Govt kills thousands of non rabid dogs yet

CVO: Pasonanca tops 36

barangays rabies-positive

The City Veterinary Office said that 36 of the 98 barangays in the city are rabies positive, meaning that there are confirmed rabies cases in these communities for the last four years or for calendar year 2002-2006.

The City Veterinary Office led by Dr. Alcadio B. Cavan ,Jr. together with Dr. Agbayani and other representative who conducted information campaign against rabies control and eradication in several barangays disclosed that among the barangays, Pasonanca also has the most number of rabies cases for the last four years.

Dr. Cavan said that rabies positive cases in the 36 barangays have become alarming as records showed that from January to June this year, there were seven (7) fatalities among humans that prompted the CVET office to intensify rabies control and eradication.

Under the City Ordinance NO. 241, the rabies control and eradication is being chaired by the Local Chief Executive with the different composition of members coming from the different line agencies.

There is also a penalty of P 2,500 under section 7 on City Pound Ordinance for pet owners whose dogs happens to bite others as well as the medical expenses that will be shouldered by the pet owners which is too high costing from P 20,000 to P26,000 for the complete treatment .

Dr. Cavan said that there is already a national law on Rabies where as the penalty is P 25,000 instead of the local ordinances that impose the penalty of only P 2,500.

It was also learned that in most cases rabies positive occurred within the city proper about 80% came from pet dogs while the remaining 20 % are bits from stray dogs.

The local ordinances prohibits pet owner to just leave their pets outside their backyard.(LMMES)

Cops, soldiers, killer squads happy on law

CHR 9 to conduct information

campaign on Anti Terror Law

The Commission on Human (CHR) regional office will conduct an information dissemination campaign on the newly approved Anti Terrorism Law so that people will be aware of what the law is all about.

CHR Regional Director Atty. Manuel Mamauag said that a team of lawyers of the CHR will go to the different areas in the city to explain the Anti Terrorism Law or Human Security Act of 2007.

The Anti Terrorism Law was created to protect the people from the threat of terrorism worldwide.

The controversial Anti Terrorism Law will formally take effect on July 15, 2007 as the law was already signed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo last March 6, 2007.

The law became controversial because many are saying that the new law may invade the rights of every Filipino citizen to privacy and freedom.

In the new law, a citizen can be arrested even without a warrant of arrest, wire tapping can now be done and the checking of bank accounts can be undertaken by agents of the government without need to have the consent of the person being checked by them.

City claims title as child friendly.. but

CHO says there are 5,853

city malnourished children

There are 5,853 malnourished children aged zero to six years old in Zamboanga City, according to initial and partial reports of the City Health Office.

Last years’ report said that many children from Dulian Upper Pasonanca were found out to be malnourished.

This year there were 5,853 malnourished children in the city. There are 133,484 children from out of the recorded population of 762,768.

Last year when the population was 723,611 , there were 5,788 malnourished children of the 126,632 children listed in Zamboanga.

City Health Officer Dr. Rodel Agbulos said that the city is addressing the problem by providing feeding programs for the malnourished in coordination with the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO).

He said some of the kids get malnourished because some skip meals while in school while the others don’t eat the right food during recess time.

Most kids are also picky; they only choose their food and eat it everyday like hotdog and others.

A child is malnourished if he or she does not have the right weight and height for his or her age.

Malnutrition is a problem and if not remedied a child could dies if the malnutrition becomes severe.

The remedy for malnutrition is eating the right food in the basic food group to include the so called “go foods grow foods and glow foods.”

A malnourished child will easily get sick because his or her body system is weak. (LMES)

Party men shows greed at its worst

LDP councilors corner all

43 city council committees

As prophesied and insisted upon by City Mayor Celso Lobregat, the 12 majority councilors of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino or LDP have cornered all the chairmanship of the 33 major committees and 10 other special committees in the 16-members city council elected by the people in the May 14 , 2007 elections:

Five of the LDP Councilors; Juan Climaco Elago , Asbi Edding, Cesar Ituralde, Benjamin Guingona, and Abdurahman Nuno were allotted by the LDP majority five chairmanship each of committees or as representatives to special committees in the city council or the local government.

Two LDP Councilors, Rodolfo Lim and Rhoel Natividad took four committee Chairmanship each while four other councilors, Reynerio Candido, Cesar Jimenez Jr, Lilia M Nuno, and John Dalipe (Youth Sector) all have two chairmanships each.

Newcomers in the LDP, Eduardo Saavedra, Ethelinda Abarro and Rogelio Valesco were allotted one committee each of the 43 available in the Sangguniang Panglungsod.

A report of the city council secretariat showed that the three councilors who won under the banner Nuevo Zamboanga were allotted membership in minor committees.

Councilor Luis Noning Biel was allotted membership in six committees, Melchor Sadain (five) while Jaime Cabato was allotted one committee as membership.

Independent Councilor Charlie Mariano was not allotted any participation in the committee.(LMMES)

Mayor goes loco on unity meaning

Cabato laments Celso’s

“twisted sense of unity”

City Councilor Jaime U Cabato has denounced what he described as a “cross eyed view and a twisted sense of the word unity” by City Mayor Celso Lobregat when the mayor referred to his party mates in the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) who comprise the majority in the city council as the only ones that count in his concept of unity in Zamboanga. .

In his address and talk about unity during the maiden session of the city council last Thursday, Lobregat thanked his two LDP elected representatives, Congresswoman Maria Isabelle Climaco and Congressman Erico Basilio Fabian and his 12 LDP elected councilors.

He thanked them for their support, but said nothing about the minority in the council, whose presence in the Sangguniang Panglungsod, proves the essence of democracy.

Instead the mayor asserted that his LDP will “stay forever united,” and that no one “can drive a wedge” between them in the party.

The mayor said that he will allow anyone to sow fear under the unity of his present administration.

In his message during the maiden session at the Sangguniang Panglungsod last Thursday, July 05,2007 Lobregat said that he knows his place and he practice proper forum in protocol.

“I will not allow anyone to sow fear,” Lobregat said .

Lobregat further said that the present administration will not be counted down by tyranny by the minority member of the local legislation.

Cabato said that the Mayor twisted the meaning and his interpretation of the word ‘unity” as something that can only exist among his LDP party members.

In effect, this concept of Lobregat, excluded the thousands of local residents who also voted candidates of Nuevo Zamboanga during the May 14 election.

“Elections are over and he as the city mayor should be the first to initiate unity among the people, the entire populace of Zamboanga, because the LDP are not the only people in Zamboanga,’ Cabato said.

Yet despite his calls for unity, the mayor exclude all the others and mean only the unity within his party-the LDP, he said.

Cabato also noted that if as claimed, Lobregat as congressman, did not complained about not being given any committee in Congress, Cabato said he is made of different stuff and will continue to talk about inequities and imbalances in government, particularly in the local government in Zamboanga. (LMMES)