Aklan is currently peaceful but the Philippine Army based in Camp Jizmundo, Libas, Banga, Aklan is not letting its guard down. It is but prepared at all times, so terroristic incidents like bombings in Mindanao and the CPP-NPA raid of Bacolod International Airport and the destruction of its facilities will not happen here in Aklan.
This was the assessment of Capt. Tony Tumnog, designated information officer of the 47th IB, Banga, Aklan of the Philippine Army when he reported on the activities of his organization at the 4th quarter meeting of the Aklan Public Information Officers Association (APIOA) recently held at PIA-Aklan Office.
The Philippine Army attributed the peaceful situation obtaining in Aklan to close military and civilian interaction resulting from an effective peace process initiative in the form of medical and surgical missions in far-flung and poor barangays.
Capt. Tumnog cited the recently-held Kalahi Community Day and Hinun-anon sa Barangay held in Malinao, Aklan wherein one of the major components was the medical mission jointly manned by the AFP medical team and members of Aklan Medical Society.
On the part of the Aklan Police Provincial Office (APPO), Kalibo, Aklan, Police Inspector Ramon Santos said PNP-Aklan is prepared at all times.
"We have to be ready always. ‘Hindi paatras ang panahon.’ We are also appealing to the people to help us by reporting to the police whenever crimes are committed or if some persons are acting suspiciously - for fast crime solutions, or preventions," Inspector Santos said.
"If you have also seen something unsatisfactory with our police personnel, report right away," he added.
Insp. Santos said, "to prevent the similar incident in Silay City from happening in Aklan, the 601st Mobile Group is constantly monitoring vital installations in the province like airports and major seaports."
Incidentally, with the recent Regional Trial Court decision of dismissing the case filed by the Municipality of Malay through Mayor Ciceron Cawaling against the provincial government of Aklan represented by Governor Carlito S. Marquez for Declaratory Relief with Preliminary Injunction, the "one-entry, one exit" provincial ordinance in Caticlan and Boracay Island will now be fully implemented.
This is the signal that the Aklan Police Provincial Office under the leadership of Provincial Director William Macavinta has been waiting for in order to fully monitor the Caticlan and Cagban Jetty Ports "so terror acts that happened in some places will not happen here", according to the PNP-Aklan head.
NSO Data Dissemination Forum Bares
WV’s Family Planning Trends
Last year, almost half of married women 15-49 years old in Western Visayas practiced family planning, and 35 percent of them used modern methods.
Among the methods used, pill and ligation are the leading modern contraceptives used. Women who used no method at all also comprised 50.3 percent
These family planning information were bared during the recently-held Data Dissemination Forum on the 2005 Family Planning Survey initiated by the National Statistics Office (NSO) provincial office in Aklan as one of its major culminating activities in the celebration of National Statistics Month.
The presentation on Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health where these data came from was done by Engr. Norman R. Julag-ay, Regional Director of National Statistics Office 6.
The counterpart data of Aklan on Maternal and Child Health was presented by Marissa M. Carillo, Nurse II, Provincial Health Office, Kalibo.
Engr. Julag-ay bared that Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR), the proportion of currently married women who are using any method of family planning in 2005 was highest in Cagayan Valley with 58.4 percent while the lowest was in ARMM with 15.9 percent Western Visayas has 49.7 percent, slightly higher than the Philippines’ CPR of 49.3.
The survey result also shows that both poor and rich women are willing to pay for various family planning methods and the percentage and median, the amounts they could afford are quite close.
For instance, 92 percent of poor women expressed their willingness to pay P30 for pills, while for their economically better counterpart, 95 percent also expressed willingness to pay the same amount. For injectable, a poor woman could pay P50 while the non-poor could afford to pay P75.00; and for ligation, the poor could spare P200.00 while the non-poor could pay P500.00
Among attendants at birth, hilots were the leading birth attendants in rural areas, while doctors led in urban areas in the country, with 57.6 percent of birth deliveries occurring at home.
In Aklan for 2005 as reported by Ms. Carillo, most deliveries were attended by midwives with 3,334; trained hilots, 2,917; and doctors with 1,405. Others who attended birth deliveries were nurses and untrained persons. Most babies were delivered at home with 6,236; hospitals with 1,436 and others, 71.
From 2001 to 2005, Carillo revealed that 7 of the 10 leading causes of infant mortality were non-communicable diseases like prematurity, congenital anomaly, heart diseases, malnutrition, asphyxia, hydrocephalus and congenital debility.
Aklan’s maternal mortality rate in 2005 was 39 percent per 100,000. Carillo said, "the leading cause of maternal mortality were hypovolemic shock and rheumatic heart disease/pneumonia."
Based on the 2005 Aklan health indices, total live birth was placed at 7,743; total death at 2,771; total infant death at 118; still birth, 22; and maternal death, 3.
Aklan’s ten leading causes of mortality include pneumonia, cancer of all forms, hypertension, heart disease, CVA, Pulmonary TB, COPD, Diabetes Mellitus, accidents and multi organ failure.
At the forum, Dr. Myrtle Pelayo, Provincial DOH Representative who delivered a message, stressed the importance of statistics as a tool in decision making on public health concerns. Ms. Consuelo L. Virgula, Regional Statistician, gave the background of the 2005 Family Planning Survey.
Selected heads and representatives of government agencies, the local media and NSO staff Aklan attended the forum. Provincial Statistics Officer Blas M. Solidum heads NSO-Aklan. /MP mailto:madyaas_pen@yahoo.com
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