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CITY GOV'T LAUNCHES PROGRAM ON RECYCLING, ART

Thursday 7th of March 2013
BUTUAN CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- To strengthen its efforts in reducing the volume of garbage here, the city government launched recently, “Ang Pagbutwa Hong Balangay or From Waste to Work of Art,” through a simple ceremony at the old Sangguniang Panlungsod Building inside the city hall complex. In his message, Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante Jr. encouraged everyone, especially the teachers, to start instilling into the minds of the children the importance of cleanliness. He said that children should be taught early that garbage should be put into trash bins and not just anywhere. Amante also shared the city government’s intention to convert w...
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Makati hosts "Bike for Mother Earth" on June 24
MAKATI CITY, June 23 (PIA) -- The local government, in partnership with the Makati Cycling Federation and with the support of the Office of the Vice President, will hold the 25-kilometer “Bike for Mother Earth” mass ride on Sunday, June 24, at 5:00 a.m. starting from Paseo de Roxas corner Ayala Avenue. In a statement posted on its website, Makati said the biking event is in observance of Environment Month this June. The event, dubbed “C.L.E.A.N. Ride,” which stands for “Cyclists Lo...
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Cycling enthusiast to avail of DOST Program
TUGUEGARAO, Cagayan, June 18 (PIA) -- A cyclist-businessman, considered the most successful fish farmer in Nueva Viscaya, is the latest applicant to a program of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Region 2. Director Urdujah Tejada identified the fish farmer as Lupo Alava of Bagabag, Nueva Viscaya, the Marlboro Tour of Luzon’s “Rookie of the Year" in the 1980s. Tejada said Alava is the proud operator of a 1,200-square meter pond in Diadi, Nueva Viscaya and went into intensi...
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  • 13
    Jun
    2012

    DepEd-NCR promotes SNAP-hydroponics in Kalayaan Day Trade Fair

    QUEZON CITY, June 13 (PIA) -- A soil-less planting technology was presented by the Department of Education during the Kalayaan Day Trade Fair held at the Luneta Park, Manila, yesterday, June 12. The technology also known as the Simple Nutrient Addition Program, or SNAP – Hydroponics, was a priority agriculture-related program of the DepEd-National Capital Region, and is already being used in a number of schools particularly in the Division of Makati City. Faculty members of the Comembo Eleme...
  • 08
    Jun
    2012

    11th leg of Ronda Pilipinas cycling ends in Pangasinan

    PANGASINAN, June 8 (PIA) -- The 11th Leg of Ronda Pilipinas Road Cycling Championships commenced in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, and ended at the Capitol Plaza in Lingayen town here. In the welcome ceremonies held last June 5, Vice Governor Ferdinand Calimlim Jr. said that the province has loved cycling as he thanked the organizers for choosing Pangasinan as one of the legs of Ronda Pilipinas 2012. Race Director Rick Rodriguez articulated his innermost thanks for the accommodation accorded by...
  • 16
    May
    2012

    MRF to provide livelihood to Kalibo womenfolk

    KALIBO, Aklan, May 16 (PIA) -- The putting up of a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Kalibo will provide livelihood opportunities to Kalibo’s womenfolk, particularly members of the Samahan ng mga Kababaihan sa Bayan ng Kalibo (SKBK). This optimism came up after the conduct of a half-day seminar conducted by Angono Rizal Mayor Geraldo Calderon and Kalibo Mayor William S. Lachica at the 3rd floor of Kalibo Municipal Hall recently. In a report from the Public Affairs, Information and Comm...
  • 23
    Apr
    2012

    News Feature: Iloilo City gov't empowers people in dumpsite

    ILOILO CITY, April 23 (PIA) --In 2006, the Iloilo City General Services Office (GSO) had organized people living in a dumpsite into the Uswag Calajunan Livelihood Association (UCLA). It also provided livelihood trainings to for better practices and people’s participation in the management of the site. UCLA was formally registered with the organized Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2009, with the full support of the Iloilo City government and the Solid Waste Management for Local ...
  • 07
    Mar
    2012

    Village women undergo training on recyclable materials

    SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, March 7 (PIA) -- A number of village women were gathered at the community center of Barangay Sagana, Santiago City to undergo a training on using recyclable materials last Saturday, March 3, aimed at helping them earn income while at home.   The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Santiago City employee Alicia Alejandro led the training particularly in decorative souvenir items and corsages out of plastic wastes.   Alejandro said women resid...
  • 14
    Nov
    2011

    Bicycling event honors slain photojournalist

    DAVAO CITY, Nov. 14 (PIA) -- A bicycling fundraising event dubbed as “Padyak Para Kay Boyd Para sa Burn Center,” is set to honor slain photojournalist Gene Boyd Lumawag on November 20 in the city. The first cycling event is to pay tribute to Lumawag who was a sports buff, and at the same time to raise funds for the indigent patients at the Mindanao Burn Center of the Southern Philippines Medical Center. In commemoration of Lumawag’s 7th death anniversary on November 12,...
  • 18
    Jul
    2011

    Banana company initiates community-based greening technology

    DAVAO CITY, July 18 (PIA) –- A big banana plantation company in Tagum City, Davao del Norte has introduced a greening technology aiming to not only address environment concerns, but also to provide food security for the residents of the community. The Tuason Development Foundation of the Hijo Resources Corporation has initiated a technology transfer on solid waste segregation, recycling and organic farming to the barangay folks in Madaum and Hijo, the firm’s pilot areas of ...
  • 29
    Mar
    2011

    Cyclists retrace Death March route

    CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, March 29 (PIA) – Around 350 military and civilian cyclists endured, Sunday (March 27), the 160-kilometer trail retracing the route that Filipino war veterans walked from Mariveles, Bataan to Capas, Tarlac in what is historically known as the Bataan Death March of 1942. Dubbed as “Alay Sikad sa Kagitingan,” the bike-a-thon event, said event manager retired General Nicolas Ojeda Jr., is a simple way of saluting the heroic deed of war veterans during the Jap...
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