IN the celebration of the 22nd National Children’s Month, Caloocan Mayor Oca Malapitan has announced a giant leap of accomplishments initiated by his administration for children’s care and welfare.
Aside from the local government’s support to national agencies’ projects and programs for the children, it’s initiated its own projects that focus on children and the youth, such as: care and assistance to children who are victims of physical and sexual abuse, and the abandoned; free child learning services at the barangay day care centers and free feeding programs.
The mayor says: “Also, we have implemented welfare and rehabilitation programs for the street children, and those youngsters that have conflict with the law who are interned at Yakap Holding Center and Tahanang Mapagpala.”
In huddle with officers and members of the Camanava Press Corps, Mayor Oca likewise highlights the health care programs for children that his administration is undertaking, enumerating the high marks of accomplishment percen-tage points as compared to the total population of age groups, from July 2013 to August 2014.
“For children six months to five years old, 174,942 were given Vitamin A Capsule Supplementation or 91% accomplishment; 182,631 children with ages one year-six years old were dewormed or 85% accomplishment; 34,073 children with ages one-six years old were given basic oral health care or 77% accomplishment,” he says.
There are also 144,684 children, five years old and below who were given anti-measles vaccines and anti-rubella vaccines or 76% accomplishment; 165,213 children five years old and below were administered oral anti-polio vaccines or 74% accomplishment; and 31,921 babies 11-months old and below were fully-immunized or 74% accomplishment, he continues.
Saying the children are the closest to his heart, Mayor Oca has urged the communities to respect the rights and welfare of the children as they are also part of his administration’s policy of people first or ‘Tao ang Una.
NPD’s Chief Supt. Jonathan Ferdinand Miano Newly-installed Northern Police District director Chief Supt. Jonathan Ferdinand Miano seems to be dead serious as lawmen under his helm have been performing well as shown by their latest positive anti-crime operations.
At the same day, NPD and other concerned authorities primarily the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group stormed a Caloocan area where they bagged three men said to be members of the notorious “Tala Group” involved in car theft, robbery, selling of illegal drugs, kidnap-for-ransom and gun-for-hire.
With the Valenzuela City government led by Mayor Rex Gatchalian and police chief Sr. Supt. Rhoderick Armamento, Gen. Miano led his men in discovering an apartment cum shabu laboratory in Bgy. Rincon where they caught six Chinese nationals red-handed while manufacturing the illegal drugs through the use of ‘hi-tech’ equipment.
Had they not been found, the Chinese chemists could have made volumes as they said to be making about 15 to 20 kilos of shabu a day. Whew! Congrats Mayor Rex, Col. Armamento and Gen. Miano for a job well done! GOOD RIDDANCE/ARLIE CALALO
