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Jun
23
Got any complaints you want Munti City Hall to act on? See how here.
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Alabang Bulletin asked the Muntinlupa, Paranaque and Las Pinas city halls if they have an online venue wherein their residents could reach out to them with their complaints, suggestions and what have you’s.
We suggested that they create Twitter accounts so that they can get instant reactions from their constituents as well as a way for them to address complaints by residents.
Paranaque Public Information Office head Lloyd Palconan said that they would be thinking about it.
Las Pinas City Hall did not reply.
Muntinlupa, on the other hand, said that they are not sure yet if City Hall has plans of using social networking sites as an alternative portal to reach out to Muntinlupenos.
Their PIO then brought up an existing social media component they have in hand in their website, www.muntinlupacity.gov.ph.
Here is an image of the message board and/or suggestion box that Muntinlupenos or other concerned citizens can use to air their concerns/complaints/suggestions/praises/gratitude/etc.:
According to them, this is where people can write their queries, suggestions and opinions and the Munti PIO tries their best to reply as soon as possible.
“We print these queries and suggestions and locate them to the most admissible office that can ideally answer them substantially,” said the Munti PIO.
So there, Muntinlupenos, there is a God after all.
Got complaints or questions for your government officials? Write them all down here!
Jun
23
Munti trike operators get fuel aid from Tawid Pasada Program
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Registered tricycle operators in the city received P150 fuel assistance from the National Government through its “Tawid-Pasada” Program that subsidizes a portion of their average fuel consumption to lighten the impact of high fuel prices.
Staff from Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the City Government of Muntinlupa distributed the said amount to tricycle drivers and operators at the Muntinlupa Sports Center and Bayanan Baywalk last June 1.
(Photo courtesy of Public Information Office)
Jun
23
DOH-NKTI conduct kidney tests in Paranaque
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In line with its Renal Disease Control Program (REDCOP) and in observance of the Kidney Month, the DOH-National Kidney & Transplant Institute (NKTI), in cooperation with the City Government of Parañaque, headed by Mayor Florencio Bernabe, Jr. conducted a medical /laboratory outreach and lecture forum in the city.
Dubbed as “Bato Kong Alay, Bago Mong Buhay”, the activity aimed at raising the awareness of citizens on the causes, symptoms, prevention and management of kidney disease.
Kidney diseases rank as the No. 10 killer in the Philippines, causing death to about 7,000 Filipinos every year.
The various kinds of kidney disease are diabetic kidney disease, chronic glomerulonephritis (CGN), hypertensive kidney disease and chronic and repeated kidney infections (pyelonephritis).
Kidney disease may not manifest itself hence the patient would not usually seek medical attention. The person would look or feel normal but when the urine is examined, it will reveal adverse findings. Due to lack of symptoms during its early stages, they often lead to End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD).
According to NKTI Adult Nephrology Chief Fellow Dr. Maricris Basinillo, the current leading cause of ESRD in the country is complication from diabetes mellitus, followed by CGN and hypertension.
She added that these diseases can be prevented by adopting a healthy lifestyle and having a regular urinalysis and medical check-up by a physician.
If diagnosed early in the course of illness, the need for expensive ESRD treatment including dialysis and organ transplant can be avoided.
Apart from the lecture forum on kidney disease, free urinalysis and medical consultations were conducted for the benefit of the residents of the City.
The activity was in coordination with the Parañaque City Health Office headed by Dr. Olga Virtusio.
Providing support for the DOH-NKTI team were Parañaque Medical Officer Dr. Geraldine Yangson, Chief Medical Technologist Joycelynn Aman, health center physicians, Health Educ. Promotion Officers and medical technologists of the city.
