Mindanao Daily NEWS
Volume II, No. 173
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January 17, 2014
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2 quakes jolt 2 Davao regions; no casualties
DAVAO––Two moderate earthquakes rocked some parts of Mindanao on Thursday, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). In its bulletin, the agency said the first quake with magnitude 3.3 occurred at 11:17 a.m. and its epicenter was traced some 15 kilometers northwest of Sarangani in Davao Occidental, while its depth of the tremor was estimated at 28 kilometers. See FULL STORY, page 9
Foreigners assault news crew in Zamboanga City
OWWA BUILDING. Construction of the OWWA-Misamis Oriental Provincial Hospital cost P100-million with the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration spending P31,500,000, the PDAP-PCF contributing P17-million and the local government unit’s counterpart amounting to P51,500,000. The building is reported to be 96.04 completed. Photo by Gerry Lee Gorit of Mindanao Daily News
THREE foreigners running an allegedly illegal roadside eatery and karaoke house in Zamboanga City assaulted a member of TV news crew on December 11, 2013. The news crew was covering the arrest of the foreigners for public disturbance. Zamboanga City in the island of Mindanao is some 1,800 kilometers south of Manila.
The police identified two of the foreigners as Iranians Abdel Kamal and Mohammad Mohaimi. According to the police, Kamal choked cameraman Paul John Gotib and smashed his camera. Working for Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) Zamboanga, Gotib was getting footage of Kamal and Mohaimi who were See assault, page 11
Measles cases shoot up in Davao, B’non
DAVAO City––Seventeen individuals tested positive for measles in the Davao Region last December, while Bukidnon also reported six suspected cases among children admitted in hospitals this week, sources said. Divene Hilario, head of health education and promotion in the Davao Region of the Department of Health, said that the patients found to have measles come from Buhangin, Sasa, and poblacion in Davao City, Pantukan in Compostela Valley, and Panabo City. She said the DOH already considered it an outbreak since there is more than one case, based on the criteria set by the World Health Organization’s. The results came from around 200 blood samples the DOH regional office sent to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila. The
samples were taken from sentinel sites all over the region, as the patients already being monitored for measles symptoms like rashes, conjunctivitis, coughs, colds, and flu. “The samples were sent to the RITM on Dec. 13 and the results came in this month,” Hilario said. “The areas mentioned are now being monitored.” “But we are already considering it a risk in the community if there’s a positive case,” she said. The potential for transmission, Hilario said, was 8 to 18 affected per one positive case, especially in areas with a high concentration of children who are not immunized against the disease. She said they are prioritizing immunization on children below five years old as they are the most vulnerable to the disease. She said
there were also cases involving young adults and the elderly. The DOH is asking parents not to send children outside their homes if they exhibited measles-like symptoms. She added that children 12-15 months old should also be immunized with booster doses even if they were already given measles shots. The DOH official said the danger is not in the disease itself but through complications such as blindness, deafness, dehydration, pneumonia, and encephalitis. “We’re looking out for these symptoms to prevent common complications,” she said. Hilario said that the provincial epidemiology surveillance unit takes care of monitoring data in the region. She added that there are also more samples being sent to the See MEASLES, page 11
COURTESY CALL. Acting Police Chief Sr. Insp. Raymond R. Lumapay (left) of Valencia City shake hands with City Councilor Glen “Aboy” G. Galario (right) during a courtesy call. photo courtesy of denden batis , text by tata cloma
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