Day: June 21, 2023

The Pangasinan Provincial board or Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) approved in its regular session on June 19, a resolution which authorized Governor Ramon V. Guico III to enter and sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of  health (DOH) for the implementation of ‘Espesyalista Para Sa Bayan (EPSB) program.

As authored by SP Member Shiela Marie F. Baniqued, the resolution stated that “the EPSB program is anchored on RA No. 11223 or the Universal Health Care Act of 2019 which states that the DOH shall deploy health workforce to augment human resource needs in public health systems.”

“The MOA pertains to the nomination for two representatives from Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH) and Umingan Community Hospital (UCH) to become members of the Special Personnel Selection Board,” the resolution partly disclosed.

The EPSB program refers to the program that deploys specialty board-certified physicians in priority hospitals for the purpose of improving access and availability of quality specialty health services in the province.

“DOH Administrative Order No. 2022-0016 provides for the Policy Framework and Implementing Guidelines of the EPSB Program under the National Health Workforce Support System (NHWSS),” the resolution further stated.

It can be remembered that quality health care services is one of the priority programs of the present administration through preventive and promotive health services. (Pangasinan PIO)

The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) led by Vice Governor Mark Ronald DG. Lambino during its regular session on June 19, commended three Pangasinenses for their feats in the field of education and sports.

Authored by SP Member Nicholi Jan Louie Sison, a resolution commending Hazel Ronlee G. Salazar of  Urdaneta City,  was passed for successfully landing on the 8th spot during the May 2023 Nursing Licensure Examination.

Bagging 90% rating, Salazar was a former STEM student and alumnus of Urdaneta City National High School and obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree at the Urdaneta City University. She is the daughter of Mr. Ronnie Salazar and Mrs. Lorlee Salazar.

Along with Salazar, another successful examinee of the nursing licensure examination who bagged the 9th place with a rating of 89.80%, was lauded through an approved resolution authored by SP Members Marinor de Guzman and Jerry Agerico B. Rosario.

Sheena del Rosario Rocacorba who hails from San Fabian town, was an honor student and finished her degree in Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University-College of Community Health and Allied Medical Sciences in Agoo, La Union, as Cum Laude.

Meanwhile, a Pangasinense athlete with special needs in the person of Jerome Doria Fernandez was also cited for his achievement in sports.

Fernandez notched three bronze medals in men’s 100-meter T46, 400-meter T46 and 200-meter T46 track and field events in the 12th ASEAN Para Games held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia last June 3 to 9, 2023.

ASEAN Para Games is a biennial multi-sport event held after every Southeast Asian Games involving athletes with disabilities from the current 11 Southeast Asia countries under the regulation of the ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF) with the supervision of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Asian Paralympic Committee.

A native of Binmaley town, Fernandez was commended through an approved resolution authored by SP Member Philip Theodore E. Cruz. (Pangasinan PIO)