Nutrition Care Processes in BLDH Strengthened

To ensure that Balaoan District Hospital serves nutritious and safe food for disease prevention, treatment and management, Nurses and Nutritionist Dietician underwent an orientation on the guidelines for the implementation of Nutrition Care Process.

The orientation was conducted on October 20, 2020 at the hospital conference hall by a team from Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center led by Dr. Reynaldo Estandia.

Nutrition Care Process is a method that dietetics professionals utilize to address nutrition-related problems and provide safe and effective quality nutrition care. The Department of Health mandated all hospitals to operationalize and institutionalize the Nutrition Care Process in their respective facilities.

LU Sand, Gravel Operations Monitored

The Multipartite Monitoring Team for Sand and Gravel Operations and pebble picking industry in La Union conduct the regular monitoring of sand and gravel operations in La Union on October 6-15, 2020 in the various quarry areas in the province namely in Sudipen, Bangar, Luna, City of San Fernando, Bagulin, Naguilian, Aringay, and Bauang. Regular monitoring is conducted to ensure that all regulatory and safety protocols are observed among all quarry permit holders in La Union. This is also to promote responsible mining and avoid illegal and destructive quarry operations in the province. The monitoring team is composed of the Office of the Provincial Governor – Environment and Natural Resources Unit, Mines and Geosciences Bureau, Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office, Lorma Community Development Foundation Incorporated, and component Local Government Units.

NDH SENDS HOME COVID-19 RECOVERIES

NDH SENDS HOME COVID-19 RECOVERIES. With the continuous efforts of health care providers and hospital personnel, the Naguilian District Hospital (NDH) reported two new CoViD-19 recoveries who were discharged.

The recovered patients include a 27 year-old female frontliner from the City of San Fernando discharged on October 6, 2020 and a 33 year-old female from Bancagan, Naguilian, La Union on October 15, 2020.

NDH employees sent the new recovered patients off and gave them congratulatory tokens from the hospital. The NDH Management still reminds the public to strictly follow health measures set to fight CoViD-19.

PEACE AND STABILITY FOR CRISIS RECOVERY AND TRANSFORMATION

PEACE AND STABILITY FOR CRISIS RECOVERY AND TRANSFORMATION. Gov. Pacoy discusses with the country’s top officials for defense and public safety, namely National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Philippine Army Commanding General LTGEN CIRILITO E SOBEJANA PA, as he relays to them the Provincial Government of La Union’s thrust on strengthening Peace and Order and Public Safety as part of its crisis recovery initiatives. Gov. Pacoy met the officials at the Headquarters of the First Scout Ranger Regiment, Philippine Army in San Miguel, Bulacan on October 13, 2020, during the Governor’s conferment as Scout Ranger honorary member.

OPAss, MALLU to Uniform Citizen’s Charter

The Office of the Provincial Assessor (OPAss) and Municipal Assessors League of La Union (MALLU) are formulating a uniform citizen’s charter to ensure transparency in rules and procedures and to specify what to expect to measure on how to improve customer service delivery.
During the video conference meeting of MALLU on October 13, 2020, Provincial Assessor Engr. Arnulfo A. Cacho highlighted the need to refine the transactions in the municipalities and in the province because of the discrepancies when documents are prepared in municipalities and the processing of documents takes place in the province.
To facilitate the faster drafting of the uniformed citizen’s charter, MALLU created a technical working group led by Municipal Assessor of Santol Mr. Elmere Ordoño to analyze and evaluate the citizen’s charter.
The uniformity of the citizen’s charter will give information about services available, time of transactions and processing and will give clients consistent knowledge on municipalities’ citizen’s charter thus improving the service delivery.

PARTNERING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AMIDST ADVERSITY

PARTNERING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AMIDST ADVERSITY. The Provincial Government of La Union recently received a plaque of recognition from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Regional Office 1 led by Regional Executive Director Atty. Crizaldy M. Barcelo, during their courtesy call to Gov. Pacoy on October 12, 2020 at the Provincial Capitol, City of San Fernando, La Union. The PGLU has been recognized by the DENR for its commitment to uphold environmental sustainability amidst the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Also joining the courtesy call were Mary Ann Escoto, DENR R1 Chief Administrative Officer; and Annalyn Rosario Valdez, PGLU Environment and Natural Resources Unit Chief.

Illegally Extracted, Transported Aggregates Apprehended

The Office of the Provincial Governor- Environment and Natural Resources Unit (OPG-ENRU) staff together with personnel from the Provincial Treasury Office (PTO) and members of the Multi-partite Monitoring Team of Sand and Gravel Operation of La Union apprehend an illegally extracted and transported aggregates at San Juan, La Union on October 8, 2020.

While the team composed of representatives from OPG-ENRU; Mines and Geosciences Bureau; Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office; and Local Government Units were conducting monitoring of sand and gravel operations in Brgy. Cabaroan and Brgy. Nagatuiran, San Juan, they spotted a truck coming from the upstream of the river, an area with no approved permit to conduct quarry operations. The team flagged down the truck and asked for clearances/legal documents for the extraction and transport of aggregates. The driver of the truck from San Gabriel, La Union failed to present legal papers so the team instructed the driver to unload his cargo. He was fined by the PTO and the aggregates were then turned over to LGU-San Juan.