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Dumaguete City, PhilippinesMonday, January 9, 2012
Negros Oriental
ButtonProphylactic treatment given to prevent outbreak
ButtonUpper respiratory infections rise in Dumaguete, Neg.Or.
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BPO jobs await skilled graduates
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Army, OPAPP set up dev’t community
ButtonPeaceful resolution of feuding FB’s seen
Button Transparency gab held

OF LEPTOSPIROSIS
Prophylactic treatment
given to prevent outbreak

BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

The Department of Health is now giving free prophylaxis treatment in Tanjay City, Negros Oriental, to those who are at risk for leptospirosis after massive flooding on December 17 from tropical storm “Sendong.”

Dr. Socrates Villamor, chief of the Provincial Epidemiology Surveillance Center of the DOH in Negros Oriental, said Tanjay City has the most number of suspected leptospirosis cases as of the last monitoring report, with 19 patients, including one fatality.

A total of 25 suspected leptospirosis cases had been reported last week, in Tanjay, Dumaguete, Bais and San Jose, and the number could still rise since the incubation period of the infection is at least 20 days.

Upper respiratory infections
rise in Dumaguete, Neg.Or.

BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

Health officials are monitoring reports of upper respiratory infections in Negros Oriental and Dumaguete City.

While no data is available yet, the Department of Health-Provincial Epidemiology Surveillance Unit headed by Dr. Socrates Villamor said viral infections, such as the common cold, are notably high.

Factors being considered include the cold climate and exposure of homeless families, displaced since December 17 by Tropical Storm Sendong, Villamor said..

BPO jobs await
skilled graduates
BY RENE GENOVE

The Information and Communications Technology- Business Process Outsourcing industry of Dumaguete City has assured students in Negros Oriental and neighboring provinces of the availability of  jobs.

 ICT Dumaguete Board Secretary Danah Fortunato said,  the group  had expressed  positive prospects of  trhe employment of graduates in the administration of Dumaguete City’s Higher Education Institutes at an ICT-BPO Industry Forum for Educators,  recently at SPi Global’s facilities in Barangay Bagacay.

 The forum  was aimed at recognizing  the valuable contribution of HEIs to the success of BPO companies in the city,  and be the de facto beginning of a closer partnership between HEIs. It  also focused on  BPOs in bridging the gap between the skills of graduates and the entry level skills required in the industry, as reflected in the relatively low passing or hiring rates.

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