Dateline Libacao

By: Alex E. Dionela


ONE OF OUTSTANDING MUNICIPAL HEALTH BOARDS IN WV

Libacao’s Municipal Health Board was adjudged as one of Outstanding Municipal Health Boards in Western Visayas for year 2006 in recognition of its outstanding performance in pursuing its mandated functions of improving the delivery of basic health services in the locality. The award was given by Health Regional Director Lydia Depra-Ramos and received by Vice Mayor Ramon Zapata and Municipal Health Officer Renche Bueno on December 12, 2006 at Sugarland Hotel, Bacolod City together with other awardees in the region.

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Specifically, local health boards propose to the sanggunian concerned the needed budgetary allocations for the operation and maintenance of health facilities and services. It also serves as advisory committee to the LGU in the appropriation of funds for public health services, in the selection of health personnel and promotion and other similar functions. This town’s local health board is composed of Mayor Charito Navarosa-Chairman, Dr. Renche Bueno-Vice Chairman and members namely; SB Member Vecine Ycay, Public Health Nurse Victoria Zolina and NGO representatives Noel Retolado and Elda Teodosio.

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Aside from the delivery of basic health services, this local government unit under the present administration is vigorously pursuing the construction of various spring water projects in almost all of the barangays and also distributes plastic pipes of different sizes to individual residents in order to ensure that every household shall have sufficient supply of clean and potable water for domestic use. In consequence, this town may now be spared from the outbreak of cholera, diarrhea and other water-borne diseases which had been a serious problem in the past. The implementation of this project, had gained acceptance to the people because of its practicability attributable to the abundance of rivers, creeks and natural springs in the area.

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Meanwhile, under the President’s Priority Program on Water construction is going-on for a separate Spring Water System with a total project cost of P9,570.353.00 for barangays Pampango, Guadalupe and Julita, all in this town. This project which is expected to be completed in the forthcoming month of April this year will no doubt bring about substantial benefits to the residents of these barangays in terms of maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

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The Libacao rainforests and watershed will continue to remain the source of safe and potable water for the Libacaonons. In contrast, we find Kalibo today and the neighboring towns confronted by a problem on water shortage. With that, why don’t local authorities take a second of the Libacao water?

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