CARMONA, Cavite—The Local Government has launched the distribution of birthday cards for persons with disability it said were entitled to health care services.
The program, called “Bantay Kalusugan Para sa iyong Kaarawan,” is in accordance with the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons which provides “The State shall protect and promote the right of disabled persons and shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to their health development which shall make essential health services available to them at affordable cost.”
During its launch, Mayor Dahlia Loyola and Vice Mayor Elmer Reyes led the distribution of birthday cards to PWD birthday celebrants for the week.
The birthday cards entitle the birthday celebrants to free health services like free diagnostic laboratories, flu, anti-tetanus and pneumococcal immunization and medical check ups at the Carmona Main Health Center.
PWDs celebrating their birthday during the week will receive their respective cards on their birthday from the Person with Disability Affairs Office, according to Joane Bawalan, municipal information officer of this town.
Meanwhile, residents of Barangay Poblacion 9 of Amadeo town recently gathered to discuss the worsening waste disposal problem in their municipality. Benjamin Chavez
The meeting, headed by Barangay Councilor Domingo Ambat, discussed proper ways and means to dispose and segregate biodegradable from non-biodegrable wastes.
Barangay officials and residents came up with a project of creating decorative Christmas lanterns from non-biodegradable colored plastic soft drinks that could not be sold.
The lanterns now adom the streetlight posts in their barangay.
This is in accordance with the programs implemented by the national government under the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act.