NegOr Gov orders speeding up of maternal care unit construction
By Rachelle M. Nessia
DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, May 17 (PIA) -- The governor of Negros Oriental has ordered to speed up the construction of the maternal care unit of a district hospital in Guihulngan, Negros.
Governor Roel Degamo gave this directive in the groundbreaking of the Comprehensive Emergency Maternal and Obstetrical Neonatal Care (CEMONC) site in Guihulngan District Hospital in Negros.
Capitol Information Officer Adrian Sedillo said the Department of Health (DOH) allotted P25 million for the CEMONC’s construction.
Sedillo said the CEMONC construction is one of the governor’s priority projects as he believes it will help reduce the maternal and child mortality incidence in Negros Oriental.
“Through facilities like the CEMONC, the governor is confident that the province will achieve a zero mortality rate in child and maternal deaths in the province by 2015,” he said.
On April 21, the governor also led the groundbreaking ceremony of a CEMONC facility at the Bayawan District Hospital in Bayawan City.
The provincial government allotted P12.5 million for the facility’s construction in Bayawan.
Sedillo said the district hospitals of Bayawan City and Guihulngan City were chosen for the CEMONC facilities due to their location.
Bayawan City is at the southwest tip of Negros Oriental under the third congressional district while Guihulngan City is at the northeast portion of the island-province under the first congressional district. (RMN-PIA7 Negros Oriental)
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160 students complete SPES program in Dumaguete
By Rachelle M. Nessia
DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, May 17 (PIA) -- Around 160 students completed the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) in Dumaguete City.
The students’ 20-day summer job culminated in a graduation ceremony held Monday at Building 2 of the Dumaguete City Public Market.
Public Employment Services Office (PESO) In-Charge Socorro Mira said the daily wages of the SPES recipients come from a sharing scheme between the city government and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
DOLE shoulders 40 percent while the city government covers 60 percent of their wages.
SPES recipients earned P200 per day.
“The students can receive a total of as much as P4,000 within the 20-day period,” said Mira.
The city government earlier allotted more than P300,000 to undertake the special employment program to give identified students a chance to earn during summer vacation.
During the 20-day period, the program recipients participated in community services in the mornings and attended skills programs in the afternoons.
SPES started in Dumaguete City in 1993 and implemented through the city’s PESO for qualified high school and college students. (RMN/PIA Negros Oriental)