P3M okayed for repair
of hyperbaric chamber

The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Council Negros Oriental has appropriated P3 million for the restoration and rehabilitation of the hyperbaric decompression chamber, a government press release said.

Provincial Tourism Officer Myla Abellana had said in the recent PDRRMC meeting that there was a need to rehabilitate the hyperbaric chamber initially used as a life-saving tool to treat deep-sea diving related illnesses.

The P3 million will be used to purchase hyperbaric accessories, like the compressor, and oxygen concentrator, and to support the training of the medical staff to operate it, the press release also said.

Agri, fisheries census set

The National Statistics Office in Negros Oriental will conduct a Census on Agriculture and Fishery in February 2013, a government press release said.

NSO NegOr statistician officer, Ariel Fortuito, said the census will need more than one thousand enumerators to conduct house to house visits provincewide to gather data on the agriculture and fisheries sectors.

Conducted every 10 years, the CAF is a large-scale government undertaking that inventories the country’s agricultural and fishery resources, and information on the kinds of crops planted, livestock and poultry raised, species cultured in aqua-farms, and fishing activities. The data will be useful to investors, farmers, and fishermen in planning the quantity and types of commodities to be produced, the press release said.

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