Kalibo, Aklan – The dreaded dengue disease claimed its first Aklan victim on the first week of July here, and cases in the province continue to rise, bringing to a total of 78 from January to the first seven days of July of this year.
Dr. Maria Magpusao, Chief of the Technical Services Division here of the Provincial Health Office revealed that from July 1-7 period alone, 23 cases were already reported, while many are still coming in after the period. In June, 23 cases were also reported, but the figure applies for the whole month and not just for a week.
Dr. Magpusao said the cases may still peak in August because it had been observed yearly that there are more cases during this period.
To control dengue, Dr. Magpusao said everybody should clean the surroundings by destroying places where dengue-carrying mosquitoes lay eggs like stagnant and clear waters collected in old tires, drums, cans and coconut shells that store rain water. One must also increase his body resistance by drinking plenty liquid, eating nutritious foods like fruits and vegetables, and having enough rest.
For those in schools, Dr. Magpusao advised that school children must ensure that there are no mosquitoes under their desks before sitting down in class; teachers should make sure that water containers in the classrooms are covered; and if the schools maintain lagoons, fish should be placed there to consume the mosquito wrigglers – or they should just place sea water in the lagoon so it would not be made a breeding area of mosquitoes.
Daily now, Dr. Magpusao said she and her group from the Provincial Health Office go around the province to meet with barangay officials whose areas have reported cases of dengue to inform them how they should manage and clean their surroundings to prevent cases from increasing.
As there are now four dengue strains, Dr. Magpusao is advising that once a person gets well from dengue, he must rest for at least 7 days to be sure that he is truly cured, so another strain would not affect him.
The Department of Health, for its part, is advising people to practice the 4S in defeating dengue – Search and Destroy, by destroying breeding places of mostquitoes; self-protection measures – by increasing one’s body resistance; seeking early consultation by going to health centers and hospitals once fever has set in for two days; and saying no to indiscriminate fogging.
The DOH also calls on hospitals to have dengue express lanes so patients having dengue would be given immediate attention. (PIA/Venus G. Villanueva)
Barangay, SK elections will go as scheduled – COMELEC
Kalibo, Aklan –Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections will go as scheduled if there are no laws approved and passed to reset the elections.
This was the latest statement from the Provincial COMELEC Office here, issued by OIC Provincial Election Supervisor Lorena Tumbagahan in a press conference she called for the local media here recently.
Tumbagahan said that as part of preparing for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, the COMELEC is having a special registration of voters for the political exercise, scheduled on July 15-22.
Tumbagahan said all municipal offices in Aklan will be open on these dates to accept registrants, from 8:00 to 12:00 in the morning and from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m.
For SK, a registrant must be 15 years old but below 18, a Filipino citizen and a resident of the place where he is voting for six months. If he turns 15 several days before October 29, or the day itself, the day of the election, he will be allowed to register.
For those going to vote in the barangay elections, a registrant should be a resident of the Philippines for one year and has resided in the area where he is going to vote for six months, according to Tumbagahan.
COMELEC –Aklan anticipates that many people will still register for the barangay and SK elections and expects lots of transferees just within the province.
The holding of the barangay and SK elections on October 29, 2007 is mandated under RA No. 9340, which was enacted to reset the supposed-to-be barangay elections 3 years after 2002.
Republic Act No. 9340, enacted September 22, 2005 resetting the Barangay and SK elections spells that under this act, the subsequent synchronized elections after the initial one held on July 15, 2002 is rescheduled on the last Monday of October 2007 and every three (3) years thereafter.
Under the republic act, the term of office of said officials elected in the October 2007 election and subsequent elections shall commence at noon of November 30 next following their election. (PIA/Venus G. Villanueva)
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