Group: PH losing P105.7B yearly due to road crashes

The Philippines is losing P105.7 billion annually due to fatal road crashes. 

The group, ImagineLaw, computed P100 billion opportunity losses and P5.7 billion direct medical expenses from the 11,360 deaths due to road crash. 

The numbers are increasing yearly, says ImagineLaw, whose advocacy include localized speed limits across the country.

ImagineLaw and Pecojon held a journalism workshop on road safety over the weekend in Casiguran, Sorsogon. 

Via CNN Philippines Traffic Center

RIP Sec. Gina Lopez

Met and interviewed Gina Lopez twice in 2016: one time at the DENR office in Banilad and the other time was at the Inayawan Landill.

She really has the heart for the environment. She pushed for "mining closures" and the closure of the Inayawan landfill in Cebu City. 

Sadly, those did not become a reality. #RIPGinaLopez

Use of insecticide-treated curtains intensified in Central Visayas

Aside from massive clean up drive, the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) is intensifying the use of insecticide-treated (net) curtains for schools.

The curtains will kill mosquitoes and other insects upon contact. According to DOH-7 director Jaime Bernadas, they already covered 50 percent of the schools in the region.

The DOH has declared a nationwide dengue epidemic in the Philippines.

In Central Visayas, a total of 11,085 cases have been recorded from January 1 to August 3. The numbers exceeded the alert threshold level or higher than the previous data last year.

Via CNN Philippines News Night

10 rescued from capsized motorbanca in Cebu

The Philippine Coast Guard Central Visayas  rescued 10 people from an unnamed motorbanca that capsized off Olango Island in Lapu-Lapu City. 

The PCG dispatched a team with an auxiliary boat (MBCA Joseph) to rescue the 8 passengers and 2 crew members of the unnamed motorbanca that left Olango without permission from the PCG.

The passengers tried to cross to Mactan Island as they have been absent from their jobs for several days following the cancellation of sea trips. 

Via CNN Philippines News Night