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FOSTER CARE ACT OF 2012, AN INVITATION TO SHARE LOVE – DSWD
Saturday 25th of May 2013
QUEZON CITY, May 25, (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development – National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR) conducted a forum on “Aruga at Kalinga Para Sa Mga Bata sa Barangay: Alternative Parental Care for Children in Need of Special Protection” last Wednesday at Makati Palace Hotel.
The salient features of the Republic Act (RA) 10165 or the Foster Care Act of 2012 were discussed and the different caring institutions in Metro Manila led by DSWD-NCR shared strategies and challenges on their implementation.
DSWD-NCR Regional Director Alice Bonoan said that the forum aims to entice more people to be foster parents to be able t...
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24May2013DAVAO DEL NORTE, May 23 (PIA) -- No teachers should be seen either cleaning the classroom or the school ground on June 3, Davao del Norte Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Division superintendent Dr. Josephine Fadul said. She cautioned public school teachers whom she expected to start the regular classes of school year 2012-2013 on June 3. In an interview she bared plans to move around and check public elementary and secondary schools placed under the supervision of Davao del Norte...
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24May2013PASIL, Kalinga, May 24 (PIA) -- The municipal government has approved its counterpart budget for the second cycle project implementation of the Kapit-bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) amounting to P2.016 million. Kalahi-CIDSS Pasil Area Coordinator Engr. Joel Cubit said that with the approval and signing of a Memorandum of Agreement between the local government and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the program has for...
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24May2013PASIG CITY, May 24 -- Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro has reiterated the Department of Education (DepEd) policy that strictly prohibits the collection of fees during enrolment in all public schools when school year 2013-2014 opens on June 3. Based on DepEd Order 41 series of 2012 (“Revised guidelines on the opening of classes”), Luistro has directed all school officals that no fees shall be collected from school children in kindergarten up to Grade 4 anytime during school year 2013-...
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24May2013PADRE BURGOS, Southern Leyte, May 24 (PIA) -- The Southern Leyte Schools Division of the Department of Education (DepEd) launched the week-long Brigada Eskwela or National Maintenance Week yesterday at the Sto. Rosario Elementary School in Padre Burgos. “Every day is Brigada Eskwela in Southern Leyte, that is why Southern Leyte DepEd Schools Division has been reaping national awards for outstanding performance of the national maintenance program through the years,” said Dr. Violeta Alocilj...
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24May2013PASAY CITY, May 23 (PIA) --- The Australian government has provided some P1.6 million for Brigada Eskwela program in 81 public schools mostly in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and some schools in Metro Manila. This will cover materials and supplies for minor repairs, repainting and cleaning of schools. “Australia’s participation in Brigada Eskwela is part of Australia’s significant and broader commitment to helping improve the quality of teaching and learning in the Philippines....
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24May2013MACROHON, Southern Leyte, May 24 (PIA) -- The Villa Jacinta Technical-Vocational High School-Sto. Rosario, Padre Burgos Annex was inaugurated yesterday at Barangay Sto. Rosario. Congressman Roger Mercado, Padre Burgos Mayor Ricardo Borces, Provincial Schools Division Superintendent Violeta Alocilja, Department of Public Works and Highways District Engineer Carlos Veloso and barangay officials attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday. The annexed school formed is an integral part o...
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24May2013DAVAO CITY, May 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Health assured that a new facility will be constructed to replace the old building of the Davao Mental Hospital or the psychiatric ward of the Southern Philippines Medical Center that was destroyed by fire that occurred Wednesday morning. Dr. Elmer Punzalan, assistant secretary of Health for special concerns and projects told reporters that the DOH has already allotted P5 M to refurbish the facility even before the fire incident happened. He said t...
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24May2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 24 (PIA) -- At least 5,697 families in the hard-to-reach villages of Soccsksargen Region now have full access to safe drinking water courtesy of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. In a recent report, DSWD 12 Regional Director Bai Zorahayda Taha, said that the government has spent P16.32 million for the completion of community-owned water system projects in Sarangani, Sultan Kudarat, and North Cotabato provinces. “The newly ...
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24May2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, May 24 (PIA) -- Education Secretary Armin Luistro appealed to teachers and school officials here to strengthen their school’s nutrition program. Luistro visited schools here yesterday to see for himself how Brigada Eskwela is being held in the division of Eastern Samar. He said there are about 11,000 schoolchildren in the division who need immediate nutrition intervention programs. He added that the “Gulayan sa Paaralan” must be put into real practice where...
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24May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 24 (PIA) -- The Commission on Higher Education has approved the application for a tuition fee increase of nine colleges or higher education institutions (HEIs) in Eastern Visayas. The CHED regional office said there were fourteen HEIs that applied for a tuition fee hike but only nine were able to comply with the requirements. Socorro Ramos of the CHED Technical Division said of the five which were not able to meet the requirements, one HEI decided not to continue wi...
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24May2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, May 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the Ilocos is eyeing to enrol Pantawid Pamilya children beneficiaries when school opens in June. DSWD Information Officer Allan O. Lulu said that at least 48,376 children ages 3-5 years old, and 183,015 children ages 6 to 14 are expected to be enrolled in primary schools this June. Lulu said that enrolling the children beneficiaries in primary schools will entail updating beneficiaries’ status under...
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24May2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 24 (PIA) --The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 10 presented its Social Protection Development Report and Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (SPDR / RVA) to update government offices on the current poverty situation in the region. About 27 participants attended the activity on May 23 composed of social workers coming from across the region, representatives from National Statistics Coordination Board, Departments of Health, Natural Environment and...
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24May2013NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, May 23 (PIA6) -- The region’s young children and pregnant women including those of Regions 5 and 9 were identified beneficiaries of the UNICEF-European funded Maternal and Young Child Nutrition Security Initiative in Asia or MYCNSIA project. MYCNSIA aims to reduce stunting levels in children under -2 years old, anemia rates among 6-23 months old children and anemia rates among pregnant women by 2014. National Food Authority-Negros Occidental Assistant Provincial Manager ...
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24May2013COMPOSTELA VALLEY PROVINCE, May 24 PIA -- With education as one of his main advocacies, Compostela Valley Provincial Governor Arturo T. Uy has widened his educational programs ranging from scholarship, special program for employment of students during summer, on-the-job training, English proficiency, and reading programs. Project ARTURO (Accelerated Readers, Tomorrow’s Ultimate Response to Opportunities) now on its second phase, has opened opportunities not only for the pupils whose reading...
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23May2013GENERAL SANTOS CITY, May 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) here is happy to note of the turn out of the Brigada Eskwela which kicked off simultaneously on Monday (May 20) in various public schools in the country. “It was a very successful endeavor in GenSan,” said Ronnie Sunggay, education program supervisor and information officer of DepEd-City Division Office here attributing the success to the "bayanihan spirit" of the different participating education stakeholders. The B...
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23May2013MANILA, May 23 -- President Benigno S. Aquino III has signed into law a consolidated bill that seeks to amend the Meat Inspection Code of the Philippines to end the proliferation of so-called botcha or double-dead meat in markets through stiffer penalties on its sale, transport and handling. Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte announced during the regular press briefing in Malacanang on Thursday that the Chief Executive signed last May 15 Republic Act 10536 otherwise known as An Act...
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23May2013OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, May 22 (PIA) – A total of P13.3 million have been appropriated by the Provincial Government of Misamis Occidental (PGMO) for projects/programs/activities under the Special Education Fund (SEF) for Calendar Year (CY) 2013. Of this amount, P3.425 million or 25.75 percent have been allocated for the first quarter of the year, Governor Herminia M. Ramiro, said. Likewise, of this annual appropriation, the highest amount of P6 million have been programmed for i...
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23May2013PASIG CITY, May 23 -- The Department of Education (DepEd) and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) will conduct a Sanayguro national arts training for teachers of special program in the arts (SPA) to better prepare students who are inclined to take up arts for a living after graduation. Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro in a statement said the training workshop will equip SPA public school teachers with comprehensive skills on developing regional heritage-based lessons. T...
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23May2013MANILA, May 23 --President Benigno S. Aquino III called on employers to work together with his government to craft policies for the labor sector aimed at creating more jobs for the Filipino people. In his message to the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP), the Chief Executive underscored the importance of the collaboration between the government and the confederation to advance the interest of the Filipino public. "Let your resounding voice enrich our discussions with insights on...
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23May2013CEBU CITY, May 23 (PIA) -- The public school system in Region 7 is set to get a boost after the Department of Education (DepEd) announced the construction of additional classrooms and opening of new teacher items in the region. DepEd-7 Regional Director Dr. Carmelita Dulangon in a recent Kapihan forum disclosed that new classrooms are now being built in several public schools region-wide. Target accomplishment for 2013 is 602 total classrooms in Central Visayas. Of the total, Department of ...
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23May2013PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, May 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)–Palawan will roll out its Diskwento Caravan starting May 27 and will last until the first week of June in the southern part of the province. Diskwento Caravan provides cheaper school supplies like notebooks, pencils, pens, bags, writing pads, art materials, and uniforms to parents who otherwise will be burdened with high costs of commodities before the opening of school. Discounts may range from 10 to 5...
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23May2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, May 23 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office (NSO) Southern Leyte provincial office will hold a training-workshop on the Philippine Civil Registry Information System (PhilCris) and on the proper accomplishment of civil registry documents this month. NSO Provincial Statistics Officer Mae R. Almonte said the workshop which will include laws and guidelines related to births and deaths have been scheduled on May 28-29 at the Sts. Peter and Paul Conference Hall in Hinu...
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23May2013CALBAYOG CITY, Samar, May 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) handed out Free Patent Titles to 500 residents from 53 barangays of Calbayog City last May 6. Under the government’s Handog Titulo Program, free titling services were offered by the DENR, the Calbayog City Register of Deeds and the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program of DAR. This is part of the government’s program of reducing poverty and increasing the productivity of people. The Free Pate...
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23May2013PASIL, Kalinga, May 23 (PIA) - - The area coordinating team (ACT) of Kapit-bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) program in this municipality is conducting barangay assemblies in preparation for cycle 2 of the anti-poverty program. Joel Cubit, area coordinator of Pasil, said his team composed of local government unit department heads, is now conducting social preparations that include grassroot consultation and planning, community mobil...
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23May2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, May 23 (PIA) -- About 276 Grade 2 teachers are now attending a joint mass training on the K to 12 Basic Education Program (BEP) of the Department of Education (DepEd) here which started Tuesday and will end on May 25. The training aims to provide all Grade 2 teachers with a concrete understanding of the Grade 2 curriculum and competencies, assessment and teaching plans and provide them with opportunities to acquire and demonstrate the values that will guide the te...
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23May2013BAGUIO CITY, May 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Cordillera disbursed a total of P13,287,000 under the Social Pension Program (SPP) for 8,941 indigent senior citizens in the region for the first quarter this year. Regional Director Leonardo Reynoso said that the SSP distribution is intended to augment the basic needs of the senior citizens including medicine and other nutritional and health needs. The P500 monthly stipend is given to indigent, frai...
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23May2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, May 23(PIA) -- About 254 elementary teachers are currently undergoing training in handling multi-grade classes in the province. According to Dr. Marylinda Santos of the Department of Education Kalinga, the three-day training is being conducted per batch from May 16 to May 25. The training aims to capacitate and equip teachers the needed skills and knowledge in handling a multi-grade class to manage their curriculum, classes and schedules. A multi-grade class refers to a ...
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23May2013NAVAL, Biliran, May 23 (PIA) -- Donations continue to pour in for the Naval Central School (NCS) Brigada Eskwela 2013 since it started Monday, May 20. In an interview, Herman Donato, school principal, said as of Thursday, May 23, two days before the week-long Brigada Eskwela ends, NCS has received more donations in kind from donors, parents and private organizations. “The donations, especially construction materials, will be used for minor repairs and maintenance of school buildings and othe...
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23May2013CITY OF BALANGA, Bataan, May 23 (PIA) -- A former overseas Filipino worker who professed that he became a “balik-tambay” is now sending his children to school with the help of a small vending business, thanks to the NegoKart of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Jerome Dabu from Dinalupihan town is one of the 150 new beneficiaries of various livelihood projects under the DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program in Bataan who expressed gratitude during the recent Labor Day Celebration ...
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23May2013NAVAL, Biliran, May 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) division of Biliran will activate "Oplan Balik Eskwela" (OBE) for School Year 2013-2014 on May 27. Dr. Pedro Escobarte, schools division superintendent of Biliran, said in a letter-invitation to PIA Biliran that OBE is an activity conducted by DepEd to ensure the smooth opening of classes at the start of the school year. “The OBE primarily aims to address the problems commonly encountered by schools during this period to ens...
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23May2013CEBU CITY, May 23 (PIA) -- Department of Education-7 officials remain positive there will be more volunteers for the remaining days of Brigada Eskwela. In the recent Kapihan sa PIA-Cebu, DepEd-7 Regional Director Dr. Carmelita Dulangon said they remain hopeful that like in the past years, volunteers for Brigada Eskwela will increase. According to Director Dulangon, there is a good turn-out of volunteers in majority of the schools under the 19 schools divisions of Central Visayas. “Speciall...
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23May2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, May 23 (PIA) -- At least 116 job applicants in this province will be hired by various employment agencies as a result of the jobs fair conducted on May 16-17 at the Provincial Capitol grounds here. The jobs fair, which was sponsored by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in partnership with the provincial government, was participated by 24 overseas and local agencies and attended by some 320 applicants. Of the 320 applicants, 58 were hired on the spot and 5...
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23May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 23 (PIA) -- The recent jobs fair held last Labor Day by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Eastern Visayas reflected a persistent labor mismatch in the region. Exequil Sarcauga, DOLE regional director, said out of 1,075 jobs offered in the region, only 165 applicants found employment. He said majority of the 893 applicants fell behind in the qualification requirements despite being college graduates. He added that 444 jobseekers were considered for interv...
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22May2013TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, May 22 -- The success of the Brigada Eskwela will guarantee the smooth and orderly opening of the regular classes on June 3, a local DepEd official here said. Davao del Norte Division Superintendent Josephine Fadul said she is confident the beginning of the School Year 2013-2014 will go on quietly, since classes will no longer be hampered by minor repairs and clean ups in schools. “Regular classes starts on June 3 and cleaning and repair of school facilities ar...
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22May2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, May 22 (PIA) – Kalinga Health workers are urged to come up with necessary interventions to address the severe malnutrition cases in this province. The severe malnutrition cases were known upon the release of the 2012 Provincial Nutritional Status Report. The report shows that during the conduct of the Operation Timbang (OPT) in Kalinga, from the 2,188 pre-school children found to be underweight, 301 were severely underweight. Rose Alunday of the Provincial Health Office...
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22May2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, May 22 (PIA) -- Members of the Provincial Nutrition Council (PNC) are now preparing for the observance of the 2013 Nutrition Month in July with the theme, “Gutom at Malnutrisyon, Sama-sama Nating Wakasan.” Provincial Nutritionist Frances Sebastian said that this year’s theme aims to raise the public’s awareness on the need for more action in addressing hunger in the country towards the achievement of the country’s commitment to the United Nations Millennium Deve...
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22May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural resources (DENR) 8 is conducting review classes for its employees who will be taking the Civil Service Examinations in preparation for the implementation of Executive Order 366 or the Rationalization Plan. Purificacion S. Daloos, DENR 8 chief information officer, said some 180 employees who are mostly holding contractual and casual positions at their office attend the review classes for the Civil Service Profession...
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22May2013DAVAO DEL NORTE, May 22 (PIA) -- Panabo National High School graduate Judel Jay A. Tabsing brought home honor as the 4th Grand Prize Winner in the Plant Science Category during the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) held in Phoenix Convention Center, Arizona U.S.A. from May 12 to May 17. Tabsing was the only one among the Filipino contingent to the ISEF 2013, who won a prize during the event organized by Intel International. Other winners were from New York (1st prize), Hawaii ...
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22May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 22 (PIA) -- Nineteen students are now employed at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 8 under its Summer Internship Program (SIP) which started from April 15, 2013 and will end on May 31, 2013. Purificacion S. Daloos, DENR 8 chief information officer, said the students who came from different schools in Eastern Visayas are assigned to several divisions in their office whose functions are relevant to their courses. Daloos said the students receiv...
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22May2013LUCENA CITY, Quezon, May 22 (PIA) -- About 2,000 high school and college students have been temporarily employed as office clerks and student assistants in the different municipalities and schools this summer through the special program for employment of students (SPES). Evelyn Roquino of the provincial office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said SPES is a yearly program of DOLE in partnership with the local government units (LGUs). “The program aims to train and assist poor...
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22May2013PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, May 22 (PIA) -- In celebration of Tubbataha's 25th year as a marine protected area, the Tubbataha Management Office recently named its Tubbataha Youth Ambassadors who will take the lead in championing the marine park’s awareness and conservation in its schools. The Tubbataha Youth Ambassadors are Jennifer Salonga, 20, a BS Fisheries student of Western Philippine University; Jherson Pugay, 26 a Petroleum Engineering student of PSU; and, June Lee Miñoza, 25, a ...
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22May2013COTABATO CITY, May 22 (PIA) -- Alibay M. Katua, a seven year-old student from Barangay Upper Silling, Buluan, Maguindanao suffers from a congenital mobility impairment. She was born with no legs but despite of her condition, she is determined to attend school every day. Her ailment did not hinder her willingness to learn. Non-government Organization BRAC (formerly Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) through its local partner, Kapagawida Development Services Association, Inc. (KDSAI) prov...
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22May2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, May 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) provincial office will hold a series of labor education fora to hundreds of establishment owners and managers across the province this month. DOLE Provincial Head Norma Valuis said DOLE will hold an Employees Forum in three municipalities strategically located throughout the province: Sogod, Maasin City and Hinunangan on May 16, 22 and 24, respectively. Valuis said neighboring municipalities in the area...
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22May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Eastern Visayas is fast-tracking the implementation of projects in the region to ensure an orderly and safe opening of classes on June 3. DPWH Region 8 Director Rolando Asis said he has instructed all district engineers in Eastern Visayas to repair all potholes, clear obstructions and repaint all pedestrian crossings in front of schools along national roads. He also ordered the removal of unsafe billboa...
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22May2013SIQUIJOR, May 21 (PIA) -- As the new school year is about to start, all public elementary and secondary schools in Siquijor province are getting ready with the Brigada Eskwela that started on May 20 with Department of Education (DepEd) Assistant Secretary Rey Laguda joining the activities. "Brigada Eskwela is not just about getting the community people, it’s also a way of informing them that we are about to start another school year," said Asec. Laguda, in an interview with the Philippine In...
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22May2013CAMP EVANGALISTA, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY , May 22 -- The 4th Infantry “Diamond” Division joins nationwide “Brigada Eskwela 2013” of the Department of Education within its area of responsibility. Also known as the National Schools Maintenance Week, this activity is an annual school maintenance program by the Department of Education scheduled from May 20 to 25, 2013. Brigada Eskwela aims to prepare schools for the opening of classes this June 10. In this program, DepEd is calling upon ...
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22May2013NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, May 22 (PIA6) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) partnered with several organizations for the training of women to be gender responsive entrepreneurs. The S3TAR Program or the Sar-Sari Store Training and Access to Resources Program spearheaded by Tesda and Coca-Cola Philippines provided 1,000 women from the cities of Bacolod, Bago and Talisay the basic entrepreneurship and gender sensitivity training for 12-weeks. Rose, one of the 1,0...
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22May2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, May 22 (PIA)-- To help address job-skills mismatch, the municipality of Sta. Praxedes, a 5th class town in the province of Cagayan, will implement the Skills Registry System (SRS). This year, the Department of Labor and Employment- Region 2 (DOLE 2) is already implementing the 4th wave of the system covering 16 municipalities throughout the region. “We support this program of the DOLE to help curb unemployment,” Sta. Praxedes Municipal Mayor, Esterlina Aguinaldo-Ramos said...
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22May2013CLARK FREEPORT, May 22 (PIA) -- Department of Health (DOH) Region 3 conducted this week a convention that focuses on the attainment of United Nations Millennium Development Goal # 6 (MDG 6) or combating HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. The three-day affair was meant to be the starting point in scaling up efforts against these diseases for the betterment of health situations in Central Luzon. “We have been implementing several programs for the attainment of MDG ...
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21May2013DAVAO CITY, May 21 (PIA) -- Taking the lead of the Child Protection Working Group (CPWG), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) XI recently presented results of the Child Protection Rapid Assessment (CIPRA) conducted in selected municipalities and provinces affected by Typhoon Pablo. In the opening ceremony before the presentation proper, Director Priscilla N. Razon explained that the assessment aimed to help gauge the impact of Typhoon Pablo especially on children, ide...
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21May2013LEGAZPI CITY, May 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) in Bicol recently led the Regional Mass Training for Grade 8 teachers in the fields of English and Araling Panlipunan under the K to 12 program in this city. At least 265 teachers from public schools in the province of Masbate, city schools divisions of Masbate City and Tabaco City Division were among the participants of the first of a series of mass trainings. The 148 participants trained in the English subject while 117 in A...
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21May2013VIGAN CITY, May 21 (PIA) -- Community folks trooped to various schools in the province amidst drizzles yesterday for the annual Brigada Eskuwela week. Alberto Muyot, the legal affairs undersecretary of the Department of Education (DepEd), said through local media that he was pleased with the turnout of students, parents, guardians, barangay officials, non-government organization members, officials of local government units despite the heavy rains. He urged residents and various sectors to wor...
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21May2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, May 21 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) expands its primary care benefit 1 (PCB1) package to employees of the Department of Education (DepEd) and their dependents under its pilot test. Jean Baawa of Philhealth Kalinga Field Office said they have coordinated with DepEd Schools Division Superintendent Carolyn Verano on Philhealth Circular No. 0010 s. 2013 regarding the inclusion of their department under PCB1 package and that requires its tea...
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21May2013KAWIT, Cavite, May 21 (PIA) -- Members of the federation of tricycle drivers association, considered as informal workers, have adopted the Family Welfare Program (FWP) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). The program focuses on family health. Cavite senior labor employment officer Edwin T. Hernandez said this is the first in Calabarzon, an initiative aimed at helping workers in the informal sector to have access on health services. Prior to this, the federation members were orien...
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21May2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, May 21 (PIA) – This year’s “Brigada Eskwela 2013” started yesterday in the different public schools in the City of San Fernando. The Department of Education-City Division here said the program was implemented in 26 elementary schools and five high schools. Aprillyn Carbonell, DepEd city division accountant, said participating groups included the Naval Forces Northern Luzon, Coast Guard District of North Western Luzon-San Fernando Station, the La Union police, local ...
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21May2013QUEZON CITY, May 21 (PIA)-- The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) urged private companies to avail themselves of the apprenticeship and 'learnership' programs under the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority’s (TESDA) Kasanayan at Hanapbuhay (KASH) Program. TESDA is one of the attached agencies of DOLE that is mandated to provide skill development of the labor, local government units and technical-vocational institutions of the country's human resources. In a statement,...
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21May2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 21 (PIA) – The Department of Health (DOH) region 10, City Health Office and local government unit here are one in doing massive information dissemination on a growing public health concern, the MultiDrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Dr. Arlene Esling of German Doctors Hospital explained that normal (early stage) tuberculosis (TB) transforms or develops into a MultiDrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) when TB patients fail to get correct treatment or not get comple...
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21May2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, May 21 – Governor Lilia Pineda has instructed the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) to assist some 40,000 Kapampangan farmers in developing rice planting techniques through effective diversified farming. With this, some 50 farmers in the province were initially trained on integrated crops management system for the promotion of diversified farming that enhances the productivity of farm lands. Farmer-trainees received farm tools, laminated sacks, sprayers, vegetab...
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21May2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH) region 10 and the City Health Office here in their advocacy for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) awareness and prevention mentioned that these days, it is not anymore the females that acquire such virus predominantly but the male. Dr. David A. Mendoza, DOH regional epidemiologist said that this year, 95% of the recorded cases of such infection are dominated by males. Further, he ...
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21May2013CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, May 21 (PIA) -- Civil Service Commission (CSC) reminded government workers in Central Luzon on the prohibition on the consumption of alcoholic beverages in state-owned offices. CSC OIC Regional Director Fernando Porio said, “pursuant to CSC Resolution No. 1100039, the consumption of alcoholic beverages such as, but not limited to, malt, wine, and intoxicating liquor in workplace among government officials and employees during office hours is prohibited.” H...
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21May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) in Eastern Visayas is set to launch “Brigada Eskwela” for School Year 2013-2014 on May 20-25. Rebecca Ragrag, DepEd assistant regional director, said “Brigada Eskwela,” also known as National Schools Maintenance Week, is a school maintenance program enjoining all education stakeholders to contribute their time, effort and resources in ensuring that public school facilities are ready for the upcoming school openin...
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21May2013ILOILO CITY, May 21 (PIA) -- The Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth (RRCY) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-6) in Western Visayas has been recognized as laboratory center for other RRCYs all over the country. Paul Eclar, Psychologist II of the RRCY-DSWD-6, said that the RRCY in Nueva Valencia, Guimaras has the most ideal set-up of a residential facility for children in conflict with the law (CICL) ages 15 years old and below 18, as based from the assessment of th...
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21May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 21 (PIA) – Preparations for the Balik Eskwela 2013, an annual activity to ensure that all concerns about school opening is addressed, is now ongoing in Eastern Visayas. Department of Education Regional Director Luisa Bautista-Yu said that her agency has already conducted a convergence meeting with its partner agencies last week in order to ensure an orderly and safe opening of classes in June. Director Yu underscored the vital role of each partner agency not only du...
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21May2013Negros Oriental, May 21 (PIA) -- The Brigada Eswela program kicked off yesterday at West City Elementary School with the signing of Pledge of Commitment by parents, student-volunteers, community members and teachers. Brigada Eskwela is a yearly activity of the DepEd through joint effort of parents, teachers, students and community members in cleaning school surroundings and classrooms for the school opening in June. Clean-up drives were mostly done in school surroundings. Refurbishing schools...
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20May2013LEGAZPI CITY, May 20 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Bicol has opened 427 scholarship slots for new batches of scholars in the province Albay this year for its Training for Works and Scholarship Program (TWSP). Aileen Lozada, TESDA technical education and skills development specialist, said the program communes with the agency’s mandate to provide accessible and relevant high quality technical vocational education and training especially to the you...
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20May2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 20 (PIA) -- A healthy lifestyle and adequate knowledge of Human Immune Deficiency Virus infection / Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV / AIDS) are essential in the fight against the deadly disease, an official of the Department of Health said. “HIV-AIDS is incurable and fatal but 100 percent preventable. A person with HIV is infected for life and you cannot tell who is infected,” Dr. Evelyn Magsayo, DOH 10 HIV-AIDS program manager said. “Getting HIV is a de...
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20May2013SAN JOSE, Antique,May 20 (PIA) -- The School Maintenance Week also dubbed Brigada Eskwela kicked off on Monday May 20 to 24, 2013 per DepEd Memorandum Circular No. 40 series of 2013 issued by Secretary Armin Luistro. Fabian Niebre, District Supervisor of San Jose and at the same time Brigada Eskwela Coordinator said the 22 school districts in the province are set to join this nationwide undertaking in getting the school ready for opening on June 3. With the theme “Brigada Eskwela: Isang ...
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20May2013DAVAO CITY, May 20 (PIA) -- The Brigada Eskwela (School Brigade) clean up drive kicked off Monday in all schools of the city with parents, students and teachers helping one another to prepare the classrooms, buildings and surroundings for the opening of classes on June 3, 2013. Emerita Mapula, principal of the Cesario Villa-Abrille Elementary School at Barangay 76-A lauded the support of the parents in the clean up activity. She also urged other stakeholders in the community to participate. M...
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20May2013PASAY CITY -- The Department of Education (DepEd) led by Secretary Armin Luistro launched the 2013 National Schools Maintenance Week or Brigada Eskwela at the Philippine School for the Deaf. Scheduled on May 20-25, this year’s Brigada, which is on its tenth year, carries the theme “Isang Dekada ng Bayanihan sa Paaralan.” “[Ang Brigada] ang pinakamahabang pagpapakita ng people power sa Pilipinas,” [The Brigada is the longest manifestation of people power in the Philippines] Luistro ...
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20May2013KORONADAL CITY, May 20 (PIA) -- After the success of its operations during the recently concluded national and local elections, Soccsksargen Region’s police force is all set to make sure that the opening of classes in June will also be secure and orderly. PCSupt. Charles Calima Jr., acting regional director of the Police Regional Office said they have already coordinated with the Department of Education, Commission on Higher Education, local government units...
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20May2013LAGAWE, Ifugao, May 20 (PIA) -- Teachers, parents, volunteers and other stakeholders here trooped to the Lagawe Central School today to help spruce up the campuses as part of the kick off activity of the Brigada Eskwela 2013 of the Department of Education. The Brigada seeks to prepare the school and classrooms for the opening of classes in June. Education Supervisor Marilou Takinan, in charge of the said program, said that Brigada Eskwela 2013 started with a parade around the town at 8 a.m. ...
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20May2013CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, May 20 (PIA) -- A number of institutions in Central Luzon has shared their best practices in guiding high school students towards the path to take after graduation. Representatives from Bulacan Provincial Public Employment Service Office (PESO), University of the Assumption (UA), and Pampanga High School (PHS) gave tips to over 250 guidance counselors and coordinators from public and private high schools in Central Luzon that graced the inaugural Regional Career ...
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20May2013PASIL, Kalinga, May 20 (PIA) -- Ten projects implemented in this municipality under cycle 1 of the Kalahi-CIDSS (Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Service) were completed. Joel Cubit of the Kalahi-CIDSS said the success of their implementation is attributed to the generic ‘badang’ culture of the iKalingas. He said these projects were jointly implemented by the local government unit, the social welfare and development provincial and national offices, and the beneficiary co...
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20May2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, May 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) in Eastern Visayas has identified 19 public schools here for K to 12 modeling. DepEd Region 8 Director Luisa Bautista-Yu said this is in line with the full implementation of the K to 12 Program among government schools three years from now. Yu said the identified schools have already conducted mapping activities as to how many students will enroll. Those who would enroll are those who graduated this school yea...
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20May2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 20 (PIA) -- Residents in a remote village in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat will soon have its source of purified water, courtesy of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS). Gemma Rivera, assistant regional director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 12, revealed that the project is the first community-owned water purifying station project in the co...
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20May2013CALAMBA, Misamis Occidental, May 20 (PIA) -- Ana Curita Pasa, 77, a resident of Brgy. Don Bernardino A. Neri, Calamba, Misamis Occidental is a Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan- Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Service (Kalahi-CIDSS) volunteer and member of the Monitoring and Inspection Team (MIT). This is her story, her experience in volunteering for Kalahi-CIDSS. “Tiguwang nako, dili nako makapakinabang niini nga proyekto. Apan akong mga anak ug akong mga apo maoy makabinipisyo, m...
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20May2013CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, May 20 (PIA) -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Pampanga Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PamCham) called on guidance counselors and coordinators in Central Luzon to encourage high school students to take college and vocational courses that are needed by industries. In a lecture during the inaugural Regional Career Guidance Advocacy Congress, DOLE Central Luzon Employment and Welfare chief Nely Punzalan said that “the in-demand jobs in the region...
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20May2013GENERAL SANTOS CITY, May 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) for the entire region 12 have rocketed to 217,526 as of April this year. DSWD-12 regional information officer Dennis Domingo II, the implementation of the program, which is being done by set has been smooth sailing. He said last year the beneficiaries were more than 190,000. The whole Region 12 is divided into six sets and the DS...
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20May2013NEGROS OCC., May 20 (PIA)—More than a thousand senior citizens in Negros Occidental will receive their monthly pension of P500 with the release of P27.1 million for the province, a press release from the DSWD6 said. Other provinces in the region also received funds for the social pension program of their senior citizens, to wit: Aklan, P14.1 million; Antique, P15.7 million; Capiz, P13.5 million; Guimaras, P4.4 million and Iloilo, P44.3 million. The Social Pension for indigent senior citize...
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20May2013CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, May 20 (PIA) -- Around 250 guidance counselors and coordinators from public and private high schools in Central Luzon recently graced the inaugural Regional Career Guidance Advocacy Congress of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Anchored on the theme “Follow the Guide. Tag a Career. Like the Future”, the event was done in partnership with the Central Luzon Regional Career Guidance Network (CL-RCGN) and featured lectures and messages of officials from ...
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19May2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, May 19 (PIA) -- The Oplan Brigada Eskwela on May 20 to 24 heralds the start of the new school year in June. DepEd Region 8 Director Luisa Bautista Yu said the officials and personnel from the Department of Education in Eastern Visayas will lead the National Maintenance Week on May 20-24, better known to many as Brigada Eskwela with a kick off activity at the Tolosa Central School on Monday, May 20. A kick-off activity is simultaneously held in all the DepEd di...
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17May2013SAN JOSE, Antique, May 17 (PIA) -- Youth leaders from San Jose town will attend a two-day awareness campaign on HIV/AIDS or Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired immunodeficiency Syndrome on May 18-19. “Some 70 youth leaders in San Jose will attend this activity, and we hope that the event will help increase their level of awareness about HIV and AIDS,” said Maria Corazon Pindol, Health and Nutrition Facilitator of the Palanan-awon Pangkauswagan Sang Antique (PPSA). Pindol said the a...
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17May2013CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, May 17 (PIA) -- The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) IV-A in partnership with Tahanan na Walang Hagdanan Inc., recently conducted a two-day orientation on disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) and climate change adaptation (CCA) for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). Vicente F. Tomazar, OCD IV-A regional director and chair of regional DRRMC describe the activity as a community-based training on the inclusion of disability element in all the phases of DRRM and CCA. T...
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17May2013KALIBO, Aklan, May 17 (PIA6) -- Aklan folks need to adopt a healthy lifestyle to keep lifestyle diseases from claiming more lives in the province. These lifestyle diseases--among the top ten causes of mortality in Aklan--include heart failure, cancer, hypertension, myocardial infarction, diabetes mellitus, and renal failure, Dr. Leslie Anne Luces, provincial health officer, said during the Kalusugang Pangkalahatan/Community Health Team (KP-CHT) Multisectoral Task Force Meeting. She said a ...
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17May2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, May 17 (PIA) -- Kalinga Schools Division launched today the “Brigada Eskwela” for School Year 2013-2014 in the province. The activity was opened with 6 a.m. motorcade from the Provincial Library Hub followed by a program at the Kalinga National High School grounds for the launching ceremony. As show of support, groups of parents, local officials, civic organizations and other stakeholders joined in the launching. Schools Division Superintendent Carolyne Verano e...
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17May2013ILOILO CITY, May 17 (PIA) -- The 2013 Regional Invention Contest and Exhibits (RICE) is now open to entries from local inventors and researchers, according to the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) regional office here. The local researches and inventions in the field of science will be showcased and recognized during the RICE event slated September 2-6 here. The DOST6 expects many research and invention enthusiasts to show their wares and compete for honors of b...
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17May2013PASIG CITY, May 17 -- The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has approved over 60,000 new teaching positions even as it gave the green light to provide funding for teachers being redeployed from schools with excess teacher items to areas with shortages. DBM has made available 61, 510 new teacher items for fiscal year 2013 as the Department of Education (DepEd) keeps pace with demand for teachers on account of increasing enrolment in public elementary and secondary schools nationwide. ...
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17May2013ILOILO CITY, May 17 (PIA6) -- The Operation Balik Eskwela (OBE) Task Force of the regional office of the Department of Education in Western Visayas here is ready to assist parents, guardians and other stakeholders if they have issues and concerns during the enrollment period and school opening. DepEd 6 Resource Mobilization Special Program and Project Division Chief Dr. Eden Deriada said upon instruction of Director Mildred Garay the OBE Task Force was formed to see to it that the opening of cl...
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17May2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 17 (PIA) -- While many are still waiting for the result on who will be proclaimed as governor in the province, and who will be the next set of senators in the country, some parents and teachers started the clean-up drive and repairs in the rooms that were used during the election in Samar. Catbalogan City Division Superintendent Editha De Veyra said that all is set for the week-long school maintenance program “Brigada Eskwela” for School Year 2013-2014. Brigad...
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17May2013TAGUM CITY, May 17 (PIA) -- Grantees of the Special Program for Students (SPES) in the province are happy the provincial government has finally deployed them to their respective assigned offices. The province facilitated the employment contract of the first batch of SPES with 140 recipients after the lapse of the election ban, which froze the implementation of the program as Comelec prohibited the release, disbursement or expenditure of public funds, including the hiring of employees, from Mar...
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16May2013ALFONSO LISTA, Ifugao, May 16 (PIA) - - The local government here has received a livelihood assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in the province. A check worth P204,000 was turned over to Mayor Glenn Prudenciano in a simple ceremony attended by beneficiaries and other local officials. The DOLE said the said amount will be used for the procurement of fishing gears and marketing transport facility for the Namnama Fisher Folks Association (NFFA). The amount was request...
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16May2013PASIG CITY, May 16 -- Department of Education (DepEd) signed a memorandum of agreement with Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) that will prioritize the hiring of 1,000 Teachers Program (1000 TP) graduates in the public schools. The 1000 TP is a flagship scholarship program of PBEd that seeks to uplift the image and quality of the teaching profession by attracting the best and the brightest to joining the teaching ranks. Promising high school graduates, who are part of the top ten percen...
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16May2013NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, May 16 (PIA6) -- Fifty beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in Murcia, this province, availed themselves of the Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan (KSK) farmers training program of the SM Foundation Inc. Municipal Link Grace Barsabal said the Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries were part of the 124 farmers and agriculture students who underwent a three-month training on farming at the Lux Mundi Farm School in Hacienda Binitin in Murcia since January. “The Kabalikat sa Kab...
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16May2013BAGUIO CITY, May 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH-CAR) and partner agencies are preparing for the conduct of an Integrated HIV Behavioural and Serologic Surveillance System (IHBSS) in the city. The IHBSS aims to provide more information about the spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the country. This strategy determines the extent of the epidemic and the virus` medium of dispersal in cities and rural areas. It also caters to HIV prevention, planning, and policy evaluatio...
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16May2013TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite, May 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Regional Office IV-A recently inked partnership with Community Builders, Advancers & Partners (CBAP)-Cavite Ministries, Inc. in the conduct of family development sessions (FDS) for Pantawid beneficiaries in the province. Under the memorandum of agreement (MOA), the CBAP-Cavite will collaborate with the DSWD in its “Bantay, Tulay, Kaagapay, Gabay” framework. The CBAP-Cavite will focus on be...
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16May2013QUEZON CITY, May 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor & Employment-National Capital Region (DOLE-NCR) field office in the Northern Metro Manila has conducted a seminar-workshop on career employment coaching for guidance counselors. The activity was participated by guidance counsellors and public employment service officers (PESO) from cities of Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas and Valenzuela. During the workshop held at the Bulwagang Katipunan of the Caloocan City Hall, a review and thorough discussi...
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15May2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 15 (PIA) -- Incoming DOST scholars from Region 10 are undergoing summer classes beginning May 6 up to June 1. The 30-day program is being held at Mindanao University of Science and Technology this city and at the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Iligan City. This Summer Orientation and Enrichment Program (SOEP) is designed to increase the knowledge and skills of DOST scholars in English, Mathematics and Physics. It also aims to prepare them in...
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15May2013DIPOLOG CITY, May 15 (PIA) -- All is set for this year’s “Brigada Eskwela” in Zamboanga del Norte. This was declared by Assistant Schools Division Superintendent Lourma Poculan of the Zamboanga del Norte schools division in an interview yesterday. Poculan said the weeklong Brigada Eskwela (school preparation activity) will be capped by a search for outstanding Brigada Eskwela implementers among public elementary and secondary schools. Education Supervisor Arcelita Zamoras, on the other ...
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15May2013MANILA, May 15 (PIA) -- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with the Department of Health (DOH) will launch a Bilateral Health Portfolio on Thursday, May 16 at the Grand Ballroom of the Pan Pacific Hotel in Manila. The partnership aims to help the Philippine Government in making a significant positive impact on family health by 2017. During the launch, a gallery exhibit will also be opened featuring the DOH-USAID Health Portfolio (2013-2017) with DOH...
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15May2013LEGAZPI CITY, May 15 (PIA) -- Laborers who will work for the implementation of projects under the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) project trained on construction safety last May 6-10, 2013 in Sto. Domingo, Albay The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional office here has partnered with Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Bicol for a 40-hour training educating the supervisors on preventive measur...
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15May2013PASIG CITY, May 15 -- The Department of Education (DepEd) is assuring teachers that their honoraria for services rendered as members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) for the elections may already be withdrawn through their Landbank ATMs or through cash cards for those with no payroll accounts, this amid reports that a P200 registration fee is being charged for the cards. “We have been assured by COMELEC that Landbank has not required a registration fee for the cash cards. Our personn...
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15May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry Leyte Provincial Office is set to hold the 6th Diskwento Caravan: Balik Eskuwela Edition 2013 on May 15 to 17. DTI Leyte Director Desiderio Belas, Jr. said the Diskwento Caravan will be conducted at the DTI Leyte Office grounds at Real St., Fatima Village, Tacloban City. “Discounted prices will be given to school and office supplies, uniforms and school bags, basic necessities and prime commodities during the Diskwen...
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15May2013CEBU CITY, May 9 (PIA) -- The Regional Rehabilitation Centre for Youth (RRCY) here has partnered with Julie’s Bakeshop to launch a feeding program in the municipality of Argao. RRCY is a project spearheaded by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office in Region 7. RRCY head Bibiana Horvath during the recent launching welcomed their partnership with Julie's Bakeshop. "We welcome our partnership with Julie’s Bakeshop and we are happy that they have chosen RRCY ...
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15May2013CEBU CITY, May 15 (PIA) -- Demand for Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Machinists in the job market is rising these days, according to the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). In the Philippines, only a few CNC machinists are trained as most of those who have been trained have left the country for good, noted DOST. Brain drain has become a bigger problem in the metals and engineering industry due to steadfast advancements and innovations in modern technology. To address the negative...
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15May2013CEBU CITY, May 15 (PIA) -- Fifty four (54) persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Visayas and Mindanao have received their diplomas for completing training at the Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center 11 (AVRC) in Labangon, Cebu City. The rites were held during the school's 35th Graduation Exercises. Of these number, 24 finished Therapeutic Massage, 1 in Consumer Electronics, 13 in Computer Technology, 2 in Commercial Arts and Crafts, 5 in Basic Cosmetology, 10 in Commercial Cooking, 2 in Ba...
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14May2013Who would think that an ordinary man from a very simple family would become surprisingly extraordinary and an inspiration to the many? He is the complete epitome of a person who believes in the saying, “it pays to work hard.” He got his guiding principle in life from Cicero, a Roman philosopher, who said: “The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of being someday a commander.” Childhood Alexander Badong Yano was t...
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14May2013QUEZON CITY, May 14 -- Skills training and assessment of Filipino welders get a big boost with the donation of P20 million worth of equipment to the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) by the Middle East Industrial Training Institute (MEITI). The donation, consisting of 40 packages, was sent from the United Arab Emirates to the TESDA Regional Training Center in Buhisan, Tibungco in Davao City, a statement from Tesda said. Secretary Joel Villanueva, Tesda director gener...
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13May2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, May 13(PIA) – President Benigno Simeon Aquino recently approved a bill creating a national high school in this province. The bill, proposed by incumbent Rep. Carlos Padilla (Lone District, Nueva Vizcaya) will benefit the youth especially those who come from poor families and indigenous communities in upland and remote barangays. House Bill 1210 as Republic Act 10482 or an “An Act Establishing a National High School in Barangay Dagupan in Quezon town called the ...
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13May2013ILOILO CITY, May 13 (PIA6) -- For some families in the town of Leganes, school days for their children meant “half day” only because the mothers would not send their children to school on empty stomachs. “My 12-year old daughter, Sheryl, fainted in school because she was hungry,” said 44-year-old Mayflor Jinon, of Sitio Paho, Napnod, Leganes in Iloilo. “I don’t want that to happen again to any of my children,” Mayflor said in dialect. For the children of Mayflor and some other m...
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13May2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 13 (PIA) -- Help continues for the recipients of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) even as they “graduate” from the national government’s conditional cash grant, government officials here assured. From December this year until April 2014, cash grants for almost 14,000 households under the CCT program’s Set 1 and 2 in Soccsksargen Region would cease as they complete the five-year duration as b...
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11May2013PASIG CITY, May 11 -- As millions of voters are expected to troop to polling places throughout the country for the 2013 midterm elections on May 13, the Department of Education readies its Election Task Force (ETF) Operation Center to assist teachers in fulfilling their duties on election day. “As we deploy our teachers to this special duty, DepEd joins the rest of the nation in making this political exercise an honest, orderly, and peaceful one. This operation center is one contribution the ...
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10May2013BAGUIO CITY, May 10 (PIA) - - For the effective implementation of the Kindergarten to Grade 12 or K to 12 program, Cordillera teachers are set to undergo training this May on the Department of Education’s (DepEd) new curriculum for grades 2 and 8. DepEd Regional Director Ellen Donato disclosed that the new curriculum for grades 2 and 8 will be implemented this school year 2013 – 2014 following the implementation of the new curriculum for grades 1 and grade 7 last school year. To re-too...
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10May2013TACLOBAN City, Leyte, May 10 (PIA) -- The Technical Schools and Development Authority (TESDA) in Eastern Visayas recognized 17 scholars during their graduation ceremony held recently at the TESDA Automechanic Training Centre in Abucay, Tacloban City. TESDA initiated the scholarship program headed by Acting Regional Director Cleta M. Omega in partnership with World Vision and Isuzu Motors Limited of Japan led by Senior Counselor Yoshinori Ida. The ceremony’s guest speaker was Department of L...
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10May2013LOS BANOS, Laguna, May 10 (PIA) --The Landbank of the Philippines (LBP) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have launched recently, a scholarship catering to dependents of small farmers and fisherfolks in agricultural communities. Dubbed “Gawad Pag-aaral Tungo sa Maunlad na Bayan” or “Gawad Patnubay,” the scholarship program offers grants to 50 beneficiaries, 28 for college degrees scholarship in agriculture and 22 for TESDA-certified technical-vocational educational p...
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10May2013DAVAO CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- The national government has allotted about P600 million to roll out various socio-economic projects for the Bangsamoro areas under the Sajahatra Bangsamoro Program, Secretary to the Cabinet Rene Almendras said. In a press conference at the Insular Hotel Davao, Almendras explained that the fund will initially be used to implement quick projects that would not need a thorough needs assessment. Almendras was in Davao City to meet the Joint Coordinating Committee me...
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10May2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, May 10 (PIA) -- Back in the 1970s, the government started pushing for a nutrition program that would boost children’s growth. The Philippine Nutrition Program was recognized in 1977 as an advocacy towards providing and meeting the nutrition and health services needed at the grassroots level. It was in this light that the Barangay Nutrition and Health Scholar, now called Barangay Nutrition Scholar (BNS) was born, according to the Food and Nutrition Research Instit...
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10May2013NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, May 10 (PIA6) -- The provincial government gave recognition to Negros Occ. Scholarship Program (NOSP) scholars who graduated and received academic honors and distinctions from their respective colleges and universities, in a ceremony held at the Negros Occ. Multi-purpose Activity Center in Bacolod City, last April 30, a statement from the Capitol said. During the same ceremony, 128 NOSP grantees for the school year 2013-2014 were also welcomed. As has always been the tradit...
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10May2013VIRAC, Catanduanes, May 10 (PIA) -- Diocese of Virac Social Action Foundation, Inc. (DVSAFI) is inviting interested citizens to be volunteers of the National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL). Also known as Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV), the organization aims to assure the safe conduct of clean, honest, and credible elections. According to Rev. Fr. Laudemer Jose A. Gapaz, NAMFREL/PPCRV volunteers will establish Voter’s Assistance Desk in every polling center to e...
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10May2013DUMAGUETE CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- Over 300 cyclists in Negros Oriental rode around Dumaguete City recently to promote the 1343 anti-trafficking hotline for emergency use, and stop modern slavery and traffic congestion. The "Freedom Ride" is part of the Stop Look Listen Campaign of Dakila, a civic group creatively inspiring involvement in social transformation, in partnership with the Manila Fixed Gear and WeFXD, a group of urban cyclists who has incorporated cycling in their lifestyle. Dakila h...
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10May2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 10 (DSWD FO-10) continuously implements the second cycle of the supplementary feeding that started on October 2012 and has been on-going even during summer vacation to complete the 120 days feeding program. Out of the 108,306 day care children beneficiaries, 14.4% were malnourished upon the start of the feeding program. It is expected that there would be a significant decrease of malnutrition rat...
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10May2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 8 (PIA) -- The Department of Health, pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), and medical societies, kicked off the Cervical Awareness Month dubbed as “Babae, Mahalaga Ka!” at Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC). As part of the campaign, 58 DOH retained hospitals nationwide including Northern Mindanao Medical Center in Cagayan de Oro, will offer free Cervical Cancer screening to women aged 30-49 years old. “Gagawa po kami ng free screenings to DOH ...
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09May2013QUEZON CITY, May 9 (PIA) -- The Department of Health - National Capital Region (DOH-NCR)on Wednesday, has started their space spraying and misting operations in Metro Manila schools that are designated as polling centers by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC). DOH-NCR Regional Director Eduardo C. Janairo said they target to finish the job in time for the coming May 13 elections and the opening of classes in June to protect voters, teachers and students who will be casting their votes and go...
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09May2013LEGAZPI CITY, May 9 (PIA) -- Six Bicolanos notched places in the top 10 of the the Midwifery Licensure Exam held last month, according to the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) regional office here. PRC Bicol announced that the topnotchers out of 2,323 examinees included three from Bicol University, one each from Polytechnic College of Nabua and Mabini College of Daet Camarines Norte. Benedict Rey Montas Serrano of Bicol University, garnered the first place with 89.70% rating, Ma. Jell...
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09May2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, May 9 (PIA) – Tabuk City Rural Health Unit (RHU) 1 puts up an animal bite center to level-up its facilities under the program on control and prevention of rabies in the city. In line with the move, City Health Officer (CHO) Henrietta Bagayao and CHO Nurse Joy Alunday had their training on anti-rabies to prepare capable health staff to support the program. According to Bagayao, the intensified anti-rabies program of the city government, this year, is geared towards zero d...
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09May2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, May 9 (PIA) – Children or the immediate beneficiaries of former rebel returnees are encouraged to avail of the scholarship under the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process – Commission on Higher Education (OPAPP-CHED). According to Eusebia Haddac, Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) OPAPP-CHED Study Grant Program for Rebel Returnees program Point Person, the scholarships are available for enrollment to baccalaureate degrees offer...
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09May2013LAGAWE, Ifugao, May 9 (PIA)--Officials here commended health frontliners, volunteers, women’s group for their efforts in trying to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Speaking to about 200 participants coming from the municipalities of Kiangan, Lagawe, Hingon and Lamut, Arnel Bilibli of the Provincial Planning and Development Office said that their office noted a good performance of the province in trying to achieve MDG 3, 4, 5, and 6 namely Promoting gender equality and empowerin...
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09May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 9 (PIA) – Isuzu Motors Limited chairman Yoshinari Ida, his wife Mikiko and 17 other officers of the company are set to grace the graduation ceremony of the 6th batch of Isuzu scholars in the Isuzu funded TESDA Auto Mechanic Training Center in Tacloban City, Leyte, on May 9, 2013. TESDA Region 8 Director Cleta Omega informed that the graduating batch consists of 17 students who will be conferred industry-recognized auto technicians. Scholar Charlie B. Balano, 22 yea...
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09May2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, May 9 (PIA) -- The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) Kalinga is urging Persons with Disability (PWDs) in the province to avail of their educational assistance program. PWD Point Person Eusebia Haddac of the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) said that the project is being funded under the PWD fund from the Internal Revenue Allotment of the province. The educational assistance project was conceptualized after finding out tha...
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09May2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 9 (PIA) -- Scholars of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (OWWA-ARMM) from Maguindanao and Lanao Del Sur gathered together for a two-day conference at Awang Hillside Resort and Hotel, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao. A total of 56 scholars participated the activity which began yesterday in various games designed to have them interact and work together for a common goal which focused on self-awareness, team ...
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09May2013STO. DOMINGO, Ilocos Sur City, May 9 (PIA) -- The 20-unit Pabahay Project in the village of Napo, Santo Domingo is now ready for occupancy. Mayor Amado Tadena said seven months after its ground breaking and awarding ceremony in August last year, the houses come with a kitchen and toilet-bath and an option for owners to install partitions for private rooms. Each unit covers a floor area of 20 sq. meters. The local government partnered with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD...
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09May2013NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, May 9 (PIA) -- About 1,000 women sari-sari store entrepreneurs in the cities of Bacolod, Bago and Talisay, this province will be awarded their Certificates of Training on Gender-Responsive Entrepreneurship by top officials of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) and Coca-Cola Philippines. TESDA Sec. Joel Villanueva and Atty. Adel A. Tamano will lead the awarding, today, May 9, at 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Bago City Coliseum. The women-scholars underwent a...
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09May2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 9 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – IX has concluded its Scholarship Orientation and Signing of the Scholarship Agreement of new undergraduate scholars in Zamboanga Peninsula. A total of 205 participants all over the region attended the series of orientation and contract signing with thirty eight (38) attendees, including the qualifiers and respective parents or legal guardians, inked to avail of the Science & Technology scholarship program funded ...
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08May2013MANILA, May 8 (PIA) -- The Philippine Ambassador to Muscat in Oman, Joselito A. Jimeno recently paid PhilHealth a visit to invite the State-run Health Insurance agency to become part of a coffee table book project which will feature the arts and literary works of young children of overseas Filipino workers in the Middle East. Through an inter-school art and literary competition, 32 Philippine schools and over 700 elementary and high school students in Oman, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Saudi ...
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08May2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 8 (PIA) — Some 115 children from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Samar are now enjoying scholarship in five schools in Leyte. Samar Provincial Link Gina Omillo said that this is a part of the continuing support of the administration to uplift the lives of these disadvantaged sectors. These children who are interested and qualified, were identified and validated by the DSWD, availed...
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08May2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 8 (PIA) -- In line with its commitment to help Tech-Voc graduates find jobs, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) Regional Office 10 conducted jobs bridging activity dubbed as “Hanapbuhay Para sa mga Tesda Specialista.” A total of 107 agencies participated in the job bridging comprising of 89 local and 18 overseas companies. Around 2,184 applicants were registered of which 1,600 were interviewed. Of the total interviewed applicants, 23...
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08May2013QUEZON CITY, May 8 -- As the May 13, 2013 mid-term elections draw nearer, the Department of Education assures teachers’ readiness to serve as members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs), Board of Canvassers (BOCs), and PCOS technicians. Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro expresses its full confidence that the teachers are ready to do the job. “The Commission on Election has given training to the public school teachers who will again serve as PCOS technicians, and chairmen and mem...
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08May2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 8 (PIA) -- New beneficiaries of the scholarship programs of Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in Region 12 inked a memorandum of agreement that finalized their status as official OWWA scholars starting this school year 2013-2014. The new scholars, one for Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP), three for Congressional Migrant Workers Scholarship Program (CMWSP), and 56 for the OFW Dependents Scholarship Program (ODSP), along with their p...
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08May2013ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, May 8 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) brought its Job Opportunities, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood (JOEL) for TESDA Specialistas program to residents of Rizal Province Tuesday at SM Taytay Event Center. A total of 22 companies offered jobs to Rizal residents, mostly technical-vocational (tech-voc). The Department of Labor and Employment, local Public Employment Services Office, Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Soc...
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08May2013DIPOLOG CITY, May 8 (PIA) -- Three-hundred twenty three examinees successfully passed the Accreditation and Equivalency Tests (A & E) test conducted by the Dipolog City Schools Division’s Alternative Learning System (ALS) in Dipolog City on Dec. 12, 2012. Ms. Catalina Samson-Barinaga, ALS coordinator, said of the 323 who passed the A & E test, 267 are out-of-school youth (OSY) and 56 were inmates of Dipolog City Jail. Of the 323 OSY passers, 244 are in the secondary level, while 23 are in ...
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08May2013CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, May 8 (PIA) -- Department of Health (DOH) called on women in Central Luzon ages 21 and up to have regular check-up in order to know if they have cervical cancer. “We wanted, on our part, to provide needed information about cervical cancer. This disease is preventable, and we have already cited ways to determine if we have this illness, and this is by annual screenings – the Pap smear and the visual inspection using acetic acid (VIA)” said DOH Regional Direc...
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08May2013QUEZON CITY, May 8 (PIA)--The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) has partnered with the Department of Agriculture (DA) to implement a program for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families who intend to pursue agribusiness as part of the National Reintegration Program for OFWs. To formalize the partnership, Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz and Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, recently signed a memorandum of agreement for the cooperation in promoting agribusiness...
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08May2013PAGADIAN CITY, May 8 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment Zamboanga del Sur Field Office distributed more than P1.6 million worth of checks to 540 grantees of the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) during the Labor Day celebration at the Gaisano Capital Food Court on Wednesday, May 1. DOLE provincial head Lourdes Amores said the student grantees who ended their services last March 2013 were from Pagadian City – 260 grantees; Ramon Magsaysay - 27; Blancia Colleg...
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08May2013ROXAS CITY, Capiz, May 8 (PIA) -- Members of the Government Service Insurance System has still a month more to apply for the agency’s scholarship program. This after GSIS President and General Manager Robert Vergara said in an online news that the deadline for filing of application for the scholarship program of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is extended until May 31, 2013. Capiz GSIS Manager Glorietta Dublas disclosed that Vergara has granted the extension of the deadline ...
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07May2013DAVAO CITY, May 7 – Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman said that 1,755,034 children in 45,389 day care centers nationwide will benefit from the Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for school year 2013-2014. In the 2013 DSWD budget, it has allocated more than P2.9 billion for the program covering all 17 regions including the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Secretary Soliman explained that the SFP is th...
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07May2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 7 (PIA) -- A total of 3,471 young people, ages 18-30, underwent technical-vocational training under the joint program of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) dubbed Cash for Training Project (C4TP). C4TP is a training program that responds to the government’s thrust in providing sustainable intervention to improve the plight and condition of the youth and empower them through skil...
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07May2013CEBU CITY, May 7 (PIA) -- The National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines (NAST-PHL), the country’s highest recognition and advisory body on science and technology, launched the Geminiano T. de Ocampo Visionary Awards for Medical Research. Medical researchers can now look forward to getting recognized for their work with the recent launch of the said award. The award seeks to recognize clinician researchers who have created the vision for medical research in the country through t...
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07May2013TANAY, Rizal, May 7 (PIA) -- Celebrating its 3rd anniversary last April 25, the Haven for the Elderly located in Barangay Sampaloc, this municipality, held a series of activities under the theme “Nagkakaisa sa Maayos at Mahusay na Paglilingkod sa mga Nakatatanda.” The celebration, which focused on developing bond between and among center staff, its resident-elders and other center stakeholders, was graced by officials of the Department led by Undersecretary Parisya Taradji, Region IV-A Dire...
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07May2013DINAGAT, Province of Dinagat Islands, May 7 (PIA) -- Youth leaders of this province pledged to support the campaign of the Commission on Population (Popcom) for responsible sexuality as their contribution in rationalizing population growth. Prioritizing the importance of community outreach, an action plan was formulated by the youth leaders as an offshoot of the summer camp held recently. They also organized themselves as advocates of the Population – Health – Environment (PHE) to hel...
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07May2013LA TRINIDAD Benguet, May 7(PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has again helped deserving students in the Cordillera to have a college degree as 68 of their scholars graduated from their respective courses this end of school year 2012 - 2013 , 21 of them with honors. Of the 68 graduates, five are from Abra, two from Apayao, 11 from Baguio City, 14 from Benguet, five from Mountain Province and 31 from outside the Cordillera who opt to have their studies in the DOST’s partn...
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07May2013QUEZON CITY, May 7 -- The Department of Education (DepEd) is offering scholarships to teachers and education supervisors to hone their skills in effectively communicating to students a culture-based K to 12 curriculum. Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro said it is important to understand that the goal of K to 12 is to develop holistic learners who are fully aware of their cultural identity as Filipinos. “While K to 12 is geared towards producing world-calibre graduates, all learning sho...
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07May2013CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, May 7 (PIA) -- A total of 3,356 jobseekers in Central Luzon were hired on the spot (HOTS) during last week’s Labor Day job fairs. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regional information officer Jerry Borja bared that the newly hires accounted for 25 percent of the 13, 294 qualified applicants reported by their provincial field offices. Provinces with the most HOTS were Pampanga (1,468); Tarlac (1,132); and Bulacan (496). Among the positions filled up i...
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07May2013BAGANGA, Davao Oriental, May 7 -- At least fifteen barangay health stations are set to benefit the three coastal towns hit by typhoon Pablo—a commitment that the Mindanao PhilSaga Foundation, Inc. in partnership with the provincial government vouched to put up. This was confirmed on Friday by the Foundation President, Dr. Victor P. Salvado during the ground breaking ceremony of the first of the fifteen health stations held at Barangay Salingcomot in Baganga town. Setting off for the first ti...
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07May2013LAGAWE, Ifugao,May 7 (PIA)-- The Department of Social Welfare and Development and the local governments here have signed a memorandum of agreement to curb malnutrition in children. Elena Otgalon, a social worker in charge of the said program, said the DSWD provides funds to feed day care pupils in the 337 day care centers while the provincial LGU monitors the implementation of the said program and the municipal and barangay levels implement it. “The Day Care worker will prepare the menu con...
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06May2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 6 (PIA) – The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) in Eastern Visayas plans to partner with a shipyard company to ensure employment of the graduates of the institution. Cleta Omega, Tesda regional director, said she has initiated talks with the top official of Keppel Philippines Marine Incorporated in one of the graduation rites for technical and vocational students that they both attended. The company has a shipyard in Batangas and Subic wh...
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06May2013PASIG CITY, May 6 -- Education Secretary Armin Luistro has declared the 2013 staging of the Palarong Pambansa in Dumaguete City as unrivaled in terms of local government unit (LGU) support, private sector participation, remarkable display of sporting prowess and environmental impact. “Palaro 2013 is sans rival because this is the first time that 19 municipalities and 6 cities helped make sure that Palaro 2013 will be a resounding success. It is also unprecedented that 11 private schools ope...
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06May2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, May 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH), in a public-private partnership with Merck Sharpe and Dohme (MSD) Philippines, is now on its sixth year of raising awareness and providing free cervical cancer screening programs nationwide. For the sixth run of its Cervical Cancer Awareness Month (CCAM) activities this May, both the DOH and MSD are going beyond just screening. This year, the awareness is going full circle—from prevention to treatment. Free screenings will...
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06May2013NEGROS ORIENTAL, May 6 (PIA) -- The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS)-Dumaguete branch launched its service desk in Siquijor, Siquijor on April 26 as its highlight of its 39th anniversary celebration on April 29. Over the past years, the GSIS-Dumaguete has gained 19,502 members from the provinces of Negros Oriental and Siquijor. The GSIS service desk is a replication of the agency’s front line service unit that aims to assist members in Siquijor to avail of its various services a...
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06May2013NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, May 6 (PIA) -- Sipaway Island is host to pristine, white grains of sands, undiscovered shores and developed beaches, and a diver’s haven, in this northern part of the province, some 15 minutes boat ride from the wharf of San Carlos City, the mainland. Before reaching this tropical paradise, one has to traverse the winding road of the P70-million Negros Trans Link Highway, approximately 90 kilometers from the province’s capital of Bacolod City. An island is naturally su...
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06May2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 6 (PIA) -- Fifty one persons with disability (PWDs) who completed a vocational skills training received their diplomas during a simple graduation rites held at the Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center (AVRC)-III of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). “Graduates of this year availed themselves of courses on Agriculture, Basic Computer Operations, Commercial Arts, Cosmetology, Graphic Arts, Garments Technology, Industrial Arts and Scientific Massage,”...
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06May2013LEGAZPI CITY, May 6 (PIA) -- At least 394 were hired-on-the-spot among the 3,050 job applicants in the recently concluded Mega Jobs Fair held at SM City in Naga City and Embarcadro de Legazpi activity center here on May 1. DOLE Bicol regional director Nathaniel Lacambra said the 394 who were hired right there and then at the jobs fair comprised the 15 percent of the qualified applicants who applied during the Labor Day simultaneous jobs fair. “These will provide them (HOTS) decent jobs and...
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06May2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 6 (PIA) -- Social preparations are underway for the implementation of the P91.73 million worth of poverty alleviation projects in Soccsksargen Region, an official of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 12 said. Bai Zorahayda T. Taha, DSWD-12 regional director, told Philippine Information Agency- 12 that at least 25 municipalities in three provinces of Region 12 will benefit from the projects, which were...
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06May2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, May 6 (PIA) -- The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) along with several private sector and non government organizations have intensified its fight against malaria. The Center for Health and Development (CHD-CAR), Pilipinas Shell Foundation Inc. (PSFI) /Global Fund Movement Against Malaria (GFMAM) and the provincial governments of Ifugao and Mountain Province have strengthened the inter-provincial scheme to eliminate malaria with the inclusion of the province of Kali...
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06May2013LEGAZPI CITY, May 6 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Albay has recognized anew the best performing schools and barangay partners in education under its Gay Palcon and Barangay Kasangga sa Edukasyon o BAKAS Achievers 2013 Awards. The local government's Provincial Education Department (PED) conferred the Gay Palcon Achievement Awards, named after the late educator and first PED head Dr. Ligaya Palcon, to the best performing schools based on the results of the 2012 National Achievement Test, ...
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06May2013QUEZON CITY, May 6 (PIA) -- The search is on for the 4th Ulirang Nakatatanda Awards 2013 for senior citizens in Region IV-B. This annual awards aims to acknowledge and recognize the contributions of the older persons. The awards not only aims to encourage them to continue what they are doing but also to continuously promote and encourage Filipino families and communities to reaffirm and continue the valued Filipino tradition of respect and care for the senior citizens. The recognition reaffirms...
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06May2013LEGAZPI CITY, May 6 (PIA) – A total of 1,466 beneficiaries of the Cash-for-Training Program (C4TP) of the government are now training on skills development undet the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) regional offices here. Tesda Bicol specialist Aileen A. Lozada said the program has already attained 45 percent accomplishment as of April 18, 2013, for having a total of 1,466 out of the 3,286 targeted benefi...
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06May2013LEGAZPI CITY, May 6 (PIA) -- Citizens are crucial to the pursuit of progress. Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Juliano-Soliman of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said community-driven development (CDD) approach can operationalize “inclusive growth” with the communities playing key role to effect development. Soliman, representing the national government, has recently signed the memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Albay Governor Joey Sarte Salceda and the Department of ...
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06May2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, May 5 (PIA) -- After the successful conduct of Diskwento Fair at Diffun town last year, the Department of Trade and Industry-Quirino Provincial Office will duplicate said activity this time at the Provincial Capitol Grounds here on May 15-16, 2013. Dubbed “Balik Eskwela Diskwento Caravan, the activity aims to help parents save money by making discounted products accessible to them. Susan Janer, senior trade and industry specialist said 21 entrepreneurs have confirme...
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06May2013PARANAQUE CITY, May 6 (PIA) – The Paranaque City government gave out monthly pensions to 350 indigent senior citizens of the city. The beneficiaries were qualified based on the standards set in the DSWD National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction. The DSWD’s Social Pension Program is provided under Republic Act 9994 which is also known as the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010. Under said law, covered seniors are given P500.00 monthly pensions to help them with their dail...
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04May2013BAGUIO CITY, May 4 (PIA) -- More than 2,300 out of school youths and adults from the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) have now the opportunity to continue their secondary education or even pursue a college degree after they passed the Department of Education’s Alternative Learning System (DepED-ALS) Accreditation and Equivalency (A&E) Examination. Based on the December 2012 ALS A&E examination result released by the Bureau of Alternative Learning System, there are 2,317 school drop-ou...
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03May2013CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, May 3 (PIA) -- Department of Health (DOH) and a pharmaceutical firm, MSD Philippines, will hold free cervical cancer screenings for women aged 25-49 years old at the Jose B. Lingad Memorial Hospital for the whole month of May. In a joint media statement, DOH and MSD said, “Our partnership, which is now on its sixth year, is in line with the observance of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month (CCAM). This 2013, the awareness is going full circle - from prevention to t...
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03May2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 3 (PIA) -- A public agricultural school in nearby Surallah town got a commitment of P500,000 from the Department of Agriculture (DA) 12. DA-12 regional executive director Amalia Jayag-Datukan pledged the additional assistance during the 13th Commencement exercises of the Surallah Agricultural National High School (Sunas), on April 23 where she was the guest of honor. She said Sunas could make use of the aid to fund ...
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03May2013LA TRINIDAD, Benguet, May 3 (PIA) -- The province of Benguet once again is hosting the national volleyball tilt of the Philippine Volleyball Federation (PVF). On Tuesday, top colleges and universities across the country opened their bid for the 2013 National Intercollegiate Volleyball Championships at the Cordillera Career Development College Gymnasium in this capital town. This is the 11th staging of the national volleyball competition and the third time Benguet is hosting. The games set f...
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03May2013QUEZON CITY, May 2 (PIA) -- The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) cited the immeasurable contribution of women in the country’s workforce who work not only to earn for their family but also to harness their potentials to make economic and social contributions. PCW is lead government agency that steers development efforts towards women's empowerment and gender equality. In its Labor Day statement, the PCW stressed the need to respect and fulfill the rights of women workers who have steadf...
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03May2013QUEZON CITY, May 3 -- The Department of Education has increased by 24% the number of slots for Grade 7 students availing of tuition fee subsidy in private schools under the education service contracting scheme (ESC). Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro in a statement said that from 250,896 slots in school year 2012-2013, the ESC slots for Grade 7 students has been increased to 310,709 slots for school year 2013-2014. ESC is a scheme under the Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in...
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03May2013BAGUIO CITY, May 3 (PIA) -- A cancer survivor who recently graduated from the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) is among the Ten Outstanding Students in the Cordillera Administrative Region (OSCAR) 2013 recognized in awarding ceremonies last week here. Cancer did not stop PMA cadet and now 2nd Lieutenant Prolen Bonacua from pursuing his dream to become a soldier and a public servant. In 2011, while he was a cadet at the premiere military school, Bonacua was detected of lymphoma that forc...
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03May2013DAVAO CITY, May 3 (PIA) -- The Maritime Industry Authority in Davao Region sworn in their respective professions Thursday 101 deck and 102 engine officers in an unprecedented move to professionalized domestic sea travel. Atty. Gloria Banas, deputy administrator for operations of the Marina who presided over the oath-taking-ceremony spoke with pride on the achievement of the Marina XI in professionalizing the ranks of local seafarers. She said the activity realizes one of the Marina’s objecti...
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03May2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato May 3 (PIA) -- Some 5,510 scholarship slots are now open to young people in Soccsksargen Region who are interested on taking technical vocational education, an official here announced today. Zeus Ampuyas, regional director of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) – 12 told Philippine Information Agency 12 that the national government has allotted P29,344,000 for agency’s two flagship scholarship...
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03May2013TARLAC CITY, May 3 (PIA) -- An Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) scholar from Tarlac is now earning the fruits of the hard work of her parents as she is now a professional migrant worker herself in Qatar. In an interview via Skype during Tuesday’s Job and Livelihood Fair in St. Michael’s Park, Camp Servillano Aquino in Tarlac City which President Benigno Aquino III graced, 28-year old Mylene Gomez said “OWWA had been a great help for my studies. My Father, Isaias, worked in t...
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03May2013NAGA CITY, May 3 -- President Benigno S. Aquino III led the inauguration Friday of the newly upgraded Naga City Hospital for the health care needs of the poor Naguenos. “Sa pagbalik natin dito sa Naga, hatid natin ang isa na namang magandang balitang bunga ng ating bayanihan at pagpiling iangat ang kapwa ---ang mas pinaunlad na Naga City Hospital,” the President said in his message during the inauguration. “Iisa ang diwa ng ating mga programang pangkalusugan: binibigyang-lakas natin ang ...
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03May2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12 is scoring another first. This time, the agency is bringing its labor advocacy where the incoming labor force are – in colleges, universities and technical vocational schools. As a highlight of the celebration of the 111th Labor Day celebration, DOLE 12 on May 1 signed a memorandum of agreement with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Depa...
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02May2013TARLAC CITY, May 2 (PIA) -- Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) on Tuesday launched its newest program dubbed “Mag-impok…Magnegosyo Movement (M-3)” during the Job and Livelihood Fair in Camp Servillano Aquino in Tarlac City which President Aquino graced. The program is aimed at encouraging Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their families to save income for their future investments. “Overseas employment is not permanent, and with this, on the part of OWWA, together with t...
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02May2013DUMAGUETE CITY, May 2 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) is offering more scholarship slots for out-of-school youth (OSY) beneficiaries under the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Cash for Training Project (C4TP) in Negros Oriental. Tesda Director General Joel Villanueva, in a press conference recently held here, said the P1.3 billion national project is in partnership with the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program of DSWD. It intends...
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02May2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, May 2 (PIA) -- Nineteen women former overseas Filipino workers yesterday received check of P10,0000 each that they can use to start an enterprise. Abdulghani K. Umag, regional director of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) 12, the assistance was distributed under the re-integration program Balik Pinay, Balik Hanapbuhay program. “The recipients of grants today (May 1) is part of the 52 ...
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02May2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, May 2 (PIA) – At least two associations for the self-employed will receive capital assistance to buy seeds for for the government’s environmental preservation program. Allan Lulu, DSWD information officer, said the agreement covers the provision of P350,000 in capital assistance to the Villacorta Green Thumb and the Mapita Seedlings Planters in Pangasinan province. The associations are recipients of the DSWD’s self-employment assistance kaunlaran (Sea-K) program. The f...
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02May2013NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, May 2 (PIA) -- Ninety job applicants in yesterday’s Labor Day jobs fair at SM City Bacolod were hired on the spot. DOLE Field Office Head Maria Victoria Mondragon said in an interview that the newly-hired were chosen out of 2,049 qualified applicants based on the demands of the industry. They will soon be working locally as layout artists, cashiers, waiters, baggers, cooks and marketing officers. Some 2,505 applicants registered prior to the fair, which is one of DOLE’s...
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02May2013ILOILO CITY, May 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) region 6 appealed to companies and agencies taking part in the Labor Day jobs fair to hire qualified job seekers on the spot. DOLE 6 Regional Assistant Director Salome Siaton said these job fairs are conducted to lessen the unemployment rate in Western Visayas so it would help if employers immediately hire qualified applicants. “Let us not wait for the time that we will hire jobseekers qualified for the position in e...
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02May2013DAGUPAN CITY, May 2 (PIA) -- Overseas Filipino Workers won’t have to worry sending their children in college thanks to the scholarship program of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). Amapola Villar, labor communication officer, said that 14 OFW dependents from the Ilocos Region passed the qualifying examination for the Congressional Migrant Workers Scholarship Program (CMWSP) in November. Of the OWWA scholars, 12 are from the province of Pangasinan, namely: Kisha Shemuelyn R...
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02May2013ILOILO CITY, May 2 (PIA) -- Jobseekers who were not hired on the spot at the Labor Day job fairs conducted in this city yesterday were told not to worry as employers will continue processing their applications. “Selecting job applicants is a very tough job for employers. They may need more time to review job applications, to go over details of your credentials and may need to conduct another set of interview,” said Pearl Janet Gorriceta, president of the Panay Service Exporters Association ...
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02May2013CEBU CITY, May 2 (PIA) -- Twenty visually-impaired (VI) therapists who passed the recent licensure examination for massage therapy took their oath as licensed massage therapists. It was administered by the Department of Health’s (DOH) Committee of Examiners for Massage Therapy (CEMT). Olymer Adiva, 24, who ranked third in the nationwide examination, beamed with pride and joy as he accepted his certificate and license. “Wala jud ko nag-expect nga ma-third place ko pero nag-ampo ko ug maa...
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02May2013MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, May 2 (PIA) -- Mindanao State University (MSU) continues to serve as an effective instrument in capacitating Muslim communities to catch up with more developed communities in the country. This was emphasized by MSU President Macapado Muslim during the groundbreaking rites of the College of Information Technology building in MSU main campus recently. Muslim said one noticeable trend in the university today is the increasing number of top performing Muslim students a...
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02May2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, May 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 2 was able to assist some 8, 238 job seekers through its Provincial Employment Service Offices (PESOs) in the different provinces of the region in the first quarter of 2013. During the quarter, there were 12, 390 job applicants who registered for job matching in the different vacancies posted in their respective offices as well as on-line. Atty. Sixto Rodriguez Jr., regional director, said the applicants are n...
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01May2013BAGUIO CITY, May 1 (PIA) -- More than 31,000 criminology and education graduates join the ranks of the country’s professional workforce as the Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC) released the result of their recent board examinations. PRC-Baguio Regional Office Director Teofilo Gaius Sison Jr. disclosed that for the March 10 Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET), 10,310 out of the 37,117 examinees nationwide passed the elementary level while 15,223 out of the 38,433 examinees pa...
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01May2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, May 1 (PIA) -- Labor day observance in the city started eight days ahead, as the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-IX held a Jobs Fair last April 23 with 16,388 jobs available overseas. Engr. Wesley D. Tan, head of DOLE’s provincial office here, said that seven recruitment agencies for overseas employment and two local agencies participated in the event. During the opening ceremony, Tan told some 146 job seekers to always be ready to face opportunities equipp...
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01May2013TARLAC CITY, May 1 (PIA) -- President Benigno Aquino III graced on Tuesday the Job and Livelihood Fair in St. Michael’s Park, Camp Servillano Aquino, Tarlac City where up to 40,000 local and overseas careers in business process outsourcing, retail, service and manufacturing industries were up for grabs. Anchored on the theme “Manggagawang Pilipino: Handa sa Hamon ng Makabangong Panahon”, the event was co-sponsored by Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Tarlac Provincial Public Empl...
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01May2013TARLAC CITY, May 1 (PIA) -- A total of 1,132 jobseekers were hired on the spot during Tuesday’s Job and Livelihood Fair in Camp Aquino, Tarlac City which President Benigno Aquino III graced. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regional information officer Jerry Borja said that the new hires accounted for 32 percent of the 3,475 applicants who registered. Positions filled up included customer service representatives, sales clerks, waiters, production workers and factory workers. Among ...
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01May2013DIPOLOG CITY, May 1(PIA) --Three-hundred twenty three examinees successfully passed the Accreditation and Equivalency Tests (A & E) test conducted by the Dipolog City Schools Division’s Alternative Learning System (ALS) in Dipolog City on Dec. 12, 2012. Ms. Catalina Samson-Barinaga, ALS coordinator, said of the 323 who passed the A & E test, 267 are out-of-school youth (OSY) and 56 were inmates of Dipolog City Jail. Of the 323 OSY passers, 244 are in the secondary level, while 23 are in th...
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30Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 30 (PIA) -- Two young ladies from Eastern Visayas left the country on April 27 to represent the Philippines at the Asian Youth Forum which was conducted on April 30 to May 1 at New Delhi, India. The two young ladies are Janice Tapil, 18 years old third year Communication Arts student who is a Plan volunteer and PIA youth correspondent; and Mae Elizabeth Abella from Eastern Samar who is also a Plan volunteer. Accompanying them is Plan Philippines Visayas staff Leah...
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30Apr2013MANILA, April 30 -- President Benigno S. Aquino III today called on the Filipino workforce and employers to make Labor Day a "good job day," setting aside negativism and blaming. Aquino issued his appeal during a pre-Labor Day dialogue with labor organizations in Malacanang on Tuesday. “Hindi po ba mas maganda kung imbes na tratuhin ang Labor Day bilang araw ng piket at sigawan, ituring natin ito bilang selebrasyon— isang araw na masayang nagdiriwang ang mga manggagawa at mga negosyante da...
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30Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 30 (PIA) -- Besides qualifications, honesty and attitude towards work are important boosters to an applicant’s chances to win his or her desired job, said Ofelia Domingo, regional director of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12. “During job interviews, do not try to be overly impressive. Be yourself. Be honest,” Domingo advised applicants when asked how job applicants should face interv...
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30Apr2013DAVAO CITY, April 30 (PIA) -- Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) are urged to participate in the slated job fairs in the region in time for the observance of Labor Day on May 1 (Wednesday). Department of Labor and Employment regional director Joffrey Suyao assured that everyone is welcome, especially the PWDs to choose and apply from among the more than 30,000 jobs to be opened during the job fair events. Suyao said his office is coordinating with the officers of PWDs organizations to discuss on...
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30Apr2013CEBU CITY, April 30 (PIA) -- With the Philippine summer heat driving more Filipinos to drink more water, government health officials urged the public to be cautious with what they drink and eat. Officials from Department of Health (DOH) in Region 7 warned that ingesting contaminated food and water can lead to typhoid, the second leading disease ailing residents in the region. Other diseases caused by contaminated water include diarrhea, cholera, and dysentery. “During summertime, people t...
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30Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 30 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Eastern Visayas enjoins all workers in the region to join the 111th Celebration of Labor Day on May 1. In a press conference held today at the DOLE Regional Training Center, DOLE Region 8 OIC Director Exequiel Sarcauga said several activities will be conducted tomorrow which will begin with a Unity Walk/Run followed by a Eucharistic Celebration at 8 a.m. and a Commemorative Program at Tacloban Astrodome. Door ...
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30Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 30 -- More than 40,000 jobs were up for grabs on Tuesday at the job fair organized by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the Department of Labor and Employment in Tarlac City in celebration of Labor Day. A total of 126 local employers and overseas recruitment agencies were at the fair, as thousands of graduates, including technical vocational graduates of TESDA came armed with their credentials to try out for their future job. President Beni...
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30Apr2013TARLAC CITY, April 30 (PIA) -- President Benigno Aquino III is scheduled to grace the Job and Livelihood Fair in St. Michael’s Park, Camp Servillano Aquino, Tarlac City where up to 40,000 local and overseas careers in business process outsourcing, retail, service and manufacturing industries are up for grabs. Anchored on the theme “Manggagawang Pilipino: Handa sa Hamon ng Makabangong Panahon”, the event is co-sponsored by Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Tarlac Provincial Public...
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30Apr2013CEBU CITY, April 30 (PIA) – It will be a field day for job seekers tomorrow as 18,000 job vacancies will be up for grabs in five jobs fairs in Cebu and Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental undertaken by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 7. DOLE-7 Regional Director Chona M. Mantilla during the forum of the Association of Government Information Officers (AGIO) 7 said there are 11,000 local job vacancies and 7,000 overseas employment opportunities to be offered tomorrow. “The conduct ...
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30Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 30 (PIA) -- Apart from providing employment opportunities during the May 1 Jobs Fair, the Department of Labor and Employment in Western Visayas (DOLE-6), will also monitor the skills level of job seekers. DOLE-6 Assistant Regional Director Salome Siaton said that Memorandum Order dated April 15, 2013 has instructed all Regional Directors and Offices to submit a report of job applicants who lack skills training during the Labor Day Jobs Fair. “These job seekers will be r...
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30Apr2013BANGUED, Abra, April 30 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has given the participating employers in Abra the signal to start the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) this summer 2013. The SPES is one of DOLE’s flagship programs on poverty alleviation that provides employment to poor but deserving students who wish to pursue their education. Apollo Luspian, the provincial director of DOLE-Abra explained that the new process in the implementation of the SP...
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30Apr2013DAGUPAN CITY, April 30 (PIA) -- No wage hike is expected on Labor Day but job seekers may land on any of the 11,000 job vacancies that are up for grabs on May 1. The Department of Labor and Employment will lead two job fairs in separate sites in Pangasinan, one at SM Mall in Rosales, the other at the Robinsons Mall in Calasiao town. “Job fairs are important avenues to bring together employers and job seekers to facilitate employment,” said DOLE Regional Director Grace Ursua during a pres...
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30Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 30 (PIA) -- The regional office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development will implement the Supplemental Feeding Program (SFP) on July this year with funding of ₱166,152,000 million. Pauline Nadera, DSWD-SFP focal person, said the feeding will run for 120 days and the budget per child is ₱12.50 which includes viand and rice. The meals will be served six days in a week including Saturdays. Nadera clarified that the hot meal is not intended to replace ...
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30Apr2013DAVAO CITY, April 29 (PIA) -- A total of 31,105 jobs will be offered in Davao region on the jobs fair set by Department of Labor and Employment XI on the 111th year- celebration of Labor Day on May 1 in the cities of Tagum and Davao. Speaking at the Kapehan sa Dabaw at the SM City, Atty. Jeoffrey Suyao, director of the DOLE XI said 3,922 local jobs and 27,183 overseas job-placements will be up for grabs with the participation of 155 local and 66 overseas firms, respectively. He said the ten in...
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30Apr2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, April 30 (PIA) -- An aspiring doctor was the lone qualifier in the Ilocos Region for the scholarship program of the Overseas Worker’s Welfare Administration (OWWA). Only Jan Alfre Juanay, a graduate of the Brain and Heart Center (BHC) Educational Institution here, who was one of 336 examinees in the Ilocos passed the Education for Development Scholarship Program administered by OWWA in November last year. He was also among the top 105 qualifiers in the nationwide examinati...
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30Apr2013NEGROS OCC., April 30 (PIA)-- Some 50 local and foreign-based employers will offer up to 4,000 jobs at SM City Bacolod in celebration of the Labor Day. On the regional level, a total of 34,000 jobs are made available by 200 employers in a synchronized job fair that will also take place in SM City Iloilo and Mary Mart, Department of Labor and Employment Regional Director Ponciano Ligutom said. Pre-registrations were held days before May 1 to hasten matching of skills and qualifications and ...
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30Apr2013LAOAG CITY, Apr 30 (PIA) – At least 3,500 jobs are up for grabs at the Imelda Cultural Center in Batac City as part of the Ilocos Region’s synchronized jobs fair from Ilocos Norte to Pangasinan on Labor Day. Jointly sponsored by the Batac City government and the Department of Labor and Employment, the jobs fair will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 1 to mark the nationwide Labor Day. Leonavella Dadiz, DOLE information officer for Ilocos Norte, said 25 local companies and 10 recru...
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30Apr2013CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga April 30 (PIA) -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office 3 continues to invite repatriated workers from the Middle East, fresh college graduates and other job seekers to attend the government-sponsored 111th Labor Day job fairs in Central Luzon tomorrow. DOLE regional director Raymundo Agravante bared that thousands of local and overseas careers in business process outsourcing, retail, service and manufacturing industries are up for grabs in the...
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30Apr2013LEGAZPI CITY, April 30 (PIA) -- With the government’s thrust in providing shelter to the homeless, Vice-President Jejomar Binay led the distribution of Certificates of Lot Award (CELA) to 321 beneficiaries in Sto. Domingo town in Albay over the weekend. The awarding of CELAs accords with Presidential Proclamation No. 40 that declared the unutilized land of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) in the province of Albay as socialized housing sites to qualified beneficiaries. “The proclamat...
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29Apr2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, April 29 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office 10 will hold a Diskwento Caravan on May 2 and 3 in line with the 111th Labor Day celebration in the region. The two-day caravan, with the theme “Presyong Panalo ang Empleyado,” will be held at the Provincial Capitol Ground in Velez Street, this city. Lawyer Johnson G. Cañete, DOLE-10 Regional Director, said the activity aims to provide an opportunity to the labor sector, most especially th...
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29Apr2013LEGAZPI CITY, April 29 (PIA) -- Screening for the college scholarship program of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Bicol has drawn a total of 132 examinees from the six provinces of Bicol. BFAR Bicol regional director Dennis del Socorro said the competitive examination intends to select qualified children of small-scale fisher folks who want to pursue and finish higher education. Del Socorro said examinees in the recent 7th Nationwide Competitive Examination for Fisherie...
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29Apr2013LEGAZPI CITY, April 29 (PIA) -- The National Nutrition Council (NNC) regional office here has been assessing entries for the regional outstanding barangay nutrition scholars (BNS) that have shown or achieved exemplary performance and achievements in pursuit of nutrition programs and initiatives. The council will choose from among 3,600 BNS from the six provinces and seven cities of Bicol, NNC Bicol Regional Director Arlene Reario said. Reario explained that giving recognition to outstanding r...
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29Apr2013MANILA, April 29 --The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released P575.3 million to the Department of Education (DepEd) for the purchase of school tables and other furniture, supporting the Aquino administration’s commitment to improve educational facilities nationwide and boost the country’s public education system. Budget and Management Secretary Florencio B. Abad said the release—chargeable against DepEd’s fund for the Requirement of Basic Education Facilities under the 2013...
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29Apr2013BAGUIO CITY, April 29 (PIA) -- The University of the Cordilleras proved anew that it is the number one criminology school in the country after all of its 113 examinees in the April 2013 Criminologist licensure exam passed, with nine in Top 10. On Friday, University of the Cordilleras President Dr. Ricardo Pama, Vice President for Administration Dr. Leonarda Aguinalde and Criminal Justice Education (CJE) College Dean Ariel Pumecha presented to the media the topnotchers of the recent examinati...
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29Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 29 (PIA) -- Almost four in every 10 applicants during the job fair here Friday got employed, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) -12. Terminal report on the April 26 pre-Labor Day job fair at the Gaisano Grand Mall of Marbel indicates that 411 of the 1,068 registered applicants were hired-on-the spot (HOTS). “Of those hired, 335 landed local jobs while 76 got overseas employment,” DOLE 12 labor communicat...
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29Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 29 (PIA)--The Department of Labor & Employment –National Capital Region (DOLE-NCR) is intensifying the conduct of Labor Education for Graduating Students (LEGS), a seminar program designed to guide “would-be workers” on their rights and responsibilities at work. DOLE-NCR Regional Director Allan Macaraya said about 2,000 students from various schools in Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, and Valenzuela have attended the LEGS seminar conducted by the DOLE-NCR CAMANAVA field o...
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29Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 29 (PIA) --- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-6) will hold an orientation and consultation on the drafting of the On-the-Job Training (OJT) manual on May 10, 2013 as one of the highlights of this year’s celebration of the Labor Month. DOLE-6 Assistant Regional Director Salome Siaton said that this initiative will address the issue of the lack of work experience among fresh graduates which impedes their chances of getting employed shortly after graduation. “...
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29Apr2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, April 29 (PIA) -– Kalinga province has formally joined the provinces of Ifugao and Mountain Province in the Inter-Provincial Partnership for Malaria Elimination with the signing of the memorandum of agreement (MOA). Named as the “Gawis Haggiyo Lin-awa Partnership for Malaria Elimination” ,this first of its kind collaboration done in the country to eliminate said disease was formally inked last April 25, 2013 highlighting the World Malaria Day celebration in Kalinga w...
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29Apr2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, April 29 (PIA)--Thirty two schools of the Department of Education here will be given additional classrooms to address the needs of the increasing number of pupils in the province. In Diffun district, the classrooms will be constructed at Dona Imelda Elementary School, and other elementary schools such as San Pascual, Baguio Village, San Antonio, Liwayway, Rizal, Gulac, Maria Clara, Villa Pascua and Upper Gabriela. In Maddela, the classrooms will be constructed at Vill...
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29Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, April 29 (PIA)---The Department of Labor and Employment-Region 2 (DOLE-2) is set to conduct job fair and services caravan this May 1 at the City Hall of Santiago City as part of the nationwide celebration of the Labor Day,said DOLE Regional Director Atty. Sixto T. Rodriguez, Jr. “The theme for this year’s celebration is Manggagawang Pilipino, Handa sa Hamon ng Makabagong Panahon. This is timely because the new millennium is going global and our workers are not exe...
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29Apr2013COMELEC grants election ban exemption on SPES By Reginald B. Estioco and Oliver T. Baccay TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 29 (PIA) --The Commission on Election (COMELEC) Region 2 has already released the ban exemption for the implementation of the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) this election period. In the reply of election Regional Director Atty. Julius D. Torres he specified that “pursuant to COMELEC Resolution No. 9581, the request for exemption from the election ban of Att...
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29Apr2013BORONGAN CITY, EASTERN SAMAR, April 29 (PIA)- The Department of Education (DepEd), Eastern Samar Schools Division is set to launch by third week of May the Senior High School level of the newly implemented curriculum, K to 12. The major courses under this level are: 1)Vocational, 2) Business Accounting and Management, 3)Humanities, Education and Social Science (HESS) and 4) Science and Technology, Engineering and Management. With the new curriculum, the DepEd expects that the new graduate...
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29Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 29 (PIA)--The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) has issued pay rules for the Labor Day. This is based on Proclamation No. 459 on the Payment of Wages for the Regular Holidays, Special (Non-working) Days, and Special Holiday for the Year 2013. According to the DOLE guideline, if the holiday falls on an employee’s regular workday and the day is worked, the employee is entitled to 200 percent of his basic wage on the first eight (8) hours and, for work in excess of ...
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29Apr2013PAGADIAN CITY, April 29 (PIA) – Anchored on the theme, “Manggagawang Pilipino: Handa sa Hamon ng Makabagong Panahon (Filipino workers: Ready for the challenges of the new era),” jobs fair and turnover of Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) will highlight the 111th Labor Day celebration on May 1 at the Gaizano Food Court this city. Labor and Employment Office chief Lourdes B. Amores said the special event would start with a motorcade around the city to be participated ...
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29Apr2013LEGAZPI CITY, April 29 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman and Albay Governor Jose “Joey” Salceda signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Thursday last week here in piloting the Community-Driven Development (CDD) strategy in scaling up the implementation of Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS). “We want Albay to be part of this breakthrough and we really...
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28Apr2013CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, April 28 (PIA) -- Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) enjoins dependents of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) in Central Luzon to avail of their scholarships. “We are accepting applications under our Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP). The scholarship shall be in the form of financial assistance worth P60,000 per school year to be paid directly to the school as tuition fees,” said OWWA Regional Director Socorro Castro. “The grant...
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26Apr2013BONTOC, Mountain Province, April 26 (PIA) -- The Cash for Training Program (C4TP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already trained 188 beneficiaries in the province. Provincial Director Gabriel Cayacay of the Technical Education, Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) said the 188 are part of the 665 slots of skills training alloted for the province. Of the 188 trained beneficiaries, 80 were trained in automotive in the municipality of Paracelis which was ...
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26Apr2013DUMAGUETE CITY, April 27 (PIA) -- Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) director general Joel Villanueva said twenty-eight local and overseas companies participated in Wednesday’s jobs bridging program or jobs fair in Dumaguete City. Tesda’s jobs fair is a pre-Labor Day celebration to provide employment of new technical-vocational graduates in Negros Oriental. Villanueva said Tesda helps graduates find the right job after having a national certificate on the tech-vo...
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26Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 26 (PIA) – The Supplemental Feeding Program (SFP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Eastern Visayas was successfully launched April 23 at the Activity Center of the Robinson’s Place in Tacloban City. The SFP was launched by the department’s Information, Education and Communication (IEC) campaign. In attendance during the launching were members of the fourth estate who were acknowledged by an official of the agency for their active support i...
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26Apr2013TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, April 26 (PIA) -- Technical Education and Special Skills Development Authority (TESDA) launched its first provincial event Hanapbuhay para sa mga TESDA Specialista in Bohol last April 23 following a series of successful jobs fair in Metro Manila. Hundreds of technical vocational graduates trooped to Bohol Cultural Center for the whole day fair. TESDA director general Joel Villanueva graced the launching with TESDA-7 regional director Rosanna Urdaneta, Provincial Direc...
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26Apr2013CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, April 26 (PIA) -- The SM Foundation has selected 14 indigent students from this city for year 2013-2014 who are entering college. These scholars successfully passed the aptitude test and interviews conducted first week of April in the city said SM Foundation executive director for Education Carmen Linda Atayde. Atayde said the lucky scholars are Mercedes G. Acosta, Jhun King Alindayu, Arnie T. Antonio, Jennifer O. Arcadio, Jermagne A. Ceria, Myrna P. del rosaio, Joseph C...
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26Apr2013BACOLOR, Pampanga, April 26 (PIA) -- Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Director-General Jose Mari Oquiñena called on student-leaders in Central Luzon to keep their hunger for learning despite attained successes. In a message during the awarding of the regional winners of 2013 Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines (TOSP) in Bacolor town, Oquiñena emphasized, “Life is a continuous journey of learning. What’s the point of waking up everyday if you don’t want to learn?” Oquiñen...
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26Apr2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- Thirty two Filipino deportees from Malaysia graduated from a three-day training course on reflexology massage under the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). The activity was the initiative of Jamila Arasid, Center Head- Processing Center for Displaced Persons (PCDP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in partnership with TESDA. “We conducted the training para naman productive and stay nila dito at para na rin m...
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26Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) is set to hold 16 job fairs in the National Capital Region (NCR) on May 1, Labor Day. The job fairs highlight the celebration of the 2013 Labor Day with a theme, "Manggagawang Pilipino: Handa sa Hamon ng Makabagong Panahon". Labor & Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, in a statement said that the celebration of Labor Day is a way to give tribute to the nation’s workers, in recognition of their significant contri...
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26Apr2013ISLAND GARDEN CITY OF SAMAL, April 26 (PIA) -- The city government of the Island Garden City of Samal (IGaCoS) received a P2-million grant from the Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig para sa Lahat (SALINTUBIG) Program of the national government identified as one of the priority areas for the Bottom- Up Planning and Budgeting Projects (BUPBP). The Salintubig program aims to provide sufficient and potable water to all the households in the barangay that anchored to the local poverty alleviation redu...
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26Apr2013TAGUM CITY, DAVAO DEL NORTE, April 26 (PIA) -- Maternal Mortality Rate in Mindanao is expected to go down with more rural health doctors trained to use the ultrasound for early detection of pregnancy complications. Department of Health Assistant Secretary Dr. Romulo Busuego shared this vision as he revealed the target of DOH to train about 100 rural health doctors to use the ultrasound in diagnosing complications of pregnancy. The DOH formally started rolling out the program Tuesday on...
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25Apr2013Ruben Sanchez, chieftain of the Agtas in Nagtipunan town considers himself and his fellow Agtas fortunate for receiving much attention from the government. "We are thankful to our government for mainstreaming the marginalized sector like the Agta tribe," Sanchez said adding that they would have been wandering from one place to another if not of the help of the government. Speaking in fluent Tagalog, Sanchez said they thought that they were heading the right way but they realized that they ...
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25Apr2013PASIG CITY, April 25 -- The Department of Education has issued new guidelines for the equitable deployment of public school teachers to address teacher shortage and overcrowding in various parts of the country. DepEd Memorandum No. 22, series of 2013 sets the rules for deploying teachers in order to optimize student-teacher ratios nationwide, including cases when teachers can be reassigned to other schools. “We need to be able to transfer teachers from one station to another to address the p...
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25Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-6) will showcase livelihood programs in the May 1 jobs fair. DOLE-6 Regional Assistant Director Salome Siaton said the May 1 event will also provide a venue to feature the products of the livelihood programs that DOLE-6 has provided for the informal sector workers for self-employment. “This will be an opportunity for these DOLE livelihood beneficiaries who have become self-employed to promote and market their prod...
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25Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 25 (PIA) -- Beneficiaries of the national government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) could soon learn how to drive as a means of living. Koronadal City-based United Transport Operators and Drivers Servicing Cooperative (UTODCO) has recently collaborated with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 12 to assist recipients of the government’s conditional cash transfer in learning ...
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25Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 25 (PIA) -- Local government units should assure continuous assistance to the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), an official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Program. In a recent crafting the Municipal Transition Plan , DSWD 12 assistant regional director Gemma Rivera challenged LGUs to make sure that the current socio-economic conditions of the 4Ps families will continue to i...
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25Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 25 (PIA) -- A beneficiary of the OFW Dependents Scholarship Program of the Overseas Workers Welfare Agency graduated Cum Laude from the Naval State University in Naval, Biliran, Ms. Ma. Evangelina Filamor, Chief, Programs and Services Division of OWWA Region 8, said. Ms. Filamor identified the scholar as Zenaida R. Abrigo, sister of an OFW working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. She earned a degree in Bachelor of Science in Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management w...
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25Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 24 (PIA) – Despite massive information dissemination and warnings to political candidates, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 2 has received several complaints that some political candidates are utilizing and even harassing some beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps). DSWD 2 Regional Director Violeta Cruz said they have recorded complaints from beneficiaries of the municipalities of Lasam, Sta Teresita and Ballesteros of...
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25Apr2013MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, April 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has hired 400 part-time workers for the agency’s summer job program this year. DPWH-ARMM Secretary Emil Sadain said the recruits, who are mostly students, will take part in the agency’s “Oplan Linis Bayan” Program, which includes the clean-up of major roads across the region. He said the program is meant to keep roads free from distraction...
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25Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 25 (PIA) - The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Eastern Visayas has intensified its nformation, education and communication campaign on the government’s Supplemental Feeding Program. The DSWD will intensity the implementation of SFP particularly in the region where malnutrition is still prevalent based on the latest National Nutrition Survey conducted by Food And Nutrition Research Institute or FNRI, said Virginia Idano, SWD assistant regional direct...
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25Apr2013LEGAZPI CITY, April 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Bicol region released an additional P7.7 million fund for the construction of core shelter units that will benefit 110 families in Lagonoy, Camarines Sur. Bicol regional director Arnel Garcia of DSWD 5 said the family-beneficiaries were either found to be vulnerable to disaster or those who are up to the present are unable to restore their damaged houses. Garcia said each recipient received a check amounting t...
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25Apr2013MAKATI CITY, April 25 (PIA) -- Residents and government employees assigned in the city are now entitled to subsidized medical care and hospitalization at the Philippine Heart Center (PHC) after the local government entered into an agreement with the country’s leading provider of cardiovascular care recently. A Memorandum of Agreement signed by Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin S. Binay and PHC Medical Director, Dr. Manuel Chua Chiaco, has entitled beneficiaries of the Makati Health Plus Program (Yel...
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24Apr2013TAGUM CITY, DAVAO DEL NORTE April 24 (PIA) – Melecio Bustamante, 66, never thought that he would ever see the day that he will be able to read and write. Like many members of an indigenous people (IP) community in Tibulao, Carmen, this province, Bustamante never went to school and was deprived of acquiring basic literacy until two years ago. The elderly native basket-maker recounted how life was so difficult and sad at the time when he could not even write his name and count money. “...
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24Apr2013MANILA, April 24 -- Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman today said that 1,755,034 children in 45,389 day care centers nationwide will benefit from the Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for school year 2013-2014. In the 2013 DSWD budget, it has allocated more than P2.9 billion for the program covering all 17 regions including the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Secretary Soliman explained that the SFP i...
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24Apr2013DAVAO CITY, April 24 (PIA) -- The Social Security System (SSS) is reaching out to the informal sector with its unique AlkanSSSya program. The AlkanSSSya are specially made- cabinets installed in the workplaces of the informal sector like tricycle terminals, marketplaces which acts like piggy banks where workers can deposit about P10-P15 a day which pooled at the end of the month will be collected by the SSS. Their daily payment will be considered as their P312 monthly contribution for SSS cov...
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24Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 24 -- A new training center designed to offer higher technology skills to Filipinos is now open, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority said. The Philippines-Korea Technological and Cooperation Center (KPTCC) in Bayani Road, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, which started operations on Monday, April 22 is envisioned to become the new hub for technical vocational education and training in the country. Secretary Joel Villanueva, TESDA director general, said the ...
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24Apr2013DIPOLOG CITY, April 24 (PIA) -- The Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC) in partnership with the city government of Dipolog, Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) Zamboanga del Norte field office and sponsors from private sectors launched on Saturday the 2013 Search for Outstanding Employees in the private sector. The search seeks to recognize deserving workers in the city aimed at promoting strong morale and efficiency of workers. “We are here to recognize ordinary but important mem...
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24Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 24 (PIA) -- Five out of eleven Southern Leyte Provincial Jail inmates passed the Accreditation and Equivalency Test conducted by the Department of Education-Alternative Learning System (DepEd-ALS) late last year. Officer-in-charge Provincial Warden Joselito Magallanes said the A&E exam was conducted last December 9, 2012 at the provincial jail. One passer will be promoted to secondary level while the other four successfully passed the college level, the r...
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24Apr2013MANILA, April 24 (PIA) -- Around 1,755,034 children in 45,389 day care centers nationwide will benefit from the Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development for school year 2013-2014. In its 2013 DSWD budget, more than P2.9 billion has been allocated for the program covering all 17 regions including the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). In a statement, Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman explained that the SFP is the prov...
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24Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 24 (PIA) --- The Department of Education Regional Office (DepEd 6) will conduct a mass training of teachers for the implementation of Grades 2 and 8 of the K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum. Dr. Novelyn M. Vilchez, Chief of the Training and Development Division of DepEd 6, said that this five-day live-in mass training of teachers is slated for the months of April and May. “The mass training of Grade 2 teachers shall be handled by the schools divisions while that of the ...
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24Apr2013LUCBAN, Quezon, April 24 (PIA) --The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Region 4A distributed a total of P3,815,000 cash assistance to 64 members of Nagka 1 Yamang Kabuhayan SEA-Kabayan Inc. in this town last April 22. Chedita T. Lerum of DSWD-4A Lucena City extension office said the cash assistance is intended for various livelihood projects, home improvement and basic shelter construction of SEA-K member beneficiaries. The livelihood projects include hog raising, buy ...
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24Apr2013BUTUAN CITY, April 24 (PIA) – The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has extended its full support for the conduct of the 2013 Labor Day Celebration on May 1, 2013. Speaking before the local tri-media during the press conference on Tuesday in one of the local hotels here, TESDA Butuan City-Agusan del Norte Provincial Director Randy Devilla said that as attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), TESDA has been regularly coordinating with DOLE of...
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24Apr2013DAVAO CITY, April 24 (PIA) -- Ninety two cadets of the Philippine Military Academy Class 2016 started entertaining the city residents by performing silent drills as their primary activity during the Davao leg of their southern cruise at the open field of the University of Southeastern Philippines, Tuesday. 2Lt. Christin Joan Pamplona, community relations officer of the Task Force Davao said the cadets will also be performing 10 am and 2 pm in the cities of Panabo and Tagum, respectively on Ap...
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24Apr2013SAN JOSE, Antique, April 24 (PIA) - Not all television shows are appropriate for children. This was emphasized by the National Council for Children’s Television (NCCT) to some 200 students and parents during the recent Consultative Forum on Children’s TV Standards 2013 held at the Evelio B. Javier Gymnasium, this municipality. NCCT Chairman Mag Cruz Hatol told the participants that television shows could influence children’s values as they grow up, thereby an appropriate standards dub...
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24Apr2013MANILA, April 24 -- The Aquino government remains focused on generating jobs for Filipinos in the urban areas and countryside in keeping with its goal to mitigate poverty, a Palace official said on Wednesday. Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda issued the statement during the regular press briefing in Malacanang on Wednesday following reports that the percentage of Filipinos living below the poverty line has remained almost unchanged in the past six years. "These are Year 2012 numbers, the...
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24Apr2013MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, April 24 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III warned political candidates against using the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps) to force the beneficiaries program to vote for them. The warning was issued by the President during his meeting with local leaders and the community in the province on Monday. He stressed that 4Ps is a program of the national government being implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and whose beneficiar...
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24Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, April 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development in the region has allocated P165 million the third cycle of its Supplemental Feeding Program. more than 110,000 children will be listed under the program this year—higher than last year’s 106,000, where they will be served “one hot meal” for 120 days, DSWD-8 Assistant Regional Director Virginia Idano said. The program aims to help not only malnourished children, but maintain the nutritional status of tho...
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24Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 24 (PIA) - - The Department of Social Welfare and Development 6 (DSWD 6) is intensifying its “Bawal Ang EPAL dito” information campaign. The main message is that only the DSWD can delist a beneficiary from the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino program. DSWD 6 Director Ma. Evelyn Macapobre said they will come up with radio and TV plugs aside from the tarpaulins which are hung at the municipalities emphasizing the message during the meeting of the Regional Sub Committee for the We...
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24Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 24 (PIA) -- Children under the age of five in day care centers in Eastern Visayas will again be the beneficiary of the Supplemental Feeding Program (SFP) of the regional Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Vina Aquino, DSWD regional information officer disclosed that the social welfare office will implement the SFP on July this year. The department’s Information, Education and Communication (IEC) campaign launched the SFP April 23, at the Activity...
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23Apr2013MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, April 23 (PIA) --- President Benigno S. Aquino III led yesterday the ceremonial groundbreaking of the College of Information Technology (CIT) building of the Mindanao State University (MSU), here. The President was joined by MSU President Macapado Muslim, CHED Commissioner Ruperto Sangalang and ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman in the capsule laying rite that paves the way for the construction of the three-storey building. “Ang gusaling ito ay tagumpay hindi lamang ng M...
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23Apr2013She bags gravel and sand, shovels cement, mixes, pours, and spreads concrete. She smoothens and finishes freshly poured cement -- a whole new experience for a woman who persists despite life’s difficulties. Five months have passed since the day her husband abandoned them without any word. She now assumes the full parental responsibility over her sons performing both the roles of a mother and a father. “Pangarap ko para sa aking mga anak na makatapos ng pagaaral. Hanggat kaya, ikakayod ko ...
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23Apr2013NAGA CITY, April 23 (PIA) -- Determined to remove the stigma attached to the Sitio Sagrada Familia’s reputation as “Shabu Tiangge,” Mayor John Bongat together with Naga City Police Office Director Abdulkadil Guialani recently launched a livelihood program for women. Bongat specifically asked the sitio’s residents to group themselves and work on the initial boneless bangus (milkfish) project as introduced by the city government. Thirty women underwent livelihood seminar through the as...
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23Apr2013LOS BANOS, Laguna, April 23 (PIA) -- Zinc is one of the essential minerals because of its importance in approximately 100 enzyme activities that support the many body processes. Considered an ubiquitous and versatile trace element, zinc has varied supporting roles in the epidermal, gastrointestinal, central nervous, immune, skeletal, and reproductive systems. Zinc is needed for a healthy immune system, synthesis of DNA, wound healing, and growth and development in children, adolescents, and ...
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23Apr2013LEGAZPI CITY, April 23 (PIA) -- The Catanduanes Police Provincial Officer (CPPO) and the Regional Women and Children’s Protection Desk (DESK) spearheaded a two-day seminar on Children’s rights and child sexual abuse prevention on April 15-16 at the CPPO conference hall. Aimed at strengthening the capability of police officers in dealing with abuses against women and children, Nancyline P. Agaid, senior trainer and advocacy officer of Stairway Foundation, discussed the duties and responsibi...
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23Apr2013LEGAZPI CITY, April 23 (PIA) -- The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has invited anew qualified students to avail of the three types of financial grants for incoming college students under its Student Financial Assistance Program (StuFAP) this 2013-2014. Education program specialist Cyril Badiola of CHED said the program is comprised of the Full or Half Merit, Grant-in-Aid, and Student Loan. Badiola explained that scholarship of full merit is for poor but deserving Filipino students whos...
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23Apr2013MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, April 23 (PIA) -- President Aquino on Monday cited some of the government programs which aims to strengthen the education system in the country. In his keynote speech during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Mindanao State University’s (MSU) College of Information Technology (CIT) building, the President said the government has launched the K+12 program to ensure that the Filipino youth can keep up with the graduates of other countries. He also said his administr...
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23Apr2013CEBU CITY, April 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Local Government Unit of Dauin in Negros Oriental turned over recently to the community a day care centre through the Community-Driven Development (CDD) technology. The day care center was set up in Barangay Libjo, Dauin. CDD harnesses the potential of people in the barangay to analyze their situations, identify their problems and issues in their communities and propose small-scale projects. CDD is ...
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23Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 23 (PIA) --To help overseas Filipinos and to encourage the flow of remittances into productive activities, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will conduct a Financial Learning Campaign (FLC). The campaign entitled “Paghahanda sa Kinabukasan” will be conducted at the Assembly Hall of the BSP main office in Manila on Wednesday, April 24. The FLC is aimed at educating participants particularly Filipinos who work in the foreign land and their families to save and use the ...
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23Apr2013DUMAGUETE CITY, April 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC) of Negros Oriental has initiated a “Town Hall” type of consultations on the proposed Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Kasambahay Bill. TIPC Vice Chairperson for the management section, Derek Erames, said this type of consultation encourages people to partake on their advocacy of providing rights and privileges to helpers who are employed and are working w...
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23Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 23 -- The Department of Education has released the guidelines in the giving of cash incentives to athletes who win gold medals or break records in the on-going 2013 Palarong Pambansa in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. Individual athletes who win an official 2013 Palarong Pambansa gold medal shall be entitled to a P3,000 cash reward. For gold medalists in team events that have less than five members, each member shall also receive P3,000. In team events that have more than ...
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23Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 23 (PIA) -- With an average of rating of 98 percent, 351 voctech skills trainees passed the three sets of compentency assessment exams conducted by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Southern Leyte in the first quarter this year. TESDA Provincial Office Administrative Officer V Jocelyn Gidal, who is also the designated Information Officer, said “351 out of 354 voctech trainees/students passed the competency assessments cond...
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23Apr2013DUMAGUETE CITY, April 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Negros Oriental launched STARBOOKS (Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosk Stations) and has inked Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with three local government units in Negros Oriental recently. Administrative STARBOOKS coordinator and Science Research Specialist II, Annie Lyn Bacani explained that STARBOOKS is the newest project of DOST’s Science and Technology Information ...
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23Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 23 (PIA) – Some 400 bikers took to the road last Saturday to raise awareness on the evils of human trafficking, even as they called for a more bike-friendly city. The “Freedom Ride 2013” was organized by Dakila, a group of students, artists, writers to promote the 1343 Actionline, a 24-hour hotline established by the Commission on Filipino Overseas to help human trafficking victims. The Iloilo Folding Bike Riders said they noted the participation of children and senior...
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22Apr2013DIPOLOG CITY, April 22 (PIA) -- The Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC)-Dipolog City together with the city government of Dipolog and the Department of Labor and Employment-Zamboanga del Norte (DOLE-ZN) field office launched on Saturday the “2013 Search for Most Outstanding Workers in the Private Sector” of this city. The search, which gives due recognition to workers with exemplary performance is open to all legitimate employees of private companies, establishments and schools in ...
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22Apr2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, April 22 (PIA) -– The city rural health center offers free New Born Screening (NBS) test to newborns of Pantawid mothers and those with sponsored PhilHealth coverage. Rhea Barcellano of Tabuk City Health Office (CHO) said the free NBS is part of the city’s program on early detection and prevention of congenital diseases. In line with the program, the CHO is up with its advocacy urging newly delivered mothers including those giving birth at home, to bring their infants ...
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22Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 22 (PIA) -- Driven by a strong urge to help scholars improve their individual academic performances and personality, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) 12 gathered its educational program beneficiaries in a conference at EMR Center, Koronadal City on April 18 and 19. Seventy scholars from the entire region participated in the event: 12 from North Cotabato, 19 from Sarangani and General Santos, 5 from Sultan Kudarat, and 33 from South C...
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22Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 22 (PIA) -- Prison cells did not deter the 16 inmates in South Cotabato’s detention facility to earn their education. On Friday, eight detainees of the South Cotabato Rehabilitation and Detention Center (SCRDC) here received their diplomas for completing elementary while eight other inmates received diploma or high school under the Department of Education’s Alternative Learning System (ALS). “I never ...
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22Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 22 -- Anchored on this year’s Palarong Pambansa theme, “Sports: Road to Peace and Progress,” the Department of Education and the Provincial Government of Negros Oriental vow to put more emphasis on the values the national sports competition can instill to participating athletes. Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro said that the 2013 Palarong Pambansa offers many firsts – highlighting what sports can do in unifying people and achieving peace and progress. “This...
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22Apr2013MANILA, April 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development - Mimaropa urges stakeholders to enter into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on data sharing and use of its NHTSPR data on poor households in identifying beneficiaries of their social protection programs. The system for data sharing is the last phase of the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTSPR) cycle where the generated data may be made available to various stakeholders such as national gove...
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22Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 22 (PIA) -- The Valenzuela City government has turned over the first 100 health “compendium” or health kits to Barangay Health Worker (BHW). The health kits will be used in monitoring and recording the health of city residents. In a statement, Valenzuela City Mayor Sherwin Gatchalian said that around 316 healthworkers serve as front liners in bringing primary medical attention to the 44 barangays of the city. Gatchalian said each Barangay Health Worker in Valenzuela ...
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22Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 22 (PIA) –- More income-generation and employment opportunities are being offered to Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiearies in Soccsksargen Region. Zeus Ampuyas, regional director of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) 12, said the agency will provide technical vocational education in May to recipients of the national government’s conditional cash transfer. Ampuyas said priority for the ...
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22Apr2013CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga April 22 (PIA) -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office 3 is inviting repatriated workers from the Middle East, fresh college graduates and other jobseekers to attend the government-sponsored 111th Labor Day job fairs in Central Luzon on May 1. DOLE regional director Raymundo Agravante said thousands of local and overseas careers in business process outsourcing, retail, service and manufacturing industries are up for grabs in these employment f...
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22Apr2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, April 22 (PIA) -- At least 18 classrooms in areas experiencing shortage within the Ozamiz City Schools Division is being proposed this year. City Division Superintendent Rebonfamil A. Baguio said the proposed amount is P20.8 million to include the cost of hauling of materials, site improvement and construction of the following: Two-storey, four (4)-classroom building at the Ozamiz City National High School (OCNHS), P4.847 million and at the Ozamiz City Schoo...
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21Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 21 -- Expect the 2013 Palarong Pambansa in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental to be cleaner and greener than ever as the Department of Education adds new eco-friendly highlights this year. Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro directed all Palaro officials, athletes and school administrators to promote environmentally-sound practices which optimize the utilization of resources while protecting the environment during the week-long Palaro. “Every staging of the Palaro should be...
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21Apr2013BANGUED, Abra, April 21 (PIA) -- Secretary Corazon J. Soliman of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) inaugurated here the first Bahay Pag-asa established in the Cordillera Region during her visit to the province last week. The Bahay Pag-asa located at Brgy. Calaba, Bangued is a 24-hour residential facility that provides temporary care and serves as a rehabilitation center for male disadvantaged children aged 15 years old and below, particularly those regarded as Children...
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21Apr2013BOHOL, April 21 (PIA) –The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-7) in Central Visayas brings to Bohol, 11 ASEAN countries representatives for its 2nd Conference on Working toward a Cyber Pornography and Cyber Prostitution-Free Southeast Asia on April 23-25 at Bohol Tropics in Tagbilaran City. DSWD7 information officer Jaybee Binghay said the Bohol conference is an offshoot of the ASEAN first conference in Manila in June 2012 that tackled the dynamics and realities of cyber porno...
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21Apr2013TINOC, Ifugao, April 21 (PIA) -- The Provincial Nutrition Evaluation Team (PNET) is now conducting municipal evaluation of local program initiatives (MELPI) for Green Banner Award (GBA) for the the most outstanding nutrition program implementer. Led by the Provincial Nutrition Office (PNO), the PNET has already finished evaluating the municipalities of Asipulo, Kiangan, Lamut and Tinoc. Dr. Mary Josephine Dulawan, Provincial Nutrition Action Officer (PNAO), said the MELPI evaluation i...
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20Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 20 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) has defered the implementation of Individual Policy Contract (IPC) for individually paying members (IPMs). The deferment was contained in Philhealth Advisory number 03-04-2013, stating that “in recognition of the need for program enhancements, the Philhealth management has resolved to defer the issuance of the IPC for the Individually Paying Program.” But the same advisory, signed by A...
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20Apr2013DAVAO CITY, April 20 -- A production team composed of students from Fr. Saturnino Urios University in Butuan City copped the grand prize in the first Kontra : 1st Mindanao anti-drug TV Advertisement Contest organized by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. Their 45-seconder TV advertisement entitled “Chicken” shows a young man experiencing hallucinations while dining with his friends. The video which creatively reveals the hallucinatory effects of drug abuse was adjudged as the best ent...
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20Apr2013by Micah Fabriquel ODIONGAN, Romblon, April 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has launched the Starbooks Program recently in the province. Starbooks is the first Philippine Science Digital Library developed by the Science and Technology Information Institute (STII). This program aims to help communities to develop their knowledge and skills in science and technology and easily access these as information resources. DOST Starbooks aims to raise the interest of Filip...
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20Apr2013NEGROS ORIENTAL, April 20 (PIA) -- All systems go for the Palarong Pambansa in Negros Oriental from April 21-27. With the tagline, “One Palaro, One NegOr Together We Can” the Department of Education (DepEd) enjoins all Negrenses to come and participate in its attempt to break the Guiness Book of Records for the largest human peace sign which will be the main highlight of the Palarong Pambansa during the closing ceremonies on April 27, 2013. According to Media Relations Officer Adolf Aguila...
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20Apr2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, April 20 (PIA) -- The Guidance Office of Mindanao State University of Science and Technology (MUST) Main Campus here is calling students under Students Grant-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (SGP-PA) to follow-up their enrollment for the upcoming school year. This after MUST through the guidance counselor is stepping its monitoring on the college scholars of the SGP-PA which aims to increase number of graduates in higher education among poor households, and to get these ...
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19Apr2013LEGAZPI CITY, April 18 (PIA) -- The Center for Health Development (CHD) of the Department of Health (DOH) in Bicol provided free immunization for influenza and pneumonia to indigent senior citizens in this city yesterday. Dr. Gloria J. Balboa, DOH Bicol regional director, said the activity formed part of the series of vaccination drives across the region to boost immune system and resistance against influenza and pneumococcal infections of the elderly in the region. The DOH Bicol, according t...
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19Apr2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, April 19 (PIA) -- The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) under the Office of the President conducted a two-day workshop on April 16-17, 2013 at the Governor’s Conference Hall, Capitol Building this city. The workshop was entitled: Multi-Stakeholders in mainstreaming the poor especially the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) beneficiaries to the commercial value chain of coconut and other high value agricultural products in Eastern Samar. The objectives of thi...
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19Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 19 (PIA) --The Regional Nutrition Council (RNC)12 is urging concerned agencies to help make Soccsksargen a hunger-free region. The call was emphasized during the recent held RNC second quarter meeting in Koronadal City, South Cotabato wherein data show that there is still a large population of malnourished children in Region 12. RNC 12 chairperson Dr. Marlyn Convocar said when agencies coordinate with one another, health activities will be harmonized which...
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19Apr2013BUTUAN CITY, April 19 (PIA) -- The Local Youth Development Council (LYDC) here is leading today’s "Communication Skills Workshop: A Training on Public Speaking" with the members of the Regional Youth Advisory Council (RYAC) from government agencies and partner stakeholders at the Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort, this city. Said training is facilitated by the office of the city mayor’s in coordination with Toastmasters International which is composed of Butuan City, Cagayan de Or,o and Iligan...
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19Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH) cautioned the public again on the dangers of dengue as death toll from the disease hits seven during the first quarter of 2013. “We have to be reminded that dengue is perennial throughout the year, even during these very hot season, dengue-carrying mosquitoes are still very much present in our surroundings," Dr. Eduardo C. Janairo, DOH-National Capital Region director, said. "That is why we must be vigilant and continually conduc...
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19Apr2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, April 19 (PIA) -- The Kalinga Provincial Health Office (PHO) recently disclosed its targets for the 2013 Garantisadong Pambata Program this April. Provincial Nutritionist Officer Frances Sebastian said the targets are 28,455 children from six to 59 months for the Vitamin A supplementation and 60,069 children from six to 71 months for deworming dosage. Health workers in the province are now implementing the mandatory immunization, deworming, and Vitamin A supplementation ...
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19Apr2013SAN JOSE, Antique, April 19 (PIA) -- The National Council for Children's Television (NCCT) has scheduled a Consultative Forum on the Children's TV Standards 2013 come April 22 here at the EBJ Gymnasium, Binirayan Hills, San Jose to discuss Republic Act 8370 or the Children's Television Act of 1997. In a letter sent to stakeholders by the office of the governor, it states that as the country becomes mired in elections, our children are usually relegated to the sidelights. Thus, the National Coun...
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19Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 19 -- The Department of Education will set into motion Operation Balik Eskwela (OBE) for school year 2013-2014 on May 27 to 31. It will also set up the Public Assistance Station (PAS) on June 1 to 8 to ensure the smooth opening of classes when school year 2013-2014 starts in June, DepEd said in a statement. The annual OBE and PAS address the problems that usually crop up during school opening and see to it that school children are in their respective classrooms and buckli...
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19Apr2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, April 19 (PIA) -- The Civil Service Commission (CSC) ran a one-day gender sensitivity seminar here in Pearlmont Inn Cagayan de Oro City, Thursday. The orientation covered basic concepts of sex and gender and practical exercises such as the “Sapot ng Gagamba” (spider’s web - identifying gender related issues and problems), “Pitik Palak” (click and clap- to determine participants concept about men and women), and the “Masali” (acronym for magulang, salinlahi, an...
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19Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 19 (PIA) -- Grade 5 pupils from different elementary schools in Kabacan, North Cotabato participated in this year’s Summer Kids Peace Camp which started on Tuesday, April 16. The camp, which gathered Muslim, Christian, and Lumad children was held at Kabacan Pilot Elementary School, the largest elementary school in the said town. According to the organizer of the said camp, like in other municipalities, the event in Kabacan also run for three days. The a...
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19Apr2013MANILA, April 19 (PIA) -- Government Service Insurance System officials led a stakeholders' dialogue attended by about 400 members and pensioners recently. "We made three promises to our stakeholders from the very beginning - to be more consultative, transparent and service-focused," GSIS Chairman Daniel Lacson Jr. said. "Your inputs will guide the Board in revisiting our policies and programs to provide you accessible and responsive service," he said. In November 2010, just a few months int...
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19Apr2013DAGUPAN CITY, Apr 19 (PIA) -- Given the nature of their work, the city’s waste management division (WMD) workers should be entitled to a hazard pay, the division’s chief officer said. Teddy Villamil Jr., WMD chief, said workers under the division perform jobs ranging from street sweeping, garbage collection, recycling and maintenance of the controlled dumpsite. “Owing to the nature of their jobs, they should be considered health workers and entitled to a hazard pay,” he said. Villami...
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19Apr2013KIANGAN, Ifugao, April 19 (PIA) -- A two-day “Disaster Risk Reduction Management and Environmental Kids’ Camp" was held April 10 and 11 at the Kiangan Central School compound here that will teach children how to protect the environment, and even how to manage and preserve it. The activity was participated by 500 Kiphodan Child Fund (KCF) members and staff, program support partners, parents, facilitators, Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO) personnel, and barangay and mu...
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19Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 19 (PIA) -- Beneficiaries of the national government’s Conditional Cash Transfer are assured of assistance from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). DTI 12 regional director Ibrahim Guiamadel recently confirmed their agency’s commitment to teach CCT recipients how to put but their own businesses. The commitment came after the call of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 12 ...
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19Apr2013SAN JOSE, Antique, April 19 (PIA) -- The town of Sibalom was selected by a team from United Nations Children’s Fund for a Midterm visit on their program Maternal and Young Child Nutrition Security Initiative in Asia (MYCNSIA) on Wednesday. Annemarie Hoogendorn, Nutrition Specialist was commissioned by UNICEF for the said undertaking in Western Visayas. With her are Dr. Anthony Redaniel, MYCNSIA Regional Coordinator and Nona Tad-y, Regional Nutrition Coordinator. The Municipal Nutrition Com...
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19Apr2013LOS BANOS, Laguna, April 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-Calabarzon has hosted the 2013 Youth Excellence in Science (YES) Awards at its Regional Food Safety Quality Assurance Center Multipurpose Hall in Los Banos, Laguna. The DOST, through the Science Education Institute (SEI), has institutionalized a recognition system in motivating young achievers to strive for excellence in the fields of science and mathematics. Thirty-one students from 19 public and private elem...
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19Apr2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, April 19 (PIA) -- Eastern Visayas is sending 302 athletes to vie for medals at the 2013 Palarong Pambansa, the Department of Education here said. DepEd Region 8 Director Luisa Bautista-Yu said athletes have left the region for Dumaguete, Negros Oriental which is the site of this year’s Palarong Pambansa that will open on April 21 at the Gov. Mariano Perdices Sports Complex and will go on until April 27. Director Yu said that of the total number of Eastern Vi...
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19Apr2013LAGAWE, Ifugao, April 18 (PIA) -- More than half of the examinees who took the Accreditation and Equivalency (A&E) test last December 2, 2012 passed the examination administered by the Department of Education (DEPED) under its Bureau of Alternative Learning System (BALS) program. Ifugao BALS Provincial Coordinator Arsenio Yongoyong said that 418 out of 831 or 50.30% of the examinees successfully hurdled the exam. He added that the result which was released earlier this month shows that 20...
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19Apr2013PALO, Leyte, April 19 (PIA) – Scholarships for Master’s and Doctorate degrees in priority Science and Technology areas are now available at the DOST-Science Education Institute. Department of Science and Technology Region 8 Director Edgardo Esperancilla said that the scholarships are made available with the implementation of the Accelerated Science and Technology Human Resource Development Program. The Program, Director Esperancilla said, aims to help improve the country’s global competi...
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19Apr2013LEGAZPI CITY, April 19 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III on Wednesday, April 17, praised the county’s social workers for their vital contribution to uplift the lives of their countrymen. “Indeed this group is a source of courage and strength for many of our people, especially the marginalized sector, in extending counsels and social support as they face life challenges,” President Aquino said in a message to the participants in the 17th National Social Welfare and Development Forum...
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19Apr2013SOGOD, Southern Leyte, April 19 (PIA) – Under the Training and Advisory Visit (TAV) program of the Department of Labor and Employment, the thirty employers who participated the activity have six months to one year to undertake all the corrections on all the deficiencies in the Labor Standards, Labor Extension Officer III Neil Moraleta disclosed in a press statement sent to PIA-Maasin. Moraleta quoted DOLE-Southern Leyte Provincial Head Fe Norma Valuis as saying that the said approach is taken...
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19Apr2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, April 19 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has organized a three-day conference with civil society organizations (CSOs) from Regions 9, 12 and ARMM to discuss topics on Commission on Audit (COA) Rules /Reportorial requirements on Fund transfers, DSWD Policies and Social Protection programs were tackled. One of the issues discussed during the forum, was how they could help assist the government in helping those returning Filipinos affected by the Sabah C...
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19Apr2013KIANGAN, Ifugao, April 19 (PIA) -- The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office in coordination with the local government of this town scheduled a two-day “Seminar Workshop on Creative Writing and Wellness Grooming” for day care workers (DCWs), barangay nutrition scholars (BNS), barangay health workers (BHWs), parent leaders and parent support partners here. Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office Head Celestina Talosig said the training set on April 17 and 18, was conc...
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18Apr2013CEBU CITY, April 18 (PIA) --- Information Officers (IOs) from 11 towns in Negros Oriental recently gathered in Dumaguete City for an advocacy planning workshop for communication strategies on how to promote anti-poverty projects. The workshop was held by Department of Social and Welfare Development (DSWD-7) with the aim of promoting the Community-Driven Development (CDD) approach of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Integrated and Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) Project. Durin...
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18Apr2013DAVAO DEL NORTE, April 18 (PIA) -- One of the seven Filipino high school student participants to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) hails from Panabo City, Davao del Norte. Judel Jay A. Tabsing, a 16-year old- fourth- year- high-school student of the Panabo National High School will join six other Filipino high school students to the Intel ISEF which will be held in Phoenix Convention Center, Arizona, U.S.A. on May 12 to 17. Other Filipino contingent members to the ...
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18Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 18 -- Every child in the Philippines will now have the chance to be schooled. This is the vision of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and Department of Education (DepEd) as they launch Kariton Klasrum with the theme “Katropa, Edukasyon at Kalusugan Mo’y Sagot ko! Sakay na sa Kariton ng Pagbabago!” today in Ultra Sports Complex, Pasig City. More than 200 children will be attending the said event to celebrate the start of the drive and to witness the sy...
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18Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 18 -- The Social Security System (SSS) broadened further the reach of its innovative microsavings scheme called "AlkanSSSya," as it now covers golf caddies and self-employed workers who serve members and clients of an elite golf club in Calatagan, Batangas province. SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Emilio de Quiros, Jr. in a statement said the agency’s newest AlkanSSSya partner is the Samahan ng mga Caddy sa Calatagan Golf Club, Inc. (SCSCGCI). The association has...
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18Apr2013COMPOSTELA VALLEY PROVINCE,April 18 (PIA) -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has affirmed its support to the “Tindog Compostela Valley Movement,” by facilitating the construction of 300 houses for the homeless victims of typhoon Pablo. Rizalino “Jorie” de los Santos IOM Provincial Coordinator said the IOM is committed to finish 110 houses apportioned to: New Bataan- 42 units; Compostela- 46 units and; Montevista- 22 units. Construction of other houses are still ...
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18Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Central Office inked a partnership with a non-government organization, United People of FOBI, Inc (UPFI) for the implementation of the Modified Conditional Cash Transfer (MCCT) program in four municipalities and the City of Maasin. UPFI Program Coordinator Sofie Pono said “as an accredited non-government organization with the DSWD based in Maasin City, we will implement the MCCT program a...
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18Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Provincial Office here has allocated P2.165 million for their 40 percent salary counterpart in the payment of 1,584 beneficiaries of the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) this year. “There are 29 local government units, academe and private establishments who committed to hire students starting the month of January until December this year since the SPES can be availed by the stude...
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18Apr2013KALIBO, Aklan, April 18 (PIA) -- The 765 students in Aklan who have been hired for 20 or more working days under the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) have started rendering duties, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here. DOLE-Aklan Provincial Head Vidiolo Salvacion said the students were deployed to different local government units and colleges in Aklan. For this year’s SPES implementation, 15 local government units including the Provincial Gover...
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18Apr2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, April 18 (PIA) - - Employment of students under the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) will start as soon as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) issues an exemption order from the election hiring ban. Alexander Gumabol, provincial officer of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) provincial office, here said they are awaiting the exemption order from Comelec. “We hope Comelec would issue the order before May so that students could work fo...
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17Apr2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, April 17 (PIA) - - Close to 2,000 college students were recently hired by the city government for the first batch for 2013 summer job program or the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES). Sheila Covarrubias, information officer, said the SPES beneficiaries had their orientation and oath taking last week where Mayor Celso Lobregat called on the beneficiaries, “To put to heart the oath of office they swore to follow as city government employees specifically on th...
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17Apr2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, April 17 (PIA) -- Here's what every government Human Resource Division should be doing for its retiring empoyess. The Civil Service Commission - Region 10 (CSC-10) has initiated today, here in the city, the conduct of a two-day seminar for retirees. This is part of CSC’s pre-retirement program which targets retirees, or those planning to retire within five years. Human Resource Management Officers (HRMOs), administrative officers, and other interested government employe...
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17Apr2013BAGUIO CITY, April 17 (PIA) -- There is a need to change people's mindset with regards to maternal health--that is, from giving birth at home to using health facility to protect mother and baby from potential dangers. Department of Health – Cordillera (DOH-CAR) Medical Officer IV Dr. Nicolas Gordo. said this shift in mindset is needed in the Cordillera region to achieve the Millennium Development Goal on maternal health. Gordo said maternal mortality in the Cordillera is continuously...
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17Apr2013CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, April 17 (PIA) -- Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday released its new set of module that will be used by public elementary pupils in Central Luzon as an alternative to the formal education classroom setting. “The Alternative Delivery Mode – Modified In School Off School Approach or ADM-MISOSA is designed to address the issue on congestion and to help pupils who are enrolled but are habitual/seasonal absentee, living in disaster prone areas, chronicall...
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17Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 17 (PIA)-- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) or Philhealth here has gathered multi-sectoral representatives and stakeholders to a forum where the agency presented its more stringent measures against fraudulent claims by some unscrupulous hospitals and doctors. The forum, held at the Sarangani Highlands Garden and Restaurant in General Santos City on April 11, was the third such multi-sectoral ga...
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17Apr2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, April 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH) has approved a total of P578 million funding assistance for the enhancement of several hospitals, rural health units (RHUs) and barangay health stations (BHS) in Northern Mindanao. The DOH Region 10 Health Facility Enhancement Unit announced this in a media conference on Friday. Luis Simbajon of the DOH Health Facility Enhancement Program explained that the approved projects were culled from the Health Investment Plan sub...
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17Apr2013PAGADIAN CITY, April 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Zamboanga del Sur Field Office conducted a multi-stakeholders consultation on the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No 10361, otherwise known as “Domestic Workers Act” or “Batas Kasambahay” yesterday at Chandler Suites this city. RA 10361 is a new law instituting policies for the protection and welfare of domestic workers which was signed into law by President Benigno S. Aquino III on...
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17Apr2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, April 17 (PIA) -– The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) has opened scholarship application to dependents of former rebels for school year 2013-2014. The educational support to children of rebels who returned to the fold of the law is jointly sponsored by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and Office of Presidential Adviser on Peace Process (OPAPP) under President Benigno C. Aquino’s Enhanced Re-integration Program. The scholarship provide...
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17Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 17 -- The Department of Education has created an Election Task Force (ETF) Operation Center at its Central Office in Pasig to ensure full support to teachers who will serve as members of the Board of Election Inspectors for the 2013 national and local elections. Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro has designated Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Atty. Alberto Muyot as Chair of the Steering Committee, a statement from the DepEd said. The ETF will ensure that teachers are pr...
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17Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 17 (PIA) -- The Social Security System will launch its AlkanSSSya program in Carigara town, Leyte province, to entice informal workers, private company employees and self-employed individuals to enroll in the government –owned insurance system. Pedicab drivers who are members of a drivers association in the town are the target workers for enrollment in the project. Emilio De Quiros, Jr., SSS president and CEO, during his recent visit to Tacloban City, explained...
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17Apr2013LAGAWE, Ifugao, April 17 (PIA)-- Fifty three (53) beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) completed a training courses at the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Training Center in Barangay Awao, this municipality. The 53 who received their certificates and diplomas last April 12 during their graduation ceremony, constitute the first batch of 4Ps beneficiaries trained by TESDA. Thirty-six finished the Carpentry course while 17 complete...
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17Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 17 (PIA) – The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said five courses are over-subscribed in the higher education institutions in Cagayan Valley Region. These courses include information technology, teacher education, business and accountancy, hotel and restaurant management, and nursing, Rey S. Tabao of the CHED Technical Services Division said. The findings was based on the validation and assessment conducted on tertiary schools. Tabao urged incoming first college ...
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17Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 17 (PIA) -- Operators of Barangay Food Terminals (BFT) across Soccsksargen Region were recently gathered for meeting and planning sessions intended to improve management of the facilities as business investments. The three-day activity held at Durian Garden in Polomolok town last week was led by the Department of Agriculture – Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD) – 12. In attendance were barangay and m...
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16Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 16 (PIA) -- Various district jails under the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in Region 6 are introducing innovations in jail management to strengthen the welfare programs for the inmates and improve existing jail facilities to provide them a home-like atmosphere. Jail Chief Inspector Gilbert Peremne, warden of the Bacolod City District Jail Male Dormitory, said they will launch the "e-dalaw" or the electronic dalaw (visit) that will allow inmates to use their computer...
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16Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 16 (PIA6) -- Job seekers are invited to the job fairs that will be conducted in the city and province of Iloilo and Guimaras this month of April. DOLE Iloilo and Guimaras Field Office Head Melissa Navarra said there are four job fairs lined up for the month of April in the two provinces including the Labor Day job fair on May 1. The job fairs will be held on the following dates and venues: April 16 at the Guimaras Provincial Gym in line with the province’s Ma...
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16Apr2013BAGUIO CITY, April 16 (PIA) - - The Philippine Health Insurance Corp or PhilHealth, in line with the government’s goal of Universal Health Care which aims to provide access to quality health care to every Filipino family especially to the poor, calls on cooperatives and other organized groups to register their members under its iGroup program. PhilHealth Cordillera Regional Information Officer Magnolia Del Rosario, in a media forum here last week, disclosed that iGroup is an enhanced group...
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16Apr2013BANGUED, Abra, April 16 (PIA) -- Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon J. Soliman emphasized anew that politics must not meddle with the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). “Ang tumutukoy sa beneficiary ng 4ps ay hindi si mayor, si governor, o si congressman. Nanggagaling ang criteria sa NHTSPR. Hindi napo-politika ang Pantawid.” (The beneficiaries of 4Ps are not recommended by the mayor, the governor, or the congressman. The NHTSPR (National Household fo...
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16Apr2013LEGAZPI CITY, April 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regional office here has stepped up massive information campaign for the Batas Kasambahay in Bicol’s six provinces starting today. DOLE Bicol regional Director Nathaniel V. Lacambra said the Batas Kasambahay information drive intends to solicit views, issues and concerns about the law in preparation for crafting the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) expected to be out in time for the celebration of Labor Day...
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16Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 16 (PIA) -- Officials of the Social Security System (SSS) are encouraging members to avail of financial assistance for college or vocational technical education. Redentor Viola, manager of the SSS Koronadal Branch, said that through the SSS Educational Assistance (Educ-Assist) Loan Program, they could provide matriculation assistance to at least 1,000 students per semester. However, he said, only over 300 indiv...
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16Apr2013LEGAZPI CITY, April 16 (PIA) -- One hundred sixty-one (161) school children from Barangay Daculang Tubig in San Fernando, Camarines Sur will benefit from the three-month supplemental feeding program sponsored by the Philippine Goodworks Mission Foundation, regional office of the social welfare department and the municipal government of San Fernando, Camarines Sur . Bicol regional director Arnel Garcia of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) with San Fernando Mayor Eugenio...
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16Apr2013CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, April 16 (PIA) -- Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is inviting Small and Medium Enterprises in Central Luzon to attend its Regional SETUP (Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program) Congress which is slated April 17 at Ephatha Development Center in Maimpis, City of San Fernando, Pampanga. “SETUP is a nationwide strategy that encourages and assists SMEs to adopt technology innovations to improve their operations and thus boost productivity and com...
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16Apr2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, April 16 (PIA) -- A total of 792 students are benefited from the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) in the province of Eastern Samar. Most students are deployed in the community for employed as street cleaners through the “Clean and Green Program” of the government, according to Mylene C. Paganos, Labor and Employment Officer of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Under the SPES, any qualified student aging 15-25 can apply in any gover...
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16Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 16 (PIA) -- At least 150 youths will avail themselves of the Special Program for the Education of Students (SPES). The SPEC is an education assistance program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in coordination with the local government unit of Maasin. Vice Mayor Ma. Effie Abiera-Sabandal, the Public Employment Service Officer (PESO) of Maasin City, called on qualified applicants who haven’t submitted yet the requirements to comply and submit ...
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16Apr2013KALIBO, Aklan, April 16 (PIA) -- Health officials here said residents should be wary of six common diseases and drowning incidents this summer. Using the letter S to help in the recall of these diseases, the Provincial Health Office said these summer diseases include: sore eyes, sunburn, “sipon at ubo”, vomiting and diarrhea (“suka” in the Aklanon dialect), skin diseases and “sakmal ng aso” (dog bites). Besides these 6 common summer diseases, Dr. Cornelio Cuachon, Chief of the D...
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16Apr2013MANILA, April 16 -- Vice President and Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) Concern Jejomar C. Binay reminded OFWs in Saudi Arabia to always go through legal channels and file the proper documents to avoid complications. In a statement, the Vice President renewed his call for Philippine Embassy officials in Riyadh to fast track the processing of exit papers for undocumented OFWs in Saudi Arabia. “I am asking the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh to expedite the processing of ...
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16Apr2013MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, April 16 (PIA) -- The Public Employment Service Office (PESO) here employed 150 students under the government’s Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES). Herculano S. Ronolo, city administrator, said the hired students underwent an orientation urging them to follow government rules and policies, specifically on the aspect of working hours and the delivery of quality public service. Ronolo said that of 150 student grantees, 100 of them will work for the per...
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15Apr2013PARAÑAQUE CITY, April 15 (PIA) -- Soon, more classrooms will be built as the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) earmarked an additional P2 billion to fund the construction of around 2,000 classrooms in public schools all over the country. PAGCOR Chairman and CEO Cristino Naguiat, Jr., Education Secretary Armin Luistro and Secretary Rogelio Singson of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement to mark the second phase of the sa...
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15Apr2013MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, April 15 (PIA) -- The regional secretary of the Department of Education in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DepED-ARMM) lauded the teachers and pupils under the Marawi City School Division. Lawyer Jamar Kulayan, who graced the city’s 33rd founding anniversary on Sunday, said he is proud and impressed by the recent performance of the Marawi City School Division. He said Marawi City School Division recorded a high rating in the regional assessment in Scienc...
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15Apr2013CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, April 15 (PIA) -- A total of 15,715 poor but deserving college and vocational students in Central Luzon will be given an opportunity to work in private companies and local government units (LGUs) this year under the government’s Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES). Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Director Raymundo Agravante said Tarlac got the most SPES slots with 5,523 followed by Zambales- 3,942; Nueva Ecija- 1,800; Bulac...
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14Apr2013BOAC, Marinduque, April 14 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has launched the “Cash For Training Project” in the municipality of Mogpog. TESDA Provincial Director Ramon Geron, DSWD Officer II Helen Alcoba and TESDA Mimaropa Regional Director Baron Lagran led the launch. The project aims to train disadvantaged youths who have been assessed as eligible under the Expanded Government Internship ...
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13Apr2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, April 13 (PIA) -- Department of Health - Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Northern Mindanao has released P6.4 million assistance to Camiguin province for health facility enhancement. The amount covers building improvement of the five rural health units (RHUs), as well as, the Tangaro, Panghiawan, and Sto. Niño Barangay Health Stations in Catarman town. For Hospital improvement, the DOH has already poured in P20million in 2010 for the development of the Camiguin Ge...
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13Apr2013BAGUIO CITY, April 13 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) or PhilHealth’s No Balance Billing (NBB) policy for sponsored members benefitted 2,136 indigent patients at the Baguio General Hospital Medical Center (BGHMC) in 2012. This was reported by BGHMC PhilHealth and Billing Section head Lilia Abalos, in a Department of Health -led kapihan media forum, Thursday. Abalos disclosed that under the NBB, Philhealth’s sponsored members which include the government subsidiz...
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13Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 13 (PIA) -- Undersecretary Jose Marie Oquinena of the Presidential Communications and Operations Office (PCOO) ignited the spirit of young people, leading them to a life of service for God, country, and for others. Speaking before over 4,000 youths that converged at the jam-packed city gym here last night for the start of the church-based Regional Youth Day, Oquinena, who is also the Director-General of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), literally led ...
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13Apr2013DUMAGUETE CITY, April 13 (PIA) -- The local Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will launch the first online science and technology library which will be turned over to the three local government units in Negros Oriental on April 17 at DOST’s Office, Dumaguete City. Dubbed 'STARBOOKS' or the Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly-Operated Kiosk Stations, will be awarded to public libraries of Dumaguete City, Mabinay town, and Bayawan City for their eLibrary on scie...
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12Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 12 -- More college and vocational-technical (voc-tech) course students can expect to meet their financial requirements for enrollment as the Social Security System (SSS) further liberalized the guidelines of its educational loan facility called the SSS Educational Assistance Loan Program or "Educ-Assist". SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Emilio de Quiros, Jr. in a statement said members earning P25,000 and below per month are now eligible for Educ-Assist loans, repla...
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12Apr2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, April 12 (PIA) – The Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) for Northern Mindanao reports favorable feedback in micronutrient powder (MNP) use among children. DOH Nutritionist Dietician Beryl Lorraine G. Go said mothers noted positive change on their children’s weight, health and skin after introducing the micronutrient powder mix on their meal. It comes in single-served sachet or packages that can be mixed in home prepared food. Each sachet is pa...
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12Apr2013LAGAWE, Ifugao, April 12 (PIA) --Members of the Provincial Action Team (PAT) and the Municipal Action Teams (MAT) in the province have completed their training on the ”Enhanced Social Welfare Indicators (SWI) and Capability Building' to make operational their convergence strategy in the implementation of the various projects of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Minda Romero, Provincial Link of the DSWD programs and projects in Ifugao, said that the training aims t...
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12Apr2013By Sally B. Atento LEGAZPI CITY, April 12 (PIA) -- A total of 539 job applicants qualified for employment in the two-day jobs fair held at Albay Astrodome on April 9-10 as part of the month-long celebration of this year's Daragang Magayon Festival. “The fair was a success, implying that 539 families will have the chance to have better life by having jobs. Ito ang matuwid na daan para sa amin,” said Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Bicol Director Nathaniel V. Lacambra. The jobs fa...
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12Apr2013BAGUIO CITY, April 12 (PIA) -- The provinces of Kalinga, Ifugao and Mountain Province are set to sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to intensify the campaign against malaria, a dreadful but preventable parasite-caused disease. The MOA which is set to be signed this April 25 during the observance of World Malaria Day, will include strengthening of border operations among the provinces and the sharing of resources and manpower in the quest for a malaria- free Cordillera. Department of Hea...
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12Apr2013DUMAGUETE CITY, April 11 (PIA) -- The Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines (TOSP) - Central Visayas has released the names of the 17 finalists from various universities and colleges in Region 7 who will vie for this year’s TOSP awardees. The finalists will represent their respective schools to the TOSP search during its Formation Week on May 15 to 19 in Tagbilaran City, Bohol. The formation week will composed a series of interviews and activities as part of the evaluation of the deser...
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12Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 12---Nomination to the 2013 Gawad Jose L. Guererro is now open. Otherwise known as the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Media Awards, the Gawad Jose L. Guerrero aims to recognize media organizations, private and public, that write or report science and technology information in the country. Award categories include Professional and Institutional Award (for Media Practitioners in Print, Broadcast, and Cyber), and Outstanding Information Officer Award for DOST emplo...
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12Apr2013BAGUIO CITY, April 12 (PIA) -- The National Statistical Coordination Board-Cordillera Administrative Region (NSCB-CAR) reported that more women earn bachelor’s degrees than men in the region. Data from the NSCB-CAR revealed that women made up 63 percent of all the college graduates in the region for Academic Year (AY) 2010-2011 as reported by the Commission on Higher Education Cordillera Administrative Region (CHED-CAR). Women dominated the following courses; Home economics (95%); Mass Com...
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11Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 11 -- With the election campaign period reaching its peak, the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) on Thursday urged candidates to stop using women’s bodies as selling points in campaign sorties. “We are against any activity that capitalizes on sensual and provocative images of women. To win votes, candidates should sell their political platforms, not women’s bodies,” PCW Chairperson Remedios Ignacio-Rikken said in a press statement. PCW noted that hiring women en...
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11Apr2013NAGA CITY, April 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development regional office here launched the agency's anti-epal campaign Jardin Del Rio, Barangay Dayangdang here, Wednesday, April 10. Department of Social Welfare and Development Bicol Regional Director Arnel B. Garcia sought the help of the local media to popularize the campaign in line with the upcoming mid term elections on May 2013. With the slogan “Makialam, Magsumbong, Bawal ang Epal Dito”, Garcia said that the ca...
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11Apr2013VIRAC, Catanduanes, April 11, (PIA) -- Now hitting the airwaves of Viga-Panganiban-Bagamanoc area is the newest radio station in town, the Nutri-skwela DZNJ Radyo Kaamigo. The community radio station is located at the CSU Panganiban Campus Administration Building and managed by the broadcasting team of selected CSU Panganiban Campus staff who underwent series of intensive trainings. The launching program and inaugural broadcast on April 4, was graced by Assistant Secretary and National Nutri...
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11Apr2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Apr. 11 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has set the honorarium of the the Department of Education (DepEd) personnel who will serve in the Board of Elections Inspectors (BEI) in the May 13 elections. Pursuant to Comelec Resolution 9640, the BEI is composed of a chairperson and two members, one of whom will be designated as poll clerk, and all of whom are public school teachers, giving preference to those with permanent positions and those who se...
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11Apr2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, April 11 (PIA) -- The Farmers’ Field School (FFS) on Palay Check System has empowered more women farmers from Barangay Parina, Jiabong, Samar. Yesterday, the FFS graduated 24 women farmers, which is seven more than the male graduating class. Concepcion Mabilangan, barangay chairman, who was part of the graduating class acknowledged the learning she acquired during the season-long FFS classes. “Makakabulig gud an amon hibabruan (Our new learning will really help us...
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11Apr2013MANILA, April 11 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas said the government is adopting a near-site or even on-site relocation policy for informal settlers residing along the precarious waterways of Metro Manila. Roxas said President Aquino himself gave instructions that all relocation strategies of the government agencies should, as a top priority, prevent the displacement of families from their source of livelihood and schools. The DILG is the key agency that is coordinat...
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11Apr2013MAKATI CITY, April 11 (PIA) -- The local government has welcomed 3,059 young enrollees of the Sports, Music, Arts and Recreational Training (SMART) 2013 summer program who gathered at the City Hall Quadrangle for its official opening. In a statement, Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin S. Binay Jr. said that the annual event aims to promote a healthy lifestyle among youngsters, as well boost their potential in the fields of sports and other recreational activities. “The SMART program offers schoolchi...
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11Apr2013DAGUPAN CITY, April 11 (PIA) -- The Pangasinan State University (PSU) set a new record for the highest number of graduates this year forcing officials to hold a two-part graduation ceremony last week. Graduation ceremonies were held twice, in the morning and in the afternoon, to accommodate some 3, 024 students who graduated from the PSU’s eight campuses. Dr. Manolito Manuel, Vice-President for Academic Affairs, said that the number of graduates for academic year 2013 was a record breaker, ...
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11Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 11 (PIA) -- Sixty seven public school teachers from Western Visayas passed the 2012 National Qualifying Examinations for School Heads (NQESH). Department of Education 6 (Dep-Ed 6) Regional Testing Coordinator Dr. Donato Delgado said 765 examinees from Region VI took the NQESH, but only 67 met the cut-off score of percentile 90. Donato said that NQESH is administered as a mechanism in selecting competent school heads to ensure that only highly-qualified educators will be po...
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11Apr2013ANGELES CITY, Pampanga, April 11 (PIA) -- A total of 28 inmates of the Angeles City District Jail will soon don white togas after successfully finishing elementary and high school via Department of Education’s Alternative Learning System (ALS). ALS Supervisor Josefina David said the first batch of graduates from the jail is composed of three females and two males who finished elementary and 14 females and nine males who finished high school. “All of the graduates passed the Accreditation &...
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11Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 11 (PIA)--The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) has ordered the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to include a module on Filipino values and history on the Pre-Departure Orinetation Seminar (PDOS) of overseas Filipino workers. “I have instructed OWWA Administrator Carmelita Dimzon to immediately come up with such a module in consultation with the Department of Foreign Affairs. Once the module is finished, we will request the assistance of the DFA in train...
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11Apr2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, April 11 (PIA) -– Twenty three school teachers from the Lanna Elementary School of this city have undergone training on basic computer literacy. Tabuk City Public Employment Service Office (PESO) Manager Loyda Saboy said this is part of the city government’s initiative to improve the delivery of education services in the city. Many elementary teachers she said need to know the basic operations of computer to be able to cope with the trend of using information tec...
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11Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Health –National Capital Region (DOH-NCR) on Wednesday holds Basic Filipino Sign Language (BSFL) training for healthcare providers to help them communicate and understand patients with hearing disabilities. DOH-NCR Regional Director Eduardo Janairo said the training is part of the development program for health workers who deals with hearing impaired patients. “Knowledge in sign language is essential specially for health providers so that ...
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11Apr2013NABUNTURAN COMPOSTELA VALLEY PROVINCE, April 11 (PIA) -- Women in the province of Compostela Valley can now avail themselves of the free training thru the “Livelihood Training Caravan” sponsored by the Provincial Government through the Compostela Valley Provincial Council of Women (CVPCOW). Women Development Program Coordinator Rheabie Cobrado said the free training caravan is conducted in partnership with Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA). Last March, about 30 wo...
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11Apr2013COTABATO CITY, April 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology, Region 12 has noted a remarkable increase in the number of passers in its scholarship program for 2013 posting a 21.5% hike compared to that of last year. DOST 12 regional director Zenaida P. HR-Laidan said, 79 incoming college freshmen in Region XII have qualified to avail of the agency’s scholarship program for school year 2013-2014. Laidan said, of the total number of successful examinees, 70 met the criteria for...
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10Apr2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, April 10(PIA) -- Local officials here are crafting a program that will provide social pension benefits for poor senior citizens in support of the Senior Citizens Law. Mayor Flaviano Balgos said that the social pension will be part of their Municipal Poverty Reduction Plan (MPRP) which will benefit senior citizens of their municipality especially those classified within the poverty mark survey. “We have already formed our Local Poverty Reduction Action Team (LPRAT)...
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10Apr2013COTABATO CITY, April 10 (PIA) -- A team from the Department of Health-Manila and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) under Dr. Kadil “Jojo” Sinolinding, Jr. is visiting Bongo Island, in Parang, Maguindanao particularly the cholera outbreak stricken barangay of Tukamarur today, April 10. Last April 2, DOH-ARMM has declared a cholera outbreak in barangay Tukamarur after 31 residents have been hospitalized due to the water-borne disease due to contamination following a heavy rain the d...
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10Apr2013PAGADIAN CITY, April 10 (PIA) – As part of the rehabilitative goals of correctional institutions, the local city jail under the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) has launched a welfare and development program for inmates. The program involves setting up of barber and massage shops inside the rehabilitation center at Barangay Lenienza in this city. City warden Sr. Insp. Mashur Sala said the program aims to ease the inmates’ boredom of being away from their families and to make...
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09Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 9 (PIA6) -- The Regional Development Council 6 unanimously passed Executive Committee Resolution No 5 in its recent meeting, endorsing the School Infrastructure Project (PSIP) II for public private partnership. This is expected to address the incremental classroom requirements of the Public school system, where the Department of Education (DepED) has adopted a public-private partnership (PPP) framework as a strategy to supplement the provision of educational facilities, consi...
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09Apr2013SOLANA, Cagayan, April 9 (PIA) --Twenty ‘Kalesas’ were painted with ten nutritional guidelines in the Kalesa painting contest here to promote good nutrition in this town, led by the National Nutrition Council (NNC) region 2. The contest kicked-off the project in partnership with LGU-Solana, Municipal Health Office, different departments of the said LGU and the barangay officials highlighting the nutritional guidelines which will help public understand and follow the guidelines to improve ...
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09Apr2013BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya, April 9 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) has already enrolled 85 percent of their total target families in the province, officials here said. “For this year, we have already accomplished 85 percent of our target. Right after the elections, we will closely coordinating with local officials to orient them on how to enroll their council members to the PhilHealth program,” said Rey Ferrer, PhilHealth provincial officer. At present, PhilHealt...
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08Apr2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, April 8 (PIA) – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Kalinga will conduct a public consultation on the implementing rules and regulation (IRR) of the Kasambahay Act, a new law benefiting household workers, on April 15 here. Republic Act 10361 known as Kasambahay Law is an Act instituting policies for the protection and welfare of domestic helpers. Section 4 of the general provisions describes a domestic worker or “kasambahay” as “any person engaged in do...
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08Apr2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, April 8 (PIA) – The Department of Labor and Employment Office (DOLE) Kalinga is encouraging skilled workers in the province to enroll in the Skills Registry System (SRS) through their Public Employment Service Office (PESO). The enrollment to the SRS would provide an individual a chance to be included in the manpower poll of the province giving them better opportunity to get a job either locally or abroad, Vincent Galura of DOLE Kalinga SRS said. Galura said enrollment...
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08Apr2013NAGA CITY, April 8 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional office will launch in Camarines Sur its “Bawal ang Epal Dito” campaign come April 10 at Jardin Del Rio, Dayandang, this city. The campaign aims to advise the public, particularly the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) that only DSWD has the sole authority to remove from the list any member who are non-compliant to the regulations stipulated under the Conditional Cash Tra...
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08Apr2013SAN JOSE, Antique, April 8 (PIA6) -- There are 18 incoming first year college students in the province who passed the qualifying examination of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). “We are glad that many students from poor families have availed of agency’s scholarship. With this, sons and daughters of farmers, fisherfolks and seasonal laborers will have the chance to finish their studies and fulfill their dreams,” said Engr. Eleazar Moscoso, Science Research Specialist of DO...
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08Apr2013CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, April 8 (PIA) -- Regional Development Council (RDC) has approved a resolution favorably endorsing the 2014 budget proposal of all 12 state universities and colleges (SUCs) in Central Luzon. Approved funds include Aurora State College of Technology (ASCOT) – P92.1 million, Bulacan Agricultural State College (BASC) – P97.5 million, Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) - P473.1 million, Bulacan State University (BULSU) – P573.9 million, Central Luzon State...
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07Apr2013MANILA, April 7 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) in the Western Pacific Region will observe World Health Day 2013 on April 8 with a ceremony honouring Philippine President Benigno Aquino III for his leadership in public health. "It is fitting that we celebrate World Health Day by recognizing President Aquino's exemplary leadership in public health," says WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific Dr Shin Young-soo in statement. "Among his most significant accomplishments have been ...
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06Apr2013BUTUAN CITY, Apr. 6 (PIA) -- One of the biggest poverty reduction projects of the Philippine government, the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) will be bringing its war on poverty to this city in early April of this year. Administered by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Kalahi-CIDSS is an anti-poverty project using the community-driven development (CDD) approach by empowering ordinary citizens to act...
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06Apr2013BUTUAN CITY, Apr. 6 (PIA) -- In their continued pursuit of improving the plight of poor communities in Caraga region, the Spanish government-funded anti-poverty project of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), PODER, successfully wrapped up its seventh year implementation of a grant worth P14,605,205.00. Using a community-driven development (CDD) approach, Poder focused on the provision of basic health and education services in three municipalities in the region especially ta...
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06Apr2013CEBU CITY, April 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-7) has conducted leadership training to 20 victim-survivors of trafficking from Cebu province to organize peer groups to serve as support system of other beneficiaries. DSWD’s focal person on Family and Women Welfare Program Rosemarie Salazar said, since the implemented the program two years ago, they saw the need to organize peer groups among the beneficiaries of the program. Members of the group are identi...
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06Apr2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, April 6 (PIA) -- Some 4,503 poor but deserving students are expected to be employed under the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) this summer of 2013 in Cagayan province. Elmer Lumauan, head of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) – Cagayan, said 3,939 students will be employed in 27 local government units and national government agencies provincewide, while 564 students in 17 private institutions. “A total of P8.19 million is already allocated f...
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06Apr2013BAGUIO CITY, April 6 (PIA) - - Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman is set to visit Tineg, one of the remotest town in Abra, this April 8 to personally monitor the implementation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) and other government social protection program in the area. Soliman will be visiting an Alternative Family Development Sessions of 4Ps beneficiaries at Caganayan Primary school in Tineg and is expected to have an in...
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05Apr2013DAVAO CITY, April 5 (PIA) -- The National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) will be pushing for the strengthening of its regional counterparts to ensure thorough implementation of laws that protect and promote the rights of Persons with Disability (PWDs) at the grassroots level. NCDA-Regional Program Coordinator Ruth Tacujan said NCDA has proposed directions for the Regional Council on Disability Affairs (RCDA) that would focus on the reactivation of its priority sub-committees and enabling ...
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05Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 5 (PIA5) -- The Development Bank of the Philippines has launched a P2-billion lending scheme to qualified educational institutions for re-lending to deserving poor students. DBP-Iloilo Asst. Manager Ma. Juana Easter Senupe said the program, dubbed HELPS, or Higher Education Loan Program for Students, is a DBP loan facility through schools serving as conduits, where students can apply for loans. Senupe said schools should submit their letter of intent, stating the numbe...
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05Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 5 (PIA) -- Six students from Western Visayas have qualified for the Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP) of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). OWWA-6 officer-in-charge Reynold T. Pigar said among the 100 national qualifiers for the EDSP are three high school graduates from Iloilo, two from Aklan and one from Antique. The following are the qualifiers from Iloilo: Christine Angelica Leal Losañes and Romie Angelo Granja Azur, both from the Phil...
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05Apr2013BAGUIO CITY, April 5 (PIA) -- Members of the Regional Coalition for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (RCPCNCD) aim to institutionalize seven healthy habits and practices in their respective offices by 2015. During the first quarter meeting of the Coalition held recently, the members agreed that each member agency or institution will facilitate the implementation and institutionalization of the said healthy lifestyle practices in their offices and to submit progress repor...
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05Apr2013BONTOC, Mountain Province, April 5 (PIA) -- The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) has come out with guidelines and policies in the provision of financial assistance by the provincial government to persons or families in crisis situations as a form of intervention. The guidelines aim to to provide equal and fair treatment to all these financially incapacitated in the province. This was approved by Governor Leonard G. Mayaen. Target beneficiaries of this financia...
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05Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 5 -- Three government agencies have partnered to provide 2,000 classrooms for public schools under the Department of Education. The targeted additional classrooms will be constructed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and will be funded from the P2 billion donation committed by the Pagcor, a statement from the Department of Education said. The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) will turn over the classrooms to the DepEd on December 2014,...
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05Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 5 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) through its partners in the private sector will give financial rewards and scholarship grants to athletes who will excel in the Palarong Pambansa 2013. Education Secretary Armin Luistro said the incentive given, which is done for the first time in history of the annual sports convention, is another proof of the private sector’s growing involvement in the holistic molding of the youth. The financial reward will be given on top...
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05Apr2013VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur, April 5 (PIA) -- Giving proper nutrition for infants and young children has become a community responsibility to help mothers look after their children’s growth. This was the campaign of the Ilocos Sur Nutrition Committee with the National Nutrition Council in conducting a series of training on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) in the province last month. Edith Castillo, provincial nutrition center chief, said at least 752 residents in 188 villages composed of bar...
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05Apr2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, April 5 (PIA) – An official of the Civil Service Commission(CSC) here urged examinees in the April 14 Career Examination to report to their examination rooms as early as 6 a.m. “The examination will start officially at eight o’clock in the morning, but it is better if they can get inside ahead of time, so they can well-prepare themselves, physically and emotionally,” Ms. Tolentino said. “The gate closes at 8 a.m.” She also said the listing of the ...
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05Apr2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, April 5 (PIA) -- Six local government units (LGUs) will continue to implement the students assistance program dubbed Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES). Ms. Fe Estrella, head, Department of Labor and Employment Provincial Office said this is amidst COMELEC’s directive for LGUs, to submit application for exemption from the election ban on employment, in favor of their student-beneficiaries. The DOLE local head further informed that, of the 11 L...
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05Apr2013BAGUIO CITY, April 5 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration – Cordillera (OWWA-CAR) will have 23 new college scholars for school year 2013 – 2014 who have successfully hurdled the scholarship qualifying examinations. For OWWA’s Education for Development Scholarship Program or EDSP, Kayhe Dumalili Mañebog of the Baguio City National High School passed the qualifying exam and is qualified to enroll in any four or five year baccalaureate course of her choice. For the ...
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04Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 4 -- The Department of Education’s Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for School Infrastructure Project (PSIP), which aims to address shortages in public school classrooms through partnerships with the private sector, has made it as the lone entry from the ASEAN to the internationally-acclaimed Partnerships Awards 2013. The PSIP is a qualifier for the ‘Best Pathfinder Project’ category. Previous winners were mostly from Europe and the Americas. The awarding ceremony wi...
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04Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 4 (PIA) -- Around 200 students availed themselves of the city’s Special Program for the Employment of Students, the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) said. The Tacloban PESO said the deployment of SPES workers started April 1 to different departments of the city government and city barangays. Those who will be assigned in the barangays will undertake the implementation of the Skills Registration Program of the local PESO. According to Tacloban PESO Manager ...
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04Apr2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, April 4 (PIA) -- Of 879 test takers of the the 2012 Accreditation and Equivalency (A & E) Test for Secondary conducted in Eastern Samar National Comprehensive High School (ESNCHS), Borongan City, December 9 last year, 429 or 48.80 percent passed the exams. According to Bonifacio A. Ramento, Education Program supervisor (EPS) - Alternative Learning System (ALS), among the test passers are four jail inmates who availed themselves the Literacy Behind Bars of ALS pr...
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04Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 4 (PIA) -- An advisory from the Department of Health in Eastern Visayas states that human immunodeficiency virus-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV-AIDS) can be transmitted in four modes. The press statement said that HIV-AIDS can be transmitted through mother and child mode, sexual contact, blood transfusions, and infected (hypodermic) needles. An infected mother who gets pregnant and delivers a baby is discouraged to breastfeed the baby to lessen the possibil...
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04Apr2013LAGAWE, Ifugao, April 4 (PIA) -- The provincial local government unit here hired 55 students under the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Claire Calingayan of the provincial Public Employment Service Office (PESO) said 357 students in the 11 municipalities took the examinations administered by their office and the top five per town were hired. The students underwent preliminary interview and screening at the PESO and their qual...
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04Apr2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, April 4 (PIA) -- Ten scholarship slots are up for grabs for government employees’ children in Samar and Leyte said John Vianny Ocaña, acting manager of Government Service Insurance System(GSIS) here. Ocana said P20,000 tuition fee allowance will be afforded to each scholar, in addition to the P2,000 monthly stipend for any four to five-year college course in any accredited school. At present, two scholars are enrolled at the Eastern Samar State University (ESS...
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04Apr2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, April 4 (PIA) -- With summer officially on, so is the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Samar. Four hundred and sixty five poor but deserving students are now in the LGUs they were assigned. Seven LGUs accepted the program in Samar that included Pagsanghan, Gandara, San Jose de Buan, Sta Margarita, Paranas, Hinabangan, and Tagapul-an employing 417 youth to work for one month or more. LGUs pay 60 perce...
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04Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 4 (PIA)--The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) bared that the government job portal, the Phil-Job.net now offers improved access to employment opportunities after it underwent re-engineering to cover not just job matching but also labor market information dissemination. Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, in a statement said the government job portal is now capable of housing the critical supply and demand database systems, such as the DOLE Data Warehou...
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04Apr2013KIANGAN, Ifugao April 4 (PIA)-- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) informed candidates of their obligation to withhold five percent creditable withholding tax on their income payments made on all their campaign expenditures. Dubbed as “Project Iboto Mo”, it implements provisions of Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 15-2013 entitled “Rules and Regulations Governing Campaign Finance and Disclosure in Connection with the May 2013 national and local elections and subsequent elections th...
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04Apr2013ROXAS CITY, Capiz, April 4 (PIA) -- Fifteen Capiceño incoming freshman college students this June were passed the government's science and technology scholarship grant. Information Officer Juafe Abareles of the Department of Science and Technology in Capiz said the 15 qualifiers were among the 286 high school graduating students who took the DOST- Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) Undergraduate Scholarship Program for 2013 in November last year. She said the 15 Capiceño qu...
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04Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 4 (PIA) – Even during summer, children in day care centers will be given supplementary feeding. Salvacion Gayoma, regional dietician of Department of Social Welfare and Development-6, said parents should bring their children to the day care centers for the 120-day feeding program. The program caters to three and four-year-old children and those enrolled in day care centers. “The school children in public schools are already attended to by the Department of Educati...
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04Apr2013DIPOLOG CITY, April 4 (PIA) -- The five-day test of endurance and courage of Gawad Kalinga (GK) Bayani Challenge 2013 held on March 23-27 at the municipal in Katipunan, Zamboanga del Norte succeeded in drawing support from the volunteers coming from the various sectors of the society. On the opening day, the Katipunan gymnasium was filled with volunteers consisting of students, government officials and employees, police officers, members of Philippine Army, businessmen, people’s organizations...
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04Apr2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, April 4 (PIA) -- At least 163 high school graduates from Region 1 passed the 2013 Science and Technology (S&T) scholarship examination last November 18. The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Ilocos said on Wednesday that some 3,597 students passed out of the 25,696 examinees nationwide. Rachel S. Jose, DOST project assistant, said of the total passers, some 147 students will be covered by the Science and Technology Scholarship Program while 16 will be under the ...
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04Apr2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, April 4 (PIA) –- Sixty accredited barangay health workers (BHW) of Tabuk City are undergoing a five-day body massage and beauty care training, here. The project is jointly sponsored by the City Government, City Health Office (CHO), Public Employment Service Office, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and Kalinga Party List. CHO Henrietta Bagayao, who supervises the Tabuk City BHWs, said the training is part of the city government’s program to...
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03Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 3 (PIA) -- Starting the first quarter of this year, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is piloting the door-to-door delivery of social pension for indigent senior citizens in 10 remote municipalities of the region using services of the Philippine Postal Corporation (Philpost). The three-month pilot-testing will be for the deliver, on time, of cash grants, and for the efficient and cost-effective door-to-door delivery, DSWD Region 8 Director Remia...
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03Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Health in Eastern Visayas had issued an advisory on the diseases that may occur during summer as well as the precautions and treatment against the diseases. The advisory mentioned the diseases that usually occur during summer - sunburn, sore eyes, colds and cough, diarrhea, and dog bite. The public is advised to use sunscreen with at least 30 percent sun protection factor (SPF) to avoid sunburn and to drink at least eight to 12 glasses ...
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03Apr2013QUEZON CITY, APRIL 3 (PIA)--The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) advises new graduates and jobseekers participate in the agency organize job fairs. Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, in a statement said the job fairs are open to all unemployed, skilled and unskilled workers, fresh college graduates, graduates of training institutions, displaced workers, and employees seeking advancement to rise in the career ladder. The labor chief also advised jobseekers to have the ne...
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03Apr2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, April 3 (PIA) -- To further promote good health practices, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has conducted a seminar on food safety among workers of a poultry dressing plant in Bauang town. Anielyn Pai, science research analyst of DOST said, the facilitators wrapped the sanitation guidelines in three “Ps” namely: physical facilities, personnel and processes to help participants understand the modules of the seminar with ease. The physical faciliti...
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03Apr2013DAGUPAN CITY, April 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) in the Ilocos Region will conduct a three-day technical update on avian influenza preparedness for project implementers in the region on April 3 to 5 at the Dagupan Garden and Village Hotel in this city. Valentino Perdido, DA’s OIC-regional executive director, said that the event intends to establish and strengthen the core capabilities of project implementers to pre-empt and control the occurrence of influenza pandemic. “T...
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03Apr2013BAGUIO CITY, April 3 (PIA) -- Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) Chair Eugenio “Toto” Villareal calls on parents and responsible adults to work with children on good judgment in the use of media. Villareal was among the key resource speakers during a four-day summer workshop by the National Council for Children’s Television (NCCT) which opened at the Baguio Museum here, Tuesday. Speaking to an audience of children, parents, and media practitioners, Villareal poi...
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03Apr2013BANGUED, Abra, April 2(PIA) -- The AbraCadua (AC), a group of Abrenios who have developed special friendship on the social networking site and decided to embark on its own outreach programs continues reaching out to more disadvantaged Abreños with about 300 families in three towns as the latest beneficiaries. AC recently distributed sets of sleeping mats and blankets to more than 150 poor families in Brgy. San Isidro in Lagangilang, and another 150 needy families in Brgy. Namit-ingan, ...
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03Apr2013LAGAWE, Ifugao, April 3 (PIA)-- The provincial local government unit(PLGU) here conducted recently a training on gender sensitivity for its almost 500 employees who were divided into seven batches. Juliet Taguiling, the PLGU Acting Supervising Administrative Officer, said the provincial leadership believes that proper education of people on gender will help them determine which assumptions are valid and which are stereotyped generalization since gender awareness and sensitivity requires ...
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03Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 3 (PIA) -- Five OFW dependents from the Soccsksargen region passed the qualifying exams for two scholarship programs of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). Two qualified for the Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP) while three others are for the Congressional Migrant Workers Scholarship Program (CMWSP). The EDSP passers are Gabrielle Faith T. Gloria of San Lorenzo Academy in Polomolok, South Cotabato and Krystianne Paul De...
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03Apr2013CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, April 3 (PIA) --The National Nutrition Council (NNC) 4A formed yesterday the Regional “Bantay Asin” Task Force (RBATF) to manage and coordinate the National Salt Iodization Program (NSIP) in the region. The group will formulate an annual NSIP operation plan, organization of provincial BATF, and coordination with stakeholders like salt producers and traders. It is also tasked to lead the advocacy in the region to fully and effectively implement Republic Act No. 8172 ...
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03Apr2013PAGADIAN CITY, April 3 (PIA) – Complementing the implementation of the Alternative Learning System (ALS) by the Department of Education (DepED), the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP)-Mindanao District I has adopted two barangays in the municipalities of Molave and Mahayag all in Zamboanga del Sur. Literacy classes for adult learners will be conducted in these barangays with the NGCP and the Zamboanga del Sur Electric Cooperative (ZAMSURECO)-I providing for the teachers’ pa...
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03Apr2013NAGTIPUNAN, Quirino, April 3 (PIA) -- National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) commissioner Atty. Percy A. Brawner assured the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) for a better education curriculum for the IPs in the coming years. Brawner was the guest of honor during the recent commencement exercises of the Diuryong Elementary School here, the first school exclusively for the Agtas in the country. He also expressed optimism for the establishment of a secondary schools in the area to ensure c...
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03Apr2013BUTUAN CITY, April 3 (PIA) – As part of the department’s advocacy to disseminate worthwhile and meaningful information to its potential beneficiaries, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga will launch the Regional Profile of the Poor on April 8, 2013 at the Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort, this city. The Regional Profile of the Poor packages the data statistics about the poor households in the region, DSWD-Caraga Regional Director Minda Brigoli said. “It reveals s...
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03Apr2013DAVAO CITY April 3 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is targeting about 1,080 youth beneficiaries for Davao City and Davao del Sur for its cash-for-training program funded by the DSWD. Engr. Nestor Tabada TESDA Provincial director covering the city of Davao and the province of Davao del Sur said the Department of Social Welfare and Development has allotted P21.6 million for the cash-for-training program of which P12- million will be for Davao del Sur and ...
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03Apr2013COTABATO CITY, April 3 (PIA) -- Two deserving children of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) are among the new batch of scholars of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). Ahmed Razlie M. Sahibul and Harlene Joie J. Sawadjaan both from Sulu National High School in Jolo, Sulu passed the qualifying exams for the Congressional Migrant Workers Scholarship Program (CMWSP) for school year 2013. They are now entitled to enroll in any scie...
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03Apr2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, April 3 (PIA) -– Employers are now recruiting student-workers for temporary employment under the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). This year the DOLE has opened 974 SPES slots in Kalinga for qualified college students, Lourdes Canseco of DOLE-Kalinga said. The program on temporary employment for students is covered under Republic Act 7323, where government provides financial assistance as education suppo...
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02Apr2013MANILA, April 2 -- Budget and Management Secretary Florencio B. Abad reiterated that subsidies for state universities and colleges (SUCs) have been increased yearly under the Aquino administration, adding that the SUC budget in 2013 saw an increase by 44 percent to support President Aquino’s campaign for improved public tertiary education in the country. Abad made this statement following a call by United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) leaders to increase subsidies for state schools. “Over th...
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02Apr2013DIPOLOG CITY, April 2 (PIA) - - The city government granted scholarship to 833 indigent students coming from the city and other municipalities in Zamboanga del Norte. With funding from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), this scholarship program is in line with the city government’s “Swigapore 2030” vision that aims to make Dipolog as green as Switzerland and as progressive as Singapore. The scholars will each receive a financial aid of P5,000 per semester and must enroll on...
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02Apr2013LEGAZPI CITY, April 2 (PIA) - The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) regional office here revealed that there are more women overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) than men in the Bicol region. OWWA Bicol regional director Jocelyn Hapal said in an interview during the “Aramon Ta Daw” radio program of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) that records of the agency show a steady increase of women OFWs in Bicol and majority of these women OFWs are domestic helpers abroad,” Hapal e...
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02Apr2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, April 2 (PIA) -- Arnaldo T. Amosco Jr., S & T Director of the Eastern Samar Provincial Science and Technology Center, revealed recently the 28 examinees who qualified in the 2013 DOST-SEI Undergraduate Scholarship program. Amosco said these qualifiers who took the test last November 18, 2012, will receive privileges for tuition and other school fees, books, transportation and uniform allowances, monthly stipends and health insurances for their four to five year-c...
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02Apr2013QUEZON CITY, April 2 (PIA) -- The Maynilad Water Services, Inc. has expanded its sewerage coverage service in Metro Manila with the construction of 11 Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) in 2012. The 11 STPs that complete the 14 total number of sewage facilities are located in Congressional, Grant, Legal, Tatalon, Del Monte, San Antonio, Bahay Toro, Paltok, Baesa, Tandang Sora, and A. Samson all in Quezon City. According to Maynilad, the new facilities have a combined wastewater treatment capacit...
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02Apr2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 2 (PIA) -- Four barangays in Mondragon town in Northern Samar will benefit from an International Labour Organization (ILO)-funded program. Beneficiaries of the program are children of families enrolled in the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program of government. Exequil Sarcauga, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regional director, revealed the information saying that the villages of Eco, Imelda, Makiwalo, and Nenita are the target of a convergence program a...
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02Apr2013MAKATI CITY, April 2 (PIA) -- The local government spent almost P180 million in 2012 for various programs it implemented for the benefit of its senior citizens. In a statement, Mayor Jejomar Erwin S. Binay Jr. said the amount represents the combined expenses for four popular programs for the city’s elderly, namely, free movie entrance in all four cinema groups in the city; Harana ni Lolo at Lola, a cake-giving ceremony during birthdays and golden wedding anniversary; Lakbay Saya ni Lolo at Lo...
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02Apr2013NEGROS ORIENTAL, April 2 (PIA) – Forty-three (43) high school graduates in Negros Oriental passed the nationwide scholarship exams of the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) for June 2013 school year. DOST provincial director Gilbert Arbon announced that the 40 passers are qualified as scholars to science and technology under the RA 7687, a scholarship program for talented and deserving students belonging to economically disadvantaged families, while ...
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02Apr2013NAVAL, Biliran, April 2 (PIA) -- “Seven public high schools in the province of Biliran will serve as model or pilot schools in the implementation of the K to 12 program of the Department of Education (DepEd),” said Medarlou A. Genoguin, K to 12 coordinator of the Department of Education-Division of Biliran in an interview. Genoguin said these public secondary schools are the following: Cabucgayan National School of Arts and Trades (CNSAT) in Cabucgayan town; Maripipi National Vocational Sch...
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02Apr2013CEBU CITY, April 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Regional Office 7 said 3,597 high school students nationwide qualified for the S&T Undergraduate Scholarship. The Science Education Institute's (SEI) 2013 Science and Technology (S&T) Undergraduate Scholarship Examination was held on November 18, 2012 for School Year 2013-2014. The complete list of qualifiers are now posted at the DOST website: http://www.science-scholarships.ph. The number of passers is 7.1 percen...
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02Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 2 -- Sixty-eight additional midwives are scheduled for deployment to remote villages in Lanao del Sur this month, according to the Department of Health - Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DOH-ARMM). ARMM health secretary Dr. Kadil Sinolinding Jr., said the placement of midwives in far-flung barangays is part of DOH-ARMM’s Midwives in Every Community in ARMM (MECA) project. MECA project, Sinolinding explained, is des...
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02Apr2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 2 (PIA) -- Forty-six rice farmers in two upland barangays of this city wore their best smiles as they received their certificates for having successfully hurdled the 16-weekend classes in which they were taught new techniques in cultivating rice. The culmination program was held in Barangay Laboon Tuesday last week for the 30 farmers coming from Barangay Lunas and 16 from Laboon, the ceremonies attended by Councillor Vivencio Costillas, chairman Sangguniang ...
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02Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 2 (PIA6) -- The Social Security System is offering its Educational Assistance Loan (EDUC-ASSIST) Program to its active members. This loan program will give a chance to SSS members to send their children to college, or to take up vocational or technical courses. Active Members who are qualified to apply for the program should: have a salary of P15,000 or less; should have at least 36 months contribution, where the three monthly contriubtions were paid within 12 months prior...
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02Apr2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, April 2 (PIA) -- Although Samar province has 87 percent cure rate on tuberculosis, its health officials are urging the public once more to be attentive to the treatment of TB. This develops as patients do not complete the treatment for six months. “Patients stop taking medicines in the middle of the treatment as they begin to feel better,” said TB provincial coordinator Edel Uy. Provincial health officer Dr. Dulce Cernal said the fight to stop TB will only be suc...
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02Apr2013ITOGON, Benguet,April 2 (PIA) -- About 27 community members within the Binga Hydroelectric Power Plant in barangay Binga this town attended the livelihood training program on the production of environmental charcoal briquettes using agro-waste materials Atty. Mike Hosillos, SN Aboitiz Power (SNAP) vice president for Corporate Services and spokesperson, said that participants composed of current and former employees, and community members successfully completed the two-day training. ...
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02Apr2013PAGADIAN CITY, April 2 (PIA) -- As part of the Parole and Probation Administration’s (PPA) rehabilitation program, a seminar on fire prevention was conducted recently for parolees and probationers at Balangasan gym here. Supervising Parole and Probation Officer Jocelyn Bael said almost 50 parolees and probationers had attended the seminar which aimed to provide them with the knowledge and skills on fire prevention. Bael said the agency has included the seminar in its regular programs for th...
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02Apr2013KALIBO, Aklan, April 2 (PIA) -- Thirty-five (35) graduating high school students are now assured of going to college next school year after having successfully passed the Department of Science and Technology – Science Education Institute (DOST- SEI) Scholarship for School Year 2013-2014. Most of the passers are from public high schools located in various municipalities of the province with only 3 coming from private schools here. Regional Science High School (RSHS) based in Old Buswang, K...
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02Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Health-Center for Health Development 6 (DOH-CHD) is upbeat on the next round of recognizing entities working to make their places 100 percent Tobacco-Free. DOH Regional Director Susana Madarieta said more and more local government units, health facilities and work places are making great strides in enforcing measures to protect the public from hazards of tobacco smoke and exposure to second-hand smoke. She said the DOH Red Orchids Awards is...
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02Apr2013TUBOD, Lanao del Norte, April 02 (PIA) — A total of 2,078 volunteers, making up 70 teams, registered in the Gawad Kalinga (GK) Bayani Challenge in Lanao del Norte, for the disaster prone area and indigent families as recipients to this project. The 32 units built during the weeklong GK Bayani Challenge (BC) from March 23-27, 2013 in Sapad is located in Poblacion in a two-hectare lot donated by the Ali family through Vice Governor Irma Ali of the province of Lanao del Norte. Per unit has a lo...
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02Apr2013ANGELES CITY, Pampanga, April 2 (PIA) -- City College of Angeles (CCA) is set to offer five four-year academic degrees beginning this June. Courses include BS Computer Science, BS Information Technology, BS Tourism Management, BS Physical Education, and BS Technical Teacher Education major in Food and Service Management. “The new tertiary degrees will encourage more of our youth to study in the City College and improve the quality of their lives through its market sensitive courses, profess...
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02Apr2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, April 2 (PIA) -- More than 100 young children from Tabuk benefited from the free circumcision project over the weekend. The project was part of the free inter-agency medical outreach sponsored by the provincial government, the Philippine Army, medical groups, rural health units, Rotary and Lion’s Clubs. Cadets from the Kalinga Apayao State College (KASC) were also tapped to provide assistance to the patients. The sponsoring groups also distributed free medicines to ...
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02Apr2013TUBOD, Lanao del Norte, April 2 (PIA)— A total of 2,078 volunteers with 70 teams registered in the Gawad Kalinga (GK) Bayani Challenge in Lanao del Norte, its site at Poblacion, Sapad town, this province, for the disaster prone area and indigent families as recipients to this project. The 32 units built during the weeklong GK Bayani Challenge (BC) from March 23-27, 2013 in Sapad is located in Poblacion in a two-hectare lot donated by the Ali family through Vice Governor Irma Ali of the provin...
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02Apr2013TAGUIG CITY, April 1 (PIA) - - More than 7,000 Taguig City high school graduates this year received education voucher worth P5,000 each from the city government. Taguig City Mayor Lani Cayetano said the voucher may be used to pay for their college tuition fee or other miscellaneous fees . She believes that no student in Taguig should ever be prevented from studying in college by their mere station in life. “I also believe that education is a right, not a privilege. And I hope that the educ...
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02Apr2013COTABATO CITY, April 2 (PIA) -- Hundreds of grade five pupils from various public schools in the town of Pikit, North Cotabato, are participating in the three-day Kids Peace Summer Camp at the poblacion from April 1-3. The Kids Peace Summer Camp is an annual program being undertaken and funded by the North Cotabato provincial government under Governor Emmylou “Lala” Talino-Mendoza for three years now with the cooperation and support of the provincial office of the Department of Education (...
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01Apr2013CATEEL, Davao Oriental, April 1 -- Taking the challenge of changing lives and bringing hope to those in need, 610 volunteers from across the country assisted the building of shelters for typhoon victims in Cateel during the five-day Gawad Kalinga Bayani Challenge 2013. The volunteer event also hoped to support the Davao Oriental provincial government’s Building Back Better Movement to assist typhoon Pablo victims build new homes. The five-day activity which started last March 23 up to Mar...
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01Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 1 (PIA6) -- Supervisors in government service will have a chance to improve their management skills with the Training on Supervisory Development Course (SDC) offered by the Civil Service Commission(CSC). The training aims to enhance the quality of supervisors to ensure sustainability efforts directed toward employee empowerment in the service. This is in line with the CSC’s strategic objective of developing competent and credible civil servants, by conducting programs to e...
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01Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 1 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-12 here is urging Overseas Filipino Workers and their dependents in the Soccsksargen Region to use their free time wisely this summer and avail of the agency's Information Technology (IT) Program. The OWWA-12 Community Technology and Learning Center (CTLC) located at Koronadal City continues to conduct training weekly from Mondays – Fridays at 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to cater to interested applicants. Th...
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01Apr2013CEBU CITY, April 1 (PIA) -- An African proverb says that it takes a village to raise a child. But for some Filipino families, it took a government program to help them raise their children. Nieves Labrado, 38, of Orlandao, Basay, Cebu found it hard to move on with her life after her husband of 13 years left her for another woman. Nieves was left alone to care for her three children ages 13, 9, and 7 years old. But Nieves did move on, thanks to the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilino Program (4Ps), th...
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01Apr2013CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, April 1 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has launched the 4th wave of its Skills Registry System (SRS) for 23 towns and two cities of Central Luzon covering . Included under the new SRS are Dilasag, Dinalungan, and San Luis in Aurora; Abucay, Dinalupihan, Hermosa, and Morong in Bataan; Obando, Pandi, San Miguel and San Jose Del Monte City in Bulacan; Bongabon, Guimba, Jaen, and Sto. Domingo in Nueva Ecija; Apalit, Guagua, and Mabalacat City ...
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31Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 31(PIA6) -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Western Visayas OIC Regional Director Salome Siaton advised fresh college graduates who are looking for work to visit or log on to PHIL-JobNet or their agency’s website which is www.dole.gov.ph as the first crucial step in their quest to enter the world of work. By doing so, Siaton said a jobseeker can register as a job applicant and then have his or her skills matched with available jobs. This happens when a registere...
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31Mar2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, March 31 (PIA1) --At least 84,265 day care children in region 1 benefitted from the Supplementary Feeding Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the Ilocos as of this month. Iryn D. Cubangbang, DSWD information officer said this food supplementation, which is in the form of hot meals served during break time, contributed to their enhanced health and nutrition, and increased consumption of vegetable viands. For Pangasinan, 41,058 bene...
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31Mar2013CEBU CITY, March 31 (PIA) -- The Department of Health's Center for Health Development-7 (DOH-CHD-7) celebrated World TB Day 2013 Monday, March 25 with the theme “Stop TB-Makialam”. DOH-CHD-7 had a memorandum of agreement signing with 12 local government units in Cebu for the TB Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (TB-DOTS) facility enhancement during a program held at Sarrosa Hotel. The LGUs are: Toledo City, Boljoon, Balamban I & I, Daanbantayan II, Cebu Province, Mabolo & Luz Healt...
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30Mar2013DUMAGUETE CITY, March 30 (PIA) -- “Sometimes it’s a choice between to have lunch or have a book photocopied," says Churchel Avila of Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental one of the 19 students from the Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in the province that the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-7) granted college level scholarship through its Students Grant-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (SGP-PA). "We do extra research time at the library because we cannot afford an internet...
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29Mar2013BAGUIO CITY,March 29 (PIA) -- The Baguio Correspondents and Broadcasters Club (BCBC) and the Mines and Geosciences Bureau – Cordillera conducted a media lecture seminar as part of the BCBC media camp here last Holy Tuesday. BCBC President Roderick Osis said the media lecture is conducted with the MGB’s Synchronized Information Communication and Education(SICE) Team composed of information officers of the different mining companies and the Mass Communication and Development Communicat...
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29Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 29 (PIA) -- The role of policewomen in governance and peacekeeping was underscored by the top official of the Police Regional Office (PRO8). Police Chief Superintendent Elmer Soria, PRO8 regional director paid tribute to the 120 policewomen-participants of the Women’s Month Forum and Gender and Development (GAD) planning workshop held at the PRO8 Matapat Hall, Monday, March 25. Soria told his women audience that his leadership “acknowledges the importance of str...
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28Mar2013NAGTIPUNAN, Quirino, March 28 (PIA) -- The Diuryong Elementary School at Sitio Dionuan, Dicimungal here, the first ever school exclusively for the Agtas in the country, hold its first commencement exercises with at least 10 pupils as its pioneer graduates. Alona David, the class valedictorian thanked the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, provincial government of Quirino and the Asisi Foundation for making education accessible to the Agtas. She said she wants to be a teacher so ...
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28Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 28 (PIA) -- Three hundred youths from the first district of Samar marched at the Samar College Auditorium, Catbalogan City, Wednesday to recieve their Cash for Training Program (C4TP) certificates worth P20,000. Rolando Juanillo, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) Director in his speech said that the government through its Daang Matuwid thrust aims to empower the youth with skill for wage or self employment. “We wish you to get skills ...
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28Mar2013When multi-awarded Cagayano social worker Edna T. Junio finally hangs her fiery red work uniform anytime this year, she knew it is time to serve herself. All these years, she has been thrown into the center of eerie howling winds and turbulent flood waters during calamities trying to save lives and serving the victims the best way she could. A ray of sunshine in any gloomy day, she has perfected the art of compassion, understanding and rationalizing the various situations her clients are thro...
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28Mar2013BONTOC, Mountain Province, March 28 (PIA) -- A provincial youth summit is scheduled on April 3 and 4 as one of the activities in celebration of the 46th Foundation Day of Mt. Province and the 9th Cultural and Lang-ay Festival. Participants to this summit to be held at the Multi-Purpose Building here are the Sangguniang Kabataan officials and in-school youth province wide. Provincial Population Officer Shirley Chiyawan said that on the first day, April 3, will be the presentation of Young A...
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28Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Health-National Capital Region (DOH-NCR) issued a warning to metro residents who will be spending vacation this Holy Week against summer diseases like diarrhea, sore eyes, headaches and flu. In a statement, DOH-NCR Regional Director Eduardo C. Janairo said that these diseases come with the summer season. “Let us take proper precautionary measures to avoid suffering from any of these illnesses and spending more time in the hospital rather tha...
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28Mar2013SANCHEZ MIRA, Cagayan, March 28 (PIA) -- A total of 556 job applicants registered during the two-day job fair that was conducted on March 21-22 held at the Cagayan State University (CSU) – Sanchez Mira Campus. The activity, which was jointly conducted by the Local Government Unit of Sanchez Mira, CSU, and the DOLE, was participated by 14 local employers and 10 overseas recruitment agencies. The job vacancy offerings totaled to 3,937 in which 581 were for local employment and 3,356 for ove...
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27Mar2013BANAUE, Ifugao, March 27 (PIA) -- Members of two people’s organizations (POs) in the province who are beneficiaries of livelihood projects under the Office of the Presidential Affair for the Peace Process (OPAPP) recently finished a three-day training workshop on Community Driven Enterprise Development (CDED). Chester Bahatan, president of the Hibla People’s Organization (HPO) based in this municipality and Velasco Cruzaldo, president of the Kabunyan People’s Organization (KPO) in Hingy...
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27Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY (PIA), March 27 – Archbishop Sergio Utleg of the archdiocese here emphasized on the Catholic Church’s thrusts such as the preferential option for the poor and the perpetuation of the spirit of stewardship over God’s creation. Archbishop Utleg said while people live in a very competitive world, the poor and the neglected have to be given attention for them to cope with life’s challenges. “We (the Church) may not be able to help build houses for them but we have gone a ...
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27Mar2013SAN JOSE, Antique, March 27 (PIA6 ) - - The prevalence of underweight pre-school children (0-60 months old) in Antique was down, removing the province from being consistently on top and putting it at No.5 in Region 6, according to Food Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI). Jocelyn Morano, Nutritionist-Dietician of the Antique Provincial Health Office, reported during the meeting of Provincial Nutrition Committee that based on the latest FNRI data the nutritional status of pre-school children ...
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27Mar2013Standing at 4’10”, Blessida Garcia-Diwa is a giant of a woman. Today, the loss of the nursing profession is the gain of the business sector and tourism industry where our main woman shines brightly even in the midst of adversaries from both sectors. Growing up in dusty yet proud Barangay Ugac Norte in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Blessida has always been an empowered woman even when the word has yet to be invented. Writing her story is like writing a book with a sequel. Her accomplishment...
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27Mar2013LAGAWE, Ifugao, March 27 (PIA)--In an effort to help address Children In Conflict with the Law (CICL) cases in this capital town, the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO) here partnered with a religious group and the community. Carmen Pantalen of the MSWDO said that their office coordinated with Christ is the Answer Church (CITAC) and the community who assisted them in coming up with plans to rehabilitate about 27 children. The CITAC provided food and gave t-shirts to ...
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27Mar2013CEBU CITY, March 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-7) in Central Visayas will gather the Municipal Information Officers in Negros Oriental to a seminar workshop for its Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) Project on April 3-4, 2013 in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. The training aims to promote each locality’s communication strategies and look for an effective approach to reduce poverty ...
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27Mar2013The national hero could have engaged her in a fierce debate over a flickering light of a lamparita under a full- bloomed Indian mango tree with flirting fireflies hovering. She could have argued her case, her disposition, actually, that the hero’s heroine, the epitome of Filipina submissiveness, Maria Clara, does not exist anymore. “Women then were timid, hesitant to speak their heart out. Not anymore,” said this mother of two and an academically-glamorous grandma of three. When she said...
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27Mar2013NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, March 27 (PIA6) -- The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) in its statement for the 2013 Women’s Month Celebration proudly cited that the Philippines is listed as one of the best places to be a woman. This, according to the 2012 Gender Gap Index (GGI) survey conducted by the World Economic Forum, the statement said. The GGI examines the gap between women and men in four fundamental categories: economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health ...
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27Mar2013Her name alone evokes serenity and goodwill, possibly culled from one of the world’s greatest tableau ever, the Nativity. Her mother, a certified educator, came from one of Tuguegarao City’s famous clans whose women are known to be compassionate at the right place and feisty when provoked. For Maria Belen Lingan Barias-Lim, family comes first. This was the reason why in the early 1980s, she exchanged a rather progressive and challenging career as a professor of the University of the Philip...
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27Mar2013BAGANGA, DAVAO ORIENTAL, March 26 -- Approaching from Caraga town, the idyllic roadside towards the neighboring Baganga has started to turn green. Various weeds and shrubs in abundance crept and have almost covered an assortment of felled trees, mostly coconut. Along the road, piled coconut lumber are primed as housing material for permanent shelter and other serviceable structures for Typhoon Pablo victims. The once beautiful scenery in this side of the east coast is almost back to what ...
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27Mar2013RIZAL, Kalinga, March 27 (PIA) -- Eleven of 80 job seekers mostly male applicants from this municipality who applied for overseas employment in a recen job fair here were hired on the spot. The job fair was held as part of the celebration of the Pinikpikan festival. Alexander Gumabol, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) provincial officer, said the activity was organized by the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) of Rizal in coordination with DOLE.He said five recruitment agenci...
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27Mar2013COMPOSTELA, COMVAL, March 27 (PIA) -- On the culmination of the five-day Gawad Kalinga Bayani Challenge 2013 in Compostela town in Compostela Valley Province, children joined young volunteers in cheering house workers to go on doing the finishing touches of houses. Even Gov. Arturo T. Uy got enticed with the sway and joined them in dancing the tune of GK Bayani Challenge theme song entitled, “Walang Imposible” with which the children of families of existing GK homes have come to know ...
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27Mar2013ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 27 (PIA) -- Fifty–four bags of blood were collected from various voluntary blood donors in the recent bloodletting activity of the Capiz Association of Government Public Information Officer’s Inc. (CAGPIO) at the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) – Capiz Chapter here. PRC – Capiz Blood Service representative Ray Martinez said “Dugtong Buhay” has the biggest number of blood bags collected from among the six mass blood donation (MBD) activities for the month of Marc...
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27Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 27 (PIA) --- Around 50 anti-child labor partners and advocates in Northern Mindanao have undergone a hands-on training on the use of the Child Labor Knowledge Sharing System (CLKSS) on Tuesday. The CLKSS orientation and training was conducted by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office 10 in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO) International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC). The CLKSS is a new web portal...
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27Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 27 (PIA) -- Cancer is just a disease and like any disease it can be cured. Thus said Dr. Noreza C. Costibolo, Internist/Oncologist, when she discussed the topic on breast cancer to an audience of women during the Women’s Congress held Tuesday, March 26 at the Social Hall of the Department of Education (DepEd) City Division in Tacloban City. People normally associate cancer with death but according to Costibolo the disease can be cured with early diagnosis and prop...
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27Mar2013MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan, March 27 (PIA) -- Five Bulakenyo Overseas repatriates from Kuwait recently benefitted from the latest livelihood assistance given by the Negosyo sa Kariton (Nego-Kart) program of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Labor regional information officer Jerry Borja said that each beneficiary received a vending cart, livelihood tools and raw materials amounting to P75,000. Meanwhile, the provincial government of Bulacan provided its counterpart assistance of P18,750 fo...
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26Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 26 (PIA)--The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) reminded private sector employers to abide by the proper pay rules for their employees who will work on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Black Saturday. Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, in a statement said, the DOLE had earlier issued a labor advisory promulgating the implementing guidelines, specifically on the pay rules, that shall apply as mandated by Proclamation No. 459 on the Payment of Wages for th...
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26Mar2013STO. TOMAS, Isabela, March 26 (PIA) – More than 2,000 families sought health services in the medical, dental and surgical mission conducted as part of the 2013 Bayani Challenge here, spearheaded by the Department of Health – Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Region 2, in partnership with the Local Government Unit of this town, the Provincial Government of Isabela and the Cagayan Valley Medical Center (CVMC). Dr. Babilyne Agagon, municipal health officer, said most of the families who ...
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26Mar2013BAGUIO CITY, March 26 (PIA) - - Poverty, physical incapacity and even serving penalty behind bars are no longer hindrance for a child, out-of-school youths or even adults to finish basic education and continue a higher degree of learning with the Department of Education’s (DEPED) Alternative Learning System. The recently released result of the December 2012 ALS Accreditation and Equivalency (A&E) examination showed that a total of 449 Baguio City - ALS Division learners passed their exami...
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26Mar2013KIANGAN, Ifugao, March 26 (PIA)-- Some best practices learned during the implementation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in the municipality in 2012 can be strengthened to better program execution this year. Victoria P. Dines, the Municipal Link (ML) assigned by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) here, said that among the best practices include the monitoring of children’s attendances in school which is made easier in coordination with the De...
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26Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 26 -- The Department of Education has renewed its partnership with Rappler, Inc., a media organization of veteran journalists, as its official social media partner for the 2013 Palarong Pambansa set in Negros Oriental this April, a statement from DepEd said. Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro and Rappler Chief Executive Officer and Executive Editor Maria Ressa were present in the ceremonial signing of the memorandum of agreement on behalf of their respective organizations...
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26Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 26 (PIA) – The Department of Health-Center for Health and Development (DOH-CHD), Zamboanga Peninsula has conducted a training on the package of essential non-communicable disease (NCD) interventions for primary health facilities in low resource settings at Guillermo Hotel this city. Sixty one “Doctors to the Barrios” (DTTBs) and Public Health Nurses (PHN) deployed in the different municipalities in Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga del Norte attended the said training. ...
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26Mar2013MANILA, March 26 -- Budget and Management Secretary Florencio B. Abad emphasized that state universities and colleges (SUCs) did not suffer a budget cut this year, but were instead given a total of P37.1 billion in 2013, 44 percent higher than their total allocation in 2012. Abad confirmed this in the wake of recent reports that decried alleged budget cuts imposed on SUCs. “To say that we decreased the budget for SUCs is grossly inaccurate. As a matter of fact, the Aquino administration gave...
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26Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 26 -- The Gender Equality Committee, led by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) and the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), launched three documents called for by R.A 9710 or the Magna Carta of Women (MCW) on March 22 in Quezon City in a bid to address women’s issues and concerns in the news and entertainment media. These are the Code of Ethics for Media, Gender Equality Guide and Guidelines to Protect Women from Discrimination in Media and Film. ...
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26Mar2013RIZAL, Kalinga, March 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) Division Office here directed school heads to focus on using the mother tongue for Grades 2 and 3 in classroom instruction. Kalinga Schools Division Superintendent Carolyn Verano in her message during the recent 'Pinikpikan' festival here said pupils have to master the mother tongue while in their early grades so that they can understand and relate themselves to their environment and the things they learn in the classroom. Wi...
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26Mar2013CEBU CITY, March 26 (PIA) –The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will provide services to help the poorest of the poor families nationwide especially those who are set to graduate this year from government’s conditional cash transfer program, or Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. “The government’s thrust now is to adopt the convergence of services to help poor household-recipients of the government’s poverty alleviation program especially those who are set to graduate from ...
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26Mar2013CEBU CITY, March 26 (PIA) -- Labor Assistant Secretary Gloria Tango said much needs to be done to eradicate child labor in the region, even as Central Visayas dropped a notch lower from 4th to 5th rank among regions in the country beset by the problem. “Though it is welcome news that from fourth placer previously, Central Visayas has now been ranked number five among regions with the most number of child laborers, the major problem lies with the volume of child laborers in the country and in ...
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26Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 26 (PIA6) -- Sixteen college scholarship grants are available for children of members of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) for Academic Year 2013-2014 according to Manager Eleanor Gregorio of the Iloilo Branch. Of the sixteen, it is not yet known how many will be allocated to the different GSIS branches in Western Visayas but they are already accepting applications under the College Scholarship Program (GSP) for the next school year. The program provides an opp...
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26Mar2013KALIBO, Aklan, March 26 (PIA6) -- A ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the Aklan Youth Center was held here recently at Barangay Nalook, Kalibo, Aklan. The putting up of the center is in line with Aklan’s continuing implementation of programs for the welfare of Aklanon children and in compliance with Republic Act 9344 or the Juvenile Justice Welfare Act, according to Aklan Governor Carlito S. Marquez. At the ground-breaking ceremony, the governor revealed that the youth cent...
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26Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 26 (PIA) -- The Philippines ranks 114th among 187 countries, with a medium Human Development Index (HDI) at 0.654 as of 2012, recent report from the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) said. The report added that the country continues to rank relatively higher in human development than other ASEAN member countries and is also making progress in the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). HDI is a composite index of health (i.e., life expectancy),...
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26Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 25 (PIA) – The City Veterinary Office (CVO) of Tuguegarao City has announced that the city has zero human death case from year 2010 onwards because of intensified campaign and linkages to partner agencies through barangay and school fora. In a press conference, Dr. Pastor C. Tumaliuan of CVO said every year their office goes to every barangay to give pet vaccine. “The vaccination is not only for the protection of human but also for animals because rabies is a disea...
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26Mar2013BINAN CITY, Laguna, March 26 (PIA) -- Residents of marginalized communities in this city have gained greater access to affordable and potable piped water through Laguna Water’s “Water for the Community” or “Patubig para sa Barangay” Program. The water operator servicing the cities of Binan, Cabuyao, and Sta. Rosa, and Manila Water Foundation, together with the local government, recently awarded certificates as proof of the service connections granted to over 130 households in the vil...
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26Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Mar. 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 10 here has reiterated its call to all Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya) workers to make it clear that politicians or parties have no control over Pantawid Pamilya and other programs of Department. Lawyer Araceli F. Solamillo, DSWD Field Office 10 Regional Director, said both beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries must be accurately informed on the selection and delistin...
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26Mar2013TINOC, Ifugao, March 26 (PIA) - - The Provincial Nutrition Council (PNC) is set to conduct the provincial search for Green Banner Award (GBA) starting next month. Dr. Mary Josephine Dulawan, Provincial Nutrition Action Officer (PNAO), said members of the PNC technical working group will be going to the different towns for the municipal evaluation of local program initiatives (MELPI) for 2012. The MELPI evaluation is conducted every year to evaluate the nutrition programs being implemented...
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26Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar. 26 (PIA) -- The National Executive Director of Gawad Kalinga urged participants to the Bayani Challenge here Sunday night to be consistently part of a nationwide effort to wipe out poverty in the country. Speaking at the public plaza here before hundreds of enthusiastic volunteers who braved the searing heat of the sun so aggregates can be transported from the highway up to Josefina II GK village a kilometer away, GK Executive Director Luis Oqueniana reminded...
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26Mar2013DAET, Camarines Norte, March 26 (PIA) – “The life of every homeless family will improve with the Gawad Kalinga (GK) Bayani Challenge 2013,” according to Zarena Bacerdo, 21, a resident of Barangay Daculang Bolo, San Lorenzo Ruiz town in this province. Zarena is one of the beneficiaries in the GK Friendship Village in Barangay Laniton, San Lorenzo town during the holding of the 8th Bayani Challenge this year from March 23-27. She said that through the unity, the building of houses will be...
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26Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 26 (PIA) -- The office of the Department of Labor and Employment here in Western Visayas launched a training program that would further upgrade the capabilities of its intermediaries in the region as well as strengthen its partnership with them. Dubbed “DOLE Intermediaries Academy,” the program was launched with DOLE 6 Director Ponciano Ligutom turning over the modules of the training courses to Jean Genosa of the Contractor and Sub Contractors Group on behalf of the inte...
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26Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 26 (PIA) -- Police Superintendent Christine Sorosa-Tan, chief of police of Molave, Zamboanga del Sur, encouraged all women during the weekly PIA forum held on Friday at the Anastacia Pensionne House in this city to show their capabilities. She said several women are now holding top positions in government and private institutions. Tan said that women should not underestimate oneself but show and prove what women is capable of. "What men can do, you can do it also,” Tan...
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25Mar2013BAGUIO CITY, March 25 (PIA) - - Mountain Province is set to celebrate its 46th founding anniversary in the Lang-ay festival on April 1-9 showcasing the province's rich cultural heritage , and for the first time will feature a “Moto-Cause” event - a double fun and adventure bike race with a humanitarian cause. Provincial Information Officer Angel Baybay, in a Department of Tourism (DOT) -led kapihan forum here, disclosed that aside from the cultural presentations, street dancing and...
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25Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 25 (PIA) -- Various government agencies, hospitals, and private entities in Western Visayas pledged support to the Department of Health (DOH) National Tuberculosis (TB) Control Program and hospital engagement for TB control. Dr. Jimmilly R. Aguiling, DOH-6 National TB Program ((NTP) regional medical coordinator, said the turn-out of participants in the ceremonial signing was overwhelming. “Based on the comprehensive unified policy on TB, we have 23-24 members, but we are g...
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25Mar2013DUPAX DEL NORTE, Nueva Vizcaya, March 25(PIA) -- The provincial government has allotted P1.4 million for the purchase of materials needed for the construction of 14 housing units in Barangay Sto. Domingo in Bambang town. Willy Delizo, executive assistant on housing, said the housing units will be given to poor families to relocate them from their temporary habitats classified as danger zones. “With this housing project, they can be assured of safe, secure, and comfortable environment to live...
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25Mar2013DUPAX DEL NORTE, Nueva Vizcaya, March 25 (PIA) -- Hundreds of volunteers from various municipalities in this province joined Saturday’s program which started the five-day volunteerism event that aims to build houses, refurbish schools, provide free medical services for poor families and regreen the environment, among others. These volunteers used their own resources like fare, food, time. Governor Luisa Cuaresma, along with town officials led by mayor Clarita Egmin-Epi inspired the participa...
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25Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 25 (PIA) -- Every Filipino deserves a safe and peaceful place called home. This was conveyed by Gawad Kalinga Iloilo Provincial Head Maria Rosa Cacho to about 3,000 volunteers during the kick off of the 2013 Bayani Challenge in New Lucena, Iloilo on March 23. “Home is a safe place to live, a place of peace and a place for rest. There should be a home for all Filipinos,” said Cacho. She said that there should be a sanctuary for every Filipino and not just for a few. For...
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25Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 25 (PIA) -- School buildings constructed under the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) Project are found “excellent”, the Regional Development Council (RDC) 12 reported Friday. The Regional Project Monitoring Committee of the RDC 12 randomly inspected several development projects, including those implemented through Kalahi-CIDSS Project of the Department of Social Welfare and Deve...
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25Mar2013LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Mar. 25 (PIA) -- More women are asserting their rights to equal opportunities in the workplace which was formerly dominated by males. Promoting equality in the workplace was the focus of the gender awareness seminar that women advocates at the Pangasinan State University (PSU) conducted last week to mark the National Women’s Month. The seminar was attended by teaching and non-teaching personnel with no gender-related training from the nine PSU campuses located in Alami...
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24Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has assured the public that the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) will never be stopped just because of political rivalries and intrigues. Assistant Secretary Javier R. Jimenez, during his visit here, said it is unfair for the beneficiaries to be deprived of the opportunity to improve their status in life through the poverty alleviation programs of the government just because of some politicians w...
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24Mar2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Mar 24 (PIA) -- Qualified members of the Social Security System who face difficulty in sending their children to school may get an educational assistance of up to P15,000 per semester. Francis Pentecostes, SSS assistant branch head, said members with a monthly income of P15,000 may apply for the SSS educational assistance loans provided they have up-to-date payments of previous SSS loans and at least 36 monthly contributions. The loan can be granted to the SSS mem...
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24Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar. 24 (PIA) -- Help government inculcate the value of tilling the soil among the young. This was the impassioned appeal made by Rep. Roger Mercado to local media practitioners in a press conference Monday shortly after the State of the City Address (SOCA) of city Mayor Maloney Samaco. “Please help in convincing our young people to have their hands dirtied in agricultural undertaking,” the lone district lawmaker said. Mercado said he believes poverty can be...
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24Mar2013BAGUIO CITY, March 24 (PIA) - - The Baguio City Health Services Office (HSO) in coordination with the Department of Health (DOH) is pushing for a new strategy against the dreadful dengue virus, now a year-round concern. Last week, the City HSO invited representatives from government line agencies, civic organizations, and barangay leaders attended a “Sector Wide Approach (SWAP) to Dengue" briefing and consultation. Assistant City Health Officer Dr. Rowena Galpo called on a multi-sectoral ...
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24Mar2013SAN JOSE DEL MONTE CITY, Bulacan, March 24 (PIA) -- The Holy Family International College in San Jose Del Monte City became the latest educational institution in Bulacan to have a school-based Public Employment Service Office (PESO). DOLE regional information officer Jerry Borja said, “School-based PESOs aim to help students land stable jobs after finishing their studies through career information, pre-employment orientation, and labor education seminars.” They also organize job fairs and ...
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24Mar2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga, March 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment in Region 3 (DOLE-3) recently signed a Kapatiran Wise TAV (KWT) partnership agreement with Makati Development Corp (MDC) to intensify its Zero Accident in the workplace advocacy- a first in the construction industry. “KWT - Para sa Mas Ligtas, Malusog, at Produktibong Manggagawa" is a flagship public-partnership program of the DOLE anchored on the International Labor Organization's Work Improvement in Small...
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24Mar2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, March 24 (PIA) –- Women groups here have organized and elected the first officers of the Provincial Local Council of Women (PLCW) to serve as a vehicle to empower the women and mainstream gender and development (GAD) in the province. The PLCW, said Digna Dalutag, PLCW provincial coordinator and Provincial Social Welfare and Development Officer (PSWDO), will serve as the umbrella organization of all women’s group and as a policy-making body for all women development pro...
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23Mar2013The Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) has come a long way, decades after it started as a provincial hospital in 1925, relocated to various sites when the Second World War broke in 1941, and was wrecked by a powerful earthquake in 1990. Now considered a premiere medical center north of Manila, the center boasts of a modern emergency room. It was President Aquino no less who opened the P23-million facility that consists of an animal bite center, quarantine area, a radiology section, operating rooms,...
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23Mar2013SIQUIJOR, March 23 (PIA) -- Through the spirit of collaboration and partnership, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), and the provincial government of Siquijor recently hosted a training on organic farming. The Training-Workshop on Natural and Organic Farming System held at the DAR provincial office in Caipilan, Siquijor, Siquijor was conducted under the Farmers Information and Technology Services (FITS) consortium...
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23Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 23 (PIA) -- Four years ago, some 200 young persons from Metro Manila and other cities left for Sulu to help build new and better homes for the poor. Some took out savings, others sold cellphones, MP4s and other personal gadgets to raise money for the trip to Panglima Estino: an unfamiliar town where they have no friends nor relatives. These builders were volunteers of Bayani Challenge 2009 who were in Sulu when Abu Sayyaf bandits were snatching foreigners and locals for ran...
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23Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 23 --The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the Department of Education bared the winners in the 2012 National Search for the best public school teachers of savings and financial literacy who received generous financial reward for their effort. Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro in a statement identified the national winners who received P100,000 each as Violeta Roson of F. Benitez Elementary School of Makati City, May Villanueva of Sta. Rosa Elementary School of Laguna, ...
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23Mar2013CEBU, March 23 (PIA) -- Forty-six public elementary and high school students from Naga City, Cebu experienced three-day robotics training through the Dr. Caridad C. Labe (CCL) Education CentrEx Robotics Team that was held on March 7-9 at the Naga National High School. President of CCL Education CentrEx School, Rachel Labe said “we wanted to promote robotics in as many schools as possible not only for students to have a fun way of applying what they learned in the said subjects, but for them t...
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23Mar2013BORONGAN CITY,Eastern Samar, March 24 (PIA) -- Pascual Azura of the Coconut Federation (Cocofed) here said the Cocofed scholarship program then, had the best financial assistance the students ever had in the province. According to him, there were 75 scholars in the province who availed of the program, and are now working productively, in their chosen fields. Among them is the two-termer mayor, of Quinapondan, Atty. Nedie Campoto, the other is Dean Victor Aseo of Visayas College of Agriculture...
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23Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 23 -- Social Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman bared that there are 249 more Filipino deportees from Sabah, Malaysia who arrived on March 19 in Tawi-Tawi. In a statement, the DSWD said the deportees were immediately given stress debriefing, counselling services, and relief assistance to augment support for their daily basic needs. As of March 20, a total 1,319 families composed of 3,704 Filipino returnees from Sabah arrived in Tawi-Tawi and Sulu pr...
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22Mar2013LA TRINIDAD, Benguet, March 22 (PIA) -- The Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Academy brought to this town its advocacy of teaching entrepreneurs on how to keep their business grow and to have successful family business. Around 70 entrepreneurs of this town attended the event held last March 15 at the La Trinidad municipal gym. The activity was in cooperation with the Department of Trade and Industry and the town’s local government unit as part of the Strawberry Festival celebratio...
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22Mar2013ALFONSO Lista, Ifugao, March 22 (PIA)-- Twenty five goat raisers of Barangay Sto. Domingo in this municipality have participated in a Farmer Livestock School on Integrated Goat Management (FLS-IGM) conducted in 28 weeks. Gilbert Caclini, the Agri-Pinoy coordinator, said the activity seeks to promote the adoption of recommended production practices in goat production through the FLS-IGM to increase the income of the farm households and improve resource management capabilities of rural commun...
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22Mar2013LA TRINIDAD, Benguet, March 22 (PIA)-- The Commission on Higher Education – Cordillera is encouraging students who are financially- constrained to approach their school officials and ask for special permits to be able to take the examinations. CHED-CAR Assistant Regional Director Ramon Santiago said that students can make arrangements with their schools on how they can avail of special permits for them to take their examinations. Santiago said CHED is strictly obligating schools not to den...
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22Mar2013LA TRINIDAD, Benguet, March 22(PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology turned over digital libraries to three provinces in the Cordillera Region last week. DOST-CAR Assistant Regional Director Maria Rowena Madarang and Science and Technology Information Institute representative Annie Lyn Bacani signed a memorandum of agreement and turned over three Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosk Stations, or STARBOOKS to the provinces of Kalinga, Apayao and ...
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22Mar2013SAN JOSE, Antique, March 22 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) here reported that 665 women-scholars were trained on several fields on Technical Vocational and Educational Training programs (TVET) last year. “Of the 665 recipients, four were trained in welding and three for refrigeration. This indicates a situation where our women are now taking up courses normally dominated by men,” said Tesda Antique officer-in-charge provincial director Rick M. Ab...
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22Mar2013DUMAGUETE CITY, March 22 (PIA) -- Out of the total 200 college scholarship slots available nationwide, the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has allotted 38 slots this year for Visayas applicants. The 200 scholarship slots are made available in National Capital Region (41 slots), Luzon (76), Visayas (38), and Mindanao (45) for school year 2013 to 2014. The program provides an opportunity for state workers to send their children to colleges and universities that provide quality educati...
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22Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 22 (PIA) -- A series of activities have been set up here for the Bayani Challenge 2013 themed: “Isang Bayan, Isang Bayanihan,” that will take place from March 23 to 27. At least 100,000 volunteers in more than 35 provinces nationwide will gather and simultaneously hold the Bayani Challenge dubbed the biggest multi-sectoral showcase of volunteerism in the country. Jose Mari Oquiñena, undersecretary for special concerns of the Presidential Communications Operatio...
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22Mar2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, March 22 (PIA) -- The provincial government here recently recognized 12 women with exemplary accomplishments as mother, wife and community leaders as outstanding women of Quirino in the recent celebration of Women’s Month dubbed as “Pagpupugay sa mga Kababaihan ng Quirino.” The awardees were Lilia A. Lucena-Aglipay; Remegia B. Caldaera-Aglipay; Fely D. Manuel-Cabarroguis; Belen T. Domingo-Cabarroguis; Gilda G. Reola-Diffun; Dolorita T. Olpindo-Diffun; Gloria J. Fon...
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22Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 22 (PIA) --The Department of Labor and Employment in Region 2 (DOLE-2) is consulting the public concerning the proposed Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA 10361 or Kasambahay Law today at Hotel Carmelita, this city. The Kasambahay Law was signed by President Benigno Aquino III on January 18, 2013 and is expected to benefit at least 2.5 million domestic workers. “This is part of the strategy of the DOLE to solicit inputs, recommendations, suggestions, and c...
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22Mar2013Antipolo City, Mar. 22 (PIA) -- Residents of the municipalities of San Mateo and Rodriguez in this province will largely benefit with the inauguration of the seventh provincial government hospital. Rizal Gov. Jun Ynares III, together with other local government officials, will lead the inauguration and blessing of the two-storey, secondary hospital on March 27. Costing P200 million, the hospital is seen to enhance and improve the medical services in both localities. For so long, people here ...
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22Mar2013PATIN-AY, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, Mar. 22 (PIA) -- Students from different elementary and high schools in the province bagged various awards in the 10th National Science Quest (NSQ) held last month at the Teachers’ Camp in Baguio City. “Our children are impressive, they showed promising futures as scientists, doctors, and engineers. I have been supporting our students through the various programs and projects the provincial government extends to DepEd because I believe in them and thes...
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22Mar2013QUEZON CITY, Mar 22 -- In support of the Association of Nutrition Action Officers - National Capital Region's advocacy walk for overweight and obese pre-school and school children called "Hakbang Para Sa Tamang Timbang", Dr. Eduardo C. Janairo called on parents of children aged 5-10 years old to encourage their kids to be physically active and exercise regularly. "Let us start our children early to value the importance of physical activity like riding bikes, playing tag, or playing ball. It h...
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22Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 22 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) is calling on school heads to comply with the fire safety code. This is after BFP inspected a number of public and private schools in the region and ordered the imposition of fines to 10 out of 29 high school facilities initially covered. BFP 10 Assistant Regional Director for Operations Alan N. Aladano said the most common reason for non-compliance is lack of funds, especially among public schools. He urged school hea...
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22Mar2013ISLAND GARDEN CITY OF SAMAL, March 22 (PIA) -- More than 200,000 undergraduate students of Holy Cross of Babak Inc.(HCBI) gathered for the rabies symposium as part of Rabies Awareness Month Celebration at Babak school campus, Babak District, Island Garden City of Samal, March 15. For a better grasp of rabies virus contamination, a film showing on Rabies Case and actual rabies vaccination was made by the staff of the City Veterinary Office in the campus. The symposium was facilitated by the C...
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21Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 21 (PIA) - - A total of P285 million intended for pension adjustments has been released by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to its 45,000 retirees as of February 2013 after reviving its policy in recomputing their pension based on their first day of retirement. Pensioners who retired on or after September 2009 and are in active status as of payment date are covered by the new policy. “The decision to adopt the payment of proportionate pension in 2011 was...
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21Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 21 (PIA) -- The health facilities of the Department of Health (DOH-6) Center for Health Development will be on code white alert for Lent starting Maundy Thursday until Black Saturday. Dr. May Ann Sta. Lucia, DOH-6 Regional Health Management Staff Coordinator said this during a press briefing on summer diseases program. Sta. Lucia said that under the code white alert status, emergency medicines and supplies are made available at the emergency rooms of hospitals and health f...
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21Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar 21 (PIA) -- Southern Leyte is one of the34 sites where the Gawad Kalinga Bayani Challenge will be conducted, specifically in Maasin City. In a phone interview over radio station DyDM, GK head Dr. Jerome Paler said that the eighth Bayani Challenge will start on Saturday, March 23 until the 27, a synchronized activity throughout the identified sites in the country. He disclosed that the kick-off activity will be at the Anatalio Gaviola Plaza, Maasin City on the...
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21Mar2013BASCO, Batanes, March 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) conducted a fora at the Ivatan Conference Hall, Department of Education,on March 12 to campaign for 100 percent iodized salt utilization as a strategy to improve nutritional status of Filipinos. The fora was attended by 29 barangay nutrition scholars in the province, provincial nutrition council members, Department of Health staff, provincial heath staff, and rural health units in the province. The DOST and Food...
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21Mar2013MAYOYAO, Ifugao, March 21 (PIA) -- The Provincial Nutrition Council (PNC) has awarded yesterday certificates of recognition and cash prizes to winners of the 2012 search for nutrition-friendly school. Provincial Nutrition Action Officer (PNAO) Dra. Mary Josephine Dulawan lauded the winners and encouraged them to work for the betterment of schoolchildren by promoting nutritious snacks in their respective schools. Mayoyao Central School and the Hapid Elementary School were declared champions i...
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21Mar2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, March 21 (PIA) –- Women groups in the province are encouraged to promote and affirm their rights. Provincial Legal Officer Atty. Kristian Wandag, in a message during the 2013 Women’s Month celebration here, challenged participants to look into the implementation and observation of the special laws advocating the advancement of women. He said women play an important role in the community since improving the women sector could also lead to the growth of community, for ...
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21Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry in Region 2 (DTI-2) conducted a symposium and workshop in celebration of World Consumer Rights Day with the theme, "Consumer Justice Now” on March 15 at Villa Blanca Hotel, Ugac Sur, this city. Atty. Ma. Esperanza C. Bañares, regional director, said that this activity aimed to promote the basic rights of all consumers, demand that these be protected, respected. It also brought to fore protests against market abuses and s...
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21Mar2013ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, March 21 (PIA) --The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) has finally been given the opportunity to interact with institutional health care providers and health care professionals as PhilHealth has now made it's zeal to deepen its relationship by creating a new team called PhilHealth Reach Out. Around 60 participants from the Philippine Hospitals Association of Iligan City and Lanao del Norte Chapter were the first to be given Reach Out orientation by P...
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21Mar2013LEGAZPI CITY, Mar. 21 (PIA) -- Thirty-two agriculture students of Catanduanes State University (CSU) finished their 16-week Students Field School on Integrated Pest Management and Palay Check System on March 16. The field school, the first of its kind at the Catanduanes State University, was conducted from November 2012 to March 13 at the College of Agriculture and Fisheries with the fourth year agriculture students taking up their practicum. Angie A. Villanueva of Calabnigan, Virac, Catandua...
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21Mar2013LEGASPI CITY, March 21 -- Believing that every child needs a loving and caring family, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) enhances public awareness on the growing number of orphaned, abandoned or neglected Filipino children in need of love and permanent families. In a recent Foster Care and Adoption Forum held at DSWD field office here, Arlene Chua, focal person of the Adoption Resource and Referral Section, explained that the department is gender sensitive. Applicants for ...
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21Mar2013DAGUPAN CITY, Mar. 21 (PIA) – Over 200 expectant mothers enjoyed free medical services during the Buntis Congress held at the Provincial Training and Development Center in Lingayen town earlier this month. The Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, Inc. in the Ilocos Region and the Provincial Health Office (PHO) offered the services to mark the National Women’s Month. In a statement, Dr. Anna Maria Teresa De Guzman, PHO chief, said that the activity intends to instill awareness...
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21Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 21 (PIA) -- Seventy two slots are open for dependents of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Western Visayas who want to avail of the scholarship program offered by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) for the school year 2013-2014. Rizza Joy Mapa, OWWA-6 Welfare Officer, said the OFW Dependent Scholarship Program (OFWDSP) is an educational assistance offered to qualified dependents of OFWs who intend to pursue any four-year or five-year baccalaureate degree o...
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21Mar2013SILAY CITY, Negros Occidental, March 21 (PIA) -- The Silay City Health Office, in coordination with the Committee on Women and Family, has initiated the 3rd Buntis Congress 2013, recently , a press release from the city said. The celebration was kicked off by a “Pride Walk” around the city. The program started with the inspirational messages delivered by Silay City Mayor Jose L. Montelibano and City Councilor Rosalinda Caja, chairperson on committee on women and family. The highlight of t...
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21Mar2013DIPOLOG CITY, March 21 (PIA) -- The city government here conducted several activities to celebrate women’s month with the theme, “Kababaihan:Gabay sa Pagtahak sa Tuwid na Daan.” It kicked off with a volleyball tournament at the City Hall ground. About 200 members of the Local Council of Women (LCW) participated in the Women’s Forum at Barangay Miputak. Atty. Jasmine Pinsoy discussed the Magna Carta for Women to guide and empower them as to their rights and obligations. In line with...
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21Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 21 (PIA) -- As opposed to the notion that iodized salt can greatly alter texture, taste, and components of processed food, studies of the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) show that iodized salt has no significant effect on the pH (acidity), Aw (water activity in food), and moisture content of test processed food products. Czarina S. Martinez of the FNRI said during the orientation of studies on “The Effects of Iodized Salt in Processed Foods in Selected ...
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21Mar2013MANILA, March 21 -- The Department of Health (DOH) yesterday released the implementing rules and regulations regarding stem cell and cell-based therapy in the country. “Our efforts at regulating the practice of stem cell therapy in this country are aimed at safeguarding the welfare of our patients and the general public by making safe, effective and ethical stem cell modalities and practices are within emerging international and global standards considering the very complex nature of this the...
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21Mar2013BASCO, Batanes, March 21 (PIA) -- The Government Service Insurance System from Manila and Region 2 conducted orientations yesterday to clients on retirement updates. The topics discussed were: a) the retirement modes, the difference between Life Endowment Policy and Enhanced Life Policy (ELP); the basis for computation of retirement pay; the retirement laws RA 660 or Magic 87, RA 1616, RA 1146 and briefly RA 8291; and the portability law RA 7699. Vice-president Eduardo Fernandez, of the Luzon...
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21Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 21 (PIA) -- The Office of Civil Defense – Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (OCD-RDRRMC) in coordination with the Department of Education conducted on Friday, March 15 its first quarter School-Based Tsunami and Earthquake Drill at Sta. Lucia National High School, this city. An estimated 800 high school students and faculty members participated in the drill. OCD-9 Regional Director and RDRRMC-9 chairperson Adriano D. Fuego said the activity aims to promo...
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21Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 21 (PIA) -- An official of a United Nations group expressed hope for the full implementation of the Reproductive Health (RH) Code in the province of Sultan Kudarat. Florence Tayzon, Philippine assistant representative of United Nations Fund for Population Assistance (UNFPA) said this during the the policy review and strengthening meeting of the Sultan Kudarat Reproductive Health and Population Management Council (SKRHPMC) on Tuesday at a hotel in Ko...
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21Mar2013DAET, Camarines Norte, Mar. 21 (PIA) -- A total of 56 cases were filed in court last year against perpetrators for violations of Republic Act 9262 or Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act, a decreased of five cases compared to the 61 cases recorded in 2011. This was disclosed by P/Inspector Ana Rose A. Domingo, chief of Women’s and Children’s Desk (WCPD) of the Camarines Norte Police Provincial Office (CNPPO) during the “Talakayan sa PIA” featuring “Women’s Month Celebr...
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21Mar2013NEW BATAAN, Compostela Valley, March 21 (PIA) -- About 40 women coming from typhoon-displaced families living in bunkhouses in New Bataan engaged in a productive activity through the help of the Compostela Valley Provincial Council of Women (CVPCW). The council of women of the province had tapped the Rural Improvement Club (RIC) to teach the women to weave assorted-color rags into rugs, said Fe Circulado, RIC president in a recent interview, CVPCW has initially provided them with five sac...
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21Mar2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 21 (PIA) -- The organization of task forces in the 15 municipalities in this province had reduced the number of dengue cases, provincial health officials here said. Dr. Arnel Magdirila, assistant provincial health officer, said dengue cases from 2010, 2011, and 2012 dramatically decreased with 1,811, 1,866 and 1,617 cases respectively because of the multi-sectoral efforts being done to control it. “We have good performance because we controlled it in major tow...
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21Mar2013BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 21 (PIA) -- The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program(4Ps) will be rounding up at least 12,758 poor families in this province for validation and provision of benefits this year. Marissa Tongdo, 4Ps provincial link said the figure will be subjected for the National Household Targetting System(NHTS) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD) in order to check their qualification for the 4Ps. “This figure may be reduced depending on the result of ou...
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20Mar2013LAMUT, Ifugao, March 20 (PIA)--Personnel of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Ifugao Field Office recently conducted a Labor Education for Graduating Students (LEGS) to 800 students from the four campuses of the Ifugao State University (IFSU) at the Luis Hora gymnasium here. According to Senior Labor and Employment Officer of DOLE-Ifugao Isabelita Codamon, the activity is an annual program to support the placement and career development services of the Guidance and Counseling Center...
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20Mar2013MANILA, March 20 -- The Department of Education endorses the Tahderiyyah Curriculum in Islamic community schools operated by the Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA), giving Muslim preschool children equal access to quality kindergarten education. The Tahderiyyah curriculum was developed for five-year old Muslim pupils in schools under the BDA. The standards and competencies of the curriculum are aligned with the kindergarten curriculum implemented in all public schools nationwide, a statement f...
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20Mar2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, March 20 (PIA) - - Trained community health teams (CHTs) in this province are closely monitoring on a monthly basis health risk household members identified under the National Household Targeting System (NHTS). The CHTs which were organized last year have finished profiling households identified under the NHTS where data on health risk household members was established for treatment and regular monitoring. Bernadette Andaya, CHD team head for Kalinga, said the approach is ...
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20Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- Updated PhilHealth records, like the Member Data Record (MDR), are necessary for members to avail themselves of benefits from the National Health Insurance System (NHIS). PhilHealth-6 Chief Dr. Dennis Mas said this is especially important for patients seeking confinement in a PhilHealth-accredited health care provider. “All PhilHealth members must have with them their MDRs, making sure it is updated,” Mas said in a statement. Mas reiterated the polic...
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20Mar2013TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, March 20 (PIA) -- The Bohol Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) is looking into how Muslim families now permanently residing in the province can avail of the health benefits under the PhilHealth’s universal coverage program. PPOC Chairman Bohol Gov. Edgar Chatto has earlier directed the Provincial Social Welfare Office (PSWO) to come up with an inventory of all Muslim communities who will be eligible to get the socialized health services. The move was prompted ...
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20Mar2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, March 20 (PIA) -– More than 400 volunteer barangay health workers (BHW) and barangay nutrition scholars (BNS) attended this year’s Tabuk City Barangay Health Congress held Monday at the People’s Gym, here. The participation of health workers from all 42 barangays affirmed that Tabuk City’s rural health service is on the right track, said Henrietta Bagayao, City Health Officer. Kalinga Congressman Manuel S. Agyao noted this year’s theme “Serving our cl...
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20Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office 10 will conduct an orientation seminar and hands-on training on Child Labor Knowledge Sharing System (CLKKS) on March 26 at Dynasty Hotel, here. Lawyer Johnson G. Cañete, DOLE-10 Regional Director, said the one-day activity aims to improve collaboration and data sharing among partners and advocates of child labor programs. The CLKKS is an information technology tool for sharing relevant real-t...
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20Mar2013MANDALUYONG CITY, March 20 (PIA) - - The Department of Health Center for Health Development of the National Capital Region (DOH CHD-NCR) conducted a press conference, Tuesday, enjoining partner agencies and stakeholders to strengthen commitment to tobacco elimination and control and condemning tobacco exhibitions in the country. The press conference was in line with the three-day Tobacco Exhibition starting April 20 -22 at the World Trade Center, Pasay City. Panelists in the press conference w...
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20Mar2013BAGUIO CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), as part of its core poverty reduction program, is set to implement P49.05 million worth of KALAHI-CIDSS (Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services) projects in nine towns of Abra. DSWD-CAR KALAHI-CIDSS Social Marketing Officer Nerriza Faye Villanueva, in an interview, disclosed that the KALAHI-CIDSS projects is set to benefit 101 barangays in the Abra towns...
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20Mar2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, March 20 (PIA) - - The Provincial Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (PESU) here reported an increase in dengue suspects in the province last year but with no recorded death. According to Jose Pardito Jr., provincial epidemiologist, dengue cases increased to 2,177 in 2012 compared to 1,986 in 2011. “Though there were 196 suspects added last year, I am happy to report that there was no recorded death compared to 7 deaths in 2011,” he said. The zero death last year ...
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20Mar2013LAOAG CITY, Mar. 20 (PIA) –--If you are pregnant and frequently ride the tricycle in this city, then you can get a 20 percent off on your fare. There’s a caveat though, the discount applies only when the expectant mother rides to the hospital or to a health center for a checkup. Nelinda Erice, gender and development (GAD) officer of the province, said the privilege was part of empowering women as the nation marked Women’s Month. “We wanted our expectant mothers to get the same fare d...
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20Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 20 (PIA) -- Some 60 officers of day care workers’ organizations across Soccsksargen Region recently underwent capability building training on early childhood care and development (ECCD). Covered in the training, according to DSWD 12 training specialist Remedios Gabriel, were capability building pertaining to ECCD emergencies, implementation of supplementary feeding program and guidelines on the accreditation of day ...
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20Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 20 (PIA6) -- Sixteen campus paper writers from Iloilo colleges and universities, including high schools, have qualified as recipients of the IWAG Award 2013 given by the Philippine Information Agency in the region. These awardees are graduating editors of their respective publications who have written good developmental stories on top of other criteria which include communications training, involvement in community service and academic performance. Awardees in the coll...
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20Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 20 (PIA) – Some 1,500 member of the Rural Improvement Club – Women Empowerment (RIC-WEM) in the municipality of Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur commemorated Women’s Month last Friday at the town gymnasium. “This is another opportunity for us to celebrate a day intended for women, an event where we give recognition to their contribution and role in the community,” Mayor Ace William E. Cerilles said. “This is also the day that we give them honor for their exceptio...
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20Mar2013LAGAWE, Ifugao, March 20 (PIA)--The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office here recommended the continuous conduct of information education campaign(IEC) on child abuse laws including the popularization of the Children’s Code to deter the cases of child abuse in the province. Provincial Social Welfare and Development Officer Joyce Niwane said 13 cases of child abuse were reported from January-February 2013 of which out of these cases, eight cases were physical abuse, four ca...
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20Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Soccsksargen Region is appealing to local government units and private partners to support the implementation of the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES. DOLE 12 regional director Chona Mantilla told members of the media here that the national government has allotted P31 million for the program that would provide short-term employment t...
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20Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 20 (PIA6) -- Updated PhilHealth records, like the Member Data Record (MDR) are necessary for members to immediately avail of benefits from the National Health Insurance System (NHIS). PhilHealth-6 Chief Dr. Dennis Mas said this is especially important for patients seeking confinement in a PhilHealth-accredited health care provider. “All PhilHealth members must have with them their MDRs, making sure it is updated,” Mas said in a statement. Mas reiterated the pol...
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20Mar2013TARLAC CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- Tarlac Provincial Hospital (TPH) recently opened its new five storey, 100-bed capacity extension building in an effort to make health services more accessible and affordable. “The edifice houses four operating rooms, an Intensive Cardiac Care Unit (ICCU), delivery rooms, recovery rooms, ward, emergency rooms, pharmacy, and laboratory department. It is also home to the Tarlac Eye Center” Governor Victor Yap said. At present, TPH extension has three hydraulic o...
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20Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 20 (PIA) -- Training on different kinds of services is already part of alleviating poverty, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) OIC Provincial Director Rodrigo Lacaba disclosed during the Foot Spa Training held at the Maasin City Livelihood and Training Center March 19. At least 30 inspired women participated the livelihood training, as one of the activities lined-up by the city Social Welfare Services Office celebrating Women’s M...
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20Mar2013GOVERNMENT CENTER, Palo, Leyte, March 20 (PIA) -- The Regional Gender and Development Committee of the Regional Development Council of Eastern Visayas is set to conduct a community immersion at the island Barangay of Maliwaliw in Salcedo, Eastern Samar on March 20. National Statistical Coordiination Board Regional head Evangeline Paran said, the community immersion will allow the members of RGADC to interact with the village people regarding the successful project implemented in the area by the...
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20Mar2013DIPOLOG CITY, March 20 (PIA) – City Schools Division Superintendent Victorina G. Perez has called on the media practitioners here to be responsible in exercising their profession. Speaking during the 48th induction program of the Zamboanga del Norte Press Club (ZNPC), Perez recalled that she was once maligned in a news article written by a media man whom she did not know personally. After that story saw print, the guy came to her in the guise of getting her side and was asking how many copi...
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20Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 20 (PIA) —One thousand women from Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) and women’s organization joined the women’s day celebration at the Calbayog City convention center on Sunday. March is Women’s Month, and the city government thru City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) conducted one day activity to honor its women with the theme “Kababaihan: Gabay sa Pagtahak sa Tuwid na Daan.” Proclamation No. 224 declares every first week of Marc...
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20Mar2013OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Mar. 20 (PIA) -- Jose Mari M. Oquiňena, the new Director General (DG) of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), is a volunteerism champion. Currently holding the post of Undersecretary for Special Concerns at the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), DG Oquiňena founded Pilipinas Natin, a nationwide volunteer program, which brings the message across to all Filipinos that “the Aquino government is committed to its promise to engage the citiz...
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19Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Health Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD 6) recognized 74 hospitals and local health units in Western Visayas for their outstanding performance in newborn screening. The DOH said that this recognition is an acknowledgement of partners especially local government units, private health facilities that have continuously maintained exemplary performance for the newborn screening (NBS) program. Twenty six of the awardees are from Negros Occide...
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19Mar2013ARITAO, Nueva Vizcaya, March 19 (PIA) -- The provincial government here will be funding the construction of at least 10 housing units for poor families within the Gawad Kalinga community in Barangay Beti here. Wilfred Wross Delizo, provincial government’s executive assistant on housing, said the houses will be built through the convergence of efforts of community volunteers which is expected to be generated with the forthcoming Bayani Challenge 2013. “These housing units will be turned-o...
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19Mar2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Mar. 18 (PIA) - - “We are what we declare ourselves. If we say we are good, we are beautiful, we are young forever then you become one when you begin to believe yourself. Believe that you can be what you want to,” declared beauty and wellness expert Cory Quirino in her keynote speech during the World Women’s Day (WWD) celebration in Zamboanga City recently. City Public Information Officer (PIO) Belen Covarrubias, in a press statement, said hundreds of women from various se...
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19Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 19 (PIA) -- Consumer complaints under the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) jurisdiction can be resolved in seven days through mediation. This was revealed by Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) regional director Cynthia Nierras where she also said that cases escalated to arbitration will be decided within 20 days after filing. DTI has implemented a harmonized mediation and arbitration procedure to provide speedy redress on consumer complaints on violations o...
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19Mar2013DUMAGUETE CITY, March 19 (PIA) -- Around 800 elementary pupils from Candau-ay and Balugo Elementary schools here availed of the free dental services from the dental operating team of the Philippine Army’s 302nd Brigade together with U.S. Pacific Air Force recently. Under Operation Pacific Angel 2013-1, the free dental activity was conducted as part of capacity-building and experience-sharing efforts to provide medical assistance in Negros Oriental. According to the Army's information office...
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19Mar2013DUMAGUTE CITY, Negros Oriental, March 19 (PIA) -- Some 3,000 volunteers for Negros Oriental’s Gawad Kalinga (GK)-Bayani Challenge are expected to join 100,000 strong Army of Hope Builders nationwide signing up to build homes for the homeless on March 23 to 27 this year. Of the 37 sites in 33 provinces, the municipality of Mabinay, Negros Oriental targets to build 35 houses for the displaced victims of Typhoon Pablo that struck in December 2012. In a five-day event, 35 two-storey row houses ...
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19Mar2013MANILA, March 19 -- Filipino health professionals now have the opportunity to work in Germany. This, as the Philippines and the Federal Republic of Germany on Tuesday, March 19, concluded a government-to-government agreement that will facilitate the placement of Filipino health care professionals in employment positions in Germany, a Department of Foreign Affairs statement said. The Agreement was signed by Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (P...
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19Mar2013ASIPULO, Ifugao, March 19 (PIA) -- Women from all over the province convened in this municipality to celebrate Women’s Month last March 14 and 15. Jane Fortich, president of the Ifugao Women’s Organization, said that aside from the different activities that showcased the different talents or skills of the women, they listened to talks on the reproductive health (RH) law RH programs of the government and on the male involvement on RH during the forum. Congressman Teddy Baguilat ...
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19Mar2013ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 19 (PIA6) -- Five indigenous people’s (IP) communities in Jamindan, Capiz are among the beneficiaries of the first batch of school buildings project by the Australian Agency for International Development (AUSAID) in the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) program areas. The project with a budget of P7-million are for the IP barangays of Jaena Norte, Jaena Sur, Agloloway , Agbun od and San Juan. ...
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19Mar2013CITY OF MANILA, March 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development in the National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR) recently met with barangay chairmen of local government units in the region with high incidence of street children. Representatives from the Local Social Welfare and Development Offices, Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), barangay chairpersons and their staff participated in the consultation meeting to reduce the numner of street children. DSWD-NCR Regional Direc...
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19Mar2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Mar 18 (PIA) -- At least 1,000 sports enthusiasts slipped on their running shoes last Saturday, March 16 for the La Union Unity Marathon (LUUM) organized by the iRunners Community. Luum, derived from the Ilocano word which means ripe, was coined to signify the group’s advocacy to promote La Union tourism through running. The event’s organizer said participants were united in saying that the province is ripe for tourism. The organizers said more groups are begi...
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19Mar2013VIGAN CITY, Mar. 19 (PIA) -- To 13 year-old Patricia Antonette Galanga, being part of a youth camp has taught her to take responsibility for other people especially those who have less in life. Galanga, a sophomore student from Saint Joseph Institute (SJI), was one of 63 students who took part in the 9th Balangayan Camp in Ilocos Sur held last month at the Gawad Kalinga (GK) site in Barangay Tamurong Primero in Candon City. Like other youngsters, Galanga immersed herself in one of the shelter ...
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18Mar2013FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City, March 18 (PIA) - - The 124-strong Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Pudang Kalis (Puso’t Dangal ng Lahing Nagkakaisa) Class of 2013 officially joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of the Philippines with Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin declaring their commission as second lieutenants and ensigns during their graduation rites here, Sunday. President Benigno Aquino III in his keynote address said he is honored to be with the graduates to witness and congratu...
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18Mar2013MANILA, March 18 -- Dr. Ursula von der Leyen, Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of Germany is here in Manila to witness the signing of the agreement that will allow Filipino health care professional to work in Germany. A statement from the Department of Foreign Affairs said the German Minister will witness the signing of “Agreement Concerning the Placement of Filipino Health Care Professionals in Employment Positions in the Federal Republic of Germany at the Department of Labor a...
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18Mar2013CEBU CITY, March 18 (PIA) -- Officers from the Philippine Mental Health Association (PMHA) Cebu Chapter in a recent Kapihan forum here shared tips on how parents and teachers can deal with cyberbullies and their victims in schools. Bullies focus their attack on the reputation, appearance, and opinion of victims, said Dr. Glenda Basubas, PMHA Cebu Chapter chairperson. The bullies either spread images that have been Photoshopped, are rumor mongering, and spreading private videos primarily thr...
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18Mar2013LAGAWE, Ifugao, March 18 (PIA) - -In line with the celebration of National Crime Prevention Week this September, the National Police Commission (Napolcom) here announced today the search for Model PNP Families in the solo parent category or family category. Speaking in the daily radio program “Humangan with PIA,” Atty. Belen Tayaban, the provincial chief of Naplocom, said the search aims to emphasize the importance of strong ties of police officers to their families. It is open to all unif...
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18Mar2013LAGAWE, Ifugao, March 18 (PIA) -- The local chief executives (LCEs) in the province are very supportive of the institutionalization of the Public Employment Services Offices (PESOs) in their respective areas. The pledge of support and commitment was made by the LCEs during their meeting and orientation on PESOs Institutionalization recently at the Highlander Hotel and Resort in Solano, Nueva Vizcaya convened by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Ifugao Field Office led by its Direct...
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18Mar2013DAVAO CITY, March 18 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment in Region XI (DOLE-XI) has allayed fears of job loss among domestic workers with the passage of RA 10361 or the Kasambahay Law. One of the provisions of RA 10361 is the setting of minimum wages for domestic workers pegged at workers at P2,500 for the National Capital Region; P2,000- for chartered cities and P1,500 for municipalities. Other responsibilities for employers of domestic workers are the requirement of having emplo...
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18Mar2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, 18 March (PIA) -- Six hundred twenty-eight residents from northern Samar are availing of the cash-for-training program said Virginia Idan, DSWD-8 assistant regional director during the launching here. This was confirmed by Cleta Omega, Tesda-8 acting regional director as the major implementor of the Program. The Program, according to PGNS Information Officer Arlyn Tepace, entitles each beneficiary a training voucher of P20,000 for the training, toolkit, assessment fe...
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18Mar2013LAOAG CITY, March 18 (PIA) – A global cycling race will kick off in Ilocos Norte for a four-day bikathon that will cover Northern Luzon provinces from April 13-16. Riders from Australia, the Netherlands, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Iran, Germany, Azerbaijan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Ireland, Korea, Brunei, Portugal, Japan and the United Arab Emirates have expressed interest to join Le tour de Filipinas. Six local teams–the national team, Navy Standard Insurance, LPGMA-American Vinyl, LBC-MVPSF Cycling...
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18Mar2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, March 18 (PIA) -- The Kalinga Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) is currently conducting training for selected disadvantaged women including identified Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps beneficiaries in the province. Assistant PSWD Officer Esperita Gamatero said that from the 17 trainees, 11 are 4Ps beneficiaries being trained for free under the cash for training program (C4TP), an anti-poverty convergence project of the Department of Social...
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18Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 18 (PIA) -- The Philippine Commission on Women is set to conduct a one-day local level validation session for the formulation of Women’s Empowerment, Development and Gender Equality Plan or simply Women’s EDGE Plan for 2013-1016, on March 21, at the Tiara Oriental Hotel in Makati. PCW Chairperson Remedios Rikken said the local level validation aims to localize the strategic gender issues, outcomes and strategies and identify LGU programs that are relevant to or ...
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18Mar2013BUTUAN CITY, March 18 (PIA) – The Regional Development Council – Gender and Development Coordinating Committee (RDC-GADCC) Caraga region will recognize its partners and GAD advocates during the 2013 Women’s Month Celebration culmination program on March 22, this city. The scheduled program is a venue where men and women from regional line agencies, local government units, academe and the private sector will meet and have fun, lawyer Marylin Pintor, GADCC chairperson and Commission on Huma...
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17Mar2013DUMAGUETE CITY, March 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Negros Oriental installed 487 qualified agrarian reform farmer beneficiaries to the Montenegro Estate in barangay Lapay, Bayawan City, Negros Oriental recently. DAR-provincial agrarian reform officer (PARO) Stephen Leonidas said the estate comprises of 1,089 hectares of land formerly owned by the Montenegro Estate Incorporated will be used for farming by the famer-beneficiaries. Leonidas emphasized in his message that...
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17Mar2013MAKATI CITY, March 17 (PIA) -- Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino announced the opening of summer jobs for poor students. Tolentino said this is under the Special Program for the Education of Students (SPES), aimed at giving poor but deserving students and out-of-school youths a learning experience in government service. "SPES is an opportunity for our youths to learn what it is like working in public service and at the same time provide them with fi...
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17Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 17 (PIA) -- The Programmatic Management of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (PMDT) inaugurated and launched the new TB drug resistant satellite treatment center at the Cagayan Valley Medical Center last March 15. Dr. Vivian Lofranco, operations manager of PMDT, said the satellite treatment center will serve patients from all over Cagayan Valley Region and its neighboring provinces, Kalinga and Apayao. She explained that the center caters to referred drug resistant patients fr...
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17Mar2013BAGUIO CITY, March 17(PIA)-- Focal persons of the different government agencies including some representatives from the private sector became “persons with disability for a day” as part of the capacity building conducted by the Regional Council on Disability Affairs (RCDA). The participants were blindfolded before they walked up and down the stairs and into a crowd and while eating. Some participants had their one hand tied at their back as they ate with only one hand while others ...
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17Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar. 17 (PIA) -- Two hundred seventy-four youths of this city received their scholarship vouchers for enrolment in short-term technical-vocational courses during the launch of the Cash for Training Program (C4TP) at Ampil Pensione here, Friday. C4TP is funded by the national government through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in close linkage with the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (Tesda), and the five Tesda-accredited...
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16Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 16(PIA) -- The National Nutrition Council 2 (NNC), in coordination with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources recently created a task force named as Balay ni Ifan Task Force Guraman to promote seaweeds as aquatic vegetable to combat malnutrition. Members of the task force include media practitioners, regional line agencies, non-government organizations and religious organizations. Regional Director Rhodora Maestre of NNC said the task force will bring awarene...
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16Mar2013BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 16 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region 13 (CARAGA) released P 18 M under the SALINTUBIG Program, known as “Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig Para sa Lahat” to five municipalities in Agusan del Sur, and one municipality eac in Surigao del Sur and Dinagat Islands. The recipient municipalities are Bunawan, Esperanza, Talacogon, Trento and Veruela of Agusan del Sur; Municipality of Cantilan, Surigao del Sur; and Municipality of Tubajon, Province...
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16Mar2013BAGUIO CITY, March 16 (PIA)-- A seasoned Ilocano runner is this year’s Athletic Saber awardee of the Philippine Military Academy(PMA). Cadet First Class Mark Rolly Bacani bested the 123 other graduating cadets of PMA Puso’t Dangal ng mga Kawal ng Lahing Nagkakaisa or Pudang Kalis Class of 2013 to receive the athletic saber award. On Thursday, prior to the graduation ceremonies, Bacani received the Athletic Saber from Mayor Mauricio Domogan during the Athletic Parade Honors at the Borro...
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16Mar2013CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, Mar 16 (PIA) --The beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) from the two cities and 39 municipalities in Quezon is now 90,347 families according to a March 2013 data. Of the number Pantawid Pamilya households, 6,657 are newly-registered as part of the expansion of the program nationwide, about 4,233 of these beneficiaries come from the municipalities of Lucban, Dolores, Candelaria and Pagbilao- all are implementing the Pantawid Pamilya program for th...
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16Mar2013BACOLOD CITY, March 16 (PIA6) -- A police official here urged women to report acts of violence committed to them by their partner as a first step to prevent the matter from getting worse. Bacolod City Police Office Women’s and Children’s Desk Chief Insp. Juvy Cabcaban said this applies to married women as well as to those who are living together and those who are having intimate relationships. If report of violence is true, the PNP detains the perpetrator. Authorities observed ...
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16Mar2013SIQUIJOR, March 16 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) at Lazi National Agricultural School (LNAS) is now accepting applicants for the 2013 Training for work Scholarship Program (TWSP). In a statement, TESDA-LNAS said there are 265 scholarship slots that are open for interested Siquijorians to avail and enroll in various qualifications/courses offered at LNAS, Lazi, Siquijor. The program is offered to the youth, out of school youth, college drop outs, fres...
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15Mar2013DAGUPAN CITY, March 15 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III said government will infuse P300 million to construct the main building of the province’s medical center here. Garbed in his signature yellow shirt, the President flew to this city Friday morning and opened the newly-built P23.9 million-emergency room complex of the Region 1 Medical Center. A marker was also unveiled as a tribute to the state-of-the-art medical facility. The President said government is prioritizing the facilit...
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15Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 15 (PIA) -- Geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDA) in Western Visayas will be prioritized by the Department of Health- Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD 6) for its programs and projects this 2013. This is in line with the over-all goal of the Universal Health Care or Kalusugan Pangkalahatan (KP) which is a focused approach to health reform implementation, ensuring that all Filipinos especially the poor receive the benefits of health reform. Dr....
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15Mar2013SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ, Nueva Ecija, March 15 (PIA) -- Two Japanese researchers from Hokkaido University shared to the officials of Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) the results of their studies on livestock infectious diseases during the latter’s technical caucus held at its national headquarters at the Science City of Muñoz. Satoru Konnai presented his work entitled, “Role of Inhibitory Molecules in Bovine Chronic Infectious Diseases and as Target for Therapy,” which focused on the analys...
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15Mar2013BAGUIO CITY, March 15 (PIA) - - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), in recognizing the importance of parents in guiding their children on the career path to take, is enjoining them to join in career coaching and employment and labor market information campaign. DOLE Regional Director Henry John Jalbuena disclosed that encouraging the participation of parents during the conduct of Career and Employment Coaching (CEC) is essential for them to properly guide their children in decidi...
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15Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 15 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Welfare Office (OWWA-RWO) VI offers free Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills trainings to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their dependents this summer. This is in line with the thrust of OWWA in advocating “unlimited potential” programs for OFWs and their dependents. The main goal of the ICT Program is to bridge the communication gap between the OFW and his/her family throug...
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15Mar2013NAVAL, Biliran, Mar 15 (PIA) -- On the first day of the nationwide National Achievement Test (NAT) Tuesday, an official of the education department, in this town, aimed for a better performance of his district for this year’s NAT. Roberto G. Manuel, Dep-Ed district supervisor of Naval in Biliran province, said the Department of Education (DepEd) scheduled March 12 and 13 for the nationwide examination of the NAT for grades three and grade six pupils in the elementary level. Manuel discl...
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15Mar2013BAGUIO CITY, Mar. 15 (PIA) - - Colorectal (colon and rectal) cancer is a deadly disease but preventable and highly curable if detected early early, the Department of Health – Cordillera (DOH-CAR) said this in a kapihan media forum, Thursday. Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center (BGHMC) Department of Surgery head Dr. Romeo Concepcion disclosed that colorectal cancer remains to be among the top 10 cancer cases in the country. For BGHMC alone, Concepcion reported that colorectal cases are...
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15Mar2013KALIBO, Aklan, March 15 (PIA6) -- Aklan’s observation of the International Women’s Day March 8 became more meaningful and significant with the launching of the Search for the Best Barangay Violence Against Women (VAW) Desk in the province. The search was conceptualized by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in coordination with the government unit of Aklan through the Aklan Gender and Development Commission (AGADC). The search, explained by the DILG during the AGADC ...
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15Mar2013LEGAZPI CITY, March 15 (PIA) -- To implement and initiate Police Community Relations (PCR) election-related activities, the Police Regional Office for Bicol will host a free admission concert today, March 15 at the Albay Astrodome in this city. Dubbed “Konsiyerto Kan Kapulisan Para sa Matoninong na Eleksyon (Police Concert for Peaceful Elections)” in connection with the forthcoming mid-term elections on May 13. The concert will feature the PNP and civilian performers who will showcase thei...
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15Mar2013BAGUIO CITY, March 15 (PIA) - - Nine rural health units (RHUs) and eight hospitals in Apayao and Abra had been upgraded to be certified Basic Emergency Obstetrics and Newborn Care (BEmONC) facilities through the provision of the needed equipment under a Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) project. The Cordillera-wide Strengthening of the Local health System for Effective and Efficient Delivery of Maternal and Child Care Services, the JICA project, a five-year program in partners...
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15Mar2013TARLAC CITY, March 15 (PIA) -- Presidential Communications Operations Office - Office for Special Concerns (PCOO-OSC) on Monday invited youth leaders in President Aquino’s home province of Tarlac to be part of the historic 2013 Bayani Challenge that seeks to tap over 80,000 volunteers. “Bayani Challenge is an annual five-day volunteerism event where bayanihan and love for country are showcased through building homes, repairing schools, health missions, climate change mitigation activities,...
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15Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 15 (PIA) --The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) have signed a memorandum of agreement to provide conciliation-mediation services to overseas Filipino workers on employment-related concerns and make sure problems faced by many of the OFWs will be immediately attended. Atty. Ronda D. Malimban, officer-in-charge of Conciliation-Mediation Division of the NCMB in a statement said the MOA provides that the...
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15Mar2013SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, March 15 (PIA) – This summer, the Southern Isabela College of Arts and Trades (Sicat) is offering short courses needed in industry today and that suit the interest of students or out of school youth. Engr. Dominador Dizon, vocational supervisor of Sicat, said these include short courses on technical and skills development such as defensive driving, computer hardware servicing, construction service, and automotive repair service. He said the courses are in-demand jobs...
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15Mar2013BACOLOD CITY, March 15 (PIA) -- Acute kidney injury formerly known as acute renal failure can be cured compared to the chronic kidney disease which is progressive in nature. Dr. Gil Octaviano, president of the Philippine Society of Nephrology- Bacolod Western Visayas Chapter, said in an interview during the kick off ceremony of the World Kidney Day in Bacolod City March 14. In 2013 World Kidney Day is focusing on Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) which is characterized by a reduction in kidney funct...
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15Mar2013CEBU CITY, March 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-7) conducted a 3-day training of some 100 new staff for a special validation of households in Central Visayas (CV) affected by typhoon “Pablo” last December 2012. The training aims to make them understand and articulate the importance of the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) and to define the roles and functions of the different staff in the actual conduct of the household ...
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15Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 15 (PIA) -- Implementing Republic Act 10361, otherwise known as the “Domestic Workers Act” or “Batas Kasambahay” would be challenging, an official of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-12) regional office here admitted. “But it is a law and a law must be implemented,” DOLE 12 regional director Chona Mantilla emphasized in an interview with members of the media here. President Benigno S. Aquino III ...
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15Mar2013DAVAO CITY March 15 (PIA) -- Popular Manila-based OPM bands, local indie musicians and military bands are joining together for a three-day concert aimed to help Typhoon Pablo shelter rehabilitation efforts. “Panagdait Davao: Ipadayon ang Tabang” (continue the help) is envisioned to be a fundraising activity for the benefit of the indigent families whose houses were destroyed by super typhoon Pablo. The beneficiaries are located in the affected municipalities of Boston, Baganga and Cateel i...
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15Mar2013DAVAO CITY, Mar 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment XI has started consultations on the Batas Kasambahay or Republic Act no. 10361 which institutes policies for the protection and welfare of domestic workers. Sonia Delfin, Senior Employment Labor Officer of the DOLE XI said the initial consultation on Thursday was conducted with the members of the Regional Tripartite Industrial Peace Council composed of representatives from the management, government and the labor sector. She s...
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15Mar2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga, March 15 (PIA) -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Pampanga Field Office recently launched its inaugural Monthly Labor Education Orientation (MLEO) in an effort to effectively implement the Single Entry Approach (SEnA) in the province. It was actively participated by previous SEnA respondents, which comprise of management and labor representatives from different companies lifted from compiled requests for assistance (RFAs). “This proactive approach, a fi...
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15Mar2013VIGAN CITY, Mar 15 (PIA) -- Beneficiaries of four eastern barangays said the government’s cash grant program goes beyond monetary relief as it has also taught parents to become more responsible. Estrel, a mother of three kids, said the conditional cash transfer (CCT) has gone a long way in helping her family in the areas of health, education, responsibility of parents to their children, their families, and the community. Under the CCT program, recipients are required to undergo specific req...
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15Mar2013ASIPULO, Ifugao, March 15 (PIA) -- As part of its continuing effort to make Ifugao rabies-free by 2016, the Provincial Veterinary Office (PVET) here recently conducted an information, education and communication drive to the villagers of Barangay Panubtuban, here. PVET Animal Health Services Head, Dr. Roland Pila, explained to the people gathered composed of young people, barangay officials, women, and farmers what rabies is, how to detect it, preventive measures, and the things to be done whe...
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15Mar2013LAGAWE, Ifugao, March 15 (PIA) -- More than 3,000, fourth year high school students in the province took the National Achievement Test (NAT) administered by the Department of Education (DepEd) in their respective schools last March 9. Division Supervisor Arsenio Yongoyong who helped administer the examination said there were 37 national high schools and seven private secondary schools who participated in the NAT this year. The private secondary schools have the most number of examinees led ...
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15Mar2013BAGUIO CITY, March 15 (PIA) -- The 22-year old female cadet from the Kankaney tribe of Lamut, Beckel, La Trinidad, Benguet and Tabuk, Kalinga, is number two in the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Pudang-Kalis (Puso’t Dangal ng mga Kawal ng Lahing Nagkakaisa) Class 2013. Cadet First Class Maryam Dinamling Balais leads three other female cadets in the Top 10 of the 124-strong Pudang Kalis Class who will graduate this Sunday, March 17. Balais who is set to join the Philippine Navy (PN...
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15Mar2013SAN JOSE, Antique, March 15 (PIA) - - The Antique Provincial Health Office (APHO) called for responsible pet ownership as it urged cooperation of the residents of the province of Antique to help in the control of rabies. “Pet ownership entails a commitment,” APHO Provincial Health Officer Dr. Ric Noel A. Naciongayo said during the PIA interview. Dr. Naciongayo said that responsible pet ownership calls for pet owners to attend to their pets’ needs such as health and nutrition, shelter...
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15Mar2013CABUGAO, Ilocos Sur, Mar 14 (PIA) -- To help the out-of-school youth of this town, the local government and the provincial social welfare and development office joined forces for a 20-day training on electrical work program recently. A report from the Office of the Mayor said that 20 out-of-school youths underwent training in electrical installation and maintenance at the Cabugao Cultural and Sports Complex Stage in Barangay Rizal. The program seeks to improve their lives by helping them beco...
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15Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 15 (PIA) -- The electronic Dalaw (e-Dalaw) project of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), which had its first launching in Quezon City on October 13, 2011, and second in Baguio on October 26, 2012 was launched in Pagadian City on Tuesday, March 12. In a simple ceremony held at the Pagadian City Jail at Barangay Lenienza, City Jail Warden Sr. Inspector Mashur Sala said with the “E-Dalaw” project, people need not go directly to jail to talk to an inmate...
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14Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 14 -- The Social Security System (SSS) filed charges against more than 1,400 delinquent companies last year for various violations, the most common of which is their failure to remit the monthly SSS contributions of their employees. SSS Officer-in-Charge Edgar Solilapsi in a statement said 1,165 employers were sued in 2012 for non-remittance of contributions totaling P376.33 million, including P193 million in penalties. Under the law, employers are charged a monthly penalty o...
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14Mar2013BASCO, Batanes, March 14 (PIA) -- Twenty – three elementary and secondary schools assisted with planting materials for the Gulayan sa Paaralan by the Department of Agriculture-Island Agricultural Research Outreach Station (DA-IAROS) were among the schools which hosted agro-industrial fair last February 28, March 1, 4 and 5. Schools had their own schedule of agro-fair. Parents also brought to the fair their own farm products. Basco District integrated into one big agro-fair composing five ele...
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14Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH-6) Center for Health Development has come out with a list of “healthy places” in Western Visayas. This is in line with the Philippine Health Promotion Program Through Healthy Places of the DOH which is a national multi-sectoral health promotion strategy aiming to communicate health messages and build health supportive environment through advocacy, networking and community action. In the Highly Urbanized City Category, the follo...
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14Mar2013KIANGAN, Ifugao, March 14 (PIA) -- Employees of this municipality recently attended a two-day orientation and workshop on the Strategic Performance Management System (SPMS) at the Kiangan Youth Hostel as required by the Civil Service Commission (CSC). Mayor Joselito Guyguyon enjoined all department heads and their staff to undergo the orientation since this new system is very crucial in evaluating the performance of employees before any incentive is given them. He told the participants to ta...
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14Mar2013KIANGAN, Ifugao, March 14 (PIA) -- Women from 14 barangays in this town celebrated Women’s Month focusing on their being entrepreneurs that contribute to the economic welfare of their families and communities. After the parade and short program, a bazaar was opened where foods, dry goods, fruits, vegetables, beauty products, carved products, soft brooms, and native wine were sold. Celestina Talosig of the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office said that the bazaar aims to mark...
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14Mar2013CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 14 (PIA) -- Around 20 pediatricians in state-run hospitals across Central Luzon have participated in the first training on Revised Dengue Clinical Case Management Guidelines. “The training was based on Administrative Order No.2012-0006 with focus on dengue pathogenesis, clinical course management, diagnostics, treatment and surveillance. National Dengue Control Program Manager Lyndon Leesuy and Efren Dimaano of San Lazaro Hospital served as facilitators...
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14Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) is now going beyond livelihood formation in the execution of nationwide livelihood programs and projects as they shift towards sustainable employment creation and productivity in the regions. In a statement, Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said the agency is now moving to provide more worker-groups with productivity improvement services to enhance the enterprises’ competitiveness thru the implementation...
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14Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 14 (PIA) -- The celebration of World Water Day this March 22 focuses on Water Cooperation as 2013 has been declared as the International Year of Water Cooperation. The aim of the declaration is to draw attention to the benefits of cooperation in water management. This was revealed by the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) in Eastern Visayas in a press statement. The celebration of World Water Day is putting premium on good management of water as rapid urbanizatio...
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14Mar2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, March 14 (PIA) -- The Gender and Development (GAD) code of Northern Samar upholds the rights of women and recognizes its full potential and contribution for the development of the area. This was learned from Governor Paul Daza in an interview conducted with Philippine Information Agency. Governor Daza said the code has mainstreamed gender concerns in development plans, policies and programs and intensify awareness advocacy and campaign in gender issues and concerns. ...
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14Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 14 (PIA) -- The Catbalogan City local government, launched “Women in Housing” with a general assembly of identified beneficiaries as it celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8 at the City Plaza, Catbalogan. Councilor Stephany Tan led the program and tackled issues of the urban poor sector and discussed concerns related to housing delivery. This concern, this year, will be addressed as the city government is focused in providing a comprehensive hou...
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14Mar2013TARLAC CITY, March 14 (PIA) -- Tarlac State University (TSU) capped off school year 2012-2013 with the fifth Student Leaders’ Day that drew more than 150 attendees from 11 colleges. Anchored on the theme “Moving On,” the event aims to enjoin participants to use their learning experiences during the academic term in going a notch higher in terms of performance as well as in developing camaraderie. “In Student Leaders’ Day, we divide the participants into groups composed of people com...
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14Mar2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga, March 14 (PIA) -- National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) Central Luzon recently conducted a paralegal training for seven leaders of cultural communities and 28 to their field staff who do investigations. “Participants dealt with cases on titling of vast tract of ancestral lands, mining, economic zones, and human rights,” NCIP Regional Director Ronaldo Daquiaog said. Attendees were likewise briefed on a number of laws that concern indigenous peoples su...
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14Mar2013CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija, March 14 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) called on southern Novo Ecijanos to file their income tax returns correctly and ahead of the deadline. “Paying taxes is an obligation of every working Filipino. Come April 15, the annual income tax return filing is for self-employed, individuals earning purely compensation income, professionals, estates, trusts, businesses, corporations, and partnerships,” said James Ferrer of Revenue District Office 23B. ...
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14Mar2013DIPOLOG CITY, March 4 (PIA) - - Members of the Philippine National Police in Dipolog was successful in conducting a series of activities in line with the 17th National Awareness Week for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation which carries the theme: “Child Pornography Wakasan! Sa Tamang Paggamit ng Internet, Bata ay Gabayan (End child pornography! Guide children in proper use of internet).” The said celebration is also known as “Child Sexual Abuse Awareness Week” (CSAAW...
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14Mar2013BAGUIO CITY, March 14 (PIA) -- Beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), otherwise known as Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT), set to graduate from the program after five years of enrollment will still be aided by the national government for the education of their children, as well as livelihood and employment. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman t assured that the government will continue to help the 4Ps beneficiari...
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14Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 14 (PIA) -- Dog owners in Western Visayas were reminded anew of the importance of dog vaccination in line with the region’s aim to become rabies free by 2020. Rabies Control and Elimination Program Regional Working Technical Group in Western Visayas Chairman Dr. Peter Sobrevega of the Department of Agriculture 6 said 541,668 or 71.97% percent of the 754, 148 dog population in the region received vaccination in 2012, however, there are still provinces and cities in the regi...
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14Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Mar.14 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Maguindanao on Tuesday, launched the first ever provincial women’s organization. The launching was part of the ceremonial groundbreaking of a P15 million-worth Women’s Center now being constructed in Buluan, Maguindanao. Maguindanao Governor Esmael Mangudadatu highlighted the role of the newly established Maguindanao Provincial Women’s Organization in helping the government to educate local communities on gende...
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14Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Mar.14 (PIA) -- A P15-million women’s center is now being constructed in Buluan, Maguindanao as a conduit for special humanitarian interventions for the women’s sector in the province. Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos-Deles and Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Mangudadatu together with ARMM Acting Vice-Governor Bainon Karon led the unveiling ceremony last Tuesday, March 12. The construction of the two-storey women’s center, located beside ...
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14Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 14 -- The Department of Education has significantly increased its allocation for schools maintenance and other operating expenses (MOOE) this year. In a statement, DepEd said it is up by 46% this year as the government intensifies its efforts to achieve the learning targets of some 20 million students in elementary and secondary public schools nationwide. Education Secretary Br. Armin A. Luistro FSC said DepEd and the Department of Budget and Management both agreed to adopt ...
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13Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 13 -- Now more adept in managing their business, 1,175 women from various regions in the country graduated from a training program of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and Coca Cola Philippines Inc. Of the women who finished the training, 126 who came from the cities of Pasay and Manila, were recognized on March 12 in ceremonies that feted them as the first batch who finished the Coke-Tesda Sari-Sari Store Training and the Access to Resources (...
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13Mar2013ALFONSO LISTA, Ifugao, March 13 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) held a two-day product clinic at the agency’s provincial office with 14 entrepreneurs in the province. Lecturer Froilan Dy of Naga City taught participants on product packaging, including labeling and designing. According to Judy Christie Bunnol of DTI, with the assistance provided to the entrepreneurs, more pasalubong (gifts) products with appropriate labels and packaging will come out in the market. “P...
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13Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 13 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH-6) Center for Health Development is intensifying its Tuberculosis Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (TB-DOTS) implementation by increasing hospital engagement in Western Visayas. This is line with the global plan and the goal of the National Tuberculosis Program (NTP) of sustainably reducing the TB prevalence and death rates by 50 percent in 2015 and hopefully eliminating it by 2050. Dr. Jimmilly Aguiling, DOH-6 Regional NTP...
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13Mar2013SAN JOSE, Antique, March 13 (PIA) -- Residents of San Remigio, Antique can now expect efficient delivery of health services in step with the Aquino government’s Universal Health program. This with the recent inauguration of the P6 million Rural Health Unit (RHU) with no less than Health Secretary Enrique T. Ona gracing the event Ona said the establishment of the health structure in San Remigio is in step with President Aquino’s thrusts to improve government health facilities under the HF...
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13Mar2013BAGUIO CITY, March 13 (PIA) -- The Balikatan Sa Kaunlaran, Inc., a long-running city women’s organization, in partnership with the city government of Baguio, gave recognition to the city barangays best performing women’s group. Winning the top plum is the Samahang Kaakibat sa Kabuhayang Kaunlaran (SKKP) of barangay Irisan, which is engaged in waste and tarpaulin recycling, herbal and vegetable backyard gardening, mushroom production, botika sa barangay and other women entrepreneurship p...
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13Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 13 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture in Region 12 has extended P15. 1 million worth of agricultural aid to typhoon Pablo victims in Compostela Valley as well as the provinces of Davao Oriental and Davao del Norte in Region 11. The amount was sourced from the department’s Quick Response Funds with a corresponding authority granted by DA Secretary Proceso J. Alcala. Agricultural aids included the provision of 5,000 rolls of laminated s...
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13Mar2013FORT MAGSAYSAY, Nueva Ecija, March 13 (PIA) -- Aurora-based 48th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army topped the Infantry Rifle Squad challenge organized by its mother unit, the 7th Infantry Division (7ID). The group, headed by Lt. Col. Wilmar Galicia, obtained a total score of 716.68 percent. Second placer was the 24th Infantry Battalion while Ilocos Norte-based 81st Infantry Battalion was third. “The challenge seeks to assess the collective competency and cohesiveness of our squads a...
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13Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 13 -- The Social Security System (SSS) has started issuing Employer (ER) Numbers to household employers, as part of the SSS registration requirements under the newly-signed Kasambahay Law that ensures the social security protection of househelpers such as maids, family drivers, nursemaids or yaya, gardeners, cooks, or laundry women. SSS Officer-in-Charge Edgar B. Solilapsi said that any person who engages the services of a househelper and actually pays the compensation for su...
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12Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 12 -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) will provide additional supply of rice and basic food items in Tawi-tawi, Sulu and Basilan to satisfy the increased demand due to the influx of returning Filipinos and refugees from Sabah. Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala has instructed concerned DA officials to ensure a steady supply of rice of other basic food items in the three provinces to prevent a shortage and undue increase in prices. He instructed Administrator Orlan ...
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12Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 12 (PIA) -- The Cagayan State University (CSU), Carig Campus, launched a writing project called Project WAW (Writing-A-Worktext) to improve the performance of students in the classroom. In a simple ceremony which opened the workshop on worktext writing, CSU Carig Campus Executive Officer Arthur G. Ibañez said the project will offer good opportunities for faculty members to develop textbooks with a local touch that will ultimately strengthen the performance of students in...
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12Mar2013BAGUIO CITY, March 12 (PIA) -- The celebration of the International Women’s Month this month is made more relevant with 19 women joining the Philippine Military Academy's Pudang Kalis or Puso’t Dangal ng mga Kawal ng Lahing Nagkakaisa Class of 2013 with four joining the top 10 on Sunday, March 17. PMA Superintendent Maj. Gen. Ireneo Espino said this is the largest number of women cadets who will graduate from the military institution since 2007 when the first women cadets graduated f...
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12Mar2013CEBU CITY, March 13 (PIA) --- The Lapu-Lapu city government was the recipient of sets of hospital and educational facilities from the Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. Lapu-Lapu received 17 hospital beds, 17 bassinets, and 13 ceiling fans which have been installed in the newly-refurbished Pedia and OB-Gyne wards. The new wards were inaugurated Tuesday. Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. financed the renovation of the two wards. A memorandum of agreement was recently inked between the Lapu-Lapu City governme...
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12Mar2013BACOLOD CITY, March 12 (PIA6) -- More than 7,000 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries for Set 6 in Bacolod City receive their cash grants. These 7,064 beneficiaries belong to the Set 6 of the program for Bacolod City which brings to a total of 10,346 total registered active beneficiaries as of February 21, DSWD records show. The 7,046 beneficiaries received for the first time their cash grants at the Barangay Gym of Barangay 4 and at the Bacolod Activities Youth and Sports Cente...
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12Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 12 (PIA) - - National Economic and Development Authority 6 Assistant Regional Director Atty. Raul Anlocotan called on gender advocates in Western Visayas to continually work towards removing obstacles that allow women to participate effectively in governance or develop their chosen career during the March 8 International Women’s Day celebration here in this city. Anlocotan said that there are still reports of sexual harassment of women despite indications of their increa...
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12Mar2013MANILA, March 12 -- Some 70 information center managers (ICMs) of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) from all over the country are now converged in the Bayview Park Hotel Manila along Roxas Boulevard for the first Provincial ICMs Conference starting March 10-14. “Make sense of what is happening in our country,” Presidential Communication Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Sonny Coloma said, recognizing the crucial role of ICMs in the delivery of information to the public. He cited ...
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12Mar2013BANGUED, Abra, March 12 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration – Cordillera Administrative Region (OWWA-CAR) has awarded livelihood funds support to groups and individual Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who have returned to the country for good. Last March 8, OWWA Director Manuela Peña awarded three groups of P100,000 grant each for their livelihood activities. These are the Mayabo Overseas Returnees’ Dependents Multi-Purpose Cooperative for their Agriculture Input...
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12Mar2013VIGAN CITY, Mar 12 (PIA) - This city is giving a treat to women in celebration of the National Women’s Month. With the theme, “Kababaihan, Gabay sa Pagtahak sa Tuwid na Daan” (Women, Guide Towards a Straight Path), this world heritage city has lined up a series of activities that will mark the event throughout the month of March. The event kicked off with a gender advocacy parade last March 1 followed by city strategic plan results, free medical and dental services. Celerina Agcamaran, ...
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12Mar2013CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, Mar 12 (PIA) -- Key personnel of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) underwent a seminar on basic HIV-AIDS dubbed “Scaling-Up Effective and Sustained Response on HIV-AIDS.” The seminar aims to further enhance knowledge and awareness on HIV-AIDS, to strengthen the local AIDS responses through the development of leadership capacities, and provide technical support to target LGUs, as well as to plan future local strategies to mitigate the impact of HIV ...
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12Mar2013SAN JOSE, Antique, March 12 (PIA) -- Advocates both from government and private sectors have gone a long way advancing initiatives in gender and development. Azucena P. Pestano, coordinator of Women Health- Iloilo in her message during the International Women’s Day in Antique, cited some valuable gains in gender and development programs. Landmark legislations had been enacted to institutionalize the mainstreaming of gender fair programs in all levels of governance. The 1987 Philippine C...
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12Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 12 (PIA) -- Typhoon Pablo that hit a large part of Davao Region, particularly Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley, in December 2012 also affected 63,846 households in Soccsksargen Region and parts of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The large number of reported Pablo victims prompted the National Household Targeting Unit (NHTU) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 12 to conduct a special household v...
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12Mar2013TUBOD, Lanao del Norte, March 12 -– The Lanao del Norte National Comprehensive High School (LNNCHS) Wildcats captured the national title for the high school coed division in the 2013 National Cheerleading Championships (NCC) held at the Philsports Arena formerly Ultra, Pasig City on Sunday, March 10. The 30-member squad bested 14 other high school teams from different regions of the country with their clean and amazing routine including a 360 degrees tick tock stunt and the highly technical b...
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12Mar2013MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, March 12 (PIA) -- A member of the Regional Legislative Assembly (RLA) of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), underscored the need to fast-track the passage of the Enhanced Basic Education Act (EBEA) of the ARMM. Samira Gutoc-Tomawis, chairperson of the Committee on Education, Culture, Arts and Sports Development, said one of the most important concerns continuously discussed by the Committee was the review of the Muslim Mindanao Act (MMA) 279 to improve ...
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12Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 12 (PIA) -- The buzz word nowadays in select society is stem cell treatment so much so that fly by night establishments are cashing in on the highly sought treatment. The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) will regulate stem cell treatments in the country to ensure safe operation and laboratory practices. Dr. Kenneth Hartigan-Go, FDA director-general, said cancer patients and ageing individuals are now resorting to stem cell treatments in the country and even abroad; t...
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12Mar2013NAVAL, Biliran, Mar 12 (PIA) -- Five officers of the Consumer Association of Naval (CAN) will attend the one-day symposium cum mini-workshop on Friday, March 15 at the regional office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Pawing, Palo, Leyte. Celerina T. Bato, engineer and provincial director of DTI-Biliran, said in a letter-invitation that officers and members of the different consumers’ organizations in Region 8 will attend the symposium cum mini-workshop. Bato added that the a...
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12Mar2013PANABO CITY, March 12 -- After successfully offering livelihood opportunities to more than a thousand of his constituents last year, Davao del Norte Representative Anton F. Lagdameo Jr. will provide another round of livelihood projects this March at selected areas in his district. Around 1,600 non-working mothers and out-of-school youths (OSY) will benefit in the second round of Barangayanihan Livelihood Program to be conducted from March 12,13,14 and 16. Congressman Lagdameo’s office will ...
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12Mar2013BAGUIO CITY, Mar. 12 (PIA) –- The two top graduating cadets of the Philippine Military Academy Class 2013 come from very humble families - they are children of farmers from Davao Del Sur and Benguet. Cadet First Class Jestony Arman Lanaja of Hagonoy, Davao Del Sur and Cadet First Class Maryam Dinamling Balais of La Trinidad, Benguet lead this year's 124- strong graduating cadets belonging to the Pudang Kalis or Puso’t Dangal ng mga Kawal ng Lahing Nagkakaisa Class of 2013 who will be gradu...
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12Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 12 (PIA) -- The needy youth of Northern Samar will now be given a chance for a better future with the launching of the cash-for-training program (C4TP) for the youth in the area. Northern Samar launched C4TP, a national scholarship program given through a training package for needy youth. The launching of the program in the province became the regional launching and was done in partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Technic...
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12Mar2013BONTOC, Mt. Province, Mar. 12 (PIA) -- About 710 students and out of school youth in the province will be employed this summer under the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). DOLE provincial head Samuel Lasdacan said the various Public Employment Service Officers in the different municipalities are now screening student applicants based on their submitted pre-employment documents in time for their employment this April. Lasda...
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12Mar2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Mar 12 (PIA) -- Advocates of Republic Act 9208 or the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 were all reminded on Thursday for more coordinated and collaborative efforts in eliminating cases on human trafficking and even violence against women in Region 1. In the first regular meeting this year of the Regional Inter-Agency Committee Against Trafficking-Violence Against Women and their Children (RIACAT-VAWC), lawyer Maribelle Uminga of the Department of Justice in I...
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12Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 12 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment in Region 2 (DOLE - 2) has found out that there are more job vacancies in the province of Cagayan now than applicants as a result of the recently conducted series of job fairs here. Reginald Estioco, information officer, said, in a series of three consecutive job fairs conducted in the last two months, in partnership with the provincial government of Cagayan, there were only 773 applicants who registered as against 1, 190...
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12Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 12 (PIA) -- The Philippine government has already spent nearly P2.5 billion or $60.9 million for the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Soccssksargen Region or Region 12. Bai Zorahayda Taha, regional director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 12, said the fund was used as cash grants to 202,851 indigent families covered by the government’s flagship poverty program since 2008. Region 12 covers the provinces o...
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11Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY (PIA) March 11 -- Two senior professors of the Cagayan State University (CSU), Carig Campus, were promoted international engineers after having been accepted new members of the elite Asian Federation of Engineering Organization (AFEO). Engr. Arthur G. Ibañez, the campus executive officer of CSU Carig, and Engr. Nestor Rivera, department chair of the electrical engineering program at the College of Engineering, went to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, this year’s venue of the internatio...
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11Mar2013SIQUIJOR, March 11 (PIA) -- In celebration of the Women’s Month, the provincial social welfare and development (PSWD) office in Siquijo will conduct capability building and skills training to selected women beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program including the PSWD’s casual employees. PSWD officer Tom Villarubia said that apart from the regular Family Development Session (FDS) appropriate capability and skills are needed to empower them to contribute for a better society....
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11Mar2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, March 11 (PIA) -- “Kahit na ‘water boy’ lang ako sa Team Basilan, karangalan ko pong sumali at makibahagi sa inyong samahan sa probinsiya.” (Even if I’m just the water boy in your Team Basilan, it is an honor for me to take part in your convergence in the province.) This was the message of Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas at the occasion of the 39th Founding Anniversary of Basilan Province, Thursday, as he lauded the convergence efforts of the ...
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11Mar2013DUMAGUETE CITY, March 11 (PIA) -- This year’s Gawad Kalinga Bayani Challenge targets 39 provinces in the country including Mabinay, Negros Oriental to simultaneously build houses for the homeless on March 23 to 27. The gathering of thousands of volunteers in different provinces nationwide expects to build houses and expected to finish the construction in five days. Anchored on the theme “Isang Bayan, Isang Bayanihan” is the biggest volunteer event of the year with a test of courage , end...
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11Mar2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, March 11 (PIA) -- It couldn't get any better than this for Pinays. In Region 8, it is goodbye to whole day of household chores every last Saturday of every month for women in Northern Samar, as this day has been declared as the Northern Samar Women’s Day for women to engage in leisure and recreational activities of their choice. The declaration is contained in Ordinance No. 49 series of 2003 otherwise known as the Northern Samar Gender and Development Code, accor...
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11Mar2013MANILA, March 11 -- Vice President Jejomar C. Binay today said the Philippine government is exerting all efforts to push back the deadline for the blood money payment of Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) Joselito Zapanta, which ends Tuesday, March 12. Binay, who is the Presidential Adviser for OFW concerns, said Philippine embassy officials in Jeddah have made appeals to Saudi authorities, and to the family of the Sudanese national who was killed by Zapanta in 2009. “Sa nakaraang mga buwan, wal...
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11Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, March 11 (PIA) -- In line with the provincial government’s enhanced program against malnutrition, a series of workshop are currently being conducted at the Eastern Samar Development Foundation (ESADEF) conference room. In a brief interview, Sallie Jabinal, Nutrition Action officer, emphasized the importance of nutrition program in every barangay and municipality. Jabinal urges municipal mayors and barangay captains to give importance to the nutrition programs of...
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11Mar2013MANILA, Mar. 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH), yesterday, successfully held the "Usapang Pangkalusugang Pampamilya," a public consultation on the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the R.A. 10354 Responsible Parenthood-Reproductive Health Law at the Grand Ballroom of Century Park Hotel in Manila. This is the last in a series of public consultations on RA 10354 which were previously held in Davao City and Cebu City. RA 10354 was signed on December 21, 2012 and became effect...
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11Mar2013VIGAN CITY, Mar 11 (PIA) -- Retired teacher Ofelia Lizardo is the epitome of a charitable Ilocana. After spending 30 years at the M. Hizon Elementary School in Tondo, Manila where she taught, she did not return to her hometown Santa Lucia in Ilocos Sur to spend her twilight years merely sitting and enjoying her pension. Instead, she grouped the unemployed women and out-of-school youth in her village in Maynganay Sur and formed a livelihood program for them. Lizardo said she thought of organ...
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11Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 11 (PIA) -- Child labor focal persons in Northern Mindanao will converge here to further improve and strengthen the region’s anti-child labor program. Lawyer Johnson G. Cañete, regional director of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), said member-agencies and program partners of the Regional Child Labor Committee (RCLC) will meet on March 13 to tackle child labor concerns in the region. Cañete, who also chair the RCLC, said the meeting will serve as a v...
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11Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 11 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development assures that the needs of Filipinos currently in Tawi-Tawi and Sulu are given sufficient supply of food and other necessities, amidst the instability in Sabah, Malaysia, DSWD in a statement said in coordination with DSWD ARMM and the Department of Agriculture, it has sent a total of 1000 sacks of rice and 1,500 food packs to Jolo, Sulu and another 1000 sacks of rice and 1500 food packs to Bonggao, Tawi-Tawi. In addi...
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11Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 11 -- Jobs came looking for technical vocational graduates at the launch of the Jobs Bridging Program of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) in Quezon City on Monday. The event, dubbed "Hanap Buhay Para sa TESDA Specialista," was the opening salvo of a series of jobs bridging activities to help graduates find employment after finishing their respective courses. "We want tech-voc students to finish their respective courses with optimism because th...
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11Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 11 (PIA) -- In an effort to bring medical services to far flung areas of the province, the Integrated Provincial Health Office-Maguindanao will continue its “Doctors to the Barrio” program. IPHO Maguindanao Chief Dr. Tahir Sulaik said that more physicians have offered their professional services to remote Moro communities in the province. The Doctors to the Barrio Program is one of the flagship program of the DOH that aims to deploy competent health wo...
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10Mar2013MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, March 10 (PIA) -- A legislator of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) underscored the multiple contributions of women in the society. Assemblywoman Samira Gutoc-Tomawis said women not only play the role of mothers but also of teachers, providers and professionals reminding the society of the need to balance modernity and tradition. She said women are innate teachers because they are the first to teach their child while some leave their families behind to...
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09Mar2013NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, March 9 (PIA) - - More than 400 medaled athletes of the province in the recently concluded Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) Meet in Roxas, Capiz got P733,000-worth of incentives from the provincial government. Negros Occidental grabbed the overall championship honor over close rival Iloilo Province after winning 357 golds, 281 silvers, and 133 bronzes. Gold medalists received P1,200, silver medalists received P800, and bronze medalists got P600 each....
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09Mar2013DAGUPAN CITY, Mar. 9 (PIA) -- The Region I Medical Center (R1MC) here is bent on earning the prestigious certification given by the International Standards Organization (ISO) for quality service. Dr. Jocelyn De Guzman, medical specialist in the hospital said R1MC has set criteria to achieve the quality management system which is at par with international standards. De Guzman said R1MC aims to provide the highest quality services to all patients regardless of their economic status. “We wa...
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09Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 9 -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is offering a generous scholarship package to children of “fallen heroes of the environment” or workers of the agency who died in the line of duty. In a statement, DENR said Secretary Ramon J.P. Paje has signed DENR Memorandum Circular No. 2013-02, which outlines the general guidelines for the scholarship program that aims to help send kids of slain environment workers to college. “This is our way of re...
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09Mar2013PARAÑAQUE CITY, March 9 (PIA) -- The city government of Parañaque continues to intensify its campaign against tuberculosis (TB). “Parañaque is committed to improve its TB case detection and cure rates year after year. Even as we reach our national goal, we will not stop there,” Mayor Jun Bernabe said. He also said that the city government will remain vigilant, surpass records, and continue to contribute to the national effort towards prevention, detection, cure and eradication of the d...
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09Mar2013BAGUIO CITY, Mar. 9 (PIA) - - Around 100 identified Filipino families affected by the standoff in Lahad Datu, Sabah, Malaysia get humanitarian assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Social Welfare Secretary Corazon ‘Dinky’ Soliman, in a media interview here Friday, confirmed that the government through DSWD, has already opened a humanitarian corridor for the affected Filipino families in the Sabah conflict. Soliman disclosed that through their regional ...
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08Mar2013BAGUIO CITY,Mar. 9 (PIA) -- No rabies incident was recorded in this summer capital during the past year. This could be attributed to the continuous vaccination and education, information and campaign on dog and pet owners. City veterinarian Dr. Brigit Piok reported this as she assured that the city remains committed to its advocacy on animal welfare and public health and safety by continuously building public awareness on the prevention and control of rabies through education and vaccination...
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08Mar2013TAGUM CITY, March 8 (PIA) -- The WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) Cluster has achieved an estimated 45 percent of its target intervention in communities affected by typhoon Pablo in Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley three months after the typhoon struck. The WASH Cluster, headed by the Department of Health and UNICEF, met in Tagum City to discuss what has been accomplished and what needs to be done when it comes to the provision of water, sanitation and hygiene in the affected areas. ...
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08Mar2013DAVAO CITY, Mar 8 (PIA) -- The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) conferred formally the Bayaning Likas (Bakas Parangal) Award to 62 military, police, provincial and local government executives, rescue and volunteer organizations who showed extraordinary feat in responding to distress areas during and after the onslaught of typhoon Pablo in December 4. The awarding ceremony, Friday was led by Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, chair of the NDRRMC, with Undersec...
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08Mar2013BAGUIO CITY, Mar. 8 (PIA) - - With the onset of the summer season, the Department of Health (DOH) is reminding the public to take precautionary measures on the possible rise of various diseases. Dr. Luisa Paran, DOH-Cordillera Disease Prevention Cluster head, disclosed in an interview that skin lesions, heat stroke, diarrhea, and sore eyes are among the common diseases that the public should be wary of during hot summer days. She advised the public not to be under the sun especially from 10 ...
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08Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 8 (PIA) -- At least 290 families, mostly farmers, are now benefiting from the newly constructed bridge in Barangay Tablao, the remotest village in town of Kiamba, Sarangani Province, the Department of Social Welfare and Development reported. DSWD-12 assistant regional director Gemma N. Rivera said that villagers are now smoothly transporting farm products from Tablao to town proper and need not to transfer it from one riverbank to another. “The unrelia...
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08Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, March 8 (PIA) -- Homeowners will get a big boost this month as the nation celebrates Anti-rabies Month. Dogs and other animals will receive free rabies vaccinations and castrations will be offered to pet owners who want their animals gelded on March 12. A report from the Office of the Provincial Veterinarian (OPV) reveals there is sufficient vaccines which could be availed of by dog owners. These are donated regularly by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. A ...
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08Mar2013LIMASAWA, Southern Leyte, Mar. 8 (PIA) -- This province launched, Tuesday, March 5, a program that aims to reduce malnutrition among pre-school kids all over the province. Luz Verano Mercado explained what the Milk Feeding Program (MFP) is about. Primarily, it is a program in close coordination with the provincial social welfare and development office (PSWDO) and the National Dairy Authority. She said the feeding program, which will be administered by day-care workers, will be conducted Monday...
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08Mar2013TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, February 28 (PIA) – The municipality of Garcia-Hernandez in Bohol topped this year’s Best Performing Municipal Rabies Prevention and Elimination Councils (MRPECS) besting 17 other nominees in the province. Garcia-Hernandez Mayor Miguelito Galendez, said he did not expect his town to win considering that they did not even qualify as finalist in last year’s search. Galendez said their vision of a rabies-free town pushed them to register all dogs so there would be ...
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08Mar2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, March 8 (PIA) -- The Provincial Gender and Development, Technical Working Group Chair Dr. Venus Cardenas discussed today, Friday, the special features of Republic Act No. 9262 or the “ Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act of 2004.” Along with Plan Philippines, this is a strategy to intensify advocacy in partnership with other member-agency informing them and making them understand the role and responsibilities of each institutions on anti-violence ca...
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08Mar2013KALIBO, Aklan, March 8 (PIA6) -- The province of Aklan is now totally covered by the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) with the release recently of the first cash grants to beneficiaries of Kalibo and Numancia, the last towns to be included in the program. 4Ps is a government intervention through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to help address poverty in the country by providing conditional cash grants to extremely poor households to improve their health, nutri...
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08Mar2013CATARMAN, Northern Samar, March 8 (PIA) -- The Provincial Committee on Anti-Trafficking (PCAT) and Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) of Northern Samar has attended the orientation on RA 9208 at Bahay Pinoy, in Brgy. Dalakit, Catarman, Thursday. Fiscal Arlene Ching of Allen, Northern Samar said RA 9208 or anti-trafficking in persons is an act to promote human dignity, protect the people from any threat of violence and exploitation, and mitigate pressures for involuntary migration and se...
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08Mar2013LEGAZPI CITY, March 8 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) field office here has continuously worked with stakeholders, local government units and partners in identifying beneficiaries of the government’s social protection programs. “DSWD has since utilized the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) in creating the database for the government social protection program,” explained Ciriaco B. Abejuro, regional focal person on NHTS-P...
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08Mar2013DAGUPAN CITY, March 8 (PIA) – More out-of-school youths, elementary and high school drop-outs in the Ilocos Region are now showing interest in the Department of Education’s (DepEd) Alternative Learning System (ALS), judging from the recent list of examination takers. Delia Ancheta, education supervisor of DepEd in the Ilocos said there were at least 8,906 takers of the Accreditation and Equivalency (A and E) examination conducted in December 2012. DepEd is still awaiting for the test result...
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08Mar2013KIANGAN, Ifugao, Mar.8 (PIA) -- Solo parents or the Mama/Papa Organization of this municipality recently held its general meeting to discuss about advancing the welfare of its members. Tackled in the meeting were the registration and membership to the organization, renewal of ID cards of members, survey of all solo parents in the municipality, and election of officers. The members also discussed policies of their livelihood projects for the year. The group was able to source P40,000 from the ...
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08Mar2013KALIBO, Aklan, March 8 (PIA) -- The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) here distributed 3,206 Universal Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) cards to Aklan’s indigent constituents from 16 barangays last March 6 to 7. Provincial Social Welfare and Development Officer Elma Malbas said 1,989 beneficiaries from Numancia will be given their Universal PhilHealth cards tomorrow at the Provincial Trade Hall. Prior to the cards distribution, nurses and other health pe...
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08Mar2013MAMBURAO, Occidental Mindoro, March 8 (PIA) -- The Provincial Local Government (LGU) and Plan International (PLAN) are currently conducting an orientation on the Republic Act 9208, or the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003, in all primary and secondary schools in the province. The continuing increase in number of cases of human trafficking violations in the country prompted the LGU and PLAN to orient the students and teachers so as not to fall prey to the criminals engaged in this activity...
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08Mar2013LOS BANOS, Laguna, March 8 (PIA) -- Initially transporting its first of a series of seminars over the Web in November 2011, the Food Safety "Webinar" Series hit the ground running. Coined from the words Web and seminar, the Webinar started with only 15 online viewers. Now, there are more than 300 after just six episodes. DOST IV-A Regional Director Alexander R. Madrigal opened this new learning tool for food science students who cannot afford expensive and long-distance training courses. N...
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08Mar2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga, March 8 (PIA) -- Nutrition officers from 44 towns and four cities in Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, and Nueva Ecija will attend training on Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) this March. National Nutrition Council (NNC) Regional Program Coordinator Victoria Mañez said a “Training of trainers” will be held in Baguio City prior to the commencement of the activity. “IYCF is aimed at improving the nutritional status and health of children especially the under thr...
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08Mar2013BAGUIO CITY, Mar. 8 (PIA) -- The City Environment and Parks Management Office (CEPMO) appeals to the public to cooperate and observe discipline for the maintenance of the city parks. CEPMO Evaluation Officer Joseph Hermogeno said that even as the city government spends for the maintenance of the parks, but, "It is not easy to handle a park, if park goers and the people are not disciplined,” he pointed out. Hermogeno disclosed the city government of Baguio allots P35 million annually i...
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08Mar2013PANABO CITY March 8 -- The Barangay Una Boxing Team once again showed class and supremacy as they romped away with majority of the medals at stake in the recently concluded 2013 ABAP National Amateur Boxing Championship held in Maasin City, Southern Leyte last February 19-22. The event was participated by 173 boxers representing various cities and provinces nationwide. All in all, the Panabo City, Davao del Norte-based team snatched 7 golds and 2 silver medals out of 14 participating boxers wh...
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08Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 8 (PIA) – Seventy-two Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) federation presidents participated in a two-day orientation workshop on Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) held last February 27-28, 2013, here. Vincent dela Rosa, LGOO II, said the training is part of the promotion and public awareness about the dreaded diseases through massive information and education campaign utilizing the youth sector as one of the most vulnerable groups o...
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08Mar2013LIMASAWA, Southern Leyte, March 8 (PIA) -- Limasawa aims to attain zero prevalence of malnutrition among the children in the island municipality. In close coordination with Congressional Wives Association member Luz V. Mercado and the National Dairy Authority, Limasawa enlisted 25 severely underweight children with ages ranging from 2 to 5 years old to the milk feeding program during its launching in Limasawa Gymnasium last Tuesday. “These children will be fed with milk everyday from M...
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08Mar2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, Mar 9 (PIA) -- A sick overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Brunei is being assisted by government through the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA). According to Lourdes Canseco, OFW Josue Segundo Canias Jr. was reported by the Philippine Embassy in Brunei has difficulty of breathing and is undergoing anti-seizure drugs and needs to undergo tracheotomy. Canseco said that government is now processing the papers of the pa...
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08Mar2013TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, March 8 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Surigao del Sur under Governor Johnny Pimentel through the Provincial Gender and Development (GAD) focal person led today, Friday, a Policy Forum on Legal and Policy Framework of RA 10354 held at Seminar Hall, Capitol Hills, this city. The activity commemorates International Women’s Day and Women’s Month Celebration with the Legislator’s Committee on Population and Development – Local Advocacy team as facilitato...
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08Mar2013TARLAC CITY, March 8 (PIA) -- The provincial government has distributed a total of 4,763 sponsored PhilHealth cards to indigent residents of Pura and Ramos towns which is aligned to the 100 percent universal health care coverage vision of President Aquino. Individual recipients from Ramos numbered 1,245 while 3,518 were from the municipality of Pura. Figures show that Tarlac is tied with Bataan with the second biggest number of PhilHealth coverage in Central Luzon at 82 percent. Pampanga is th...
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08Mar2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, March 8 (PIA1) -- In an effort to uphold the rights of the 1.3 million Pantawid Pamilya (PP) beneficiaries of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) nationwide, the ‘Bawal and EPAL’ campaign was recently launched here. Director Marcelo Nicomedes Castillo of the DSWD in the Ilocos said this is to assure them that no one, other than the DSWD national and regional offices has the right to delist them from the program only if they do not comply with...
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08Mar2013MARIVELES, Bataan, March 8 (PIA) -- Empowering Filipinas this International Women’s Month, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has forever changed the life of a former factory worker exposed to toxic chemicals into a sound mother with a stable Nego-Kart. Juliet Abad, 35, mother of two, recalled her struggles almost a year ago before DOLE, led by Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz and Region III Director Raymundo Agravante, gave her a Negosyo sa Kariton (Nego-Kart) being one of the...
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07Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 7 (PIA) -- Peacekeepers in the town of Paranas, Samar will have a new police station building after Mayor Felix Babalcon donated a lot and gave P1 million for the construction. Babalcon said this project is a dream come true to them. The building costs P4.7 million where P3.7 million is provided by the PNP while the local government unit of Paranas put up a counterpart fund of P1 million. The building is expected to be completed in 175 calendar days to be under...
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07Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- A five-day write shop on Curriculum Development for Daycare Children is now being conducted at Eastern Samar Development Foundation (ESADEF) Function Hall this City. Some 40 participants of Daycare Worker Trainors Training attend the said write shop. The purpose of this undertaking is to develop an appropriate curriculum for 3-4 years old children under the Daycare Service Program. . According to Estelita M. Afable, Assistant Provincial Social Welfare Officer...
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07Mar2013PASIG, March 7 -- The Department of Education has released the guidelines on the granting of Performance Based Bonus (PBB) for its personnel, based on Executive Order No. 80, s. 2012 signed by President Benigno S. Aquino III. The guidelines took effect last February 28. DepEdhas created a Task Force composed of DepEd officials and field officersto formulate and finalize the guidelines. After an arduous set of meetings, the committee has come up with guidelines containing policies and clarifica...
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07Mar2013QUEZON CITY, Mar. 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Health, through the Philippine Organ Donation and Transplantation Program (PODTP) and the Philippine Network for Organ Sharing (PhilNOS), will try to break world records for the most number of organ donors as part of its campaign for an increased number of donor organs available for transplantation for patients with end-stage vital organ disease. As part of the plan to promote deceased organ donation, the PODTP/PhilNOS will attempt to beat the Gui...
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07Mar2013COMPOSTELA VALLEY, March 07 (PIA) -- The Catholic Parish of Babag in Monkayo, Compostela Valley is rebuilding the homes of 100 families which were washed out by floods due to Typhoon Pablo. Barangay Babag Parish administrator Emerson “Em-Em” Luego said the on-going construction of 100 housing units for 100 worst-hit families in Barangay Babag came about from the instruction of Bishop Wilfredo Manlapaz of the Diocese of Tagum who wanted that assistance be spent on rebuilding homes “for ...
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07Mar2013NAVAL, Biliran, March 7 (PIA) -- The Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) in Biliran through Dr. Suzette Apura, Provincial Veterinarian is reminding all Biliranons to have their dogs vaccinated for anti-rabies in celebration 0f Rabies Awareness Month. “The need to vaccinate our dogs is very important to avoid being affected by rabies, which is a deadly disease,” said Dr. Apura in an interview. She urged dog owners in Biliran province to be responsible pet owners by having their pets immuni...
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07Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Health – National Capital Region (DOH-NCR) will host a public consultation and review on Friday, March 8, on the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 10354, also known as the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law of 2012. The law took effect on January 17, 2013 after President Benigno S. Aquino III signed it on December 21, 2012. Various sectors of society including religious groups, Metro Manila mayors and ci...
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07Mar2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Mar. 7 (PIA) -- A series of career guidance and employment coaching activities for college and high school students are continuously being undertaken by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in the region to easily address job-skills mismatch problem in the country. DOLE Regional Information Officer Arly S. Valdez said 20,669 schools here including technical-vocational institutions will be covered by the activities this year. For La Union, the agency noted ...
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07Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 7 (PIA) -- The Catbalogan City fire station will conduct fire and earthquake drill on March 8, Friday, at the city hall. Fire Inspector Chief Agustin Ballo said that a simulated rescue operation will be done too. The earthquake drill will start at 9 a.m. with 20-second alarm of siren or bell for earthquake. Part II is the fire drill and rescue operation that will start with fire smoke. The 8th ID army fire unit division, Red Cross, Chinese Fire Brigade volunt...
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07Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, March 7 (PIA) -- The Borongan City Women Council joins the nation in observance of Women’s Month Celebration this March. Headed by the Council President, Gracia Anacta, a series of information caravans is set beginning March 11 up to March 15, with the end view of increasing the awareness level of women in identified remote barangays on women’s and children’s rights. This, following cases of trafficking and women’s abuse had been reported to the Borongan...
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07Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, March 7 (PIA) -- Police Superintendent Jennifer Sumpo, chief of police here, said that to prevent misunderstandings in the family, housewives should inform their husbands about the financial flow of the family’s income. She said this Thursday through media in observance of the Women’s Month Celebration; her statement is based on the traditional and general practice of Filipino families where wives are the account officers of the family. Sumpo who is also a y...
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07Mar2013DUMAGUETE CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD) Region7 announced the start of the implementation of the P134 million worth of community projects under the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) this March in Negros Oriental. DSWD 7 Social Marketing Officer Simeon Remata III said 56 Kalahi projects in the province are identified through a bottom-up planning process which involves the barangay...
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07Mar2013LEGAZPI CITY, March 7 (PIA) -- Three students from the province of Albay are included in the Ten Outstanding Students of Bicol (TOSB) for 2013. Shanna Marie Montales and Janine Bio, both from Divine Word College of Legazpi (DWCL), and Jeric Diño of Ligao Community College (LCC) in Ligao City, Albay are among the top 10 students lauded at the awarding ceremony held March 4 at the Bicol University Amphitheater. The top 10 studes were chosen from 20 finalists all over the region. Montales, a fo...
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07Mar2013SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga, March 7 (PIA) -- The National Nutrition Council (NNC), in partnership with the Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET), will begin this April its evaluation on the 2012 nutritional status of towns, cities, and provinces in Central Luzon. “The Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation (MELLPI) aims to monitor and validate the efficiency and effectiveness of the nutrition and nutrition-related activities implemented at the local level,” NNC Nu...
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07Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 7 -- The Social Security System (SSS) has opened mobile data capture services for employees in large private companies and on-site services in barangays to facilitate members’ applications for the Unified Multi-purpose Identification System (UMID) that currently serves as the SSS ID system. SSS Officer-in-Charge Edgar Solilapsi in a statement enjoined companies with at least 100 employees to set an appointment with the SSS branch nearest them for the mobile UMID data captur...
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07Mar2013LAMUT, Ifugao, Mar. 7 (PIA) -- The Sangguniang Bayan here has passed an ordinance providing a separate lane for senior citizens, persons with disability, and pregnant women during community activities where foods or goods are served. Authored by SB members Ferdinand Dulinayan and Adryan Chaguile, the ordinance known as, “Special lane for senior citizens, persons with disability and pregnant women," aims to help the said sectors by giving them priority service. The councilors explained that i...
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07Mar2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, March 7 (PIA) -- The 5th Infantry Division, Philippine Army (5ID,PA) based at Gamu town sent last week army troops composed of the camp’s engineering brigade to help in the construction of school buildings in the town of Palanan. Col. Loreto Magundayao, public affairs chief of 5ID, said the deployment in the area is part of the army’s spirit of ‘Bayanihan’ aimed at helping the government in its efforts to bring development in remote areas. Bayanihan is a flagshi...
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07Mar2013DAGUPAN CITY, Mar. 7 (PIA) -- Members of various youth organizations in North Luzon were given the chance to voice out their concerns and state their project proposals before the National Youth Commission (NYC) in the latter’s effort to gather data to fine tune its budget next year. The consultation dialogue held Wednesday at the University of Luzon here aimed at adopting the bottom-up budget process in which budgeting is determined by the requirements and demands of the sector. Gregorio Ram...
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06Mar2013BUTUAN CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- The recorded increase of dengue cases in the region had prodded the Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Caraga to intensify its campaign against dengue through the implementation of the Aksyon Barangay Kontra Dengue (ABKD) program. DOH-CHD Caraga’s Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) Chief Dr. Gerna Manatad pointed out that with the increasing number of dengue cases in the region, the health department should find measures ...
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06Mar2013LAGAWE, Ifugao, Mar.6 (PIA) - - The Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF) or Pag-IBIG Fund Management disclosed the schedule of its mobile servicing for 2013 here. The Pag-IBIG fund will be conducting servicing at the lobby of the Lagawe municipal hall on the following dates : March 13, April 10, May 15 , June 19, July 10, August 14, September 11, October 9, November 13, and December 11, 2013 at 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Among the services offered are acceptance of application for membership contribution...
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06Mar2013SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, March 6 (PIA) -- Hundreds of residents availed themselves of mobile health services dubbed “Lakbay Buhay Kalusugan” (LKB) on February 28 at the Bulwagan ng Mamamayan in this city. The LBK is a program of the Department of Health (DOH) launched last year. It offers mobile consultation and examination services in a bus with medical facilities. The program also is offers health classes, storytelling sessions, and entertainment shows. Dr. Rio Magpantay, Center for Hea...
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06Mar2013ILOILO, March 6 (PIA) -- The government’s conditional cash transfer (CCT) program, or the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), is succeeding in meeting health and education needs of children. “This, on top of the fact that it has provided for the immediate financial support to poor families,” said Alma Jornadal, 4Ps Information Officer. The results of recent assessment of the 4Ps was presented in a public forum by the World Bank on March 4, in Quezon City. The study, tit...
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06Mar2013MANILA, March 6 -- The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) approved the release of P10 billion to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for the construction of basic education facilities nationwide, supporting the Aquino administration’s commitment to close the longstanding classroom gap by 2013. DBM Secretary Florencio B. Abad in a statement said the release will be used for the construction, replacement and completion of kindergarten, elementary and secondary school buil...
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06Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 6 -- An alternative delivery mode of education for Muslim schoolchildren supported by international agencies continues to reach more areas in Mindanao just a year after its launch. A statement from the Department of Education said that tTo date, the BRAC (formerly Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) Alternative Delivery Mode has 410 learning centers (292 preschool and 118 elementary schools) serving some 11,868 learners throughout the provinces of Lanao Sur, Maguindanao...
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06Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- Twenty graduating students in elementary and secondary levels in the city and province of Iloilo will be recognized in an awarding ceremony at St. Joseph School, Diversion Road, Iloilo City on March 15. The students are this year’s winners in the Search for the Ten Outstanding Elementary School Pupils (TOESP) and Ten Outstanding Secondary School Students (TOSSS) of Iloilo for academic year 2012-2013 by the Outstanding Students Circle of Iloilo (OSCI). Aubrey B...
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06Mar2013LEGAZPI CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- At least a thousand members of the Legazpi City Women’s Federation (LCWF) and other women’s organizations from cities and towns of the province of Albay benefited from a three-day Livelihood Training Program held here on March 1-3. Mayor Carmen Geraldine B. Rosal said that the training provided opportunities for all the participants to gain more know-how and improve their skills in the operation and management of venture, particularly in baking, making bat...
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06Mar2013LAGAWE, Ifugao, Mar. 6 (PIA) -- All too soon, summer is here and enterprising students look towards being hired to have spending money or for tuition this coming school year. In Ifugao, 579 students will be hired by the local government units (LGUs) here with the support of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) this summer under the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES). DOLE Ifugao Field Office data show that nine municipalities out of the 11 towns of the province alr...
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06Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 6 (PIA) — Human Trafficking and the Magna Carta for Women were among the topics tackled in Paranas, Samar as part of the celebration this Women’s Month. Speaker Rhoda Ercilla of Plan Philippines said Samar continues to be a source of women and children trafficked to Metro Manila and elsewhere where they become abused and exploited. Some Paranas barangays are poor and remote that the locals become easy targets for human trafficking. Some 600 participants fro...
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06Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 6 (PIA) – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)– Regional Office 8 will be holding a Regional Summit on Teenage Pregnancy to be participated by the Pag-asa Youth Association of the Philippines (PYAP) leaders in Eastern Visayas region. In an invitation from DSWD-8 to Maasin City Mayor Maloney Samaco, DSWD-8 Regional Director Remia Tapispisan said that the activity to be conducted on March 9, 2013 at the Patio Victoria Baluarte in San Jo...
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06Mar2013STA. FE, Nueva Vizcaya, March 6 (PIA) -- Four Iodized checkers and corresponding reagents were set to be given to various checkpoints in Cagayan Valley region as part of the intensified monitoring and implementation of the Iodized Salt Program. Rhodora Maestre of the Regional Nutrition Program for Cagayan Valley said that four WYD iodine checkers have been given by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) - Philippines including the reagents which will be used by the members of the Iod...
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06Mar2013STA. FE, Nueva Vizcaya, March 6 (PIA) --To step-up the enforcement of the Act for Salt Iodization Nationwide (ASIN) law, the National Nutrition Council Region 2 (NNC-2) has initiated the reactivation of the task force ASIN in the region. The newly created Task force includes all local government units (LGUs), Bureau of Foods and Drugs, Department of Health, Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Philippine National Police, Philippine Information Agency, Departmen...
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06Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Mar. 6 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-Region 12 (OWWA 12) inked a Memorandum of Agreement with two schools in Midsayap, North Cotabato to intensify its education programs for OFW dependents. The signing was led by OWWA-12 Dir. Abdulghani Umag together with Fr. Rogelio Tabuada, OMI, president of the Notre Dame of Midsayap College (NDMC) and Westre Santos, vice president of I-Link College of Science and Technology. The agreement strengthen...
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06Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Director General Jose Mari Oquiňena calls on different sectors of the society to make collaborative projects through volunteer works. Speaking before 300 participants from 70 organizations during the Volunteering Expo 2013 on Tuesday at the Gateway Suites, in Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City, Oquiňena posed a challenge to volunteers organization to work together towards nationbuilding, “to raise friends not funds”. “In...
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06Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- A maiden public discussion on the wage reform geared towards the Two Tiered Wage System (TTWS) was conducted last March 4 at the DOLE-X WODP Training Center, here. The activity was part of the continuing education and orientation on the different programs and services of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) in Northern Mindanao. The discussion, attended by 12 media groups in the region, started with the current ...
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06Mar2013LAMUT, Ifugao, Mar. 6 (PIA) -- The school administration of the Ifugao State University(IFSU) has conducted a career development and job induction program to about 850 participants from its various campuses. Janice Bandoc, IFSU Guidance Counselor, said the activity aims for an intensive career information and education program to provide the graduating students with the basic facts and realities that they should know and learn as they are about to enter the field of work and to orient st...
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05Mar2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, Mar. 5 (PIA) - - The health and veterinary offices here are joining forces in the campaign against rabies in celebration of Rabies Awareness Month this March. Governor Jocel Baac directed the Provincial Health Office (PHO) and the Office of the Provincial Veterinarian (OPVet) to jointly implement activities lined up for the Rabies Awareness month. He particularly pushed for the conduct of immunization on dogs and urged the two offices to coordinate with their munic...
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05Mar2013VIGAN CITY, Mar 5 (PIA) -- At least 31 artists displayed their art works at the Vigan Heritage Village here as their contribution to the recent National Arts celebration. The exhibit, which ran for 10 days, was an annual event that the University of Northern Philippines’ fine arts students, teachers, and alumni hold to celebrate National Arts Month. Artist Ingrid Rhodora Panganiban said artists worked on various themes ranging from climate change, how to avoid unhealthy lifestyle to scenes ...
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05Mar2013NAVAL, Biliran, March 5 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Biliran headed by Governor Gerardo Espina, Jr. and the Provincial Council for Women’s Welfare, Inc (PCWWI) will take the lead in all activities to celebrate Women’s Month in March 2013. Various activities were lined up to make the occasion more meaningful to the women of the different groups and organizations in the province. A meeting was called on Wednesday by Dr. Cecil Espina, president of PCWWI to all officers and members...
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05Mar2013SAN JOSE, Antique, March 5 (PIA) -- The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Antique continues to support 41 scholars in their college education in accredited government schools. Provincial Head Jeffrey Gabucay of 4Ps said the scholars are children of 4Ps beneficiaries in the seven towns of the province who passed the criteria set by the program. The seven towns, namely Bugasong, San Remigio, Laua-an, Caluya, Culasi, Patnongon and Hamtic have six scholars each, however, one student fr...
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05Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 5 (PIA) -- The city government of Marikina received donations as an early precaution for the rainy season. During the turnover ceremony Monday, Marikina City Mayor Del de Guzman said the donations which came from the Rotary Club of Marikina and the Jaime V. Ongpin Foundation include a life rescue boat and 14,100 dengue traps will be under the care of the Marikina Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (MDRRMC). “We are thankful to these organizations for continuousl...
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05Mar2013ODIONGAN, Romblon, March 5 (PIA) -- Dr. Teotica C. Taguibao, regional director, CHEDRO 4-B, urged Romblon State University officials to give the stakeholders and clientele quality assurance through quality outcome–based assessments across disciplines. Speaking before school officials headed by President Dr. Arnulfo F. de Luna, vice presidents, deans of all colleges, campus directors, and heads of units during the Regional Quality Assessment (RQA) pre-assessment conference held at RSU Communi...
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05Mar2013NAGA CITY, Mar 5 (PIA) -- In celebration of the Blood Donation Month, the Philippine Red Cross –Camarines Sur Chapter spearheaded a total of eight blood-letting activities in various parts of the province, covering the January and February period and was able to collect 240 units of blood. “In behalf of the PRC Camarines Sur Chapter we would like to sincerely extend our appreciation to the numerous donors who positively responded to our call to donate and share a part of themselves so that ...
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05Mar2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, March 5 -- The 289 deportees from Sabah are not connected to the Sabah tension between the Malaysian authorities and the heirs of the Sultan of Sulu, Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz , clarified this in a statement. "I visited Zamboanga City to get the best handle of the situation that might involve our OFWs in Sabah. I was informed by our field officials that the 289 are "regular deportees" who came from all over Sabah and Peninsular Malaysia through re...
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05Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 5 -- As high school students contemplate on their next education path after graduation, Secretary Joel Villanueva urged them to consider an option that may be equally worthwhile and rewarding as college -- technical vocational education and training (TVET). "I know the idea of a college or university education is always appealing. But TVET is more affordable, hands-on, and the path to a good job is shorter," Villanueva, director general of the Technical Education and Skills ...
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05Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 5 (PIA)-- The Panoypoy Agrarian Reform Communities (ARC) of Oquendo District, Calbayog City has been granted potable and safe water supply system in response to their long time plaint for safe and potable water. To ensure the successful implementation of the project, Pax Roxas, agrarian reform officer; Calbayog Mayor Ronaldo Aquino; and Pedro Abajo of the Panoypoy Multi-purpose cooperative penned an agreement on February 26 to support CP WASH. The mayor committe...
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05Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 5 (PIA) -- To immediately respond to fires, the Catbalogan City Fire Protection Station will tap barangay tanods to help douse fires. They will be trained in fire fighting and rescue, according to Catbalogan City Fire Inspector Agustin Ballo. The bureau has organized the Barangay Integrated Defense Action (BIDA) team in different barangays in Catbalogan. A BIDA team is composed of a number of barangay tanods who will help the local fire station respond in case the...
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05Mar2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, March 5 (PIA) -- Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Reynalda Bangunan of the Department of Education-division of Quirino has expressed optimism that the next school year is going to be a better year for the K to 12 curriculum. In an interview, Dr. Bangunan admitted that they had problems in the first year implementation of K to 12 in terms of materials because the procurement for the last quarter just arrived so they were not able to maximize the use of these materials. ...
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05Mar2013BASCO, Batanes, March 5 (PIA) --The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) awarded a plaque of recognition to Batanes for its outstanding achievement for the year 2012. Said award recognizes the exceptional leadership of Gov. Vicente S. Gato in achieving economic development for Batanes, which improved the living condition of Ivatans. Rolando Ventolero, provincial planning and development coordinator (PPDC), handed over the award to the Gov. Gato before an audience of provin...
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05Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 4 -- The provincial government of Negros Oriental is this year’s host of the 2013 Palarong Pambansa, the country’s biggest sporting event that aims to develop world-class athletes. The annual sporting event will be held at the Don Mariano Perdices Memorial Coliseum in Dumaguete City from April 21 to 27, 2013. It will be participated in by elementary and secondary students from public and private schools nationwide, Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro and Negros Oriental...
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05Mar2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, March 5 (PIA) -- Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz said the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has assisted 289 Filipino OFWs from Sabah who returned to the country Sunday night in view of the brewing tension in Sabah between the Malaysian authorities and the heirs of the Sultan of Sulu. "The DOLE helped facilitate their smooth arrival, and we are ready with our reintegration programs and other services for Filipinos who may decide to return to the...
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05Mar2013CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 5 (PIA) -- A total of 4,695 indigent youth in Central Luzon will soon benefit from the Cash for Training Program (C4TP) of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). In a message during Monday’s launch, DSWD Assistant Secretary Teodulo Romo Jr. said “C4TP seeks to provide grantees of the Pantawid Pamilya and members of the Pag-asa Youth Associations with skills training opportuni...
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05Mar2013HINGYON, Ifugao, Mar. 5 (PIA)-- Women in this town are urged to actively participate in all activities in their barangays to actualize their potential for leadership and action and enhance their capacity to work for and promote their rights and welfare. Mayor Mario Buyuccan made the call during the annual general assembly and celebration of the Hingyon Federation of Women’s Organization, Inc. (HFWOI) of Women’s Day with the theme “Kababaihan: Gabay sa Pagtahak sa Tuwi...
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05Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 5 (PIA) -- The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Northern Mindanao said the implementation of the two-tiered wage system will motivate workers to work harder and above par. RTWPB 10 Secretary Estrella Pahalla said in a media forum Monday that the new scheme which highlights productivity and performance in wage fixing will result to improvements in workers’ productivity. The two-tiered wage system consists of a fixed “floor or minimum wa...
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05Mar2013AGUINALDO, Ifugao, Mar. 5 (PIA) -- Kins of active Overseas Foreign Workers (OFWs) in the province are enjoined to avail the scholarship program of the government through the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). In her letter to Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) – Ifugao provincial director Avelina Manganip, OWWA-CAR Regional Director Manuela Pena said that OWWA is currently accepting applicants for the OFW dependents scholarship program (OFWDSP)leading to a baccalaureate o...
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05Mar2013PANABO CITY, DAVAO DEL NORTE March 5, -- Leonardo Compania worked for years as a security guard at the Floirendo-owned Tagum Agricultural Development Company Inc (Tadeco), one of the biggest banana producer in the Philippines. Like most people, he and his family dreamed of owning a house someday. In his quest to have more in life, Compania became a member of the Central Tadeco Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative (CTARBEMPCO) sometime in 2005. However, his family’s dream...
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05Mar2013NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, March 5 (PIA) -- Twenty-seven beneficiaries of the barangay insurance program of the provincial government here have received P1.3 million worth of insurance benefits. Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo G. Marañon Jr. led the turnover of checks to the beneficiaries in a ceremony during the commemoration of the 27th EDSA People Power Anniversary here. The barangay insurance program for barangay watchmen was first implemented in 2002. In 2008, the provincial government...
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05Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 5 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology in Region 8 (DOST-8) has scheduled a number of trainings under its DOST – Industrial Technology Development Institute (ITDI) for March. On March 5, "Introduction to Metrology" will be conducted with a training fee of P1,700. Said training covers introduction to basic mass metrology concepts and accurate mass measurements, with quality assurance managers, supervisors, and calibration staff as its target participan...
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05Mar2013DOLORES, Abra, Mar. 5 (PIA) -- The municipal local government here is determined to give all out support to the operation of the rural health unit and early child development program in this town. Mayor Robert Victor G. Seares Jr believes that the RHU is useless unless adequately manned by competent health personnel and equipped with facilities needed to carry out its operation. Thus, he committed to sustain the health personnel of the RHU headed by Dr. Vince Castelo who are dedicate...
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05Mar2013CABUGAO, Ilocos Sur, Mar CH5 (PIA) – Beneficiaries of the national government’s conditional cash transfer are set to receive their fund support today from the Department of Social Welfare and Development. Also known as the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), the cash support scheme is a human development program that invests in the health and education of poor households, particularly of children aged zero to 14 years old. Patterned after the conditional cash transfer scheme implem...
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05Mar2013QUEZON CITY, Mar 5 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH) announced it has started today "Usapang Kalusugang Pampamilya,” the public consultations on the draft Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act 10354 or the “Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law of 2012” (RPRH Act of 2012). The consultations will begin in Ritz Hotel, Garden Oases, Davao City today, at the Crown Regency Hotel in Cebu City on March 6, and at the Century Park Hotel in Manila on March 8. The ...
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04Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 4 -- Over 11,000 families, all members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), are set to benefit from the cash-for-work program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. DSWD 12 Regional Director Bai Zorahayda Taha said the initial number of beneficiaries are located in Region 12 and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Taha explained, the inclusion of these families in the agency’s cash-for-wo...
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04Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 1 (PIA) –The homegrown legislator had challenged the athletes participating in the 2013 Zamboanga Peninsula Regional Athletic Association (ZPRAA) Meet to give their best shot. Speaking during the grand opening of the 2013 ZPRAA Meet on Tuesday in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur Representative Victor J. Yu has called on the athletes/players to show their skills and apply the same focus and intensity in the actual competitions as they did during their training. Yu also e...
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04Mar2013CEBU CITY, March 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has intensified its monitoring activities on manufacturers, importers, retailers, and establishments distributing and selling motorcycle helmets. This is to ensure that only certified protective motorcycle helmets with the Philippine Standard (PS) or Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) mark will be sold in the market. Motorcycle helmet inspection and sticker marking ended last December 29, 2012. However, in a monitoring and ...
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04Mar2013BUTUAN CITY, March 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD)-Caraga on Friday said cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the region increased from 1995 to January 2013. During the recent media forum spearheaded by the region’s health department here, Dr. Gerna Manatad said 69 cases were recorded by their monitoring units. Of these, 10 were recorded from 1995-2007; one each in 2008 and 2009; six in 2010; 18 in 2011; 32 in 2012; and one in January 2013...
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04Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, March 4 (PIA) -- As the provincial government initiates sponsorship for 40,000 enrollees for the Philippine Health Insurance from 2012 up to 2013, Governor Damian G. Mercado is enlisting all barangay officials in the province under the state health insurance. “The barangay officials work hard for the government programs to be implemented down at the barangay level, it is but fitting that they should be included among the sponsored slots of the provincial governmen...
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04Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 4 (PIA) -- No one would ever think that a multi-purpose cooperative in a remote and interior municipality of the second district in Zamboanga del Sur has helped transform the lives of the poor. The Timbermines Multi-Purpose Cooperative (Timmulco), which was established in 1992 based in Poblacion, Bayog, Zamboanga del Norte, had initially 10 members composed of municipal officials and employees with a seed capital of P4,100. The coop was registered with the Cooperative De...
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04Mar2013LEGAZPI CITY, March 4 (PIA) -- Bicol University (BU) launched the Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST) Regional Laboratory Center, first and the only one in the Bicol Region at the BU East Campus, Friday, March 1. Dr. Fay Lauraya, university president, said it is a momentous event for the university and the region to be the recipient of HGST, a western digital company engaged in communications and nano-technology, not just in providing employment but more so in attaining world quality ed...
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04Mar2013BANGUED, Abra, Mar. 4 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHILHEALTH) – Abra Local Health Insurance Office had successfully completed the training program for the 366 Philhealth advocate and knowledge officers (AKO) in the province. The Philhealth AKO training was carried out as a strategy to push the advocacy to attain the thrust of Philhealth for the Universal Coverage by 2013 by conducting a massive information education campaign for more membership in the Philhealth. ...
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04Mar2013COTABATO CITY, March 4 (PIA) -- As part of the continuing process for more efficient and effective implementation of government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino program (4Ps), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has embarked on Pantawid Biometrict Payout system. The program was initially launched by DSWD Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman in February 20, this year as a mechanism to facilitate speedy release of cash assistance to beneficiaries and accurate capturing of ho...
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04Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 4 (PIA)--The Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) readies its job and livelihood assistance for overseas Filipino workers who may be displaced in view of the brewing tension in Sabah. Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz has ordered the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) regional offices to coordinate with the local authorities to establish a profile and documentation of the OFW returnees...
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04Mar2013TABUK CITY, Kalinga, Mar. 4 (PIA)- – The Kalinga-Apayao Career Service Providers Network (KACSPN) is now concluding its career and employment coaching caravan in the province with about 2,600 participants from more than 30 of the targeted 39 schools in Kalinga already covered. According to Lourdes Canseco of Department of Labor and Employment in Kalinga, the activity started January 29 at the Tabuk National High School with 539 participants with the recent covered schools to include ...
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04Mar2013QUEZON CITY, Mar 4 (PIA) --The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program of the government has made initial progress in terms of achieving the development outcomes for its beneficiaries, the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) said in its recent report. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan in a statement said that households under the Pantawid Pamilya Program are more likely to perform better, particularly in the areas of education and health, compared to non-beneficiarie...
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04Mar2013BAGUIO CITY, Mar. 4 (PIA) -- The Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) is encouraging registered nurses to continue upgrading their skills and qualifications ready face the challenges in a globally competitive employment market. PRC Chairperson Teresita Manzala stressed this in her keynote address during the oath taking ceremony of 600 new nurses at the Saint Louis University Prince Bernhard Hall, here Sunday. Manzala pointed out that becoming professional is just a start but...
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04Mar2013MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Mar. 4 (PIA) -- A scholarship program funded by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through its city field unit as conduit, in close coordination with the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (Tesda), will officially start this month following a formal launching next week. The Cash for Training Program (C4TP) will be launched March 12 at Ampil Pensione this city, to be attended by the regional heads of Tesda and DSWD, said Ariel Kir...
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04Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 4 (PIA) --The second wave of Samar peace and development caravan in Barangay Pinaplata, Gandara Samar addressed the medical and dental needs of rural barangays. More than the information from government offices, more than the give-away of dwarf coconuts and the fertilizers, close to 900 rural folks of Gandara trekked the dusty roads to avail of the medical and dental services on Friday. Dorenda Sarabia, barangay secretary of Pinaplata, said that more barangay folk...
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04Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, March 4 (PIA) -- About 725 youths will be trooping to their respective training schools this year, here, as the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has given the Technical Skills and Development Authority (Tesda) the green light signal to start their training program. For P14.5 million, each of the identified youth will benefit P20,000 worth of assistance from the government through the DSWD, allotted for training costs, allowances, and starter k...
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03Mar2013MAMBAJAO, CAMIGUIN, March 3 (PIA) -- Ninety one free patents were awarded to farmer beneficiaries here under the government’s “Handog Titulo program” covering an area of 40.8 hectares. These titles confirm the ownership of the beneficiaries in accordance with the public land law. According to the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO), the Handog Titulo program is implemented consistent with the goals of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), which seeks t...
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03Mar2013CEBU CITY, March 3 (PIA)--With the upcoming final examinations, a reminder is out to schools not to implement the "No Permit, No Exam Policy". In a statement sent to the Philippine Information Agency the National Youth Commission reiterates its call to schools to comply with the ‘No Permit, No Exam’ Policy a directive from the Commission on Higher Education i.e. "students should not, at any point, be barred from taking their exams owing to their inability to pay at the time of exams." ...
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03Mar2013TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, March 3 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in the region is putting up some training programs for overseas Filipino workers and their relatives that will interest them in some kind of business. The OWWA conducts the business training every first and third Monday of the month at the OWWA conference room to help OFWs and or kin how to run and manage a business. Alberto Penaflor, regional OWWA case officer disclosed that the business training is man...
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03Mar2013LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Mar 3 (PIA) -- At least 1,735 youth from the province will benefit from the Cash-for-Training Program (C4TP) of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) launched here recently. Tesda Secretary Joel Villanueva announced that P1.3 billion was allotted by the national government for the C4TP. Of this amount, P34.7 million was allotted for the scholars of Pangasinan. “The cash for training program will not only give financial assistance but there w...
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02Mar2013CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, March 2 (PIA) -- Around 30 barangay and co-op leaders from the ARCs of Calbiga, Daram, Pagsanghan, and Sta. Margarita, their respective Municipal Agrarian Reform Officers (MAROs), and Department of Agrarian Reform’s development facilitators attended a skills training on quality control. The three-day training that started on February 26, held at I’s Plant Hotel in Calbayog City aims to equip the barangay/coop participants with the knowledge on the basics of rural inf...
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02Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 2 (PIA) -- The Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC), an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), is planning to make some innovations to the employees’ compensation program (ECP). The agency is working towards expanding the coverage of the program and increasing its benefits and services, according to ECC Executive Director Stella Zipagan-Banawis. The ECP provides a compensation package to public and private employees or their depende...
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02Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 2 -- The Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) of Saudi Arabia has chosen the Philippines anew to help enhance the country's capability on technical vocational education and training (TVET), a statement from Tesda said. The training for 40 TVTC technical staff and supervisors began on February 25. The two-week training will be on strategic planning for administration and management of TVTC training programs and will be conducted in two batches.This will center...
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02Mar2013BASCO, Batanes, March 2 (PIA) -- Dr. Florentino H. Hornedo, the most multi-awarded Ivatan, received yesterday the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining award for Outstanding achievements and contribution in the field of culture and arts. The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) 2012 highest award in the arts was bestowed to two Thomasians - Zenaida Amador, founder of Repertory, and Florentino Hornedo scholar-writer, per report of the writer Romina Louise C. Cunanan, contributor to the Varsitarian Circ...
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01Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 1 (PIA) -- The Department of Health – Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Region 2 has urged heads of agencies to let their rank and file employees undergo regular medical examinations. Regional Director Rio L. Magpantay said studies show that 35 percent of employees, whether in the government or private institutions, are suffering from mental disturbances that lead to health risks and complications which eventually may result into low productivity and service deliv...
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01Mar2013NAGA CITY, Mar 1 (PIA) -- Enthused with the theme “Getting Zero to New HIV Infection, Zero Deaths from AIDS-related illness, Zero Discrimination,” the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Camarines Sur chapter spearheaded a three-day HIV Prevention Training for community volunteers at the PRC Training Hall here. This is in line with the PRC’s effort to increase awareness on the prevention of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or HIV –AIDS. The training, whic...
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01Mar2013ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, March 1 (PIA) -- The Isabela Police Provincial office (IPPO) expressed support to the move of police hierarchy to replace the present police-guards in police camps with civilian security guards. Police Senior superintendent Franklin Moises Mabanag, IPPO chief, said that the planned replacement of police camps guards could save the police in terms of manpower expenses. These police guards will be assigned in police works like crime prevention and crime solution as well. Ma...
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01Mar2013TUGUEGARAO CITY, March 1 (PIA) -- After the successful trial of the biggest looser program of the Department of Health Region 2 (DOH-2) last year, the agency is again set to conduct the “Katawang Pamporma” or KP program in a larger scope involving obese employees of different government line agencies. The DOH-2 has started the program last year involving their obese employees in weight loose challenge within six months. Dr. Elsie Pintucan, medical specialist III, said with the success of...
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01Mar2013CABARROGUIS, Quirino, March 1 (PIA) -- A hundred and one teachers were recently selected from thousands of teacher-applicants to teach in the different elementary and secondary schools in the Department of Education - Division of Quirino. Of the total, 44 will be teaching in the elementary division and 57 will be in the secondary division, in addition to the 1,405 teachers of the Division. Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Reynalda Bangunan said these teachers were hired based on the DepEd O...
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01Mar2013SOUTHERN LEYTE, March 1 (PIA) -- The Technical Department of the Salvacion Oppus Yṅiguez Memorial Provincial Hospital (SOYMPH) in close coordination with Sogod District Hospital conducted a Lactation Management Training, February 26-28 at the Marian Center in Sogod, Southern Leyte. “There were at least 30 hospital nurses and doctors who participated in the three-day training that equipped them on Executive Order No. 51 or known as the “National Code of Marketing Breastmilk Substitutes, B...
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01Mar2013BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, March 1 (PIA) -- In line with the Eastern Samar provincial government's enhanced program against malnutrition, a five-day training for Barangay Implementers on Promotion of Good Nutrition (PGN) and Infant Young Child Feeding (IYCF) was conducted on Feb. 11-15 and Feb. 25-March 1 at the Eastern Samar Development Foundation (ESADEF) function hall this City. The training, attended by 71 participants, aimed to increase the number of exclusively breastfed infants, agi...
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01Mar2013LA TRINIDAD, Benguet, March 1 (PIA) -- The Ambuklao Adventure of Bokod local government takes its second wave of thrill and fun for enthusiasts to delight on what nature has to offer coupled with the town’s man-made landmark sites. Ambuklao Adventure II set on March 2-3, 2013 in sitio Ambuklao is a combination of jeepney ride, trekking and boat riding. The trekking adventure takes off on March 2 at the Provincial Capitol through Labey, Tublay all the way to Mt. Patoktok until mid mo...
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01Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 1 (PIA) -- As the government anticipates the thousands of high school students about to graduate this school year, the Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) urges them to take courses that best suit jobs that are in-demand. “I urge our students to consult the latest information on current labor market trends and be guided on what jobs and industries are in-demand today,” Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, in a statement said. She told students to refrai...
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01Mar2013DAVAO CITY, Mar 1 (PIA) -- An official of the Commission on Higher Education in Davao Region has noticed a reduction in the number of private colleges and universities seeking tuition and matriculation fee increases for the school year 2013-2014. Speaking in the KapIhan sa PIA Friday, Raul Alvarez, director of the CHED XI said 29 out of 80 academic institutions in Region XI submitted their corresponding proposal to increase school fees compared to 45 private colleges and universities last year...
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01Mar2013BATANGAS CITY, Mar 1 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Authority (Tesda) launched its "Cash-for-Training Program" (C4TP) in Calabarzon, matching the region's industrial boom with the needed skilled workers. Trainees numbering 3,286 will be tapped from the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon to undergo the free training in various available courses. Secretary Joel Villanueva,Tesda director general, led the launch of said program with Vice Governor Mark Leviste and...
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01Mar2013CITY OF BACOOR, Cavite, March 1 (PIA) -- Five student members of the Bacoor Intel Computer Clubhouse (BICC) in Bacoor National High School were recently awarded a scholarship grant of $10,500 for their exemplary academic performance. The grant came from the Museum of Science in Boston Massachusetts, United States of America. In their website, the Museum of Science (MoS) is a Boston, Massachusetts landmark, located in Science Park, a plot of land spanning the Charles River. Along with over 50...
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01Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 1 (PIA) – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office 10 has released a livelihood financial assistance of P298,000 to Balite 2 SEAK Women’s Consumers Cooperative (BSWCC) under the DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program (DILP). The DILP is DOLE’s contribution to the Aquino administration’s agenda of reducing poverty through the promotion of livelihood and entrepreneurship and transforming them into community enterprises through convergence of ser...
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01Mar2013SURIGAO CITY, March 1 (PIA) -- Around 312 residents from Barangay Ombong in Alegria, Surigao del Norte benefited from the joint medical and dental mission conducted recently. Of the total, 78 availed of tooth extraction while 15 underwent circumcision and 219 were given free medical consultation and medical treatment. 1LT Stephen Basco said the Medical and Dental Civic Action Program (Medcap) of the Philippine Army is a continuing program that provides free medical consultations and dental s...
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01Mar2013BANGUED, Abra, March 1 (PIA) -- The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has approved the proposal of the Department of Health – Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) – Cordillera to strengthen service delivery framework for Maternal and Child Health Care project in the region on its second year of implementation come May 2013. The Cordillera-wide Strengthening of the Local Health System for Effective and Efficient Delivery of Maternal and Child Health Services is a five yea...
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01Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 1 (PIA6) - - The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 6 has expanded the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program to 15 more local government units in the region, adding 40, 835 more beneficiaries who now total 295, 127 poor households. DSWD Assistant Secretary for Operations Teodulo Romo Jr. led the ceremonial signing of the memorandum of agreement with mayors and representatives of the 15 LGUs for the implementation of the program in their areas held here i...
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01Mar2013MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, March 1 (PIA) -- Around 3,472 Asatidz (plural for Ustadz) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) who have passed the initial assessment are set to take the qualifying examination for the Arabic Language and Islamic Values Education (ALIVE) tomorrow, March 2. The examination is a nationwide undertaking to determine the applicant’s capability in Arabic language and Islamic studies for them to qualify as ALIVE teachers in public elementary schools in ARMM ...
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01Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 1 (PIA6) -- Some 30 qualified Guimarasnons will soon have the opportunity to enroll in a special course related to aeronautics and aviation. Governor Felipe Nava revealed this to the more than a thousand students, parents and teachers from the municipalities of Sibunag and Jordan who participated in the “Career Extravaganza” held at the Guimaras Provincial Capitol Gymnasium in Jordan, Guimaras, February 27. Nava, together with the Guimaras State College recently s...
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01Mar2013SOLANA, Cagayan, March 1 (PIA) -- A Cagayan health official is encouraging barangay officials in every town to pass a resolution urging pregnant women to deliver in health facilities. Dr. Marcos Mallillin, provincial health officer, said the Department of Health (DOH) has ordered all local health workers to advocate to the grassroots that all birth deliveries should be in a health facility, whether in the barangay health center, rural health unit, or the nearest hospital. “This is to help el...
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01Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 1 -- The Social Security System (SSS) has expanded the reach of its microsavings scheme called "AlkanSSSya" to include jail inmates earning a living from making handicrafts while inside a correctional facility. SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Emilio de Quiros, Jr. in a statement said an initial batch of 80 female inmates will benefit from the AlkanSSSya unit launched by SSS inside the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Quezon City Female Dormitory on Febr...
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01Mar2013ANTIPOLO CITY, Rizal, Mar. 1 (PIA) -- The Civil Service Commission has extended the deadline of application for the April 2013 Career Service Examinations from February 28 to March 5 in all regional and field offices nationwide including the Rizal Field Office. According to CSC-Rizal, the national office extended the deadline to give more time applicants to submit their requirements to the CSC regional and field offices nationwide. However, offices which have already reached their quota on ap...
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01Mar2013LEGAZPI CITY, Albay, March 1 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH) regional office here has alerted local governments in the Bicol Region on the rising cases of dengue and urged them to