www.punto.com.ph P 10.00 Yap vows to push Central V 12 P N 87 unto! faster internet, T - S+ A 8 - 10, 2019 PANANAW NG MALAYANG PILIPINO! Luzon SIM registration Fears aired over Chinese TARLAC CITY - Reelect- ed in Tarlac’s second dis- trict and again appointed to chair the House Com- mittee on Information plans to surround Luzon and Communications Technology (ICT), Rep. B3 D<4, C&(=*4+&. “launching pad and ex- Grande and Chiquita is- Lakas ng Kilusang Mam- Victor Yap has vowed to pansion of geo-politi- lands near Subic Free- amalakaya ng Pilipinas push faster internet and ANGELES CITY - Grow- cal control in Southeast port in Zambales, are (Pamalakaya) noted in a SIM registration, among ing Chinese investments Asia.” being eyed by Chinese statement yesterday. some of his other pro- in various islands in Lu- “Fuga island in fi rms to be transformed Pamalakaya urged posals which have re- zon has triggered fears Cagayan province, locat- into economic and tour- Filipinos to oppose such mained pending in the that such investments ed at the northern tip of ism zones,” the fi sher- “virtual takeover and last Congress. would serve as China’s Luzon main island, and folk group Pambansang P*,& 11 ;#&*.& Yap P*,& 11 ;#&*.& BCDA supports national sports academy at NCC B3 A.)#&3 M4*'*+ LARK FREEPORT – The pro- posal of Senator Christo- Cpher Lawrence “Bong” Go to establish the National Academy of Sports in New Clark City (NCC) gets much-needed boost from the Bases Conversion and Develop- ment Authority (BCDA). P*,& 11 ;#&*.& Dengue cases drop by 44% Members and guests of the Makati Business Club get a glimpse of the 2,000-seater Aquatics in Pampanga Center being constructed in New Clark City. C " CITY OF SAN FERNAN- tus rates for the fi rst half DO-The Department of of the year. Health (DOH) reported Dr. Marcelo Jaochi- Maka ti Business Club visits Clark on Monday that Den- co, provincial health of- gue cases in Pampanga fi cer disclosed that there dropped by 44 percent was a 44 percent de- compared to the same crease in the number of gov’t hub, new airport terminal period last year. dengue cases recorded This came amid the for the province. MEMBERS and guests of the gest traffi c in Metro Manila, im- spires confi dence to learn about DOH’s declaration of na- This rapid drop was Makati Business Club (MBC) got prove the ease of doing business, and see this magnet for develop- tional dengue epidemic gleaned through the a glimpse of the ongoing con- and increase economic activity in ment fi rst hand,” said MBC Exec- in the whole country. pro-active eff orts of the struction of New Clark City’s the region. utive Director Coco Alcuaz. As dengue cases past administration in Phase 1A or the National Gov- “Our members were very im- MBC is actively monitoring continue to surge in oth- preventing and manag- ernment Administrative Center pressed with the speed and quality projects in New Clark City. Its er provinces, Pampan- ing dengue-related inci- (NGAC), envisioned to decon- of the developments in Clark. It in- P*,& 7 ;#&*.& ga has incurred ‘com- dents in the province. mendable’ dengue sta- P*,& 11 ;#&*.& Converge ICT supports ONA development ANGELES CITY — As part of ly taking down the old Inter- its corporate social responsi- net and cable wires made of bility, Converge ICT Solutions copper as the fi rm shifted to Inc. will donate the proceeds the pure end-to-end fi ber optic from the sale of some 400-ki- technology in Angeles City. lometer copper scrap taken Converge will spend around down by the fi rm to the further $1.4 billion in the development development of Ospital ning of its fi ber optic backbones in Angeles (ONA). northern and southern Luzon. President and CEO Dennis Some $350 million dollars Uy announced this after meet- alone will be spent in Angeles ing with Angeles City Mayor City where Converge ICT orig- Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin Jr. on inally started. Wednesday afternoon at the Converge is currently lay- city hall. Uy said has its foot ing out its sea cables that will fi rmly established in Angeles connect it to several islands in City where it originally started the country such as Cebu City. that is why he will support the Uy has vowed to assist in undertakings of the city gov- the further development of ernment led by Mayor Carme- ONA facilities. lo “Pogi” Lazatin Jr. The delivery of good health Converge ICT president and CEO Dennis Uy explains to Angeles City Mayor Carmelo For a start, Uy said he will services at ONA and the rural “Pogi” Lazatin and Raff y Angeles, secretary to the mayor, his company’s plans of support the further develop- health centers is one of the top removing all copper lines all over the city and donating its proceeds to the Ospital ment of ONA facilities. priorities of Mayor Lazatin. Ning Angeles. C " Converge ICT is current- –Press release 771 dengue cases, 1 death in Bataan B• E••• B. E!"•#• ing, meaning, there were suc- ing undertaken in the country Buccahan also said that tayo magwo-worry na tataas cessive increases in cases for contributed much to the low the provincial government ang kaso sa Bataan,” Buccah- BALANGA CITY -- The Pro- four weeks. case of dengue in the prov- under Gov. Alberto Garcia an added. vincial Health Offi ce (PHO) “May isang death noong ince. recently launched the “One Government hospital Bata- on Thursday announced that July 22, isang 5-month-old The fi rst “S” is “search and Bataan Healthy Barangay” an General Hospital in Bal- there were 771 cases of den- infant boy sa Barangay Al- destroy all breeding places,” to control dengue, drugs and anga City has a Dengue Fast gue with one death in Bataan angan, Limay. Nag-start followed by “say yes to fog- death from dog bites. Lane. on the 30th morbidity week kami makipag-coordinate sa ging” if there is impending “Ang 237 barangays ay Annalyn Torres, BGH from January to July 25, 2019. kanilang municipality para outbreak or continuous clus- dapat na zero ang kanilang nurse, said that most of their “This is 30 percent lower mag-conduct ng malawakang tering and then “seek early dengue death at nagre-re- admissions in dengue came than in the same period last search and destroy lalo na sa consultation” if with fever for duce ang kanilang dengue from Mariveles and some year,” Dr. Rosanna Buccahan, lugar kung saan merong na- three days and “self-protec- cases,” she said. There is a from Samal, Orion and Pilar PHO chief, said. There were matay,” Buccahan said, add- tion measures.” corresponding cash reward towns but that the number 1,100 dengue cases for the ing that they also conducted “Maglinis ng kapaligiran for each barangay. did not exceed 10 cases for same period in 2018. fogging in the area to prevent dahil kung walang breeding “Kung mapapanatili lang a day. Of the 237 barangays in other death from dengue. site, walang lamok na kakagat nila na malinis ang kanilang “Kapag dumating ang 11 towns and one city, there She said that rigid imple- para magkaroon ng dengue,” barangay na walang breeding pasyente sa dengue diretso were 16 villages with cluster- mentation of “4S” that is be- the doctor said. site at regularly mag-4S, hindi sa loob,” she said. ‘No dengue Lubao LGU heeds Duterte SONA outbreak’ call to remove road obstructions LUBAO, Pampanga—The lo- have been dismantled and re- come areas for commerce cal government unit here has moved to open up the streets rather than for transportation. taken the initial steps to clear in a bid to ease up traffi c fl ow. In a statement, Mayor Pi- in Angeles road obstructions within the The DILG memorandum neda said the local govern- municipality in response to the encourages local offi cials to ment unit believes that the ANGELES CITY – There is no dengue outbreak in Angeles President Rodrigo Roa Duter- exercise their powers to re- President’s order is a good City - and Mayor Carmelo ‘Pogi’ Lazatin Jr. wants to keep it te’s directive during his State voke permits that give private step towards attaining more that way. of the Nation Address (SONA) entities authority to use parts orderly communities. Lazatin has ordered the City Health Offi ce to intensively on July 22, 2019. of any public road. “The number of business monitor the city’s 33 barangays here, and to form two teams Mayor Esmeralda “Esmie” They are also mandated and vehicles is consistently to fast track the fogging operations in each village. G. Pineda on Monday cascad- to formulate and implement growing at breakneck speed Records from the City Health Offi ce show that the city has ed to municipal and barangay strategies to help in the relo- and if we will not do anything recorded just 114 cases and 0 deaths as of August 3, which offi cials the President’s or- cation of those aff ected by the today, there will come a time is 85% lesser compared to the 211 cases, 2 deaths in 2018; der--reiterated by Memoran- clearing. when traffi c will no longer be 835 cases, 2 deaths in 2017; 1,094 cases, 6 deaths in 2016; dum Circular No. 2019-121 Mayor Pineda also distrib- manageable to the detriment and 1,523 cases, 1 death in 2015. issued by the Department of uted copies of the DILG mem- of everyone,” the mayor said.