The Valley Journal

Covid isolation facility in Ilagan City opened

5Apr

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Covid isolation facility in Ilagan City opened

BY MERITO G. EDALE JR., PIA CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela (April 5)—Due to the increasing number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients here, the city government decided to open its existing health facility to cater to its people who contracted the virus. Mayor Josemarie Diaz, who led the soft opening yesterday together with other city officials and employees, said the immediate opening of the isolation facility located at the City of Ilagan Medical Center at Barangay Lullutan, is necessary since all the referral hospitals in the region have reached their 100 percent utilization. In August 2018, the construction of the City of Ilagan Medical Center started. It is a 100-bed capacity hospital that aims to serve Ilagueños at the western part of the city. In his message, Di...

NV health workers to receive Bayanihan fund benefits

8Jan

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Covid-19, Health, Nueva Vizcaya

NV health workers to receive Bayanihan fund benefits

BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (January 8)—Health workers here who are directly in contact with COVID-19 patients are expected to receive additional benefits through the national government’s Bayanihan 2 Fund. Dr. Edwin Galapon, provincial health officer, said the Department of Health (DOH) has already approved the P15 million budget for the provincial government’s health workers. “These benefits are on top of the regular hazard pay of our health workers. These benefits will only be given to our health workers who are in direct contact with COVID-19 patients based on the guidelines of the DOH,” he said. Galapon said the COVID-19 health workers will receive the monthly P5,000.00 Special Risk Allowance (SRA) and P3,000 Active Hazard Duty Pay (AHDP) covering ...

6Jan

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Covid-19, Health, Isabela

Isabela ready to buy Covid-19 vaccines

FUNDS READY. Isabela Governor Rodolfo Albano 3rd assures that funds will be available once the Covid-19 vaccines arrive in the country. COURTESY OF ISABELA PIO BY MERLITO G. EDALE JR., PIA CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela (January 6)—The Local Chief Executive of this province has assured that the provincial government will be allotting funds for the purchase of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine with a high efficacy rate once it is available. Gov. Rodolfo Albano 3rd said that once the national government will allow local government units to buy for their constituents, the provincial government is ready to buy vaccines from legitimate suppliers recommended by the Department of Health. Albano said Vice Gov. Faustino G. Dy 3rd and the Provincial Board Members are supportive of th...

5Jan

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Covid-19, Health, Nueva Vizcaya

NVizcaya has 9 Covid-19 active cases

BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (January 5)—This province's Covid-19 active cases have been reported at nine as of today, with 25 deaths since the pandemic began early last year. Dr. Edwin Galapon, Provincial Health Officer, said Covid-19 active cases are in Bayombong with two cases, two in Bagabag, one in Bambang, one in Aritao, one in Villaverde, one in Dupax del Norte, and one in Dupax del Sur. "These cases did not come from local transmission but mostly from travel activities of fellow Novo Vizcayanos outside the province," he said. Governor Carlos Padilla has called on the police and health authorities to continue their strict implementation of the Covid-19 minimum health protocols, including the required travel documents of persons entering the provin...

Cagayan guv wants all Cagayanos inoculated with vaccine

5Jan

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, Covid-19, Health

Cagayan guv wants all Cagayanos inoculated with vaccine

VACCINE FOR ALL CAGAYANOS. Gov. Manuel Mamba announces that the province will purchase the Covid-19 vaccine for all once it is available in the country. PHOTO COURTESY OF CPIO BY OLIVER T. BACCAY TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (January 5)—Governor Manuel Mamba here has announced that all Cagayanos will receive vaccination against the deadly coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) once it is available in the country. The governor said the provincial government should not only be dependent on the national government's share but must find ways and means to ensure its access to the vaccines to bring back the usual economic activities in the province. "Other countries have already started with their vaccination programs. We will try to access one of these as early as possible and we will all...

Solano govt opens market, bans buyers, vendors from other towns

21Sep

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Covid-19, Nueva Vizcaya

Solano govt opens market, bans buyers, vendors from other towns

BY ANGELY L. MERCADO, PIA SOLANO, Nueva Vizcaya (September 21)—The local government unit here will be reopening its public market and slaughterhouse tomorrow (September 22) but banned vendors and buyers from other towns. "This is part of our intention to help our constituents through our aggressive implementation of our strict health protocols against the Covid-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]. Please bear in mind and understand that we do not want our severe situation to be aggravated further," Mayor Eufemia Dacayo said. Dacayo said they will also implement the “No Negative Swab Test. No Business" policy and advised market vendors and their helpers to submit themselves into the required swab testing through their Municipal Health Office. She said only three livestock vehicles ar...

TESDA Isabela starts contact tracing training for BHW, BNS

21Sep

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Covid-19, Isabela

TESDA Isabela starts contact tracing training for BHW, BNS

BY MERLITO G EDALE JR., PIA CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela (September 21) - At least 30 Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) and Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) from the different barangays (villages) of this city including selected faculty members from Isabela State University (ISU) - Ilagan City campus undergo contact tracing training recently. The training was implemented by the City Government of Ilagan in partnership with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) at Isabela School of Arts and Trades (ISAT) – Tesda. Tesda Isabela head Demetrio Anduyan Jr. said the training aimed to capacitate the BHWs and BNS on the technical know-how of conducting contact tracing. “We have targeted to train BHWs and BNS in the province on contact tracing knowing their capabili...

20Sep

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Covid-19, Nueva Vizcaya

1,621 NVizcayanos avail DOH’s Covid-19 testing

BY BENJAMIN MOSES M. EBREO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (September 20)—Health officials here said 1,621 villagers in five coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19)-affected towns recently availed of the free mass swab testing by the Department of Health (DOH) in collaboration with local government units. Dr. Edwin Galapon, provincial health officer, said the activity which was conducted on September 12-13 served as a venue in the collection of swab specimens through the Aggressive Testing of contacts, sub-contacts and line contacts of confirmed Covid-19 cases in various municipalities. "These activities were led by swab teams from the DOH, provincial and municipal government units," he said. Galapon said during the swab testing, 932 villagers came from the towns of Solano, 216 from Baga...

Chinese consulate donates 10 tons of rice

19Sep

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Covid-19, Health, Nueva Vizcaya

Chinese consulate donates 10 tons of rice

GOVERNOR Carlos Padilla receives from the Chinese consulate in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, headed by Consul Zhou Youbin, 10 tons of locally manufactured premium rice for the provincial government’s food-relief efforts and coronavirus disease 2019 response. PHOTO COURTESY OF NUEVA VIZCAYA PLGU BY LEANDER C. DOMINGO BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya: Through its consulate office in Laoag City in Ilocos Norte province, the People’s Republic of China donated 10 tons of rice to the provincial government here. Gov. Carlos Padilla said the provincial government wishes to extend its heartfelt thanks and gratitude to the Consulate of the People’s Republic of China in Laoag, headed by Consul Zhou Youbin. Padilla added that the 10 tons consisted of 5,000 packs of 2 kilograms each of local...

18Sep

By Leander DomingoNo Comments

Cagayan, Covid-19, Health

CValley’s death toll rises to 19

BY OLIVER T. BACCAY, PIA TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (September 18)—The Department of Health (DOH) in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) has reported a total of 19 death cases related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the Cagayan Valley region. Dr. Karina Joy Peca-at said 10 of the cases are from Nueva Vizcaya, five in Isabela, one in Santiago City, three in Cagayan and none in Quirino province. Peca-at said there are additional 56 positive cases from different provinces of the region which increased the total Covid-19 cases in the Cagayan Valley region to 1,305 in which 439 are active while 847 have already recovered. "Though there is an increasing number of mortalities in the region, our case fatality rate is still low at 1.4 percent," Peca-at said. Of the regional data i...