ROTARY NEWS: Hegins-Valley View Rotary Club Involved in Cultural Exchange - News - Republican Herald

Hegins-Valley View Rotary Club Involved in Cultural Exchange - News - Republican Herald: "HEGINS - The Hegins-Valley View Rotary Club hosted a Rotary Group Study Exchange Team from Rotary District 3860 in the Philippines.

The five-member team visited the Schuylkill County area from Monday through Saturday, according to a Rotary press release.

The visiting Exchange team included team leader Edgar Chiongbian, District 3860 Secretary and past president of the Rotary Club of Cebu, Philippines, who is a retired mechanical engineer and businessman. Chiongbian writes a sports column for Sunstar Cebu, a daily newspaper.

Other members of the team included Joan Sarausos-Largo, assistant dean of the College of Law at the University of San Carlos; Josie Marfe Montes, a local government operations officer for the Department of the Interior and Local Government in Calape, Bohol; Sheila Abigail Go, a lawyer specializing in corporate law and taxation; and Merrill May Baje, a pediatric dentist in Lapu-Lapu City, Mactan Island, Cebu."

JCI Senate

DAILY STAR: Top Stories: "Our thrust this year is to reactivate more JCI Senate chapters throughout the country to widen our implementation of our projects in communities,” Tan said.

Among their projects are the donation iPod Touch units to specials schools for non verbal autism children, wheelchairs, slippers, used computes and school supplies, he said.

The JCI Senate also provides assistance to Overseas Filipino Workers and honors outstanding Filipinos in partnership with Insular Life, and outstanding Filipino physicians with partners - the Department of Health, PhilHealth and Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, he added."

Opinion on Women's Health Abroad: Topic: Hysterectomy

Should hysterectomy mean the ovaries come out too? | Reuters: "The current study included more than 25,000 women age 50 to 79. Researchers followed the women for an average of 7 to 8 years to determine how many were diagnosed with ovarian cancer, heart disease, or a hip fracture.

Ovarian cancer was very rare in both groups of women -- 1 in 300 women who only had a hysterectomy were diagnosed with the disease, compared to 1 in 5,000 women who had their ovaries removed with the hysterectomy.

The authors calculated that 323 women would have needed to have their ovaries removed to prevent each case of ovarian cancer.

Both groups of women were diagnosed with heart disease and hip fractures at similar rates, and about the same amount of women in both groups died during the study - 8 of every 1,000 women each year."

Health Update: Firm backs DoH call for pest-free environment | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online

Firm backs DoH call for pest-free environment | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online: "To date, according to DoH Assistant Secretary Gerry Bayugo, 13,281 dengue cases have been admitted in hospitals nationwide, 2,870 of them coming from Metro Manila. The cases cover January-February period alone. The gravity of the situation needs community sector action and it is needed now, he said Ruth C. Atienza, chief operating officer of the Mapecon, the country’s foremost authority on mosquito control, said that the company is one with DoH in the campaign but stresses the current practice of aerial spraying (fogging) is not the answer to the mosquito problem. The process, she points out, does not work on airborne mosquitoes as they simply fly away during spraying.

She likewise cautioned the public on mosquito bite during daytime. Dengue is caused by female ‘aegis aegypti’ mosquitoes which bite during the day.

The most effective way of eliminating mosquitoes, according to her, is to attack (spray) their breeding places in stagnant murky water, particularly non-running esteros. This is a sure way of eliminating the larvae before there are hatched."

Local Governance Update: DZIQ: ‘CoA monitors your expenses,’ DILG chief tells local officials - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

DZIQ: ‘CoA monitors your expenses,’ DILG chief tells local officials - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos: "A circular given to the Commission on Audit would be able to check expenses made by local government officials, Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo told Radyo Inquirer in an interview Thursday.

“While it may be true that we may not be able to monitor all the expenses, we have given a circular to the CoA which states the right amount that we think should be spent,” Robredo said.

Robredo said that the circular would be used as basis by the CoA to judge whether the expenses made by local officials were excessive or unjustified.

He said they had been more stringent with the rules and guidelines regarding the use of local funds, asking local officials to specify the businesses they would be using the money for."

Sports Update: PSC wants national athletes to compete PSC-POC Games in May - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

PSC wants national athletes to compete PSC-POC Games in May - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos: "The Philippine Sports Commission will require all national athletes based in the country to take part in the coming PSC-POC National Games on May 23 to 28 in Negros Occidental.

PSC chair Richie Garcia said on Tuesday 32 sports have been set for staging and the games would serve as the basis for the selection of members of Team Philippines in the Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia in November."

Wellness in Technology & Farming: Government rolls-out IT centres for farmers in the Philippines

Government rolls-out IT centres for farmers in the Philippines | Articles | FutureGov - Transforming Government | Education | Healthcare: "The provincial government and the Highland Agriculture and Resources Research and Development Consortium (HARRDEC) early this year have launched the 46th Farmers Information Technology Services (FITS) centre in the province Kalinga.

Funded by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD), FITS centres are established in different provinces in the country serving as one-stop service facility for farmers.

PCARRD, under the Department of Science and Technology also funds ICT grants for farmers for its Techno Gabay (guide) project.

Dr. Teresita Mangili, Regional Techno Gabay Program coordinator, said FITS centres gives the majority of farmers, entrepreneurs, and other clients fast access to IT"

Wellness in Business: Philex reports higher Q1 earnings - Business - GMA News Online - Latest Philippine News

Philex reports higher Q1 earnings - Business - GMA News Online - Latest Philippine News: "Philex Mining Corp., the country's largest miner, reported on Thursday that its earnings more than doubled in the first three months of the year, boosted by higher value of metals.

In a statement to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Philex said its net income jumped 156 percent to P1.33 billion in the January to March period from P520.1 million in the same months last year.

The company noted that its first quarter net income is the fourth highest quarterly income level in its history."