Wellness in Culture: DOH launches world's safest firecracker

Department of Health launches world's safest firecracker | Sun.Star: "The music CD also has a "Fireworks Symphony" preceded by a countdown, as commonly practiced around the world during moments before midnight of January 1. After being mass produced, the CD will then be distributed to local government officials, which will be tasked to reproduce them and distribute to constituents. Metro Manila will be given priority since it is where most firecracker-related injuries come from, Tayag said. The CD, a brainchild of Six Cycle Mind’s guitarist Herbert Hernandez, may soon be available for download, Tayag said."

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Wellness in Governance: DSWD & DND to build bunkhouses for families displaced by floods from tropical storm “Sendong”

DSWD eyes bunkhouses in CDO - The Philippine Star » News » Headlines: "Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman said 10 bunkhouses are expected to be constructed by the end of the year. The DSWD initially turned over P7.3 million to the National Development Support Command (NADESCOM), an infrastructure and development arm of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), to fund the construction of bunkhouses. Malacañang, on the other hand, authorized the release of P241 million, which Soliman turned over to Iligan Mayor Lawrence Cruz, for the construction of “core shelters.” “This money will go to the construction of the core shelters, by core shelter we mean four walls, one toilet and one room,” presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said. Department of Health (DOH) Assistant Secretary Romulo Busuego said a 10-hectare lot in Baranggay Kalaanan in Cagayan de Oro has already been identified as the relocation site for the victims during an inter-agency meeting last Friday."

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