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Authorities issue advisory on haze Volume IV, No. 132 web portal: www.mindanaodailynews.com
By BONG D. FABE, Editor at large
CAGAYAN de Oro City--Government authorities yesterday issued an advisory to citizens of Mindanao cities affected by the haze to be extra careful to avoid unnecessary risks. The DOH urged the public to wear appropriate dust masks when going out and to refrain from physical activities such as doing physical exercise in heavily polluted areas. “For elderly, children and those with respiratory-asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cardiovascular diseases, stay indoors with good ventilation,” it said. Health officials also ad-
vised everyone to “consult a doctor if there is difficulty in breathing, cough, chest pain, increased tearing of the eyes, and nose or throat irritation.” “Further, stay away from low-lying areas where smoke and suspended particles may settle,” they added. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), on See issue, page A11
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BFAR warns fisher folks of bigger penalties under revised fisheries code By Jorie C. Valcorza of PIA
CAGAYAN de Oro City-Following the amendment of the Fishery Law, all illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing will now be meted heavy penalties. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) region 10 Director Visa Tan-Dimerin said it is too big that it might drain their resources from the penalties alone as indicated in the new implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 10654. “Under financial penalties for the fish coral alone, it’s eight times the value of the single coral when the offender is caught in possession, selling or destroying it, or close to a P1M fine for every hectare of corals destroyed,” she stressed. HAZY MORNING. The orange glow of the sun can still be seen at 6:00 Friday morning Dimerin called on comdue to the atmospheric haze believed to have come from the forest fires in Sumatra, indonesia and is now blanketing the skyline of Cagayan de Oro and other cities in mercial operators, fisher Mindanao.
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Clean Air Act of 1999, provides “guidance in providing health advisory/statement at each levels of pollution index.” Raut added if the pollution index reaches 55 micrograms per cubic meter or higher, it becomes unsafe for elderly and children who are suffering from asthma to stay outside of their houses. “When it reaches this level, some may have difficulty breathing,” she said. Once it reaches the ground haze may cause cough, nose and throat irritation, and mild shortness of breath to more complex diseases such as cancer, she warned. “Haze is defined as a
slight obscuration of the lower atmosphere, typically caused by fine suspended particles. It is a result of an aggregation in the atmosphere of very fine widely dispersed, solid or liquid particles or both in relatively dry air, giving the air an opalescent appearance,” she said. Among the hazardous chemical compounds contained in haze are sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen dioxide. Sulfur dioxide causes impairment of visual perception, manual dexterity, learning ability, and performance of complex tasks. Sulfur dioxide worsens
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Pelaez wants public-private Patients with respiratory illnesses warned against effects of haze partnership for unfinished school buildings investigated MISAMIS Oriental--In a move to find out the reasons for the delay in school building constructions in the Province, Vice Governor JOEY G. PELAEZ invited various representatives from the Department of Education (DepEd) and the contractors of the Public-Private Partnership project to construct school-buildings. This was after Vice Governor Pelaez personally discovered that several school buildings See pelaez, page A11
UNFINISHED SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN MISAMIS ORIENTAL – VICE GOVERNOR JOEY G. PELAEZ takes down notes during the discussions in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan regarding the unfinished classrooms of the Department of Education under the Public-Private Partnership Project of the National Government.supplied photo
DAVAO City -- Patients who are suffering from respiratory illnesses should remain indoors or wear masks as the haze believed to be caused by forest fires in Sumatra, Indonesia continued to affect several parts of Mindanao, a health official said on Friday. Speaking at the Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao, Gloria Ortega Raut, senior health officer of the Department of Health in Region 11 said patients should take precautionary measures even if the air pollutants have remained at the safe levels, or from 0 to 54 micrograms per cubic meter. Republic Act 8749, also known as the Philippine
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