dale Corvera said in a statement. The province's second legislative district covers the towns of Buenavista, Carmen, Jabonga, Kitcharao, Magallanes, Nasipit, Remedios T. Rom