HELP STOP ROAD MISHAPS - WHO
***Article reprinted from the Visayan Daily Star***
byline: PATRICK PANGILINAN
A World Health Organization official yesterday called on multi-sector cooperation to counter the growing number of deaths due to road traffic accidents.
Dr. John Juliard Go, WHO Philippines program manager, said there is a need for a concerted effort from the different sectors of society to reduce, if not totally stop the deaths and injuries that result from vehicular collisions everyday.
Go represented the WHO for the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims at the capitol lagoon in Bacolod City, yesterday.
Students, motorcycle hobbyists, police officers, medical practitioners, among others, lighted candles and offered flowers for those who died due to road crashes.
The event, which was on its third celebration in Negros Occidental this year, was organized by Project Cares led by May Altarejos-Cueva.
Go, relaying the message of WHO representative to the Philippines, Dr. Soe Nyunt-u, said that the government can contribute to reduce road traffic accidents by making and enforcing laws on speed limits, the wearing of helmets and seatbelts, and through the regulation against drunk driving.
Pedestrians, on the other hand, can help by obeying traffic signs, like crossing the street through designated areas, Go said.
The groups that participated in the program were the Negros Occidental Provincial Office, the Department of Education Special Education Center, St. Joseph School-La Salle, Alpha Phi Omega, SABRU, PAMET, Land Transportation Office, Philippine National Red Cross, Jaycees, and UNIMFED.
The Sangguniang Kabataan of Sagay City, STAG, the Girl Scouts of the Philippines, and the Negros Occidental provincial government also took part in the celebration.*PP
byline: PATRICK PANGILINAN
A World Health Organization official yesterday called on multi-sector cooperation to counter the growing number of deaths due to road traffic accidents.
Dr. John Juliard Go, WHO Philippines program manager, said there is a need for a concerted effort from the different sectors of society to reduce, if not totally stop the deaths and injuries that result from vehicular collisions everyday.
Go represented the WHO for the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims at the capitol lagoon in Bacolod City, yesterday.
Students, motorcycle hobbyists, police officers, medical practitioners, among others, lighted candles and offered flowers for those who died due to road crashes.
The event, which was on its third celebration in Negros Occidental this year, was organized by Project Cares led by May Altarejos-Cueva.
Go, relaying the message of WHO representative to the Philippines, Dr. Soe Nyunt-u, said that the government can contribute to reduce road traffic accidents by making and enforcing laws on speed limits, the wearing of helmets and seatbelts, and through the regulation against drunk driving.
Pedestrians, on the other hand, can help by obeying traffic signs, like crossing the street through designated areas, Go said.
The groups that participated in the program were the Negros Occidental Provincial Office, the Department of Education Special Education Center, St. Joseph School-La Salle, Alpha Phi Omega, SABRU, PAMET, Land Transportation Office, Philippine National Red Cross, Jaycees, and UNIMFED.
The Sangguniang Kabataan of Sagay City, STAG, the Girl Scouts of the Philippines, and the Negros Occidental provincial government also took part in the celebration.*PP
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