by Municipality of Miagao | Dec 2, 2022 | News
MIAGAO, Iloilo – Mayor Richard Garin told all punong barangays to hire additional Barangay Health Workers (BHW) and Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) proportionate to the number of households in their barangays.
This was expressed by Mayor Garin during the gathering of all BHWs and BNS at their Appreciation Meeting with World Health Organization relative to its Healthy Hearts Projects.
The BHWs and BNS are the front liners that dispense basic health services in the barangay level.
With the hiring of additional BHWs and BNS, Mayor Garin said that Miagao will be able to in place an ideal ratio of one midwife to every 40 houses.
by Municipality of Miagao | Dec 2, 2022 | News
MIAGAO, Iloilo – The Healthy Hearts Project will be continued even without the World Health Organization.
This was the commitment of Mayor Richard Garin to the WHO that piloted their Healthy Hearts Project in Miagao.
“We will continue the Healthy Hearts Projects because above all the project is beneficial to the Miagaowanons. Dya man ang inyo Mayor with the support of Congresswoman Janette L. Garin and DSWD Regional Director Carmelo Nochete. They will support us on initiatives like this for the Miagaowanons,” he said as he expressed his gratitude to the WHO for choosing Miagao as their pilot site.
The WHO will end its project implementation of the Health Hearts Project in December. It may be noted that Miagao is one of the pilot sites of the project.
To date it has 2,795 enrolled Miagaowanon patients who were direct beneficiaries of the hypertension initiatives of the WHO through the Rural Health Unit of Miagao.
by Municipality of Miagao | Dec 2, 2022 | Citizens' Charter, News
MIAGAO, Iloilo – Four Miagaowanon centenarians received their P30,000.00 longevity cash incentives from the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office through the Municipal SWDO and the Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs.
They are:
Lourdes Nedula – Barangay Tigmalapad
Esperanza Naringhon – Monreal, Barangay Fundacion
Ines Nufable – Bacawag – Barangay Maninila
Dolores Faicol – Barangay Tan-agan (not in photo)
The cash incentive awarded to them will be used to augment to their expenses in medicines and food.
by Municipality of Miagao | Nov 29, 2022 | News
MIAGAO, Iloilo – The members of the academe here will have their share in the festivities of the annual Paskwa sa Banwa come December.
In the meeting of the Paskwa sa Banwa Committee today, the schools, represented by their schools heads, committed to a one night event on time for their Christmas break.
According to Mayor Richard Garin, the concept of involving them is for our hardworking educators to get a break from their usual business and revisit their camaraderie and friendship in this season of Christmas.
Paskwa sa Banwa is a weeklong celebration slated in December 16 to 24, 2022.
by Municipality of Miagao | Nov 29, 2022 | Awards, News
Ms. Ma. Teresa N. Equibal of Barangay Dingle, Miagao
Stand tall and proud! Congratulations!
by Municipality of Miagao | Nov 29, 2022 | News
MIAGAO, Iloilo – Twenty five beneficiaries of Balik Probinsya Bagong Pag-asa Program here received another batch of livelihood assistance in an official distribution at the DA Food Terminal earlier today.
Each of the beneficiaries received 36 heads of ready to lay chicken and three bags of feeds as livelihood start-up kit on top of the cage that was previously distributed.
The program geared towards addressing Metro Manila’s congested urban areas by encouraging people, especially informal settlers to return to their home provinces and assist them in this transition with support and incentives on transportation, family, livelihood, housing, subsistence and education, among others.