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The Department of Education - Davao City Division (DepEd-Davao City) has announced that Magallanes Elementary School is the first elementary school in the Davao Region to offer a Special Program for the Arts (SPA).

Read more: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/magallanes-is-davao-regions-1st-elementary-spa-school

𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐨 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐬

The Davao City Government continues to provide free medicines to Dabawenyos through its 14 Botika ng Bayan outlets in the district health offices and other specified areas.

Botika ng Bayan Head Gemma Pujanes, during the I-Speak Media forum on Thursday, said a huge number of clients avail mainly of maintenance medicines, antibiotics, and vitamins through their facilities.

"Daghan gyud kaayo tag kliyente since we cater also to private reseta and consultations, daghan gyud ang mga pasyente nga nag-avail sa atong mga tambal sa Botika ng Bayan (We have many clients and we also cater to prescriptions from private consultations, many patients avail of medicines from the Botika ng Bayan)," Pujanes said.

She said that from the first Botika ng Bayan established in 2018 at the Southern Philippines Medical Center Malasakit Center, the city now has 12 BNBs located in the CHO district satellite offices in Agdao, Buhangin, Calinan, District A (Claudio), District B (El Rio), District D (Jacinto), Marilog, Paquibato, Sasa, Toril-A (Proper), Toril B (Daliao). Another BNB is also located at the CHO Main.

She added that the BNBs are being run by pharmacists who ensure the quality of medicines and ensure minimal wastage.

“Mao na siya ang kagwapo sa Botika ng Bayan, when we say man gud og Botika ng Bayan, it is already manned by a pharmacist compared to before na wala pata’y Botika ng Bayan ang mga medisina nato sa health centers gina-manage sa nurses and midwives. Of course, naa pud na silay ilahang task na kinahanglan nila atimanon and ang pag manage sa tambal secondary nalang na siya and dili na ma focus kaayo. Since nagsulod ang pharmacists sa Botika ng Bayan ang management sa tambal, I won’t say zero but na minimize ang wastage sa tambal (What is good in having the Botika ng Bayan is it is manned by pharmacists now, compared to when medicines were managed by the nurses and midwives at the health centers. Of course, they have their individual tasks that need attention and the management of the medicines is just secondary, they can’t focus. Since the pharmacists came in, the aspect of the management of medicines, I won’t say that it is zero, but the wastage of medicines is really minimal),” Pujanes said, adding that the pharmacists closely coordinate with one another, especially on the availability of medicines.

“We exchange stocks gyud sa health centers and other facilities, that is how we manage expiring medicines (We exchange stocks between health centers and other facilities, that is how we manage expiring medicines),” she said.

Since it is the beginning of the year and the start of the procurement process, they do not have stock of some medicines yet, however, they make sure that essential medicines are on hand. As for the medicines they ensure its quality before release to the public.

Pujanes said that in providing medicines, the amount they distribute varies.

“Pag mga maintenance medicines we give the equivalent of a one-month nga supply sa mga medicines and then ang validity sa ilahang prescriptions is three months. Pero kung antibiotic na siya seven days lang ang validity sa atoang prescription, and then i-full dose, we don’t give partial sa antibiotics to prevent antimicrobial resistance (If it is maintenance medicines, we give the equivalent of a month's supply of the medicines, and then the validity of their prescriptions is for three months. But for antibiotics, the validity of our prescription is only seven days, and we also give them the full dose, we don’t give partial [doses] to prevent anti-microbial resistance),”she added.

Pujanes reminded Dabawenyos to avail of the Botika ng Bayan services.

“Sa tanan mga Dabawenyos gusto nako ipahibalo nga duna kita’y Botika ng Bayan kung asa kita pwede maka-avail og libreng tambal. Para maka-avail kamo og libreng tambal kinahanglan mag-present kamo og updated nga reseta, ID sa pasyente, kung dili ang pasyente ang mag-claim, ID sa mag claim nga kapamilya. Ato ning i-avail nga pribilihiyo kay dili tanang lugar sa Pilipinas naay ingon ani (To all Dabawenyos, we would like to inform you that we have Botika ng Bayan where you can avail of free medicines. To avail of these, you need to present an updated prescription, ID of the patient or ID of the family member claiming the medicines. We should avail of these because it is a privilege that is not available in some areas in the Philippines),” Pujanes said.

The Botika ng Bayan branches are open from 8 a.m to 5 p.m., from Monday to Friday. CIO

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞

In time for this month's Safer Internet Day for Children, a city councilor encouraged parents to help their kids use the internet responsibly.

Safer Internet Day for Children is celebrated every second Tuesday of February under Proclamation 417, which was signed by former President Rodrigo R. Duterte in 2018, to promote responsible usage of the internet especially to children.

Councilor Bonz Andre Militar said that it is essential to provide guidance to youngsters in order to guarantee that they engage securely online, given that the internet has no restrictions.

“Kailangan nato ni sila i-monitor gyud kay atoang mga anak possible man gud magamit nila inyong mga phones and then makita nila to’ng mga dili pwede pa nila makita (We need to keep an eye on them because our children can use your phones and then they can see things they must not see),” Militar said in an interview with the city-owned Davao City Disaster Radio.

He said that monitoring for cyberbullying also continues, with cybercrime unit officers always willing to cater such cases in Davao City.

“Atoa gyud na’ng ginatan-aw since prone kaayo ang mga nagapakamatay nga mga bata karon it’s because of the online bullying (We're paying close attention since internet bullying is the main reason why children are likely to commit su***de these days),” he said.

He also advised parents to allot a “parents day or parents hour” to spend time for their children.

“For example naa’y isa ka oras, pila ka oras nga dapat sila wala gagamit og cellphone, pati ang parents (For instance they spend an hour or more with their kids, they should not use phones, even parents),” he said.

He said limitations must be set in using the internet particularly since it may cause a youngster to become introverted.

“Since karon man gud nga generation techy naman kaayo, paghuman og klase tagaan na lang og tablet kay magpuyo man gud ang bata pero wala ta kabalo unsa’y effect sa bata ato. Isa man gud niana mahimo silang introvert (Since this generation is so technology-savvy, like after school we just give them a tablet for the child to behave but we don't know what effect it will have on the child. One of those things is that they can be introverted),” he said.

“Manawagan lang ko sa parents to strictly monitor unsa’y ginabuhat sa mga anak kay daghan kaayog content ron sa Youtube. Naay mga content diha nga wala mo kabalo na abi ninyog gatan-aw ra og Disney princess pero lahi ilahang content (I call on our parents to keep a close eye on what their kids are doing because YouTube has so much content. You may be unaware that they are watching certain types of content. For example, you may believe they are watching a Disney princess, but the content is different),” he added. CIO

As mandated by RA No. 10643 (The Graphic Health Warnings Law) and RA No. 11900 (Vaporized Ni****ne and Non-Ni****ne Products Regulation Act), the DOH is mandated with issuing graphic health warnings for to***co, vaporized ni****ne, and novel to***co products every two years. This consultation aims to gather stakeholder feedback on the proposed templates.

The Department of Health (DOH) invites all concerned stakeholders to provide feedback on the following draft administrative orders:

• Graphic Health Warning Templates for Vaporized Ni****ne and Non-Ni****ne Products and Novel To***co Products pursuant to Republic Act Nos. 11900 and 10643

• Graphic Health Warning Templates for To***co Products Pursuant to Republic Act No. 10643

📌 Access the draft Administrative Orders here: https://bit.ly/2025GHWPubConAOs
📌 Submit your comments on or before 21 February 2025, 12:00 NN (Friday) via email to [email protected].