Ozamiz, Philippines

by Babes Jacob-Rebultan

Cagayan de Oro City (23 May) — TO address the vital concerns that affect the day-to-day life of every Filipino on food and nutrition, livelihood, peace and order, health, community development and basic infrastructure, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) will spearhead the conduct the People’s Government Mobile Action (PGMA) Caravan of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the cities of Oroquieta and Ozamiz in Misamis Occidental on May 24-June 4, 2008.

Within the time period, the event will be highlighted in Oroquieta on May 28-29 and Ozamiz on June 4-5, bringing together the surgical mission, medical and dental mission, and services caravan by concerned national line agencies of the government.

The PGMA Task force, composed of a team of surgeons and opthalmologists from Manila, will spearhead the surgical, medical and dental services in the two cities.

The medical mission would include medical services for treatment of breast mass/cyst, hareflip, hernia, goiter, clubfoot, myoma, cataract, and Pterygium, including dental problems.

According to Cristy Saplot of the provincial government In Oroquieta City, the PGMA caravan proper will be conducted on May 28-29 at the Cultural Center, Provincial Capitol compound.

She urged patients to undergo the required screening for the medical treatment in their respective rural health units or health centers.

On May 25-27, the screening of patients for the surgical mission on Ophta and General surgery will be at the provincial Cultural Center, Provincial Capitol compound.

The Surgical Treatment proper for general surgery and optha will be conducted on May 26-28 at the Misamis Occidental Provincial Hospital, also in Oroquieta City.

Per schedule set by the Misamis Occidental provincial government through the Provincial Health Office, prior to the PGMA Caravan proper on May 28-29, the Ist and 2nd Medical and Dental Missions will be held on May 26 and 28 respectively at the Oroquieta City gym.

On May 29, the last day of the PGMA Services Caravan Proper, will include awarding ceremonies, thanksgiving mass, and post-operation.

After Oroquieta City, the same PGMA Services Caravan will proceed to Ozamiz City on June 2-5, also to be spearheaded by the team of surgeons and Opthalmologists from Manila.

The Ist and 2nd Medical and Dental missions will be on June 2 and 4 respectively at the Ozamiz City High School, while the PGMA Caravan proper will be held on June 4-5 at the Ozamiz City High School Gym.

The screening of patients is set on June 1-3 at the Ozamiz City gym.

This is a pre-requisite to be able to avail of the Medical and Dental Mission and the PGMA Services Caravan proper.

Misamis Occidental Governor Loreto Leo S. Ocampos is inviting all Misamisnons to avail of the PGMA Services Caravan dubbed “Programang Pangkalusugan Kontra Kahirapan” of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

The province of Misamis Occidental is one of the 10 priority provinces in the country that was identified to be the recipient of the said services under the PGMA Caravan.

The PGMA Caravan aims to bring government services, programs and projects nearer to the people; make available the socio-civic and development projects of several key government agencies thru a one stop shop concept;

This also provides a venue for surgical, medical and dental outreach program that will cater to poor patients with medical disorder in the local government units who need immediate treatment.

The cooperators of this project are the Office of the President, Local Government Units, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation and key government agencies, mandated under Administrative Order No. 159: Department of Agriculture, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of Health, Department of Labor and Employment, Department of Public Works and Highways, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Transportation and Communications, Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council, Land Transportation Office, National Bureau of Investigation;

National Housing Authority, National Food Authority, Office of the President-Office of Political Coalition Affairs, Philippine Charity Sweepstakes, Philippine Information Agency, Philippine International Trading Corporation, Philippine National Police, Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, Training and Livelihood Resource Center, Social Security System, Department of National Defense, Department of Interior and Local Government, and National Anti-Poverty Commission

Other cooperators are the League of Municipalities of the Philippines, League of Provinces of the Philippines, League of Cities of the Philippines, non-government Organizations, private organizations and media personalities.

For more information, interested patients are advised to contact their respective Barangay Chairmen, Municipal or City Mayors or Misamis Occidental Governor Loreto Leo Ocampos at the Provincial Capitol, tel. no. 531-1632, 531-1333 or TXT MO C GOV 0919-511-1110 or call Marialyn Sobong, Provincial Health Office, tel. no. 531-1529. (PIA-MisOrOccCam)

OZAMIZ CITY — After being hounded by controversies in its shipyard projects in Subic and Villanueva, Misamis Oriental, Korean firm Hanjin Heavy Industries is facing another problem in the construction of the P3-billion Panguil Bay Bridge.

The bridge that would connect Tubod, Lanao del Norte and Tangub City, Misamis Occidental is being built by the firm’s subsidiary, Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Ltd. (HHICL).

Misamis Occidental governor Loreto Leo Ocampos said Hanjin construction, which won the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contract for the bridge project, was found to have “qualification issues.”

Ocampos said under the BOT law, winning bidders should have 60 percent Filipino ownership. Hanjin construction is a wholly-owned Korean subsidiary and is thus ineligible for the contract, he said.

Hanjin was the lone bidder for the construction of Panguil Bay bridge project.

Ocampos said a new bidding to invite new interested parties will be scheduled in light of this development.

He said the bidding would have to take account the prevailing prices of construction materials and estimated that government equity will hike to more than P900 million. By Ryan Rosauro

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OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental — The National Transmission Company (Transco) is planning to raise more cash by selling its sub-transmission lines in the Zamboanga Peninsula to rural electric cooperatives there.

Ruben Conti, Transco’s manager for northwestern Mindanao, said the divestment plan was part of Transco’s mandate under the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira).

Under the plan, some 1,200 circuit kilometers of 69-KVA sub-transmission lines were offered for sale to seven electric cooperatives in the northwestern Mindanao region, he said.

“If they are not interested to own the lines, Transco will be forced to continue maintaining and operating these,” Conti said.

In Pagadian City, the Zamboanga del Sur I Electric Cooperative (Zamsureco-1) said it was interested in acquiring two sub-transmission lines from Transco. By Ryan Rosauro

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OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental — Almost a year after starting flight between Ozamis and Manila, Air Philippines will start soon servicing the Ozamiz-Cebu route as well.

Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Sr. said Air Philippines executives have targeted the Cebu flights to commence this June.

“As planned, an Air Philippines aircraft will leave Cebu for a 45-minute flight here around 5:30 a.m. with return flight at 6:30 a.m.,” Parojinog said, adding the flights were expected to be daily.

Napoleon Bael, Air Transportation Office chief here, confirmed that the Air Philippines’ Cebu flights “are in the offing.” By Ryan Rosauro

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