Eyeglasses to Bayongan San Miguel residents 2006 Dec

Post date: Jul 22, 2012 10:7:45 AM

Last December 2006, a total of 1,012 individuals from 578 families benefited from the recent civic action (CIVAC) of the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) chaired by Gov. Erico Aumentado in barangay Bayongan in San Miguel town. The CIVAC targeted the 101 families whose houses and lands tilled will be submerged when the Bayongan dam of the Bohol Irrigation Project Stage 2 (BHIP 2) will be operational. However, residents of surrounding barangays Camanaga and Sto. Niño of San Miguel; Los Angeles, Bulilis and Buenavista of Ubay and La Suerte of Pilar were also invited to avail of free medical and dental services, Operation Tuli (circumcision) and consultation with Aumentado, representatives of national government agencies including the Philippine Army and the police, provincial government departments and satellite offices, San Miguel Mayor Silvino Evangelista, the municipal and the barangay local government units.

For the medical and dental services, the Provincial General Services Office under Engr. Rosalinda Yu procured P40,000 worth of medicines while Aumentado brought additional medicines given by Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. The governor also brought iodized salt donated by the Artemis Salt Corp. to provide the micronutrient needs especially of children. While the human body needs only micro amounts of iodine, its lack can already cause dwarfism, cretinism and goiter, among others.

The Tagbilaran City Host Lions Club under Dr. Eufemia Cabagnot distributed 90 pairs of calibrated eyeglasses. The Office of the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (OPSWD) under Constancia Tuñacao also distributed three kilos of rice, two cans of sardines and three packs of instant noodles to each family. Aumentado also turned over Monday to provincial coordinator Mario Ramir Yu, program managers Engr. Calixto Seroje for livelihood, Engr. Dionisio Neil Balite for mobilization all of Gawad Kalinga (GK) a check for P500,000 for the livelihood of the affected families. Bringing volunteers in, and with contributions from both government and private sectors and sweat equity of the beneficiaries themselves, GK built an initial 35 houses for the displaced families. Aumentado, Yu and Couples for Christ head for Bohol and GK resource generation head Jose Ong distributed the titles prepared by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to the beneficiaries. DAR had provided the relocation site under its Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).

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