LGU Tacurong conducts first aid training to barangay health workers

(January 31, 2012) Lake Sebu, South Cotabato (Feb. 1) - Recognizing their potent role in the delivery of health services in the countryside, the city government continues to arm all Community Volunteer Health Workers in Tacurong with knowledge on how to be effective and reliable in their works, the latest of which is the training on first aid.

More than 120 Community Volunteer Health Workers from 20 barangay of Tacurong attended the three-day First Aid Training and Year-Round Assessment Program, which kicked off Monday, January 30, 2012 at Punta Isla Lake Resort, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato.

Personnel of the City Health Office served as resource speakers in the lectures, which included proper response or first aid to injuries, drowning, convulsion, heart and other cases that require urgent attention.

The activity is an initiative of City Councilor Joseph Lechonsito, Chairperson of Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Health who acknowledges the important role of health workers as the first line of implementers of the city’s health programs.

Lechonsito said that medical records show that many accidents result to aggravation of injuries or even result to untimely death because of lack of knowledge on first aid. He added that residents in the barangays, who are far from hospitals, mostly fall victim to these circumstances.

With trained first aiders, patients who require urgent medical attention can surely be addressed while waiting to be transported to the hospital.

Aside from the various lectures on first aid, the LGU distributed copies of booklets on First Aid Guide, which are notably printed in Filipino for better comprehension and understanding.

Personnel from the Center for Health Development XII also arrived on the second day to give more inputs to the participants.

Meanwhile, Mayor Lina Montilla and other city officials, in showing their support to the health workers,  joined them in the open forum and committed to continue to bring to fore of their priorities the welfare of the volunteer workers. (LGU Tacurong-Information)

LGU Tacurong conducts business one stop shop

(January 15, 2012) As the Local Government Unit of Tacurong welcomed another year of public service to its constituents, it opened the Business One Stop Shop from January 2-20 at the City Hall Building, City of Tacurong.

            Services offered by the Business One Stop Shop include the acquisition or renewal of business permits. To make the processing of required documents faster and hassle-free, LGU and other concerned offices are convened in just one venue.

            These offices are the City Engineering Office, City Planning and Development Coordinating Office, Environment and Natural Resources Office, Department of Trade and Industry, PhilHealth, Bureau of Fire Protection, Social Security System, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Philippine National Police, and License Inspection Services Office.

            Hezel Ochada, 56, owner of a sari-sari store in Public Terminal, expressed her gratitude with this organized service of the local government. “Mas okay na subong kay ara na tanan nga kinahanglan ko. Kag step by step, gina-guide ka gid kung anu-ano ang mga himoon mo,” Ochada said.

            This undertaking of the Local Government of Tacurong in this early part of 2012 is an assurance that its services to its constituents will always be on their reach and can be easily accessed all throughout the year. [Jessa Loreta C. Billano]

LGU Tacurong extols Inugyunay Festival 2011

            (January 15, 2012) The City Government of Tacurong proved that the holiday season indeed is a period of a myriad of celebrations as it lauded the Inugyunay Festival 2011 on December 16-23, 2011 with a series of nightly presentations at the City Hall Grounds, City of Tacurong.

            Tacurongnons convened as early as 2 o’clock in the morning of December 16 to join in the festival opening where the lighting of the giant Christmas tree, belen, Philippine map, and city hall building took place. After which, the City Government Officials, together with the people of Tacurong, joined in the first Misa de Gallo in Nuestra Senora dela Candelaria Parish Church.

            The nightly presentations were sponsored by the different schools and agencies who willed to dedicate their talents not just to give entertainment for their fellow Tacurongnons but also for the aim of offering their performances to God, who is the reason of the season’s celebration.

            The night of Decemeber 19 was owned by the privates schools including NDTC – High School and College Departments, ND Sienna College of Tacurong, Inc., Centerpoint College of Arts and Sciences, St. John Learning Center, Inc., Sultan Kudarat Educational Institution, VMC City College, STI College, and Quezon Colleges of Southern Philippines. The Department of Education starred the night of the 20^th while the 21^st was the time for Non-Government Organizations namely: TAMAVA, Rotary Club of Tacurong, Transport Group, SK Chamber of Commerce, Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Trucking Group, and Hotels, Inns, and Pension Houses. The Association of Barangay Council devoured the night of the 22^nd while the night of the 23^rd was reserved for the Local Government Unit of Tacurong talents and for the annual grandiose fireworks display.

            Inugyunay Festival is celebrated every December of each year to bring together the people of Tacurong in the holiday season. Inugyunay is a Hiligaynon word which means “to unite.” [Jessa Loreta C. Billano]